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. In keeping with industry-wide trends, the stays have been ever so slightly dropped on the new bike. This squared-off steerer profile allows Ridley to internally route all cables down the front of the head tube, making for a very clean front end.
Read on for specs, weights and photos. Features The Helium is not only built for the pros, but is designed for anyone who wants to pull everything out of their bike.
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. Best road bikes 2019: how to choose the right one for youClaimed 14% decrease in drag compared to outgoing modelAvailable through Ridley Dream Bike customisation programmeRidley describes the Helium SLX Disc as the “ultra-gourmet” (yes, really) frameset in its lineup and, for 2020, it has been brought up to date to make it a deliciously appealing (?) Tyre clearances have also been increased on the new bike and the Helium SLX Disc will take tyres up to 28mm wide. It’s extremely lightweight. Ridley made a good decision by dressing their Helium SLX up with a full Shimano R9100 Dura Ace group.
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Image 1 of 6. And it all starts with our choice of raw materials… Read more…The Helium shape is at the absolute highest level when it comes to stiffness to weight ratio. Jack has been at BikeRadar for three years now and is regularly testing an esoteric mix of weird and wonderful bikes. The frame tips the scale at 780gr for a size small, which is only 50g heavier than the rim brake model. Always in search of the hippest new niche in cycling, Jack is a self-confessed gravel dork, fixie-botherer, tandem-evangelist, hill-climbing try hard, and thinks nothing of taking on a daft challenge for the BikeRadar YouTube channel.
Subscribe today and get the next 3 issues of your favourite cycling magazine for just £5! Image 1 of 6. Sign up to receive our newsletter! With a near encyclopaedic knowledge of cycling tech — from the most esoteric niche nonsense to the most cutting edge modern kit — Jack takes pride in his ability to seek out tech and stories that would otherwise go unreported. Ridley says the Helium SLX will take 28mm tyres, and the bikes are supplied with 25mm tyres. Thanks! Sign in to manage your newsletter preferences Ridley claims that by hiding the cables the bike sees a “decrease in wind resistance of 14%”. Magazines — Ridley will continue to offer the rim brake version of the Helium alongside the disc model.The bike is available via the Ridley website in two builds: A frameset-only option is also available for €3,399 through Ridley’s customisation programme. Advice Reviews The straight blade fork adds to that sublime handling taking hairpin bends. Equipment: Brand new Shimano Dura-Ace R9100 Opt for this £4,899.99 model and you get a full serving of Shimano's latest Dura-Ace R9100 mechanical groupset, with a semi-compact 52/36 chainset driving an 11-28t cassette. Jelle Wallays of Lotto-Soudal takes the win at Paris-Tours aboard new model It’ll help you to be fast on the climbs to grab those Strava KOM’s, fly on the flats and rolling terrain, and sprint like a pro. 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
The Helium SLX Disc is the top of our ultra-gourmet Helium line of bikes.
Ridley has adopted its F-steerer profile that was first seen on . Called the “king of racers” by Ridley, the new Helium SLX Disc is visually similar to the rim brake model, but adds 12mm thru-axles, dropped seatstays and subtle aero improvements. Sizes S and L don’t contain lowered seat stays (see second image above).Our new F-Steerer, with half-moon curvature, ingeniously allows for fully internal cabling… Read more…Disc brakes are one of the newest game-changing evolutions in road cycling. Already have an account with us?
The Helium SLX Disc is the newest model in the Helium range.
2020 Ridley Helium SLX Disc SRAM Force eTAP AXS specs2020 Ridley Helium SLX Disc Shimano Ultegra R8000 specs The tube profiles are very similar to the rim brake model — in fact, the disc version of the bike uses the same down tube and top tube as the rim brake version. Ridley Helium SLX Disc review. That way every cable can be integrated to create a clean cockpit.Please note that sizes XS, M and XL contain lowered seat stays (see first image above).
option for the road rider looking for a top-end lightweight disc bike.