With the Road Rocket we went ahead and indulged by designing our dream road frame. We have used our favorite tubing (Columbus MAX chain stays and down tube, Spirit seat tube and head tube and a skinny Spirit Keirin top tube & seat stays) to deliver performance in all the right places. The Spirit tubing is known as the lightest tubing in the Columbus range. The MAX tubing used is famed for its stiffness when you put the power down. The down tube has an oval shape which hugs the head tube vertically and hugs the bottom bracket horizontally, matched with colossal chain stays, the result is a speed machine with minimal bb and head tube flex.
The Road Rocket is a credible contender against titanium and carbon frames with all the comfort and durability steel brings.
This frame has a level top tube so measurment listed is centre to centre.
- Frame weight: 1.7kg frame only / 2.06kg frame & fork (Size 560)
- Seat Tube Clamp: 28.6
- Bottom Bracket: English thread
- Rear Spacing: 130mm
- Seat Post Diameter: 27.2
- Frame comes with a Columbus Minimal full carbon fork with 1 1/8" steerer
- Front Mech Type: 28.6 Clamp On
- Seat Tube Clamp & Headset not included
- Frame & Fork weight (570): 2kg
Size | 51 | 53 | 55 | 57 | 59 | |
Seat Tube Centre to Centre | 510 | 530 | 550 | 570 | 590 | |
Seat Tube Centre to Top | 550 | 570 | 590 | 610 | 630 | |
Seat Tube Angle* | 74.5 | 74 | 74 | 74 | 74 | |
Top Tube Actual | 520 | 530 | 545 | 560 | 570 | |
Top Tube Effective | 520 | 530 | 545 | 560 | 570 | |
Fork Rake | 45 | 45 | 45 | 45 | 45 | |
Head Tube Length | 102 | 122 | 143 | 161 | 179 | |
Head Tube Angle* | 73 | 73 | 73.5 | 73.5 | 74 | |
Bottom Bracket Drop | 70 | 70 | 70 | 70 | 70 | |
Brake Drop | 49 | 49 | 49 | 49 | 49 | |
Max Tyre Clearance | 25c | 25c | 25c | 25c | 25c | |
Rack Mounts | No | No | No | No | No |
* These are measured in degrees, the rest in mm.
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