Storck has a reputation for technically advanced, lightweight designs, but its low volume production has always equated to premium prices. With the Visioner C (the C is for carbon – there's an alloy Visioner too) Storck hopes to change this by offering a complete bike that more of us can potentially afford.
- Highs: Telepathic handling, and a rock solidly fast bike
- Lows: The sharpness of the handling might be too much for some
- Buy if: You want a race machine that’s as quick to handle as it is to gain speed
With any bike, the frameset is the most important bit – and with the Visioner, Storck has incorporated all the design features we would expect. The distinct, bulged, oversize head tube holds a lightweight 360g full-carbon fork whose slender, almost daintily tapering straight blades are at odds with the massive lateral stiffness they impart on the road.
The down tube’s profile blends a flat base with an almost cylindrical cross section and with a circumference of 7.5in it’s one of the biggest you will see. The top tube follows a similar shaping but the flat section is on top; at 6.25in it’s again pretty chunky. Things stay oversized through the huge bottom bracket shell and into the massively deep chainstays. Only the seatstays, which start slender and flattened, look minimal, but even these gain in diameter as they meet the Storck signature rear facing dropouts.
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Sharp angles, a short wheelbase and a low riding position create a distinctive handling feel
As you would expect, all this size translates into a stiff machine, but though the ride is definitely very firm it’s not harsh. Even on the worst surfaces we could throw at it, the Storck never became buzzy, or loaded us with fatiguing vibrations. Instead you feel a background resonance, a dulled thudding that’s easy to live with.
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