Ridley Astr RS

The Future of Gravel Race Bikes

"Ridley ASTR RS gravel bike review: Is this the future of gravel racing?"

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Ridley Astr RS

This is a bike that Ridley couldn't wait to make! It speaks to every fibre of their heritable DNA - a front-line race bike, designed to win races, far away from the highway, without any compromise! Happy, happy days in Belgium - not that they will show it of course.

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Nicole Frain - Ridley's pro Gravel racer from Australia, nails the apex at pace on her Astr RS

"This is a bike that Ridley couldn't wait to make! It speaks to every fibre of their heritable DNA"

Astr RS - "Is this the future of gravel racing?"

Many folk think it is. But be warned this is purest Ridley from the bootstraps up. It is a bike to ride very fast in places where places where respectable folk have no place to be on their bicycles.

If you are still reading here are the Astr headlines:

  • Frame - Ultra HM carbon frame - BB86
  • Fork - ASTR RS, TA 12x100, Integrated fork-crown diffuser; 50mm rake, D-Shape steerer
  • Tyre Clearance 700c 52mm (1x drivetrain) / 47mm (2x drivetrain)
  • Aero-To-Weight design focus - elite gravel races now average 35kmh - at these speeds aero is vital
  • 890 gram frame weight
  • Astr RS (RS means Racing Sport) utilises - expensive Toray. Japanese carbon weave - needed to illicit a perfect aero/stiffness/control balance
  • Performance geometry - low BB (75mm), short headtube - 15cm (size-M), 74-degree seat-angle and 71.5-degree head-angle (size-M)
  • Customisable spec and paint in Ridley Configurator
  • Ridley Nimbus Pro integrated cockpit
  • From £6599 - £11500
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