Striking, highly profiled tubes, a "lowered" head tube, fork blades with an implied S-shape and lots of typography: the appearance of the SLR is almost exalted, contrary to Hanseatic conventions. Although the shape doesn't pay off as expected in the wind tunnel, the bike is a lot of fun on the road. The steering behaviour is very agile, the stiffness values are not critical and the riding position is moderately sporty compared to the competition in this test. Compared to the SLR tested in TOUR 4/10, the fully retractable aero seatpost is worlds better. Remarkable about the equipment from the Stevens modular system are the aero wheels from their own brand Scorpo with 85 millimetre high carbon rims for folding tyres; the spoking technology and hubs come from Citec, and the cool Boller sound comes free of charge.
Price: 4.999 Euro
Weight: 7,5 Kilo
Reference/Info www.stevensbikes.com
Weight frame/fork/headset bearing* 1,236/463/79 g
Frame sizes** 52, 54, 56, 58, 60 cm
Seat/steering angle 73.5°/73.5°
Seat/top/head tube 565/570/178 mm plus 25 mm headset cap
Wheelbase/caster 995/50 mm
Stack/Reach/STR*** 585/399 mm/1.47
Equipment
Stevens fork
Steering bearing FSA, top 1-1/8, bottom 1-1/4 inch
Brakes/gears/bottom bracket SRAM Red (53/39 t.)
Wheels/ Tyres Citec Scorpo/Conti Grand Prix 4000S (folding tyre)
Handlebar/stem Ritchey Superlogic/Ritchey WCS Carbon
Saddle/post Ritchey WCS/Stevens Aero
*Weighed weights. **Manufacturer's specification, test size greased. ***Stack/reach: projected vertical/horizontal measurement from the centre of the bottom bracket to the top of the headset cap; STR (stack to reach): Values from 1.45 to 1.55 indicate a sporty riding position, values below that are race-like, above that comfortable.
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