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Merida 2013 Road Lineup – Flax Bio-Fiber & Carbon Frame, Endurance Builds

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2013 Merida Road Bike Scultura SL Team

We just announced Merida’s mountain bike collection for next year. For 2013, Merida also dropped two new road lines mixing carbon and flax on higher end models. “Flaxply”, Merida’s carbon and flax bio-fiber combo, is said to dampen vibrations and is used to reinforce the chain stays, seat stays, and fork blades on the Scultura SL Team (pictured above). Other Scultura models get the same frame mold as the top end SL, but flax gets dropped for standard carbon. On top of Scultura, Merida released the Road Ride endurance line with a flax-rockin’ range topper.

Weight for the Scultura SL carbon/flax frameset is listed at 1290g, 844g frame only. Equipped with full SRAM Red, DT Swiss wheelset, and PRC cockpit with Selle Italia SLR monolink saddle and FSA K-Force bars, the SL comes in at £6,000.00.

Click ‘more’ for Scultura and Road Ride highlights, plus info on Merida’s flax tech…

Merida Flaxply Carbon Flax Technology

Mixing flax and carbon in the chain stays, seat stays, and fork, they claim carbon vibrations are dampened. The use of flax in bicycles isn’t new, Schwinn’s done it with their commuter bikes to great effect, as have some of the small bamboo builders.

2013 Merida Road Bike BB 2013 Merida Road Bike BB Stiffness

Asymmetrical chain stays and a rib bridging the frame should make for a stiff bottom bracket.

2013 Merida Road Bike Scultura Comp 905 Di2

Scultura Comp 905-Di2: £2,800.00

Same frame mold as the SL but pure carbon, the Shimano Ultregra Di2 version gets FSA Energy cranks, a Merida cockpit with FSA Gossamer Ergo OS bars and Selle Italia X1 saddle, and Fulcrum Racing comp wheelset.

2013 Merida Road Bike Scultura Comp 905

Scultura Comp 905: £2,000.00

A sub 1100g frame-weight, 905 gets Ultegra, but besides that is built the same as the Di2 version. This frame has a wider offering, sizes 44, 47, 50, 52, 54, 56, 59cm opposed to the models above in only 50-59cm.

2013 Merida Road Bike Scultura Comp 904

Scultura Comp 904 – £1,500.00

Equipped with Shimano 105, a Mavic Aksium wheelset, and a Merida cockpit with Selle Italia X1 saddle and Controltech ONE bars, this is Merida’s affordable racer.

2013 Merida Road Bike Scultura Comp 903

Scultura Comp 903 – £1,350.00

Comp 903 gets Shimano Tiagra groupset with a Merida cockpit and Shimano R501-30 wheelset.

Road Ride

2013 Merida Road Bike Road Ride 95

Road Ride 95 – £2,000.00

Road Ride 95 is Merida’s top of the line endurance build. Reinforced with flax like the Scultura SL, 95 gets Shimano Ultegra groupset, Mavic Aksium wheels, Merida’s cockpit and a Selle Italia Q-Bik Flow saddle. All Road Ride bikes are sized 47-59cm in the same increments as Scultura.

2013 Merida Road Bike Road Ride 94

Road Ride 94 – £1,500.00

Equipped with Shimano 105 groupset, a Merida cockpit with Selle Italia Q-Bik flow saddle and FSA Gossamer Compact OS bar, 94 rolls on an Alex Race 24 wheelset with Shimano 105 hubs.

2013 Merida Road Bike Road Ride 93

Road Ride 93 – £1,350.00

The entry level 93 gets the same cockpit as 94 with Shimano Tiagra groupset, and Alex Race 24 rims with Tiagra hubs.

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Reynard2ki
Reynard2ki
11 years ago

Sweet, now point me to the nearest Merida dealer to Chicago. Yeah, I know BR is an internatinonal site, but a great majority of viewers are US based. What’s the point of wasting pixels on a product that a vast majority of your readers have zero access to?

Mike
Mike
11 years ago

Looks like the graphic design department has been working hard. NOT!

tridork
tridork
11 years ago

I have just crashed my 3 year old Scultura 905 and looking for a replacment. The 2013 model looks sooooo much better. I’ve only seen the 903 in the flesh, but as the 905 uses the same mold, seems like the 2013 version of the 905 wil be a sweet looking replacement. I can hardly wait for my insurance replacement!

Frank Wilson
Frank Wilson
11 years ago

Let’s not forget Museeuw, flax bikes for at least 7 years!

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