It s the perfect top notch all round bike made for riders who are looking for the best possible combination between low weight high stiffness and flux reactivity to increase their own performance in gran fondo s around the globe.
Ridley helium slx frame weight.
Ridley s helium is the company s take on a climber s bike built to be light and stiff.
Yet still stiff and durable enough to take the likes of tiesj benoot lotto soudal putting his power on it in the strade bianche race.
Helium slx review skip to view product specifications i ll be spending quite a lot of time with this bike over the next few months colin levitch immediate media.
It gets the same fork as the slx.
Ridley is also offering the helium x this year a more affordable frame that uses a lower grade of carbon fibre for a 150g weight penalty with a claimed 900g frame weight.
The helium slx disc is the newest model in the helium range.
About the helium slx disc the helium slx disc is the top of our ultra gourmet helium line of bikes.
We ve designed it to be as light as possible 750g for slx size m to tackle the longest steepest climbs.
This is the weight for a painted frame and is claimed to be only 60g more than the rim brake version of the same bike.
For this model our engineers really went to the edges to create the lightest frame possible without losing any stiffness.
The frame has fully internal cable routing the rear brake going inside the top tube and the gear cables into the down tube with neat.
The new helium slx disc frame is said to weigh 780g in a size medium.
Not everyone wants disc brakes so if you prefer classic looks and want to save 50g from the frame and a few quid the helium slx is available with rim brakes for 5 549.
The helium slx is the top of our ultra gourmet helium line of bikes.
The helium aura frame is at the absolute highest level when it comes to stiffness to weight ratio.