As we reported back in August, Ridley has re-designed its longstanding Helium road bike for 2017 and the Belgian brand recently sent us through its toppest, top-end Helium SLX for test.
The climb friendly, featherweight that Lotto-Soudal frameset will debut at this year's Tour Down Under is draped in some pretty snazzy bits, so we took some time to ogle the new bike from every angle conceivable.
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In re-designing the Helium, Ridley has aimed to create a bike that is a great all-rounder. Ridley engineer Bruno De Naeur stated in our overview of the brands 2017 range that “our mantra behind the Helium has always been [to create] the best stiffness to weight ratio... so you’ll find that we don’t have the lightest or the stiffest bike, but we believe that we’ve found the best compromise between those two characteristics.”
He goes on to say that although Ridley “had working bikes built below the magical 700g mark, we decided against putting it into production as the bike needs to be tough enough to last and be ridden in all conditions, including our own Belgian cobbles."
- The top-end Helium SLX with Forza 4ZA RC23 wheels is priced at £6,500 / $7,500 / AU$TBC
- The Helium SLX frameset is also available separately for £2,699.99 / $TBC / / AU$TBC
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