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Ribble Endurance Geometry

mark8191mark8191 Posts: 69
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I've been looking at a few different bikes (Ribble Endurance, Trek Domane, Giant Defy). The reach for the Domane and Defy for my size (small/ 52) are 371 and 374 however, the Ribble has a reach of 385 which puts it more on par with racier bikes like the TCR than an endurance style bike from Giant/ Trek. Wondering if anyone who has had experience with Ribble feels their endurance model feels more like a racer or whether Ribble just measure their bikes in a unique way?

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  • lincolndavelincolndave Posts: 9,441
    How do the other measurements compare, not all manufactures frame sizes are equal, does the ribble size 50 measurements come anywhere near the size 52 trek and giant ?
  • cruffcruff Posts: 1,518
    mark8191 said:

    I've been looking at a few different bikes (Ribble Endurance, Trek Domane, Giant Defy). The reach for the Domane and Defy for my size (small/ 52) are 371 and 374 however, the Ribble has a reach of 385 which puts it more on par with racier bikes like the TCR than an endurance style bike from Giant/ Trek. Wondering if anyone who has had experience with Ribble feels their endurance model feels more like a racer or whether Ribble just measure their bikes in a unique way?

    The Endurance is Ribble's pro team race bike, so yes it's going to be racier than the name might suggest. It's somewhere like a Cross between a Tarmac and an S5 in road feel. I was considering getting one myself, as I have an insurance payout to replace a bike that got broken when I was run over last year - but the lead times on Ribble are insane at the moment. They have a backlog of around 1800 bikes waiting to be built
    Fat chopper. Some racing. Some testing. Some crashing.
    Specialising in Git Daaahns and Cafs. Norvern Munkey/Transplanted Laaandoner.
  • mark8191mark8191 Posts: 69
    lincolndave said:

    How do the other measurements compare, not all manufactures frame sizes are equal, does the ribble size 50 measurements come anywhere near the size 52 trek and giant ?

    The smaller sized Ribbles reach is only 3mm shorter but the stack is much lower at 498mm, probably too much compared to others/ what I'm used to (546).

    https://geometrygeeks.bike/compare/giant-defy-advanced-pro-2-2020-s,trek-domane-2021-52-cm,ribble-endurance-sl-disc-2019-xs,ribble-endurance-sl-disc-2019-s/
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