Cervelo Aspero Apex 1 Gravel Road Bike 2021

Cervelo Aspero Apex 1 Gravel Road Bike 2021

Welcome to the era of speed in gravel. A new breed of rider is emerging—one who loves the freedom and exploration that gravel culture was founded upon but who has a hunger to ride wild, to go full bore, and to explore not just geography but personal limits. This frontier requires a new kind of gravel machine, one engineered not to roam the trails, but to slay them. For these athletes, we created a machine engineered for pure, unapologetic speed, ready to take down finish lines, KOM leaderboards, PR’s, and FKT’s. A single bike that first generates maximum speed and then second, controls that speed across the variable conditions gravel athletes must conquer. A machine built without limits, for the riders willing to test them.

Áspero Adapts Unpredictable conditions. Predictable control. Different outside rolling diameters of various wheel and tire combinations affect the handling geometry of the frame. If the tire size is altered without acknowledging the effect on trail, the result is wild swings in handling - faster or slower - from the design basis trail value, which is problematic for high-speed control.

Haul ass, Not cargo. Road racing inspired. Gravel racing refined.  It’s time to change the paradigm of gravel bike design from hauling gear slowly to empowering athletes quickly. Leveraging vast knowledge from road racing, the Áspero frame is designed with world tour stiffness for greater pedal power transfer, using less and lighter material to aid climbing and accelerating, while maximizing speeds with aerodynamic shapes critical to efficiency at speed.

Selected Specs

• FORK     Cervélo All-Carbon, Tapered Áspero Fork
• HEADSET             FSA IS2 1-1/8 x 1-1/2
• WHEELS               Alexrims Boondocks-7D
• TIRES     Panaracer Gravel King SK Sport 700x38 60tpi
• CRANKSET           SRAM Apex 1 40T
• BOTTOM BRACKET          JY-BB 22/24
• CHAIN   SRAM PC-1110, 11spd
• FRONT DERAILLEUR        NA
• REAR DERAILLEUR           SRAM Apex 1
• CASSETTE            SRAM PG-1130, 11 spd, 11-42
• SHIFTERS             SRAM Apex 1 HRD, 11 spd
• HANDLEBAR       Easton EA50 AX Alloy
• STEM     Easton EA50 Alloy
• BRAKE CALIPER  SRAM Apex HRD
• BRAKE ROTOR    SRAM CenterLine 160mm
• SADDLE Cervélo Road Saddle
• SEATPOST            Easton EA50 Alloy
• ACCESSORIES     Smartpak 400A Top Tube Storage Bag