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colnago-concept-2017-10.jpg11 more of the hottest 2017 road bikes: Colnago, Cannondale, Mason, Kinesis, Ribble, Canyon, Focus and more
There are some recurring themes in this year's most interesting bikes. Disc brakes are growing in popularity and we've seen them become hugely popular on endurance models, bikes built for comfort and distance. Race bikes are starting to get similar treatment, such as the bikes from Ridley and Cannondale in this article, though there are still choices if you don't want disc brakes. Lastly, adventure and do-everything bikes are increasingly popular and there are a couple of those in this roundup as well.
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Colnago Concept — £3,499 (frame, fork & seatpost)
Colnago has dabbled in aerodynamics before (with the V1-r) but the new Concept is the Italian company’s first true aero road bike. And what a striking bike it is to behold. The Concept name harks back to a collaboration with Ferrari to produce a carbon road bike back in 1986, but there’s nothing historic about this new version. It offers all the very latest aerodynamic design features but stops short of any mad integration that we've seen on other aero road bikes.
Read the full story of the new bike here
Read our review of the Colnago Concept
Cannondale SuperSix Evo Disc — from £2,310
Cannondale has given its flagship race bike a disc brake overhaul for 2017 - don’t worry, it’s still available with rim brakes as well. Featuring a completely redesigned frame that manages to retain the distinctive appearance of the classic Evo, the frame is claimed to be lighter, stiffer, more comfortable and more aero. Key details include flat mount disc brakes, internal brake hose routing, a new fork with a 12mm thru-axle and a regular quick release rear ale.
Read our review of the Cannondale SuperSix Evo Disc Ultegra
Mason Bokeh — from £2,795
Following on from the successful Resolution and Definition, Mason Cycles enters the growing gravel and adventure bike market with its bold new Bokeh. It’s initially offered just in aluminium (a titanium version is on its way soon) and it features disc brakes, internal cable routing ad clearance for up to 50mm tyres if using a 650b wheelset or 41mm with a regular 700c wheelset.
More details on the new bike here
Read our review of the Mason Bokeh Force
Cannondale Slate Apex 1 — £1,300
The Cannondale Slate, with its 650b wheels, fat tyres and Lefty suspension fork was one of the most interesting new bikes last year. For 2017 Cannondale is aiming to offer a more affordable version and has produced this Slate with a rigid Lefty fork. This model gets SRAM’s new Apex 1x11 groupset with hydraulic disc brakes and 42mm tyres made by Panaracer.
Read our first ride review of the Cannondale Slate
Ridley Noah SL Disc — from £3,800
Belgian brand Ridley has given its aero Noah SL a disc brake makeover for 2017, but apart from the obvious addition of the disc rotors the transformation is very subtle. The new bike uses 12mm thru-axles and Shimano’s Flat Mount, the pictured bike is using Campagnolo’s not-yet-launched hydraulic disc brakes.
First look at the new Noah SL Disc
Focus Paralane — from £1,499
The big news for German brand Focus in 2017 is the launch of the new Paralane, a disc-equipped endurance bike that squares up against the likes of the Cannondale Synapse and Giant Defy. Focus offers the new bike in aluminium or carbon fibre and uses its own 12mm RAT thru-axles. There’s space for 35mm tyres, mudguard mounts and a skinny 25.4mm seatpost.
Detailed first look at the new Paralane
Read our review of the Focus Paralane Ultegra
Giant Contend SL Disc — from £999
Giant shocked the cycling world when it overhauled its Defy range with disc brakes across the board, but it proved a popular move. And now the giant company has added the brand new Contend entry-level model, available with or without disc brakes. The Contend SL shares frame shapes and the D-Fuse carbon fork from the more expensive Defy and there’s space for up to 28mm tyres.
First look at the new Contend SL
Ribble Evo Pro — from £799
Ribble has built a strong reputation for affordable priced and customisable road bikes, and at the end of the month, it’ll be launching this brand new Evo Pro. It’s an update of an existing model and the full carbon fibre frame and fork has gone one a diet, there’s no internal cable routing and an oversize bottom bracket, and the geometry has been refined.
Ribble updates Evo Pro carbon sportive road bike
Kinesis Tripster ATR V2 — £1,849.99 (frame only)
The titanium Tripster ATR from British brand Kinesis has been a popular bike with road.cc readers, offering four-season dependability and versatility. The updated ATR V2 builds on the strong foundations with a revised tubes with internal cable routing, tweaked geometry and full compatibility for 650b wheels, along with existing 700c wheels. Tyre clearance is rated up to 45mm with 700c wheels or 50mm with 650b wheels.
Kinesis Tripster ATR V2 - Video First Look and First Ride
Read the full story of the new bike here
Merida Scultura Disc carbon — from £2,150
The rollout of disc brakes in the professional peloton might be a slow process, but Merida saw its brand new Scultura Disc raced at Paris-Roubaix last year with its Lampre-Merida team. Merida has worked its considerable carbon expertise to produce a 900g frame with Focus’ RAT 12mm thru-axles at both ends and flat mount for the disc calipers. Aluminium ribs feature around the rear disc mount to reduce heat build-up. Aside from those changes, the only difference to the rim brake version are the slightly longer chainstays, the rest of the geometry is identical.
Full first look at the new Merida Scultura Disc
Read our review of the Merida Scultura Disc 6000
Canyon Aeroad Disc and Ultimate Disc — from £1,619
Canyon has gone all-in for disc brakes this year, with new versions of the Ultimate and Aeroad getting modern stoppers. Both bikes have all the key features of the regular models they’re based on, but with 12mm thru-axles on the frame and fork and flat mount disc fixings. Tyre clearance looks much more generous than the regular rim-brake bikes as well.
Read our review of the Canyon Aeroad CF SLX Disc 8.0 Di2
Read our review of the Canyon Ultimate CF SLX Disc 8.0 Di2
Canyon's 2017 road bikes now available with disc brakes, including Ultimate and Aeroad models
David worked on the road.cc tech team from 2012-2020. Previously he was editor of Bikemagic.com and before that staff writer at RCUK. He's a seasoned cyclist of all disciplines, from road to mountain biking, touring to cyclo-cross, he only wishes he had time to ride them all. He's mildly competitive, though he'll never admit it, and is a frequent road racer but is too lazy to do really well. He currently resides in the Cotswolds, and you can now find him over on his own YouTube channel David Arthur - Just Ride Bikes.
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Buy the bike you like even if it has a pressfit BB. Use it til it goes bad, then replace with CeramicSpeed or Enduro.
There, that wasn't so hard, was it?
Or Praxis' conversion BB module. That's got really good reviews as well.
Pretty sure the updated Ribble Evo Pro was launched a few months ago. And it has full internal cable routing.
cannondale - getting less for more
I must admit that I find that new non-suspension Cannondale Slate curiously appealing, despite my reservations about disc brakes, my preference for steel or titanium frames and for buying frames rather than complete bikes, the large number of spare 700C wheels I own that this bike wouldn't be able to use, and what I assume is the near impossibility of fitting proper mudguards. It looks like it could be a nice, simple machine for, say, a weekend traversing the Yorkshire Dales via high pasture tracks. I might go find a bike shop that has one in stock, to get a feel for the weight distribution, especially with that fork, but as it stands I'm definitely tempted... oh, wait, it uses the BB30 press-fit bottom bracket standard. Sod that.
I was similarly interested until my LBS told me of the number of technical issues they'd had with Slate's they had sold. Mainly Lefty fork recalls (so not related to the rigid-forked Apex model), but a few issues with the 650b wheels too. I see Cyclestore have them for just over £1,250 now too. Tempted but think I'd be nervous about being an "early adopter"...
Totally agree. Cannondale make some nice bikes, but the BB30 must put so many buyers off. They must lose lots of sales because of that. You are better off buying a bottom of the range Cannondale with Claris that comes with the BSA standard threaded BB, and fitting a Hollowtech groupset to it if you must have one! I am sure if they changed to Hollowtech or PF30, and started putting Shimano chainsets on, instead of naff FSA ones on, they would sell twice as many bikes.
I don't know why the article says campagnolo discs are not ready. They were officially launched may 9th although not yet much in shops. Search on 'campagnolo H11'.
The Cipo is stunning. A true Italian thoroughbred
waaaaaaait a minute!! are these campagnolo disk brakes on the aeroad???? have we missed something?? WOW!!
I have wondered if that's why the disc versions of the Ultimate and Aeroad have been so long coming - a commitment to use Campag discs. If Ridley is speccing them on the Noah for 2017 too then seems they're nearly ready.
EDIT - just re-read the Ridley spec. Maybe they're not nearly ready...
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Yep. Not to mention the pre-release Bora disc wheels
Like the Slate, but the Focus seems like the most interesting bike here. Any other endurance bikes take 35mm tyres?
Genesis Datum, Kinesis Tripster ATR for a couple... plenty more coming I suspect...
I wish someone would design an attractive aheadset stem that doesn't look like two pieces of scaffold bolted together. Old quill stems are beautiful, I'm sure some clever designer could do away with all those exposed bolts.
they have - check out the Canyon Aero Cockpit
....if you can actually buy one without buying the entire bike from Canyon. Sadly it's the same with the Ergon/Canyon VCLS2 seat post - theoretically possible to buy one for your bike but never available.