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RIDE DISC<br />
TOUR<br />
If sports equipment, training tool or capable<br />
partner for recreational cycling with a sporty<br />
accent: road bikes have the purpose to provide<br />
their riders with maximum riding fun. They<br />
are light enough to climb mountains with ease.<br />
They are also agile, strong at sprinting and thus<br />
ideally suitable for swift rolling on flat terrain.<br />
During high-speed downhills, road bikes perform<br />
equally supremely well – thanks to their<br />
direct handling and reliable tracking stability. In<br />
short: road bikes are powerful fun generators.<br />
However, this only applies if “horse and rider”<br />
are able to cooperate ideally. Therefore, the<br />
geometry and character of a bike have to match<br />
the rider’s in an optimal way. This is where our<br />
modern RIDE concept comes into play. It aims<br />
at all those riders who are not into only “ultimate<br />
full-throttle machines”. Our RIDE is a comfortable<br />
road bike, but it can go full-throttle nevertheless<br />
– otherwise it wouldn’t be in the quiver<br />
of our UCI WorldTour TEAM LAMPRE-MERIDA.<br />
For MY 2015, the RIDE is enhanced by another<br />
aspect. Via the RIDE DISC, disc brakes enter our<br />
700C portfolio for the very first time.<br />
The most obvious feature of the new comfort<br />
generation is the 160 mm disc brake system<br />
(mounted without adapters at the front and<br />
the rear). But other technological innovations<br />
are less self-evident: For example, the light<br />
carbon frame has been adapted to the disc-brake<br />
forces which influence (in contrast to calliper<br />
brakes) the bike only on one side: So both chain<br />
stay and fork required adequate modifications<br />
to match the new “one-sided” requirements.<br />
After a consequent and complete in-house<br />
redevelopment, the RIDE DISC now features<br />
a carbon fork with a 15 mm thru-axle distributing<br />
the force flow in an ideal way. Due to the<br />
innovative internal routing of the brake tube,<br />
the fork delights visually as well. All in all, our<br />
“comfort bike of the future” offers a perceptibly<br />
higher suitability for everyday use. To realize<br />
this factor down to the very last detail, frame<br />
and fork sport special fender mounts. The<br />
fenders as such are optionally available as<br />
accessories and have been specifically developed<br />
for the RIDE DISC.<br />
Of course, the RIDE DISC also benefits from<br />
the genes of the previous RIDE generations.<br />
For example, the rear end is optimized towards<br />
best possible comfort with its flat stays, and it<br />
provides enough room for 25 mm tyres (installed<br />
ex works). These tyres effectively absorb<br />
vibrations caused by the all too often rough<br />
road surface and therefore spare the rider’s power<br />
reserves. In addition, the special geometry<br />
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