One other fast replace from Berlin bikemaker Standert… their inexpensive aluminum Kreissäge highway racing bike will get up to date with the identical trendy 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 truly managed to convey 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. But it surely 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 cheaper price with a bit simplified particulars.
However now the core Kreissäge will get its personal smooth 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 remains 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 the whole lot preserve climbing. A brand new MY24 Standert Kreissäge frameset is 200€ greater than it was 5 years in the past, or 100€ greater than the newest iteration bought earlier this 12 months. However one vivid spot of the growth of digital groupsets, is which you can now purchase an entire trendy Kreissäge with a wi-fi SRAM Pressure AXS group for round 400-600€ lower than you may 5 years in the past. That’s one thing.
(Certain, extra inexpensive mechanical shift builds at the moment are out the window, sadly. However such seems to be the unstoppable drive of progress.)
What’s new?
The obvious change, in fact, is new routing. Now routed via the higher headset cup as an alternative 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 necessary improve with all-new dropouts, too. The brand new Standert Kreissäge switches to the future-proof UDH normal with a forged dropout that easily transitions from the tapered chainstay.
With exterior cables gone, the brand new body is not appropriate with any mechanical shifting setups. And Standert not gives 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 considered 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 inside cable routing via Standert Built-in Headset
- digital groupset compatibility solely (Di2 or AXS, whereas no others specified)
- UDH for common derailleur compatibility
- 73mm vast T47 threaded backside bracket (included with framesets)
- 30mm max tire clearance (precise measured width)
- 7 inventory sizes (48-60cm) with Undertaking Compact geometry to learn smaller riders
- 1480g alloy body weight declare (dimension 54), plus 440g carbon fork (uncut steerer)
2024 Standert Kreissäge Yin & Yang – Pricing, choices & availability
The recently-updated 2024 Standert Kreissäge is now obtainable to buy on-line straight from Standert in 2 Yin & Yang paint jobs and in 8 pre-configured full construct choices or separate framesets.
Decide Yin for the principally black look with white stays, seat cluster, and fork suggestions. 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 selection, and the built-in cable routing headset.
Full builds begin at 4000€ with an unique SRAM Pressure AXS 2x setup with vast 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 most recent technology of Pressure 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.
Decide yours and configure your superb part sizes straight from Standert…
