One other fast replace from Berlin bikemaker Standert… their inexpensive aluminum Kreissäge highway racing bike will get up to date with the identical fashionable integration as its Scandium Rally Sport sibling, however now with much more inexpensive builds. The Kreissäge idea was all the time to create extra accessible race bikes. And whereas the made-in-Italy frameset’s costs have crept up over the previous 5 years, Standert has really managed to deliver down the entry-level value of full electronic-shift builds by a number of hundred euros, making their race-ready extra accessible than ever…
Standert Kreissäge inexpensive aluminum highway race bike
Once we first discovered Standert’s alloy highway bike named after a round noticed 5 years in the past, that 2nd technology Kreissäge Disc had simply been upgraded to Italian Scandium for extra of a race-ready really feel. However it was solely a 12 months and a half later that Standert selected to distinguish the core aluminum all-rounder highway bike from a extra race-focused rally sport model in lighter Scandium alloy, then newly named the Kreissäge RS. And whereas we’d already seen a lighter, extra built-in v2 RS, the common aluminum bike chugged alongside at a lower cost with a bit simplified particulars.
However now the core Kreissäge will get its personal modern built-in replace, in two easy new Yin & Yang black & white liveries.
And whereas this isn’t their lightest, most superior highway bike, the up to date Standert Kreissäge continues to be constructed to go quick, sharing the very same race-ready geometry because the Kreissäge RS, simply 120g heavier.
And sure, costs for just about every part hold climbing. A brand new MY24 Standert Kreissäge frameset is 200€ greater than it was 5 years in the past, or 100€ greater than the latest iteration bought earlier this 12 months. However one vivid spot of the enlargement of digital groupsets, is that you may now purchase a whole fashionable Kreissäge with a wi-fi SRAM Drive AXS group for round 400-600€ lower than you may 5 years in the past. That’s one thing.
(Positive, extra inexpensive mechanical shift builds are actually out the window, sadly. However such seems to be the unstoppable pressure of progress.)
What’s new?
The obvious change, after all, is new routing. Now routed by way of the higher headset cup as a substitute of ports within the downtube, the aluminum Kreissäge already had a straight outsized 56mm headtube, so it’s actually the disappearance of cables that stands out.
However out again there’s an equally vital improve with all-new dropouts, too. The brand new Standert Kreissäge switches to the future-proof UDH normal with a solid dropout that easily transitions from the tapered chainstay.
With exterior cables gone, the brand new body is not suitable with any mechanical shifting setups. And Standert not presents a rim brake model with the Kreissäge’s new replace. (Your solely rim brake hopes are catching a earlier model earlier than they exit of inventory, or certainly one of their final demo bikes.)
The newly up to date inexpensive alloy Standert Kreissäge body is welded by hand in Italy from light-weight Dedacciai Aegis aluminum tubing and is now incrementally about 45g heavier than the earlier technology, however with a 10g lighter carbon fork.
Tech particulars
- welded from light-weight Dedacciai Aegis aluminum tubing in Italy
- full carbon tapered steerer 45mm rake fork
- built-in absolutely inner cable routing by way of Standert Built-in Headset
- digital groupset compatibility solely (Di2 or AXS, whereas no others specified)
- UDH for common derailleur compatibility
- 73mm extensive T47 threaded backside bracket (included with framesets)
- 30mm max tire clearance (precise measured width)
- 7 inventory sizes (48-60cm) with Challenge Compact geometry to profit smaller riders
- 1480g alloy body weight declare (measurement 54), plus 440g carbon fork (uncut steerer)
2024 Standert Kreissäge Yin & Yang – Pricing, choices & availability
The recently-updated 2024 Standert Kreissäge is now accessible to buy on-line immediately from Standert in 2 Yin & Yang paint jobs and in 8 pre-configured full construct choices or separate framesets.
Choose Yin for the largely black look with white stays, seat cluster, and fork ideas. Or go Yang for the predominantly white inverse.
New aluminum Kreissäge framesets promote for 1500€ together with body, full carbon fork, the T47 backside bracket of your alternative, and the built-in cable routing headset.
Full builds begin at 4000€ with an unique SRAM Drive AXS 2x setup with extensive 10-33T gearing and an alloy DT Swiss P1800 wheelset. Or 5200€ with an influence meter and both Scope S4 carbon wheels or normal Zipp 303s.
A whole Shimano construct with 105 Di2 can be inexpensive at 4300€ with the alloy DT wheels, or 5000€ with carbon Scope S4 wheels.
The newest technology of Drive AXS 2×12 with 10-28T gearing begins at 5300€ with the Scope S4 carbon wheels, 6000€ with 50mm deep carbon DT Swiss ARC1400 wheels, or 6500€ with Zipp 303 Firecrest wheels.
Choose yours and configure your ideally suited part sizes immediately from Standert…
