Merida Scultura Rim 400 Road Bicycle

Merida Scultura Rim 400 Road Bicycle

Introducing the Merida Scultura Rim 400 Road Bicycle, a reliable and versatile companion for your road cycling adventures. Designed with a triple-butted aluminum frame and a full carbon tapered fork, this bike offers a perfect balance of performance, comfort, and classic aesthetics with its rim brakes.

Superior Performance and Design: The Scultura Rim 400 features a triple-butted aluminum frame, meticulously crafted to deliver a lightweight and responsive ride. Combined with a full carbon tapered fork, this bike ensures precise steering control and improved shock absorption, making every mile on the road a joyous experience.

Proven Geometry for Optimal Comfort: Unlike the more aggressive geometry found in our CF5 and CF3 models, the Scultura Rim 400 boasts a slightly more relaxed geometry. This design choice provides a comfortable and enjoyable riding position, making it perfect for long training rides, challenging club outings, or even your first steps into road racing. Embrace the road with confidence and comfort.

Reliable Shimano 105 Groupset: Equipped with the trusted Shimano 105 11-speed groupset, the Scultura Rim 400 offers smooth and precise shifting. Take on any road gradient or sprint with confidence, knowing that every gear change will be effortless and reliable. With rim brakes, you can enjoy the classic look while benefiting from easy maintenance and reliable stopping power.

Premium Components for Performance: The Merida Expert SL handlebar and Merida Expert CC stem provide the perfect combination of control and comfort, allowing you to navigate any road with ease. The full carbon tapered fork and Merida Expert CC carbon seat post enhance the bike's overall performance, offering improved stability and shock absorption for a smooth and comfortable ride.

Versatile and Ideal for All Riders: The Scultura Rim 400's versatile design caters to riders who are new to the sport or prefer a slightly more upright riding position. Whether you're exploring new routes, pushing your limits in club rides, or considering road racing, this bike is ready to accompany you on your cycling journey.

Experience the Classic Appeal: With its classic rim brakes and timeless design, the Merida Scultura Rim 400 pays homage to the heritage of road cycling. Enjoy the combination of reliability, performance, and aesthetics that make this bike a standout choice for road enthusiasts.

Specifications

 Specifications of Merida Scultura Rim 400 Road Bicycle

Geometry

Geometry of Merida Scultura Rim 400 Road Bicycle

Technologies

Technologies of Merida Scultura Rim 400 Road Bicycle

Prolite 66 Triple Butted Aluminum: When creating high-end aluminium frames, we use our proven Prolite 66 (6066) aluminium, as it is incredibly light and durable. In addition, it works exceptionally well with our hydroforming technology, allowing us to create complex shapes, featuring triple butted wall thicknesses, an almost carbon-like appearance and the best possible stiffness-to-weight ratio. While lesser alloys might be cheaper, it is the ideal choice for high-performance bicycle frames.

HFS - Hydro Forming System: To get the most out of an aluminium tube in terms of shape or varying wall thickness, we apply various forms of manipulation. The most complex but also the most effective is hydroforming, where an aluminium tube is inserted into a negative mould, and a hot emulsion of water and oil is forced through at pressure. The end result is a perfectly shaped aluminium tube that enables us to create beautifully crafted and lightweight aluminium frames.

X-Taper Headtube: Steering precision is vital to safe and confident handling, and the X-Taper Headtube allows us to significantly boost this precision. A larger headset diameter at the bottom paired with a smaller one at the top helps to deal with the strains modern riding and equipment can put on the headtube, all without adding unnecessary weight. It allows tapered forks to be fitted with ease and delivers precise and confidence-inspiring steering.

Smooth Welding: This is a process we use to give a nice flat finish to our welds instead of the scaled, 'stack of coins' effect TIG welded joints often have. The welder uses the welding torch to go over the joint twice, helping to smooth out the filler material. It takes a lot of skill to do this, but it delivers strong and smart-looking frames that have the appearance of a carbon fibre frame at first look.

Internal Cable Routing: On the majority of our frames, we run the gear and brake cables and hoses through the frame. The cables enter and exit the frame through smooth sockets, or we use one of our other systems like Smart Entry or Wire Port to be routed through. Running the cables inside the frame protects them from the elements, gives a clean and neat look and can offer aerodynamic advantages.