Don’t get us wrong we’re all for racing. Grand Tour top steps Classic’s Monuments—they’re in our DNA. But sometimes riding simply to ride riding for the love of riding is just what we need. And this is what the Aethos lives for. Sure it’s given nothing up to performance and happens to be the lightest frame out there but with no compromise to style. Aethos: Billions of calculations in the pursuit of one thing—the perfect ride. Top off the world’s lightest frame with SRAM’s 12-speed RED eTAP AXS groupset and Roval’s featherweight Alpinist wheels and you’re left with a perfectly balanced top-tier ride that gives up nothing in the name of performance. The Aethos frame has been designed with the perfect combination of ultimate ride feel light weight and style—from accelerating up steep pitches and descending technical descents to all-day saddle comfort on even the longest coffee rides the Aethos hits the mark. But how you ask? By reinventing the traditional road shape found on bikes of the past we’ve subtly altered these shapes to deliver massive gains in stiffness and balance all without affecting weight or durability. Pair that with an entirely new layup and process that we’ve perfected over multiple decades and you have the lightest frame out there (585 grams S-Works size 56cm). The Aethos is more than just a new bike it’s the first of a new breed. A featherweight frame is useless without confidence-inspiring ride characteristics which is why we’ve developed the Aethos to have the perfect balance of front and rear stiffness combined with exceptional ride quality. By studying the flexing and breathing of carbon fiber we were able to discover groundbreaking findings about how forces flow through frames. Just a few pedal strokes and you’ll realize this sublime ride sets a new standard. Every detail from the derailleur hangers to the fork expander plug have been designed with style weight and durability in mind. We’ve also spec’d it with Roval’s all-new Alpinist carbon seatpost and wheels further saving weight and improving ride characteristics. Everything in pursuit for the perfect ride. S-Works Aethos - SRAM Red eTap AXS Technical Specifications FRAMESET Frame S-Works Aethos FACT 12r Carbon Rider First Engineered™ Threaded BB Electronic cable routing only 12x142mm thru-axle flat-mount disc Suspension Fork S-Works FACT Carbon 12x100mm thru-axle flat-mount disc COCKPIT Handlebars S-Works Short & Shallow 123mm Drop 75mm Reach w/Di2 Hole Stem S-Works SL alloy titanium bolts 6-degree rise Tape Supacaz Super Sticky Kush Saddle Body Geometry S-Works Power carbon fiber rails carbon fiber base SeatPost Roval Alpinist Carbon Seatpost Seat Binder Specialized Alloy 30.0mm titanium bolt BRAKES Front Brake SRAM RED eTAP AXS hydraulic disc Rear Brake SRAM RED eTAP AXS hydraulic disc DRIVETRAIN Shift Levers SRAM Red eTap AXS Front Derailleur SRAM RED eTAP AXS braze-on Rear Derailleur SRAM RED eTAP AXS 12-speed Cassette SRAM RED XG-1290 12-speed 10-33t Crankset SRAM RED AXS Power Meter Chainrings 48/35T Bottom Bracket SRAM DUB BSA 68 Chain SRAM RED 12-speed WHEELS & TIRES Front Wheel Roval Alpinist CLX 21mm internal width carbon rim 33mm depth Win Tunnel Engineered Roval AFD hub 21h DT Swiss Aerolite spokes Rear Wheel Roval Alpinist CLX 21mm internal width carbon rim 33mm depth Win Tunnel Engineered Roval AFD hub 24h DT Swiss Aerolite spokes Front Tire Turbo Cotton 320 TPI 700x26mm Rear Tire Turbo Cotton 320 TPI 700x26mm Inner Tubes Turbo Ultralight 48mm Presta valve * Specifications are subject to change without notice
Don't get us wrong we're all for racing. Grand Tour top steps Classic's Monuments—they're in our DNA. But sometimes riding simply to ride riding for the love of riding is just what we need. And this is what the Aethos lives for. Sure it's given nothing up to performance and happens to be the lightest frame out there but with no compromise to style. Aethos: Billions of calculations in the pursuit of one thing—the perfect ride. Top off the world's lightest frame with Shimano's legendary Dura-Ace Di2 groupset and Roval's featherweight Alpinist wheels and you're left with a perfectly balanced top- tier ride that gives up nothing in the name of performance. The Aethos frame has been designed with the perfect combination of ultimate ride feel light weight and style—from accelerating up steep pitches and descending technical descents to all-day saddle comfort on even the longest coffee rides the Aethos hits the mark. But how you ask? By reinventing the traditional road shape found on bikes of the past we’ve subtly altered these shapes to deliver massive gains in stiffness and balance all without affecting weight or durability. Pair that with an entirely new layup and process that we’ve perfected over multiple decades and you have the lightest frame out there (585 grams S-Works size 56cm). The Aethos is more than just a new bike it’s the first of a new breed. A featherweight frame is useless without confidence-inspiring ride characteristics which is why we’ve developed the Aethos to have the perfect balance of front and rear stiffness combined with exceptional ride quality. By studying the flexing and breathing of carbon fiber we were able to discover groundbreaking findings about how forces flow through frames. Just a few pedal strokes and you’ll realize this sublime ride sets a new standard. Every detail from the derailleur hangers to the fork expander plug have been designed with style weight and durability in mind. We’ve also spec’d it with Roval’s all-new Alpinist carbon seatpost and wheels further saving weight and improving ride characteristics. Everything in pursuit for the perfect ride. SPECS & GEOS Frame S-Works Aethos FACT 12r Carbon Rider First Engineered™ Threaded BB Electronic cable routing only 12x142mm thru-axle flat-mount disc Fork S-Works FACT Carbon 12x100mm thru-axle flat-mount disc Handlebars S-Works Short & Shallow 123mm Drop 75mm Reach w/Di2 Hole Stem S-Works SL alloy titanium bolts 6-degree rise Tape Supacaz Super Sticky Kush Saddle Body Geometry S-Works Power carbon fiber rails carbon fiber base SeatPost Roval Alpinist Carbon Seatpost Front Brake Shimano Dura-Ace R9270 hydraulic disc Seat Binder Specialized Alloy 30.0mm titanium bolt Rear Brake Shimano Dura-Ace R9270 hydraulic disc Shift Levers Shimano Dura-Ace R9270 hydraulic disc Front Derailleur Shimano Dura-Ace R9250 braze-on Rear Derailleur Shimano Dura-Ace R9250 12-speed Cassette Shimano Dura-Ace 12-speed 11-30t Chain Shimano Dura-Ace 12-speed Crankset Shimano Dura-Ace R9200 HollowTech II 12-speed with 4iiii Precision Pro dual-sided powermeter Chainrings 52/36T Bottom Bracket Shimano Dura-Ace BB-R9100 Front Wheel Roval Alpinist CLX 21mm internal width carbon rim 33mm depth Win Tunnel Engineered Roval AFD hub 21h DT Swiss Aerolite spokes Rear Wheel Roval Alpinist CLX 21mm internal width carbon rim 33mm depth Win Tunnel Engineered Roval AFD hub 24h DT Swiss Aerolite spokes Front Tire Turbo Cotton 320 TPI 700x26mm Rear Tire Turbo Cotton 320 TPI 700x26mm Inner Tubes Turbo Ultralight 48mm Presta valve
Why should you be forced to choose between aerodynamics and weight between ride quality and speed? It’s simple you shouldn’t. Enter the new Tarmac—climb on the lightest bike the UCI allows then descend on the fastest. We’ve utilized our most advanced technologies from our FreeFoil Shape Library to an all-new Rider-First Engineered™ frame to deliver a race bike that is truly without compromise. The days of making sacrifices between “aero” and “lightweight” bikes are over—the all-new Tarmac is the fastest race bike ever. One bike to rule them all. To complement the world’s fastest frame only the best components will do—which is why you’ll find the likes of Shimano’s Dura-Ace group with power meter and Roval’s new CLX Rapide wheels with their exceptional stability and aerodynamic prowess. The S-Works Tarmac is a top-level race machine right out of the box. 'Aero is everything'—we’ve been preaching it for years and it’s still the driving force for the new Tarmac. In our quest for tube shapes that deliver the fastest frame that the UCI rules allow we took a page out of the Venge development book and utilized our FreeFoil Shape Library. Armed with a library of optimized shapes we turned to the Win Tunnel to plug these shapes into a modular test bike for more testing and validation. The result? A new Tarmac that’s the fastest we’ve tested—45 seconds faster over 40km than the Tarmac SL6. No compromises just pure speed. While aerodynamics were paramount to the Tarmac’s development and to the development of all of our race bikes weight was the co-pilot on this optimal race bike journey. Previously “aero bikes” always compromised in the weight department—the more drag you reduced the more weight you gained. With the new Tarmac our design philosophy was to keep it at or below the UCI weight limit out of the box with no sacrifices to aerodynamics. And with the help of the FreeFoil Shape Library tools like isotopic FEA analysis and some engineering wizardry by the best engineers in the industry we delivered a frame that weighs a mere 800 grams without giving up a gram of aero stiffness or ride quality. Continuing our quest to develop the perfect race bike we used our Rider-First Engineered™ philosophy to ensure that the new Tarmac is the most balanced best handling Tarmac yet—no matter the size. With an army of the world’s best test riders from our three World Tour Teams — Boels-Dolmans Deceuninck-Quick-Step and Bora-hansgrohe — we made changes to the Tarmac based on their thousands of kilometers on the road. We balanced the ride quality between the front and rear end so even the longest days in the saddle continue to be comfortable—all without giving up anything to the Tarmac’s legendary handling and race-winning snappiness. Building on the learnings from the Venge the new Tarmac utilizes simple integration to create a clean fast cockpit that’s easy to live with. We’ve improved the routing for any configuration — mechanical shifting traditional stems round bars etc. — all while keeping its aerodynamic attributes. These same traits also make the new Tarmac easy to work on and easy to travel with. It’s a win-win. S-Works Tarmac SL7 - Shimano Dura-Ace Di2 Technical Specifications FRAMESET Frame S-Works Tarmac SL7 FACT 12r Carbon Rider First Engineered™ Win Tunnel Engineered Clean Routing Threaded BB 12x142mm thru-axle flat-mount disc Suspension Fork S-Works FACT Carbon 12x100mm thru-axle flat-mount disc COCKPIT Handlebars Roval Rapide Handlebar carbon Stem Tarmac integrated stem 6-degree Tape Supacaz Super Sticky Kush Saddle Body Geometry S-Works Power carbon fiber rails carbon fiber base SeatPost 2021 S-Works Tarmac Carbon seat post FACT Carbon 20mm offset Seat Binder Tarmac integrated wedge BRAKES Front Brake Shimano Dura-Ace R9270 hydraulic disc Rear Brake Shimano Dura-Ace R9270 hydraulic disc DRIVETRAIN Shift Levers Shimano Dura-Ace R9270 hydraulic disc Front Derailleur Shimano Dura-Ace R9250 braze-on Rear Derailleur Shimano Dura-Ace R9250 12-speed Cassette Shimano Dura-Ace 12-speed 11-30t Crankset Shimano Dura-Ace R9200 HollowTech II 12-speed with 4iiii Precision Pro dual-sided powermeter Chainrings 52/36T Bottom Bracket Shimano Dura-Ace BB-R9100 Chain Shimano Dura-Ace 12-speed WHEELS & TIRES Front Wheel Roval Rapide CLX 21mm internal width carbon rim 51mm depth Win Tunnel Engineered Roval AFD hub 18h DT Swiss Aerolite spokes Rear Wheel Roval Rapide CLX 21mm internal width carbon rim 60mm depth Win Tunnel Engineered Roval AFD hub 24h DT Swiss Aerolite spokes Front Tire Turbo Cotton 320 TPI 700x26mm Rear Tire Turbo Cotton 320 TPI 700x26mm Inner Tubes Turbo Ultralight 60mm Presta valve * Specifications are subject to change without notice
Don't get us wrong, we're all for racing. Grand Tour top steps, Classic's Monuments—they're in our DNA. But sometimes riding simply to ride, riding for the love of riding, is just what we need. And this is what the Aethos lives for. Sure, it's given nothing up to performance, and happens to be the lightest frame out there, but with no compromise to style. Aethos: Billions of calculations in the pursuit of one thing—the perfect ride.Top off the world's lightest frame with Shimano's legendary Dura-Ace Di2 groupset and Roval's featherweight Alpinist wheels and you're left with a perfectly balanced top- tier ride that gives up nothing in the name of performance.The Aethos frame has been designed with the perfect combination of ultimate ride feel, light weight, and style—from accelerating up steep pitches and descending technical descents, to all-day saddle comfort on even the longest coffee rides, the Aethos hits the mark. But how, you ask? By reinventing the traditional road shape found on bikes of the past, we’ve subtly altered these shapes to deliver massive gains in stiffness and balance, all without affecting weight or durability. Pair that with an entirely new layup and process that we’ve perfected over multiple decades and you have the lightest frame out there (585 grams, S-Works, size 56cm). The Aethos is more than just a new bike, it’s the first of a new breed.,A featherweight frame is useless without confidence-inspiring ride characteristics, which is why we’ve developed the Aethos to have the perfect balance of front and rear stiffness combined with exceptional ride quality. By studying the flexing and breathing of carbon fiber, we were able to discover groundbreaking findings about how forces flow through frames. Just a few pedal strokes and you’ll realize this sublime ride sets a new standard.,Every detail, from the derailleur hangers to the fork expander plug have been designed with style, weight, and durability in mind. We’ve also spec’d it with Roval’s all-new Alpinist carbon seatpost and wheels, further saving weight and improving ride characteristics. Everything in pursuit for the perfect ride..