The brand of charismatic ex-professional Chris Boardman has been distributed by British mail order company Wiggle since 2007. A German-language website and - according to readers' experiences - hassle-free shipping also make orders interesting for German customers. The carbon frame with a flat down tube and BB30 bearings looks good and delivers acceptable values in the lab. With its manoeuvrable steering, race-ready riding position and good comfort on the saddle, the bike is more fun to ride than the overall score would suggest, at least for medium and light riders. Better tyres and handlebars with a larger tube diameter would be inexpensive tuning measures. Otherwise, the equipment mix works perfectly. The silver Aksium wheels ride flawlessly, but Mavic took them out of the programme in 2012.
Price 1,650 Euro
Weight 8.6 kilos
Available via mail order
Reference/Info www.wigglesport.de
Weight frame/fork/steering bearing** 1,346/382/93 grammes
Frame sizes*** XS, S, M, L, XL
Seat/steering angle 74°/73°
Seat/top tube/head tube 530/555/150 mm plus 13 mm headset cap
Wheelbase/caster 990/54 mm
Stack/Reach/STR**** 551/392 mm/1.40
EQUIPMENT
Steering bearing FSA, top 1-1/8, bottom 1-1/2 inch
Brakes/gears Shimano 105
Bottom bracket FSA Gossamer (50/34 t., BB30)
Wheels/tyres Mavic Aksium Race/Vittoria Zaffiro (clincher tyre)
Handlebar/stem cboardman Pro
Saddle/post Fizik Arione/cboardman Carbon (31.6 mm)
*The frame set accounts for 40 % of the overall grade, the equipment for 60 %. The grades are calculated with all decimal places up to the final grade; however, for the sake of clarity, all grades are given with rounded decimal places.
**Weighed weights.
***Manufacturer's specification, test size bold.
****Stack/Reach: projected vertical/horizontal measurement from the centre of the bottom bracket to the top of the head tube; STR (Stack to Reach): 1.36 means an extremely race-like riding position, 1.60 an extremely comfortable riding position. A typical sporty position is in the range of 1.44 to 1.49.
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