Product Description
Poland: Not the first place you'd think of as proving grounds for high-tech bike gear. But Poland, specifically the tongue-twisting town Krynica-ZdrAAj, was the site of the awe-inspiring global debut of the Wilier Cento1 SL. The Tour of Poland is held in August, arguably the least sexy month on the race calendar since the world is still hungover from the Tour de France. But 2009 Tour of Poland's Stage 5 spat out conditions equal to the most epic April classic. Rapid-fire hill after hill with treacherous descents and a rainstorm of Old Testament proportions. World Champion Alessandro Ballan of Team Lampre stole away from the peloton in a small group then crushed the breakaway in what might've been the gutsiest performance of the year earning him both the stage victory and eventual overall victory. His teammate Damiano Cunego followed up just a month later with a glorious solo victory on the queen stage of the Tour of Spain, Stage 14 up the ridiculous climb of La Pandera, again on a Cento1 SL. These victories were then followed up by a pair of super-high profile field sprint wins by Alessandro Petacchi in the 1st week of the 2010 Tour de France. As you might expect, the Cento1 SL shares much with the standard Cento1. They have the same oversized bottom bracket construction that doesn't require the use of traditional external bottom bracket cups. Instead, the bearings are housed inside the frame itself. WilierAAAs system allows the use of any Campagnolo Ultra-Torque crankset (10- or 11-speed), SRAM system, or Shimano Dura-Ace 7900 & 7800. The Cento1 SL and the Cento 1 share the same asymmetric chainstays to balance pedal loads and the same progressively-flaring seatmast to maximize in-the-saddle frame stiffness. And they have the same headtube design, round at the top and square at the bottom to deliver outstanding control and steerability.What, then, are the differences? SL stands for superleggera, or super-light.
Product Details
- Size: Medium
- Color: Matte Black
- Brand: Wilier
- Model: CENTO1.SL-MED-MATTE
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