With a 73.3-degree seat angle and a head angle of 73, it could be argued that the Endurance is heading towards the racier end of endurance geometry, especially combined with the 582mm stack and a 401mm reach. It’s Ultegra all-round so what’s not to like? David Caudery / Immediate Media The numbers don’t refer to the stiffness of the carbon, although the fibre used in T1000 is stronger than in 800 so less is needed to achieve the same stiffness. Toray carbon crops up in a lot of high-end bikes, so the Ribble’s in good company here. The carbon frame is a mix of Toray 8 fibres. I’m riding an XL model and at 8.69kg all in it probably doesn’t qualify as ‘superlight’. Ribble pegs the Endurance SL as a “…superlight road platform designed for endurance riding and racing.” Now, obviously the weight-watchers out there are going to quibble with the first part of that description. Ribble Endurance SL Ultegra Disc specifications and details Warren’s verdict makes the Endurance SL the perfect bike for BikeRadar‘s resident MAMIL, so that’s what I’m going to find out over the next few months. It’s up there with Synapse, Defy, Roubaix et al and should go some way to establishing Ribble as a brand to aspire to, rather than the brand you buy because it’s the best equipped for the cash.” To quote our main man, senior road technical editor Warren Rossiter the Endurance SL “…excels at its intended purpose: a bike you can ride all day, covering ground at a decent pace, without getting a kicking. We’ve already tested the Endurance SL for our Bike of the Year test. The Endurance SL is one of the fruits of a new strategy in Preston that’s seen Ribble launch a raft of new, and interesting, bikes following the recruitment of former Boardman boss Andy Smallwood as CEO. Things change, people change, hairstyles change and Ribble has changed. You can still buy it now for less than 500 quid!īut the 7005 isn’t the bike I’m testing long term – instead I’m going to spend the summer with the Ribble Endurance SL Ultegra Disc – I’ll just refer to it as the Endurance SL from here on in if that’s okay with you. I’d argue that it’s also the bike that helped build the Lancastrian bike store’s reputation as a purveyor of solid, incredible value-for-money machines.

The Ribble 7005 Audax was ubiquitous among commuters, couriers, wintering club cyclists and, obviously, audax riders. Ribble claims its new e-road bike is the lightest on the market.Many, many years ago, before I became a ‘serious’ road cyclist and knew only vaguely of exotic bikes brands from Italy, failing British marques and companies supplying bicycles to all-American heroes with feet of EPO, I used to be amazed by the huge number of blue bikes with the legend Ribble emblazoned on the top tube swarming around late-1990s London. Content director Rob Spedding’s Ribble Endurance SL disc long-termer Robert Smith/Immediate Media

Ribble endurance bike