Specialized Venge Vias Disc Review
The specialized venge pro race force is a quick and light bike.
Specialized venge vias disc review. It s also rider first engineered to ensure that every. It s hard to beat world tour performance at a price that doesn t necessitate taking out a second mortgage and that s where the venge expert disc lands. With its subtle lines gorgeous good looks and light weight the specalized s works venge is an aerobike without compromise. If you re looking for an all out wicked fast race bike look no further than the venge vias pro disc.
The shimano hydraulic disc brakes used on this venge vias disc expert ultegra model do add mass relative to the rim brake version but specialized has an answer here too. Before the s works venge vias di2 the venge pro race force was one of the fastest bikes i had ever ridden and was my first aero road bike. In our win tunnel every tube trailing edge and. The venge vias disc looks very similar to the regular venge vias launched in 2015 and the first update since the original venge in 2011 when the company first debuted an aero road bike.
Then the venge vias came along ahead of its time and specialized wasn t quite ready to give it the disc brakes it deserved. It just had to have a spot on our editor s choice list for 2019. The previous two generations of the venge the original and the venge vias were outlandish looking radical bikes and when specialized launched this new venge our first thought was that. In our win tunnel every tube trailing edge and design cue was made for speed.
The venge vias isn t a bike you d buy off the peg or unseen. Every facet of it was born in our win tunnel so it s insanely stiff and snappy and has a 116 second advantage compared to the tarmac sl5 over 40km. The bike s lines now flow beautifully. Well now that the dust has settled with disc brakes the 2020 specialized venge pro arrives with supreme aerodynamics comfort and control and thankfully no funky rim brake accommodations this time.
It features many of the same qualities as its wicked fast siblings like a rider first engineered frame and incredible stopping power with disc brakes just with a traditional cockpit. That s right the venge was never supposed to be a rim brake bike but with the uci dragging its feet on disc integration specialized couldn t mothball years of r d so a rim version was rushed into production. One glance at the disc venge vias and it s clear this is true.