![]() The new Ribble Endurance SL R is a very good bike, a looker with some very sensible design features backed up by good handling and an abundance of speed and comfort - 4/5. The Endurance SL R Disc is our flagship carbon endurance bike, this high-performance frameset is super light and the truncated aerofoil profile of the tubes. ![]() This review was first published in 2021 when Ribble Cycles lent me this bike for a couple of months of testing. At the ‘Enthusiast’ level, the Ribble CGR is kitted out with a 12-speed Shimano 105 Di2 R7150 groupset, with 50/34-tooth compact chainrings and a wide 11-34 tooth cassette. You’ll regularly find him commuting on an ebike and he longs for the day when everyone else follows suit. Yep, Ribble bikes have been around for a long time, and that proud heritage is tangible when you first pull the Ribble Endurance SL Disc 105 out of its box. The new Ribble Endurance SL R sits at the top of the Ribble Endurance range and is an ultralight road platform designed for Endurance racing and riding. The Ribble SLe is a carbon-fibre electric endurance road bike. While Warren loves fast road bikes and the latest gravel bikes, he also believes electric bikes are the future of transport. He has covered all the major innovations in cycling this century, and reported from launches, trade shows and industry events in Europe, Asia, Australia, North American and Africa. Over the years, Warren has written about thousands of bikes and tested more than 2,500 – from budget road bikes to five-figure superbikes. In his time as a cycling journalist, Warren has written for Mountain Biking UK, What Mountain Bike, Urban Cyclist, Procycling, Cyclingnews, Total Bike, Total Mountain Bike and T3. He’s also a regular presenter on the BikeRadar Podcast and on BikeRadar’s YouTube channel. The Ribble Endurance SL e is down as being the lightest e-bike on the market - how does it ride Sign up to our newsletter Cycling Weekly Verdict The Ribble Endurance SL e carries a geometry. Endurance bikes are designed to meet the challenge of long rides over up and down terrain, enabling. Having been testing bikes for more than 20 years, Warren has an encyclopedic knowledge of road cycling and has been the mastermind behind our Road Bike of the Year test for more than a decade. The Endurance SL bucks the disc-brake trend. ![]() (If youre reading this Ribble, I really want to try the steel Endurance 725 please.) The good news is that Ribble hasnt changed much at all, when it comes to comparing the AL with the AL e. Warren Rossiter is BikeRadar and Cycling Plus magazine’s senior technical editor for road and gravel. Im a big fan of Ribbles Endurance range, having ridden the titanium version and the aluminium option, which I described as a loveable bike. Read our full review of the Ribble Endurance SL Disc over here.
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