Let's play a game. Here's an Italian bike. Looks pretty nice, right? We're going to review it without talking about passion or flair or soul, and we're not going to mention pedigree or call it thoroughbred. Suffice it to say that it made the final four of our print sibling Cycling Plus's Bike of the Year 2016 shootout of 55 road bikes.
The GTR made the podium for our sister title Cycling Plus's Bike of the Year shootout
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The GTR SL is Wilier's latest comfortable-but-fast, sportive/fondo-esque frameset, the fanciest version of a new design that's also available in two heavier options (the GTR Team and the GTR), as well as a disc model.
To make matters even more complicated, the GTR SL is available in two different geometries: the Race on test here, and the Endurance which limits you to a single colour choice and gets a few extra mm of stack height, and a few less of reach.
Thoroughly modern frameset
The GTR SL's frame and fork weigh a claimed 990g and 390g respectively for a medium. The frameset carries all the hallmarks of a modern sportive bike (unless you count discs), with tubing that's fat in the right places for stiffness (head tube, down tube, bottom bracket...) and skinny where compliance is the order of the day.
Quietly excellent spec
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