€12,415 It’s superlight everything on this superbike from the German carbon veterans
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German carbon fibre manufacturer Schmolke has been producing lightweight high-end parts since 1992, when brothers Stefan, a mechanical engineer, and his racing brother Matthias, launched the first lightweight road carbon handlebar. They’ve been producing high-end, ultralight parts ever since, including items such as: a 10g bottle cage, sub-130g handlebars, 70g stems, 55g saddles and even carbon fibre bolt kits to replace all the metal hardware on your bike.
1 Making shapes
The all-new Aerrow road-bike design combines aerodynamic tube shapes with aggressive race geometry to produce a 1,000g frame (painted Medium with all hardware fitted) plus a 390g fork. The design features dropped stays, tube profiles similar to the Cervélo R5 and Cannondale SuperSix Evo, full internal routing and an aero post.
2 Superior spec
As you’d expect, the bike comes in some rather special builds, starting with Ultegra Di2 and Force AXS, rising through Red AXS and Dura-Ace Di2 and topping out with this Dura-Ace Di2 with a few upgrades! ‘Standard’ Dura-Ace Di2 is enhanced with the use of THM’s handmade Clavicula crankset that, with a weight of 425g, undercuts Shimano’s already very light cranks by nearly 200g.
3 Featherweight features
The bar, stem, seatpost and saddle all come courtesy of Schmolke’s TLO (which stands for ‘the light one’) line. The bar and stem feature full internal routing and the TLO bar weighs 165g with
