redfooj

following their popular value-positioned R872, Ribble is introducing a Superlight SL model generally styled after the Cervelo R of the world: pencil seat stays, straight fork, no wild pseudo-aero shaping, no dali'esque dripped tubes....

and great muted livery that doesnt shout its brand name 50 times over



840g frame (for medium?), guesstimating 400g for fork

if youre not into proprietary marketing branded gimmicks or dont want to bother building up your own aliexpress frame, this is a good option. orders should open mid october.

rpenmanparker 

That's very competitive. Takes the likes of Workswell or even lighter, puts a decal on it and gives it legitimacy. Actually this is what many folks have been waiting for.

I bet the fork is no more than 350g. 400 is very heavy these days.

garciawork

That is a really good looking bike.

cydewaze

That's a really nice looking bike. I'd totally ride that.

black_box 

Did they borrow the SLR-0 wheels from Giant or just the decal design?

Xherion

Great. Now I'm just waiting for the next thread, "I'm looking to build a Ribble R5."

San Pedro

I was on the Ribble builder website a couple days ago, and I noticed they greatly reduced the amount of money to upgrade the wheels. When I checked a couple months you had to pay almost retail to upgrade to the wheel you wanted, but at the same time you could just buy the wheel set of your choice on their website for about half the price (at least in the case of Shimano RS81 wheels). Now the price of the wheels they take off the bike and the amount they charge on their site for the wheels you want seem to be taken into account. It's very attractive, except I would be worried about getting hit with import duties.

Maelochs

Since it looks a lot like my Workswell .. it looks pretty good. Ribble just stepped up its game ...

But folks think it through. Where is Ribble getting its frames?

I'd bet from Flyxii or whatever is the name of the factory that builds frames for most of the Chinese retailers. I ma pretty certain Ribble did not invest in its own CF frame-building facility.

gregf83 

Other than Giant very few, if any, name brand manufatuers own their own factories. Just like Apple manages without owning factories, bike companies outsource to contract manufacturers.

redfooj

My bad it's called the Ultimate , not super light. They're also fitting disc brakes in their aero model but kinda ugly

Inpd

I'm sure some Ph.D. In engineering verified it was structurally sound, but what is the reasoning behind those thin seat stays? Looks like they could snap if a bigger due sat on the bike.

gregf83 

They make the bottom bracket area very strong so it takes all the load. Cervelo used to say they could build the R3 without any seat stays.

Maelochs

The seat stays on my Workswell are about that size and I weigh about as much as a small car ... no issue. The BB are is about as big as a grapefruit.

aubiecat

I saw one of their R872 bikes at an organized ride earlier this year and it's a beautiful bike. It looks a lot like my Workswell 066.
I'd be very interested to know where they are getting their frames from.

WhyFi

How much does it matter? If Ribble, an established and respected entity, is happy enough with the QC to stand behind the product and support the customers that purchase it, that's about all that most people are looking for (well, that and someone to point a lawsuit at if things go catastrophically wrong).

kc0bbq

I was wondering the same thing.

Maelochs

Dude ... I OWN a bike from one of those factories. I stated that clearly in my first post. So obviously, I am already satisfied with the quality of these bikes.

What does it matter, you ask? It is a simple matter of Fact. Any further meaning you give it (as in, for some reason the bike is not good enough because it is produced by one of the major Chinese factories) is all Your interpretation.

On the other hand ... If people don't think it through and think that somehow Ribble is making these bikes ... why should pointing out a simple fact be an issue? And wouldn't people Want that information?

People who are prejudiced against "asploding Chinese carbon" probably would want to know where the frames come from. People who are smart enough to reason things through the way you did, will still not mind knowing where the frames come from.

So my question to you is"What is the matter .... with me pointing out that simple fact.

nycphotography

Anyone know why.....

Why does the Ribble bike builder not let you pick Zipp 404s even though they are in stock in their regular store? Ditto for Red 22 Etap?

Why does the CX bike builder only allow Shimano groups, and no SRAM?

BigPoser

Very good looking bike right there. Does look a lot like my Workswell as others have stated.

Dan333SP

Too many spacers, junction box not hidden beneath stem, seat post collar facing backwards (pros face forward), no pedals??, VALVE STEM CAPS!!!, looks like a compact crank, could use a 160mm stem, saddle is boring, two-tone bar tape is so 2013.

Lukewarm, but not hot. Sorry.

rpenmanparker 

More taper from front to back in the top tube. Or flattening.

WhyFi

Whoa - tilt at windmills much? If you're inferring an adversarial tone in my rhetorical question and continuation of your thought, you should step away from the keyboard for a bit.

seypat

Now, that is a top notch parody and good quality humor there!

I'm just asking, since I don't know. When matching a kit to a black bike, do you go with a black kit, one with lots of color, or does anything match?

WhyFi

And different internal cable routing at the HT/DT junction.

WhyFi

If it's black, wear anything. If it's black with splash of color (like the orange in the bike in the OP), either match color or refer to the complementary color on the color wheel.