2024 Specialized
S-Works Aethos – Campagnolo LTD
A carbon frame race bike with ultra high-end components and hydraulic disc brakes.
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Manufacturer Price
$15,500| Frame | Carbon |
|---|---|
| Suspension | Rigid |
| Fork | Carbon |
| Wheels | 700c Carbon |
| Drivetrain | 2 × 12 |
| Groupset | Super Record |
| Brakes | Hydraulic Disc |
Based on build material and quality level of the frame, fork, wheelset, groupset, suspension system, and more.
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View Comparison5'1" – 5'5"
5'3" – 5'7"
5'5" – 5'9"
5'7" – 6'0"
5'10" – 6'2"
6'0" – 6'4"
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Mar 2024 · Mat Brett
Spoon Customs has created a stunning finish for a bike that’s being used to raise funds for the fight against motor neurone disease
Oct 2023 · Cory Benson
Specialized celebrates 50 yrs since Mike Sinyard’s pilgrimage to Italy with limited edition S-Works Aethos LTD road bike built with Campy & faux marble…
Dec 2021 · Leon Poultney
We spend time with Specialized's latest lightweight, high-performance road bike that seemingly excels in all areas.
Climbs like a champion
Impossibly light
Stylish
Effortless to ride
The price
Looks better in rowdier colours
Limited wheel options
Lacks aero touches some might demand
Nov 2021 · Warren Rossiter
If you want one of the lightest frames around but don’t want to shout about it, the Aethos is a canny buy
Lightning-fast handling
Understated looks
Flyweight frame
Wheelset and tyres limit the potential of the frame
Aug 2021 · James Huang
Even an extra 100 g and heavy parts can’t dull this frame's luster.
Superb chassis efficiency and handling, excellent ride quality, generous tire clearance, classically understated aesthetics, headache-free cable routing, proprietary (almost) nothing, SRAM Rival AXS works just as well as Red and Force.
Heavier than some might like, mediocre (and poorly built) wheelset, almost impossible to get.
May 2021 · James Spender
The Aethos is virtually the perfect bike, from its razor handling to incredible climbing. If only it had tubeless wheels and cost a bit less
Light and stiff
Incredible climber
Fantastic handling
Clincher-only wheels
Apr 2021
It sells for $4,800, but it rides like a million bucks.
Jan 2021 · RBA Staff
The battle to be basic and oh so good
| Frame | S-Works Aethos FACT 12r Carbon, Rider First Engineered™, Threaded BB, Electronic cable routing only, 12x142mm thru-axle, flat-mount disc BB Standard: BSA, 68mm, Threaded Color: Satin Birch / Black Pearl |
|---|---|
| Fork | S-Works FACT Carbon, 12x100mm thru-axle, flat-mount disc |
| Bottom Bracket | CAMPAGNOLO, Threaded |
| Stem | S-Works SL, alloy, titanium bolts, 6-degree rise |
| Handlebar | S-Works Short & Shallow, 125mm Drop, 75mm Reach w/Di2 Hole |
| Saddle | Body Geometry S-Works Power, carbon fiber rails, carbon fiber base |
| Seatpost | Roval Alpinist Carbon Seatpost Type: Rigid |
| Rear Derailleur | CAMPAGNOLO Super Record, 12-speed |
|---|---|
| Front Derailleur | CAMPAGNOLO Super Record, Braze-on |
| Crank | CAMPAGNOLO Super Record, 12-speed, 48/32T |
| Shifters | CAMPAGNOLO Super Record |
| Cassette | CAMPAGNOLO Super Record, 12-speed, 10-29t |
| Chain | CAMPAGNOLO Super Record, 12-speed |
| Brakes | Front: CAMPAGNOLO Super Record, Hydraulic Disc, Rear: CAMPAGNOLO Super Record, Hydraulic Disc Type: Hydraulic Disc |
| Rims | Front: CAMPAGNOLO Hyperon Ultra, 21mm internal carbon rim, 37mm depth, tubeless ready, Rear: CAMPAGNOLO Hyperon Ultra, 21mm internal carbon rim, 37mm depth, tubeless ready |
|---|---|
| Tires | Front: S-works Turbo 2BR, 700x28mm, Rear: S-works Turbo 2BR, 700x28mm |
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