Wilier Triestina has just wrapped up its 2016 dealer show in the Dolomites, where the firm revealed new road bikes and a new carbon cross country race bike.
For 2016, it’s the GTR that’s received the most attention, with Wilier growing it from just a single frame in to a family of bikes. Alongside the existing GTR frame now sits the GTR SL, GTR Team and GTR Disc (we’ll get to the disc model in a minute).
The SL and Team bikes share exactly the same frames but what sets them apart is the layup and grade of carbon used in their construction. The Team is constructed from 46 and 30-ton carbon-fibre, with a claimed frame weight of 1190g. The more expensive SL is made from 60 and 46-ton fibres, with a claimed frame weight of 990g.
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Somewhat confusingly, these frames will be available with two different geometries. As standard they’ll have Wilier’s ‘race’ geometry, but will also be available with more relaxed ‘endurance’ geometry. Thanks to having a different fork with additional spacing under head tube, an endurance-spec bike effectively has additional 10mm of stack height over a race-spec bike because the fork pushes the front of the bike to sit higher.
The new Wilier GTR Team. The GTR SL looks the same, the differences are in the carbon fibre used
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