Mild, quick, aero, snug, steady, fast. If the brand new Ritte Esprit delivers on its guarantees, you may decide six of these options and obtain a fairly stable illustration of every, multi functional bike.
Teased for months, the Esprit is open for orders with a daring listing of efficiency traits. With a sub-800g body (dimension medium, claimed), aero nods and absolutely built-in cockpit, size-specific layups and tube shapes, and fashionable geometry, it needs to the proper highway bike for any rider.
Esprit Options
Up entrance, it makes use of full inner cable routing with their very own one-piece OTHR Integrale handlebar/stem cockpit unit, however is appropriate with conventional stems and bars, too…brake hoses would simply run into the headset cap. And solely brake hoses, because it’s designed for the most recent digital drivetrains solely, there aren’t any shift cable ports up entrance.
This, plus some usually aero shaping on the headtube and downtube give it a little bit of aerodynamics, however as with all the options, it’s about steadiness. It’s not an aero bike, and despite the fact that it’s mild, it’s not only a climber’s bike. It’s merely a highway bike, albeit one that appears prefer it’s an excellent highway bike.
Tire clearance is rated as much as 700×35, and the fork’s dropouts have swappable through axle mounts so you may alter the rake based mostly on tire dimension.
It makes use of a T47 threaded backside bracket and commonplace spherical 27.2 seatpost for optimum compatibility.
Esprit Geometry
Impressed by basic stage race bikes, which needed to be good at every part, the Esprit’s geometry was designed by customized body builder Tom Kellogg. BB top and angles and chainstay size are based mostly on extra fashionable cockpits, hand positions, and 28mm+ tires, and people numbers fluctuate by body dimension to suit every rider higher.
The carbon layups and tube shapes are additionally dimension particular, they usually supply three completely different fork rakes that mix with diverse head angles throughout the scale vary.
Costs & Choices
Two full bikes can be found, each with their bar/stem, Fizik R3 saddle, and stainless headset and BB. The Stage One with home model OTHR carbon wheels and SRAM Power AXS or Shimano Ultegra Di2 runs $7,900.
The Stage Two will get ENVE SES 3.4 or 4.5 wheels, and SRAM Purple AXS or Shimano Dura-Ace R9200 Di2 for $11,900. Powermeter upgrades obtainable on each builds for a further $400-$495.
Framesets are $3,950 and embody the body, fork, headset, {hardware}, and through axles. Add their bar/stem and seatpost for $350 extra.
