Designed in house here at Ribble HQ in Lancashire and expertly hand crafted from carbon this stylish and lightweight machine is built to offer you the perfect combination of a high-end performance road bike but with a slightly more relaxed 'sportive' geometry. The shape and dimensions of each tube have been carefully selected to offer you the most compliant ride possible for those epic rides yet not lose the bikes agility.

The sleek profiled tubing offers a perfectly blended balance between high-end performance and styling. Internal cable routing has been incorporated within the design to both improve the lines of the bike and also to keep the cables out of the elements. This in turn ensures that the bike is more streamlined which will therefore also make you faster and climb better than ever before! We have made various changes to the previous R872s design to achieve an improved ride feel, these include;

• An oversize profile, tapered downtube for improved torsional stiffness and power transfer.
• A dropped seat stay design for vertical compliance and vibration absorption enhancing comfort.
• An aero profile carbon bladed fork for precision steering.
• A tapered head tube offering improved front end stiffness.
• The chainstays have been lengthened slightly to provide extra stability.
• Enhanced tyre clearance for additional comfort and grip.
• Internal cable routing for cleaner lines and protection for the cables.
• The tried and tested threaded bottom bracket design for increased durability.

The R872 also makes for a very capable race bike. The dropped seat stays, as well as offering better protection from road vibration also offer better power transfer thanks to the reduced section of the rear triangle. This translates into a lightning fast bike that is equally at home on the sportive as it is on your commute.

This reduced section rear triangle design combined with an oversize BB and box section chainstays allows more of the power generated by you to be transferred directly to road. Every watt transferred into forward motion means less power that you have generated is wasted thanks to the increased torsional stiffness and all energy saved is a bonus and reduces fatigue.

The front end stiffness is provided by the incorporation within the design of an oversize tapered head tube, tapered fork steerer and fork profile.

The brand new and latest iteration of the R872 is a lightweight carbon road bike. With a relaxed fit ‘sportive’ geometry and precision handling it is as adept on those epic century rides as it is agile and nimble when cornering and descending.

The carefully considered geometry of the R872 has been chosen to offer you the ultimate in comfort and stability as well as provide poised, controlled, handling. Endurance rides such as long distance sportives demand that you be as comfortable in the saddle as possible to reduce fatigue and prevent soreness. To alleviate this as much as possible the dropped seat stays offer incredible vibration absorption from the roads. Also, the tall head tube and shorter top tube design of the frame offers a relaxed more upright position.

The R872 frame has discreet mudguard mounts and clearance for tyres widths up to 28mm (25mm with mudguards fitted). These features ensure better comfort thanks to the wider tyre profile and all-weather capability for those all-season epic rides.