News bot Posted May 14, 2015 Posted May 14, 2015 Better is the enemy of good: This was the motto that MERIDA’s head of R&D Jürgen Falke and his team were following when developing the fourth generation of the SCULTURA road bike platform. Being the lightest frame in MERIDA’s line-up, this frame has always been built to conquer long, steep climbs. But as extensive wind tunnel testing by German magazine Tour showed, the SCULTURA was not a top contender in terms of aerodynamics. Thus there was a clear objective for the new frame: It had to be yet a bit lighter, but more importantly it had to become more aerodynamic. Another goal was to increase the vertical compliance of the rear triangle.Click here to view the article
Dazshell Posted May 14, 2015 Posted May 14, 2015 So now I have to wait until the end of the year. Was about to trade my 2013 Scultura EVO DA in for a 2015 Reacto.
Stoffies1 Posted May 14, 2015 Posted May 14, 2015 Looks very similar to Cannondale must be said. Looks amazing!
FondyMig Posted May 14, 2015 Posted May 14, 2015 Sub 5 kilo's for a complete road bike; 1 kilo for frame + fork: I'm Speechless! Well done Merida, although I see a lot of resemblance with the Tarmac SL5.
BenGraham Posted May 15, 2015 Posted May 15, 2015 This is hilarious. As someone who rides a steel frame mountain bike that hovers around 12.5 kilos I can only laugh when I read about a bike that weighs 4.5 kgs. Frankly I'm not sure I'd have the guts to ride such a machine at 30ks an hour never mind 80 to 100. Road bikers are clearly much crazier than mountain bikers. Good luck to them.
extremelights Posted May 15, 2015 Posted May 15, 2015 Looks like a Trek / Swift carbon attack child to me..... both super cool bikes!!! well done merida!
amasendeinja Posted May 15, 2015 Posted May 15, 2015 Carbon road bikes...they all look the same to me. No doubt an impressive ride though
Cycle Factory Posted May 16, 2015 Posted May 16, 2015 Does this weight fall within UCI regulations? As long as the complete bike weighs 6.8kg or above it is legal.
gummibear Posted May 16, 2015 Posted May 16, 2015 The Trek Emonda 54cm frame weighs 680 grams and complete bike is 4.6kg. It costs 13000 euros with all the AX-Lightness bits. Will be interesting to see how the same size Merida compares in weight and cost to the Trek.
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