2020 Ridley Helium Disc
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Review on Belgian website:
https://www.grinta.be/nl/getest/100-get ... m-slx-disc
https://www.grinta.be/nl/getest/100-get ... m-slx-disc
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Looks like a very interesting WW build for some of us in the near future.
Easy to get under 6,8kg.
Here's "Google Translate" version to english, not brilliant translation, still it can be read:
https://translate.google.com/translate? ... m-slx-disc
Easy to get under 6,8kg.
Here's "Google Translate" version to english, not brilliant translation, still it can be read:
https://translate.google.com/translate? ... m-slx-disc
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I feel the seatstays are neither here nor there...as in they should have gone completely flush with the TT/ST junction or been dropped even more.
Well, I suppose they are trying to bridge both camps - not too radical for those who want a trad. look but tapping into the current on-trend aesthetic.
I'd still like to see the production model in that red & gold paint scheme..
I'd still like to see the production model in that red & gold paint scheme..
Looks like the Eurobike model was the 2018 frame with disc brakes. Probably an inhouse custom mod to get something out the door for Eurobike.
Through the Valleys and over the Mountains...
2013 Ridley Helium - 6.9Kg
2017 Blue ProSecco - 9.0Kg
2018 Ridley Noah SL - 7.85Kg
2013 Ridley Helium - 6.9Kg
2017 Blue ProSecco - 9.0Kg
2018 Ridley Noah SL - 7.85Kg
Ah! That explains a it!
Weird though - seems as if alternate sizes have lowered stays?
WOW! Though I don't know why they do like that, my size is S, without lowered seat stays, fantastic! Likely to get a new bike.
Yes, that'll be it - the disc setup would have needed a newly designed rear triangle with different layup etc, so cheaper to make three sizes of rear triangle instead of five..
Just like manufacturers save money by only making one or two forks with different offsets, although optimal design would require one for each frame size where the head tube angle was different.
The thought suddenly occurs.. could the current ubiquitous fashion for dropped seatstays, supposedly for aero benefits, actually just be a cost-saving measure so that a smaller number of rear triangle sizes need to be made..? Someone needs to look at the range of rear triangle sizes across frame sizes on all of those new "aero climbing" disc brake bikes!
Just like manufacturers save money by only making one or two forks with different offsets, although optimal design would require one for each frame size where the head tube angle was different.
The thought suddenly occurs.. could the current ubiquitous fashion for dropped seatstays, supposedly for aero benefits, actually just be a cost-saving measure so that a smaller number of rear triangle sizes need to be made..? Someone needs to look at the range of rear triangle sizes across frame sizes on all of those new "aero climbing" disc brake bikes!
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