Roubaix Expert

There's always been a road that you've been put off by due to its rough surface or missing tarmac, well how about you give it a go with the Roubaix Expert, designed to take on those such roads and make them super smooth.

We put a lot of thought into the frame and it really came out great. Its made from the top spec Fact 10r carbon fibre, making it stiffer and more efficient than our charts have ever seen. Using our vast knowledge from the RETUL database we were able to keep the same comfort and feel of the much-loved SL4, plus keeping it a consistent fit across the board.

Up front is the Future Shock, it's our bar-raising new technology, developed hand-in-hand with McLaren Applied Technologies with the aim of keeping efficiency and handling consistent, no matter how rough the road is. What we came up with was a piston or spring in the head tube, offering up to 20mm of travel, addressing performance in vertical compliance rather than working with traditional suspension systems. In the past, fork splay would be the go-to method of smoothing out rough surfaces, but that means stretching the wheelbase which loosens up the handling and compromises pace and efficiency. By focussing on vertical compliance and sending road feedback up through the headtube, the bike essentially stays the same shape, maintaining its exquisite handling and ensuring that the Roubaix outperforms any of its competitors.

We've spec'd the Roubaix Expert with the latest 8050 Di2 electric Shimano groupset and their hydraulic 8070 disc brakes all rolling on the sublime hand built Roval C38 carbon fibre wheels.