Van Rysel 2025 FCR

[spdntrxi]

just looks a factor to me

[CJosephB]

First look, aesthetically looks good. Given that the RCR is a vertically stiff bike relative to its peers, with those deep profile I wonder if this would be a harsher ride.

[toxin]

not every aero bike is a venge, just like not every round tube climbing bike is an aethos

also if you want to say what it is, it's a swiss side bike so if anything, it was inspired the most by the simplon pride II

[cajer]

not every aero bike is a venge, just like not every round tube climbing bike is an aethos

also if you want to say what it is, it's a swiss side bike so if anything, it was inspired the most by the simplon pride II

Did swiss side design the simplon pride II?

[BikeTyson]

Looks like the Bross Zenith with a shallower fork.

[Nereth]

Yeah doesn't look at all like a venge to me.

Everyone (including youtube influencers) keeps calling every aero bike that isn't bananas, a venge. It's crazy.

If anything the rear end looks more like a system6. The head tube to fork transition looks somewhat like a system6 as well but that's where the simialrities to that bike ends. There's no nose cone protruding forward, the head tube is far deeper, there's no front wheel cutout, and the stem-to-fork integration solution is almsot certainly completely different.

Compared to the venge, by contrast, it has almost no similarities.

[TobinHatesYou]

not every aero bike is a venge, just like not every round tube climbing bike is an aethos

also if you want to say what it is, it's a swiss side bike so if anything, it was inspired the most by the simplon pride II

Did swiss side design the simplon pride II?

They were involved, yes.

[DoesMyBikeLookFat]

Was curious what the delay from the RCR's appearance at the TDU to availability from Decathlon was and went back through my email. It seems I signed up for a waitlist notification the week of 17th Jan and received an email Jan 24 with an option to order one of the units being landed in the US. Bodes well for the FCR becoming available fairly soon.

[toxin]

Well the first sightings of the RCR were January last year

[DoesMyBikeLookFat]

That was before AG2R was racing them though, right? With homologation rules they have twelve? months from debut to sell at least some of them, and they were available in EU quite a bit sooner than the US with the RCR>

[toxin]

Yes. Though now that I think about it, my comparison was unfair as that was still a prototype bike, same with the one tour reviewed in august. This one is race ready, so basically done with the development cycle. At the end of the day, we still have no precedent to how Decathlon handles these releases, they've barely just come in to the market. Could be a 2025 bike, could come in the next months.

[Savon]

more photos here https://www.matosvelo.fr/index.php?post ... up37899842

[EtoDemerzel]

Is it just me, or does it look a whole lot like the Specialized Venge Disc (RIP)? The whole frame looks very reminiscent of the Venge. Especially similar headtube profile. The Van Rysel has a deeper fork thanks to new UCI rules, but the rest of it looks really close to my eye.

Yeah, nearly identical to the 2019 Venge w/ a deeper fork (as you noted)
spot on

[cajer]

Is it just me, or does it look a whole lot like the Specialized Venge Disc (RIP)? The whole frame looks very reminiscent of the Venge. Especially similar headtube profile. The Van Rysel has a deeper fork thanks to new UCI rules, but the rest of it looks really close to my eye.

Yeah, nearly identical to the 2019 Venge w/ a deeper fork (as you noted)
spot on

So the twice as deep head tube + compensation triangle on the seat tube + smooth vs sharp fork to downtube transition + headtube to downtube ledge doesn't look any different??

Are you the same type of person who claims steel bikes look so different but modern bikes all look the same?

[DoesMyBikeLookFat]

Yes. Though now that I think about it, my comparison was unfair as that was still a prototype bike, same with the one tour reviewed in august. This one is race ready, so basically done with the development cycle. At the end of the day, we still have no precedent to how Decathlon handles these releases, they've barely just come in to the market. Could be a 2025 bike, could come in the next months.

It is true you cannot draw a line from one point - it is certainly driven by wishcasting on my part for something that can challenege the SystemSix while shaving a few hundred grams and taking advantage of the more modern regulations for the fork.

I can somewhat understand what those repeating it looks like a Venge are seeing, but the headtube, seattube, and BB area really are substantially different.