Endurance & Performance
Ribble Endurance SL R Series
The new Ribble Endurance SL R Series sits at the top of the Ribble Endurance road bikes range and is an ultralight road platform designed for Endurance racing and riding.
Whether it’s your favourite or nemesis ride, you visualise it in your head the night before, you know the roads like the back of your hand, every corner, climb and descent it’s as if you were there already… then press start, click in, change down, you're off, the anticipation as you glide out of town and onto the rolling roads up to the foot of the first climb. The head wind doesn’t bother you “tail wind home" you say to yourself.
As the climb draws near you're conserving energy ready ahead of the first challenge of the day, the climb rolls on and you pass a few riders in their own moment of pain and ecstasy, the gradient steepens but you're feeling good, 100m to go that final push out of the saddle and the PB is yours, the first of many today. Then focus your mind for the rewarding descent, the spoils for your effort unfolds in front of you, swooping down it’s as if you’re on rails, the swish of the tyres and the sound of the wind, at one with the machine.
With its impeccable performance, versatility and a multitude of wheel, component and finishing kit options the Endurance SL and SL R Series can be fine-tuned for all riders of all levels of experience and ability.
The serious racer whether Elite or local hero will appreciate the frames stiffness and power transfer. The built in aerodynamic tech, builds tipping the scales below the UCI weight limit and disc and caliper brake options mean the Endurance SL platform offers a performance advantage in all race situations.
The Endurance rider will benefit from the race bike attributes designed into the frame and will also see gain from the comfort enhancing and fatigue reducing features ensuring that they can go further, higher and quicker whether all day Epic or Weekend Gran Fondo.
Fitness and Leisure riders can experience the feeling you only get from a high end race bike but with the geometry and fit required to achieve a comfortable and efficient riding position. The platforms comfort, stability, handling and braking performance will inspire confidence making the Endurance SL the perfect partner as you develop your riding ability. Ride further, comfortably with less fatigue, make light work of hills, as you progress to experience longer rides over more challenging terrain.
The SL R is the lightest and fastest package that we offer, the fully monocoque carbon frame is super stiff. It is far from a bone shaking race bike however thanks to the dropped seatstay geometry which smooths out rough surfaces with ease. The super smooth shifting of the Shimano Ultegra groupset only enhances further the smooth and sleek styling of the bike. Plus, it even takes full mudguards should you be so inclined as to venture out in all weathers.
Aerodynamic drag saving features include,
- Truncated aerofoil down tube
- Aero fork blade profile
- Truncated aerofoil seat tube and seat post
- Internal cable routing
- Optional aero one piece cockpit enabling all cables to be routed internally and away from the airflow generating over 40% less drag compared to a conventional bar and stem set up (disc brake version has all cables completely hidden and caliper brake just the front brake cable).
Power transfer and torsional stiffness have been taken into account through the tapered downtube, oversize BB area and box section chainstays ensuring that your power wattage is efficiently transferred to forward motion. The tapered fork steerer, oversize headtube area and fork profile ensure that front end stiffness is taken care for out of the saddle efforts.
Comfort through road surface impact and vibration absorption is very important in an Endurance bike and the specific shapes and profiles of the seat stays, seat post and carbon cockpit ensure that the Endurance SL is smooth and comfortable over rough road surfaces and long distances.
The SL R frameset has discreet mudguard mounts and tyre clearances for up to 30c tyres ensuring that the Endurance SL R can be ridden in all season and weather conditions.
Don’t want do create your own? No problem, below is are the most popular builds with other riders, ready to ride or change as you like.
The SL R Series frameset is manufactured from a carefully selected blend of Toray’s carbon using more of the T1000 grade than the standard SL and layered to an exacting specification to reduce weight without compromising stiffness and strength. The frame is crafted using advanced monocoque mould technology incorporating an EPS inner core system which ensures complete consistency of the structural integrity of the fibres and resin throughout the frame. This system also eliminates excess material on the inside of the frame.
To assist you in selecting the correct size simply find you height below. The graphic below illustrates our recommendations so you can be confident that the size you order will be correct.
| Size | XS | S | M | L | XL |
| Rider Height | 5'3" - 5'5" 160 - 165cm |
5'5" - 5'7" 165 - 170cm |
5'7" - 5'10" 170 - 178cm |
5'10" - 6'1" 178 - 185cm |
6'1" - 6'3" 185 - 191cm |
| Wheel Size | 700C | 700C | 700C | 700C | 700C |
| A | 74.5° | 74.0° | 73.6° | 73.3° | 73.0° |
| B (mm) | 520 | 535 | 550 | 570 | 585 |
| C | 71.0° | 72.0° | 72.5° | 73.0° | 73.3° |
| D (mm) | 53 | 45 | 45 | 45 | 45 |
| E (mm) | 110 | 130 | 150 | 170 | 190 |
| F (mm) | 68 | 68 | 68 | 68 | 68 |
| RC (mm) | 415 | 410 | 410 | 410 | 415 |
| FC (mm) | 581 | 584 | 591 | 598 | 607 |
| Stack (mm) | 498 | 521 | 541 | 562 | 582 |
| Reach (mm) | 382 | 385 | 390 | 396 | 402 |
| WB (mm) | 982 | 984 | 991 | 999 | 1007 |
| G (mm) | 470 | 490 | 510 | 530 | 550 |
The Ribble Endurance SL R Series is available to order on cycle to work schemes.
We accept all major cycle to work scheme vouchers.
The fully monocoque carbon Toray 800/1000 frame weighs 850g and the matching forks 400g. A full build with Shimano Dura Ace Di2 is approximately 6.8kgs.
The frame carries a 3 year warranty. All other parts have the standard manufacturer's warranty.
The SL R Series Disc has clearance for 28mm tyres and 25mm with full length mudguards fitted.
There are 2 bottle cage mounts.
We recommend a maximum rider weight of 100kgs (224lbs).
Yes, there are mounts for fitting mudguards.
The BB shell is PF86.
The semi-aero seatpost is exclusive to the SL R Series and is supplied with the bike.
The derailleur is a braze on.
No, the frame does not have rack mounts.
The frame takes direct mount callipers.
They are standard 9mm quick release axles.
Due to the many different systems people use we do not supply pedals with bikes but you can find a great array of pedals here.
The new style rear geometry smooths quite a bit of the road buzz as promised, and downhill handling is excellent.
It's also my first bike with DI2. The gear changing is very crisp.
I've racked up plenty of PB's and expect more to follow.
