Gentle, quick, aero, comfy, secure, fast. If the brand new Ritte Esprit delivers on its guarantees, you possibly can decide six of these options and obtain a fairly stable illustration of every, multi function bike.
Teased for months, the Esprit is open for orders with a daring record of efficiency traits. With a sub-800g body (dimension medium, claimed), aero nods and absolutely built-in cockpit, size-specific layups and tube shapes, and trendy geometry, it desires to the proper street bike for any rider.
Esprit Options
Up entrance, it makes use of full inner cable routing with their very own one-piece OTHR Integrale handlebar/stem cockpit unit, however is appropriate with conventional stems and bars, too…brake hoses would simply run into the headset cap. And solely brake hoses, because it’s designed for the most recent digital drivetrains solely, there aren’t any shift cable ports up entrance.
This, plus some typically aero shaping on the headtube and downtube give it a little bit of aerodynamics, however as with all the options, it’s about stability. It’s not an aero bike, and although it’s mild, it’s not only a climber’s bike. It’s merely a street bike, albeit one that appears prefer it’s an excellent street bike.
Tire clearance is rated as much as 700×35, and the fork’s dropouts have swappable through axle mounts so you possibly can modify the rake based mostly on tire dimension.
It makes use of a T47 threaded backside bracket and normal spherical 27.2 seatpost for optimum compatibility.
Esprit Geometry
Impressed by basic stage race bikes, which needed to be good at all the things, the Esprit’s geometry was designed by customized body builder Tom Kellogg. BB peak and angles and chainstay size are based mostly on extra trendy cockpits, hand positions, and 28mm+ tires, and people numbers range by body dimension to suit every rider higher.
The carbon layups and tube shapes are additionally dimension particular, they usually supply three completely different fork rakes that mix with different head angles throughout the scale vary.
Costs & Choices
Two full bikes can be found, each with their bar/stem, Fizik R3 saddle, and stainless headset and BB. The Degree One with home model OTHR carbon wheels and SRAM Pressure AXS or Shimano Ultegra Di2 runs $7,900.
The Degree Two will get ENVE SES 3.4 or 4.5 wheels, and SRAM Pink AXS or Shimano Dura-Ace R9200 Di2 for $11,900. Powermeter upgrades accessible on each builds for a further $400-$495.
Framesets are $3,950 and embody the body, fork, headset, {hardware}, and through axles. Add their bar/stem and seatpost for $350 extra.
