André Greipel's service bike stands out from other aero models thanks to its spectacular details. Longitudinal openings in the seat stays and fork blades are designed to channel the airflow past the wheels. At the same time, Ridley uses this design to make the brake arms an integral part of the fork and frame. There are no joints separating the components. Functionally, this is a great solution, although the combination with fashionably wide rims is problematic. Zipp's 404 wheels, for example, only fit if the pads are ground down a few millimetres. This shows that the aerodynamically still good design is already several years old. Handicaps that a sprinter like Greipel can live with are the low suspension comfort of the integrated seat post and the relatively high weight.
Price 9,000.75 euros
Weight 7.6 kilos
Reference/Info www.ridley-bikes.com
Weight frame/fork/steering bearing** 1,354/587/79 grammes
Frame sizes*** XS, S, M, L, XL
Seat/steering angle 73,5°/74°
Seat/top tube/head tube 745/555/175 mm plus 9 mm headset cap
Wheelbase/caster 990/49 mm
Stack/Reach/STR**** 572/396 mm/1.45
EQUIPMENT
Steering bearing FSA, top 1-1/8, bottom 1-1/2 inch
Brakes/gears/bottom bracket Campagnolo Record EPS (50/34 t., PF-BB30)
Wheels/tyres Campagnolo Bullet/Continental Grand Prix 4000S 23C
Handlebar/stem 4ZA/4ZA
Saddle/post 4ZA/4ZA (integrated)
*The grades are calculated up to the final grade with all decimal places; for a better overview, however, we indicate all grades 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 a very stretched, 1.60 an upright riding position.
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