Climbing · Size 49–58 · Annecy
Col
Six point four kilogrammes, and every gram of it argued over.
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The frameWhy it is shaped like thisT1000 / M40X
The Col was the first frame Céline Mareau laid up in the unit on the Route de Thônes, in a two-part mould she machined herself over a wet February. The shape has moved four millimetres at the head tube since. Nothing else has changed, because nothing else needed to.
The tube set is T1000 in the load paths and M40X where stiffness matters more than toughness — the shell, the head tube, the chainstays. The down tube leaves the bottom bracket as a 46 mm oval and arrives at the head tube round. You feel that as a bicycle that goes exactly where you put it on a nine per cent ramp and still lets you sit on it for five hours.
It is not the stiffest frame we know how to make. We made that one in 2019 and nobody wanted to ride it twice. The Col is the frame that is still comfortable on the fourth col of the day, which in this valley is the only test that counts.
Céline Mareau · Composites, ex-Safran
Luc Pélissier · Ride and fit
GeometrySize 54Millimetres and degrees
Dimensions, millimetres and degreesVire, same size, overlaid
Every size is drawn, not scaled. Across the five Col sizes the head angle opens from 71.8° to 73.5°, the chainstay grows 408 to 412 mm and the reach 371 to 398 mm — because a rider who is 1.62 m does not want a shrunken version of a bicycle built for someone 1.88 m.
Move the size and the drawing moves with it. The numbers here are the numbers on the build card, measured on the plate in Annecy, and they are the ones we will check against whatever you ride now.
| Stack | 552 | mm |
| Reach | 385 | mm |
| Head angle | 73.0 | ° |
| Seat angle | 73.5 | ° |
| Top tube (eff.) | 549 | mm |
| Seat tube | 510 | mm |
| Head tube | 150 | mm |
| Chainstay | 408 | mm |
| Wheelbase | 984 | mm |
| Front centre | 582 | mm |
| BB drop | 72 | mm |
| Fork rake | 44 | mm |
| Trail | 58 | mm |
SpecificationAs built in AnnecyEvery size
Frame
- Lay-up
- T1000 / M40X
- Frame weight
- 780 g · 54
- Fork weight
- 336 g
- Tube sections
- Round, ovalised at the shell
- Bottom bracket
- T47 threaded
- Seatpost
- 27.2 mm round
- Cure
- Single, 96 h lay-up
Wheels and tyres
- Rim depths
- 38 / 50 / 62 mm
- Rim width
- 21 mm internal
- Spokes
- 24 bladed, 2-cross
- Wheelset (38)
- 1,285 g
- Tyre fitted
- 28 mm
- Maximum tyre
- 32 mm
- Brakes
- Flat-mount disc, 160 mm
Fit and finish
- Sizes
- 49 · 52 · 54 · 56 · 58
- Bar widths
- 380–440 mm
- Stem
- 90–110 mm, −6°
- Paint
- Four coats, hand-flatted
- Cabling
- Fully internal
- Lead time
- 9 weeks from fitting
- Warranty
- Lifetime, frame and fork
BuildsThree, then everything elsePrices include VAT
| Groupset | Weight | Price | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Shimano Dura-Ace Di2R9270 | 6.40 kg | €8,900 | Configure |
| SRAM Red AXSE1 | 6.35 kg | €8,700 | Configure |
| Campagnolo Super RecordWireless | 6.47 kg | €10,400 | Configure |