Along side Bike Forward Composites, ex-professional marathon racer Thomas Stoll has been creating a few of the lightest European-manufactured carbon mountain bike frames ever to grace the race course. His personal wealthy historical past of stage racing, coupled along with his expertise managing skilled cross-country race groups, has given him an acute appreciation not just for the advantages of a light-weight bike, but additionally a compliant one. That comes via in his body design ethos; all of Thomas Stoll’s frames are made to order, and the carbon layup is tailor-made in accordance with the rider’s weight and driving type.
At Eurobike, Stoll had two XC-dingly light-weight carbon bikes on show; a 9.9 kg 120mm journey full suspension bike, and a 5.9 kg hardtail. Let’s check out the elements Thomas utilized to realize these numbers.
9.9 kg Stoll Bikes M2.2 SR Mountain Bike
The Stoll M2.2 is a 9.9 kg 120mm journey mountain bike constructed for stage racing; the carbon fiber frameset is yours for simply 5,500 € (with shock and headset). The whole bike pricing is from 8,900 €.
A Rockshox SID SL 120mm journey fork manages entrance wheel traction, whereas a Rockshox SIDLuxe Final manages bumps out again. All of Stoll’s full suspension mountain bikes, from the 100mm journey XC providing, via to the 145mm EVO Path Bike, make use of a now off-patent VPP linkage design.
Constant throughout these frames is the honeycomb lattice design of the milled aluminum hyperlink that drives the shock. Thomas tells us the design brings plenty of stiffness to the body, however is just not so low cost to supply.
The Stoll M2.2 XC Bike is accessible in three totally different sizes, every with its personal stiffness profile adjusted to rider weight and peak. On prime of this, Thomas provides prospects a full customization of elements.
This 9.9 kg providing is dwelling to Bike Forward Composites BiTurbo RS carbon wheelset with six monocoque carbon spokes supporting a 28mm inside width rim. Weighing a claimed 1,299 grams the wheelset has a most system weight restrict of simply 95 kg. Seated onto these rims is a set of Wolfpack Pace XC race tires.
The SRAM XX SL Transmission takes care of ahead propulsion, with Trickstuff Piccola HD brakes managing velocity. The light-weight cut-able Yep Elements Podio seat submit, a favourite of Dangerholm’s, provides up 80mm of drop. Atop it’s a Selle Italia SLR saddle.
Within the cockpit, we’ve got extra Bike Forward Composites goodies. The Unit is an built-in handlebar-stem mixture that, in its lightest 44mm attain iteration, weighs simply 215 grams. ESI grips end it off.
5.9 kg Stoll R1 Superlight Hardtail
Stoll’s R1 Superlight body weighs a claimed 788 grams in a measurement medium. Rear finish compliance was excessive on the checklist of design priorities for this hardtail, too. The flexing seat tube, seat stays and chainstays collectively supply round 5mm of vertical compliance as measured on the rear axle. Once more, Stoll is ready to tune that compliance to every body measurement, in addition to to a rider’s choice.
The whole bike you see earlier than you weighs a claimed 5.9 kg, and Thomas went to nice lengths to realize that quantity by borrowing componentry from the world of highway biking. Propelling this featherweight is a THM Clavicula XC crankset mixed with a SRAM Pink derailleur and cassette with eTap AXS wi-fi blip shifters built-in with modified push-on foam grips.
A sub 1kg PiRope Superlight 900 wheelset rolls on Schwalbe Thunder Burt tires, with twenty-eight textile-based spokes lacing Non Plus Hubs to a 26mm inside width Bike Forward Composites carbon rim.
A Gemini Propus cockpit and Gelu Carbon Creations Combo Okay saddle and seat submit spherical out this 5.9 kg construct. By the best way, the latter alone would set you again 740 €.
The Stoll R1 Superlight Hardtail frameset retails at 4,500 €, with the entire bike pricing from 8,500 €.
