This week we've been taking a look around the Core Bike Show and have three more bikes for you that are worthy of second look: the Colnago C-RS, Lynskey GR250 gravel bike and vintage-style St Johns from The Light Blue.
Colnago C-RS
The new C-RS may have been lost to most on its launch alongside the Concept aero machine, which occupies the higher-end of the legendary Italian brand's line-up, but the C-RS on show at the Core Bike Show this week certainly caught our eye — and not just for its much more reasonable price tag.
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Firstly, with its broader clearances for wider tyres and slimmer 27.2 post (Colnago stayed with the 31.6 post longer than most) it’s a bike that’s aimed more at endurance riders than out and out racers. A look at the geometry charts shows a 590 stack and 397mm reach on its 58cm equivalent frame size, that’s a little lower and longer than most out and out sportive machines.
We like that the C-RS has plenty of cues from its pricier cousins, from an integrated clamp with the recessed inset forward facing wedge clamp to the oversized head tube with full internal routing, and we like the more subtle details like the downtube that’s cross section profile hints at the iconic Colnago club crest — just like the classic steel Master did back in the eighties. For too long iconic and historic brands like Colnago had base models that bore the name, but little of the thought and craft that made their fame. With the C-RS it looks like a bike that’s been designed and not just built to meet a cost.
Lynskey GR250
The Light Blue St Johns
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