We might need to add a certain someone's Colnago to our list of the best lightweight road bikes at this year's Tour de France... Cycling
With the Tour de France being decided on the toughest mountain passes, it’s important to have a lightweight race bike to get you up the climbs. Here is our pick of six of the best, though our last choice might not even appear at this year’s race.First up is the Merida Scultura of Bahrain Victorious. We went to check out this bike at the Criterium du Dauphine where we got our hands on Damiano Caruso’s bike.
The new Ultimate has ditched a round seatpost in favour of a more aero, D-shaped one, appears to have inherited the adjustable cockpit on the Aeroad and has no visible external cabling. Movistar is a SRAM-sponsored team, so they use RED eTap AXS and Zipp wheels. Most of the riders seem to be on tubular Competition Pro Limited tyres from Continental.With possibly the best paint job in the peloton, the Cannondale Supersix of EF Education First was certainly turning a few heads.
The Trek Segafredo riders have a choice of the full range of Bontrager’s wheels and these are set up with Pirelli tubeless tyres. 6 kilos is how little the S-Works Aethos Dura-Ace Di2 model can weigh with the lightest colourway when built with the lightest Specialized components. To get that weight you’d use the Roval Alpinist CLX II wheels, the S-Works SL stem and S-Works Short and Shallow carbon handlebar, but plenty of paying customers have gone even lighter with fancy components.
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