We’ve seen various bikes benefit from 3D-printed titanium in recent times, however this new Ribble Allroad Ti is perhaps the primary such bike that’s really inexpensive. In actual fact, it appears like it’s cheaper than many typical titanium bikes, whereas incorporating the smooth curved traces and easy integration you most frequently see on the newest carbon bikes…
Ribble Allroad Ti 3D-printed titanium highway & gravel bike
Ribble developed the brand new Allroad Ti to prime out their versatile all-road bike household with a mannequin that mixed the smooth traces, top-tier efficiency, and integration of carbon with the unequalled experience really feel, compliance, and forever-durability of titanium.
“Designed to maximise and improve the distinctive experience qualities of Titanium with an endurance focussed geometry to ship uncompromising efficiency, velocity and flexibility.”
– Jamie Burrow, Ribble’s Head of Product
This new 3D-printed Ribble Allroad Ti isn’t totally new to us, in truth although…
We acquired a sneak peek of it as this prototype at Rouleur Reside final autumn with speckle-painted carbon parts and glossy purple ano Hope particulars. But now, lower than a yr later, it’s obtainable, in inventory for customizable builds, and extra inexpensive than we had anticipated.
However whereas many different manufacturers have reserved 3D-printed ti for his or her ultra-premium bikes (learn on for extra of that), Ribble appears like they’re utilizing the tech to optimize development and maintain their costs in attain. They described the good thing about the 3D-printed tech as permitting them to “create shapes with a excessive strength-to-weight ratio dealing with extra multi-directional masses, in addition to permitting you to place materials precisely the place you need it to cope with particular stresses versus taking materials away” such as you would with typical CNC-machining of body connections.
Making the most of a few of the aero-shaping options of Ribble’s prime carbon Extremely highway bikes, the Allroad Ti provides in additional relaxed endurance geometry lengthy days on the bike, and larger 35mm tire clearance for consolation over all highway surfaces.
Distinctive UB-2 adjustable aero carbon handlebar
The highest-spec Allroad Ti bikes are also the primary to incorporate the wild shapely new Ribble UB-2 carbon handlebar that debuted on the ti prototype final fall. In any other case, it’s a 475€ improve over the usual alloy bar, however is probably going solely suitable with digital shift drivetrains.
The UB-2 bar options distinctive shaping with position-adjustable direct mounts on your levers (versus typical bar clamps), easy transitions from hoods to the bar with out the necessity for bar tape, and “wake turbines” to easy airflow off the again of the bar.
The marginally flared drops are ergonomically formed and have grip texture molded in, however will also be wrapped as much as the lever our bodies.
Tech particulars
- welded from 3AL-2.5V titanium formed tubing and 3D-printed components
- headtube with printed-in headbadge, headtube junctions & seattube cluster shaped by way of additive manufacturing
- hand-brushed & -polished uncooked titanium end reveals “delicate traces of the maker’s mark” distinctive to every body
- max 35mm really useful tires. spec’d with 32mm tires, and Ribble specifies that some 38mm tires additionally nonetheless match
- hidden full-coverage fender mounts (32mm tires suitable with mudguards put in)
- T47 outsized threaded backside bracket will increase stiffness and enhances energy switch.
- built-in seat clamp for proprietary D-shaped aero carbon seatpost
- 2 typical units of water bottle mounts
- absolutely built-in inside cable routing
- flat mount disc brakes and 12mm thru-axles
- 5 inventory body sizes (XS-XL)
- claimed 3Al/2.5V titanium body weight of 1700g (all weights for Medium body), plus 470g full carbon fork
Ribble Allroad Ti – Pricing, choices & availability
Let’s begin with that elephant-in-the-room affordability. Issues are all relative right here. And the “Hero +” construct that Ribble is utilizing to indicate off this bike remains to be loads out-of-reach costly for many cyclists at £9800 / $11,580 / 13,375€ with its Dura-Ace Di2 & upgraded carbon Zipp 353 NSW wheels at a claimed 8.7kg.
However the excellent news is there are many way more accessible choices.
In actual fact, full Ribble Allroad Ti builds begin at simply £3500 / $4135 / 4780€ with a mechanical Shimano 105 2×12 groupset and alloy wheels (9.9kg). 105 Di2 begins at simply £4100 / $4845 / 5600€ (9.3kg).
Whereas there are certainly cheaper entry-level all-road bikes on the market, you’ll be exhausting pressed to search out extra inexpensive full ti bikes at that value. And positively not cool, swoopy-looking 3D-printed ti bikes. For comparability, Sturdy’s Riadh, Moot’s Vamoots 33 & J.Laverack are ~2-3x extra, No. 22’s Reactor Aero perhaps 4x extra and a yr away, and the Pilot Seiren nonetheless hasn’t even hit the highway but.
Now, each Ribble Allroad Ti bike is constructed as much as order within the UK, so consumers can choose and select which parts are most vital to them, and the place they will save a little bit of coin. The framesets are in inventory although, so order one at the moment and Ribble says they’ll ship it in 2-4 weeks’ time.
RibbleCycles.co.uk
