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Storck introduces 5.9kg limited edition Aernario.2 road bike

Just 25 will be made to mark the German company's 25th anniversary

Germany’s Storck Bicycle is introducing a limited edition version of its Aernario.2 Signature road bike to mark the company’s 25th anniversary.

When we say limited edition, numbers really are small: just 25 of these are going to be made, each with a claimed weight of 5.9kg (13lb).

We reviewed a Storck Aernario.2 here on road.cc a couple of years ago – the Platinum Edition G1 – and called it “one of the best all-round race bikes out there”, praising its beautiful handling and excellent balance of comfort and stiffness.

That bike, built up with a Shimano Dura-Ace Di2 groupset and DT Swiss PRC 1400 wheels, hit our scales at 6.5kg (14.3lb).

Storck says that the Aernario.2 Signature 25th Anniversary edition, which is a rim brake bike, is made “using highest-grade carbon fibres”. It has bronze accents and is built up with a SRAM Red eTap AXS 2x12 groupset and DT Swiss PRC 1100 wheels.

Each bike is signed by Markus Storck, founder of Storck Bicycle.

Storck sells direct to consumers in the UK these days, so you need to go through www.storck-bikes.com.

The price is € 8,999 (currently around £8,129) with delivered planned for May 2021.

Mat has been in cycling media since 1996, on titles including BikeRadar, Total Bike, Total Mountain Bike, What Mountain Bike and Mountain Biking UK, and he has been editor of 220 Triathlon and Cycling Plus. Mat has been road.cc technical editor for over a decade, testing bikes, fettling the latest kit, and trying out the most up-to-the-minute clothing. We send him off around the world to get all the news from launches and shows too. He has won his category in Ironman UK 70.3 and finished on the podium in both marathons he has run. Mat is a Cambridge graduate who did a post-grad in magazine journalism, and he is a winner of the Cycling Media Award for Specialist Online Writer. Now over 50, he's riding road and gravel bikes most days for fun and fitness rather than training for competitions.

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PRSboy | 3 years ago
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I can't believe they photographed that bike and did not quite put the valves at the 'half-past' position, nor line the crank up with the downtube or chainstay 

I need to have a lie down in a darkened room.

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David9694 replied to PRSboy | 3 years ago
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And read The Rules - or rather they should.

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yupiteru | 3 years ago
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Praise the Lord, no ugly (no sense what so ever) disc brakes on a road bike, but how will the fashion conscious manage. 

They will never live it down at the club if they haven't got the latest disc braked fashion accessory to impress the clueless.

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slappop | 3 years ago
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It is nice, but I'd put black bar tape on it, change the groupset for a proper one and put some pedals on it. (Manufacturers always seem to forget that...)

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JL77 | 3 years ago
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If slammed stems will become the norm for aero reasons, will steerers then be beefed up to increase stiffness? A lot of current forks are only specced for up to 40mm of spacers above the head tube.

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wycombewheeler replied to JL77 | 3 years ago
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JL77 wrote:

If slammed stems will become the norm for aero reasons, will steerers then be beefed up to increase stiffness? A lot of current forks are only specced for up to 40mm of spacers above the head tube.

? slammed means no spaces between head tube and stem. Surely an easier  condition for the steerer tube.

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JL77 replied to wycombewheeler | 3 years ago
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OK, I meant inverted.

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Nick T replied to JL77 | 3 years ago
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Still not making any sense mush

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Nick T | 3 years ago
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I remember when Storck were up with the most expensive manufacturers, 8 grand seems cheap now that an S Works is £13k

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Global Nomad replied to Nick T | 3 years ago
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was just logging in to say the same thing...odd what the world of high end bikes has become when we think €9000 is cheap for a limited edition super bike....

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Chris Hayes | 3 years ago
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🎼 What the world needs now, is another black bike....It's the only thing that there's just too little of....🎼

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tbelcher72 replied to Chris Hayes | 3 years ago
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Black is the new black. Agree with the previous comments is a crazy world when £9k seems like a bargain for such a high end bike when compaired to the competition. 

 

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NZ Vegan Rider replied to Chris Hayes | 3 years ago
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Ha!

Good to see a properly lightweight bike that they're sensible enough to use rim brakes. 

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Chris Hayes replied to NZ Vegan Rider | 3 years ago
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It's cheaper, lighter, and less black than its predecessor.... that's progress.  If it was black and silver instead of bronze it would be appropriate for a kiwi  1

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NZ Vegan Rider replied to Chris Hayes | 3 years ago
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True  3

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JL77 replied to NZ Vegan Rider | 3 years ago
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Future-proofness = zero

Chances for reselling = 50% less

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Nick T replied to JL77 | 3 years ago
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future proofing? A rim brake that works today is probably going to work just as well in 20 years time

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wycombewheeler replied to JL77 | 3 years ago
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JL77 wrote:

Future-proofness = zero

Chances for reselling = 50% less

Not sure what you are driving at here. wheels will always be round, electronic shifting isn't going away. Rim brakes on a bike far to nice to take out in bad winter conditions are just fine.

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JL77 replied to wycombewheeler | 3 years ago
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Well, good luck finding new high end rim brake rims/wheels in 5-10 years.

And good luck finding a buyer for a high-end rim brake bike in a couple of years.

 

Not that I'm against rim brakes, far from it. Industry is just pushing the other way. And consumers are following (happy or not).

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Nick T replied to JL77 | 3 years ago
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If people keep buying them they'll keep selling them. You can still find 126mm hubs, downtube shifters and square taper bottom brackets today, why wouldn't you expect to find a replacement rim brake caliper or wheel for as long as you expect to own and ride a bike you bought today? Who says a flat mount disc brake bike will be any more future proof, anyone who bought a post mount frame 3 years ago must be screwed by your logic?

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David9694 replied to JL77 | 3 years ago
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Or, discs on a road bike are a fad. This bike could even be evidence of that.

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