The Sportive Racing Disc has the same frame triangle up front as the regular Sportive Racing, but the rear triangle & fork have been reworked & now have mudguard eyelets & clearance for 28mm tyres, further increasing the bikes versatility & perfect for adding a bit more comfort or tackling slightly rougher terrain like cobbles. The Sportive Racing Disc with its bumble bee colour scheme
- perfectly combines comfort & tenacity. It has balanced design elements for sportive & endurance riding & racing with a taller head tube for longer rides & a race-orientated rear triangle. Riders are thrilled with how the Sportive Racing bikes handle it offers a responsive, fast, well positioned & comfortable ride. It features new tubing profiles
- to increase stiffness where you need it
- using Torays top T700/T800 carbon fibre to work in unison with the tapered head tube & carbon fork steerer. The bottom bracket is a press fit design which increases the power transfer from pedals to rear wheel. Naturally, the frame is Di 2 & electronic groupset ready & has internal cable routing. At the back of the frame the larger wishbone seat stay increases the responsiveness & stiffness of the frame making the bike accelerate as soon as you get out of the saddle. Disc brakes on road bikes have come a long way & the big boys
- Shimano & SRAM
- have got it right with the very latest flat mount design calipers. The disc calipers are now the same size as rim brake calipers & so very similar in weight. The front disc caliper fits snugly behind the fork blade & the rear fits on top of the chainstay giving the bike a really clean look. If you are buying a disc road bike it has to have Flat Mount. Along with the flat mount disc the Sportive Racing Disc comes with 12mm front & rear through axles & a really nice way to keep your bum dry If you want to fit (and remove) mudguards this frame has a really nice design feature so you can fit mudguards the dropout takes two bosses that can have mudguard eyes screwed into the frame
- & this great feature changes the bike into an ideal winter training bike or commuter. Also available in stealth black or racing green with rim brakes, the Sportive Racing Disc is one of the flagship disc brake bikes in a new generation of Ribble bikes this bike is the future & you can experience this new technology now & stay ahead of the rest of the pack. NB. This frame has mounts for full coverage mudguards to be fitted. View our range of mudguards.