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Team Bahrain Victorious put the fifth generation Scultura thoroughly through its paces, winning mountain top stages of the Tour de France and the Vuelta a Espana before the bike was even launched. Gen 5 keeps the Scultura's fabled lightweight, agility and rider comfort focus and even manages to improve on both measures. The Scultura now incorporates learnings from the Reacto in terms of aerodynamics; they now share the same race proven geometry. Improving weight, comfort and aerodynamics requires plenty of engineering ingenuity. Round tubes are lighter than aero profiled tubes, fatter tyres are more comfortable but less aerodynamic. There are always compromises to be made. The new Scultura is the most aerodynamic ever and shows outstanding compliance, providing class-leading rider comfort. The marketing blurb suggests this helps keep the body fresh for the final sprint or ascent. A couple of mountain top, grand tour stage victories underline that point quite well!
Frameset | CF5 carbon - Premium fibres for lightweight and performance, race geometry. Internal cable routing, 12mm through axles, flat mount rear brakes with Disc Cooler, 1 1/2 |
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Fork | Scultura CF5 Disc; full carbon; Max. tyre size: 700 x 30c; Disc cooler technology |
Brakes | Hydraulic disc |
Tyres | Continental Grand Prix 5000S TR; 700 x 28c; Kevlar bead, folding; tubeless ready - Continental Grand Prix 5000S TR; 700 x 28c; Kevlar bead, folding; tubeless ready |
Rear mech | Shimano Ultegra Di2 |
Wheelset | Part of wheelset - Reynolds AERO 46 DB, 21mm inner rim width; 46mm rim depth; carbon; Tubeless ready (tubeless tape and valves included) |
Headset | Merida custom |
Stem | Merida Team One-piece integrated; carbon. Stem length: 90mm (XXS/XS), 100mm (S), 110mm (M), 120mm (L/XL) |
Handlebar | Merida Team SL One-piece integrated; carbon; Width: 400mm (XXS-XS-S), 420mm (M), 440mm (L-XL) |
Shifters | Shimano Ultegra disc Di2 |
Cassette | Shimano CN-M8100-12 |
Chain | Shimano CN-M8100-12 |
Chainset | Shimano Ultegra; 52-36 tooth chainset. Crank length: 165mm (XXS,XS), 170mm (S), 172.5mm (M), 175mm (L,XL) |
Bottom bracket | Shimano BB72-41B, Pressfit 86.5 |
Saddle | Prologo Scratch M5 |
Seat post | Merida Team SL; 27.2mm diameter; 15mm lay back; Carbon; S-Flex |
Tape grips | Merida Road Expert |
Front mech | Shimano Ultegra Di2 |