Merida launches Scultura Disc bike in carbon-fibre and aluminium frame variants

Merida Bikes International, the German engineered bike nanufacturer has formally announced details of its new Scultura Disc.

The new Scultura Disc is available in both carbon-fibre and aluminium frame variants. The carbon-fibre models feature 12mm thru-axles front and rear, and 160mm disc rotors – following a trend in disc brake road bike design that we discussed in an article on road.cc last weekend – and a new means of heat dissipation.

The Scultura is Merida’s lightweight race bike, already available in various different rim brake builds including the 4.55kg Scultura 9000 Ltd.

“The brand new Scultura Disc… combines the comfortable but also stiff and efficient riding characteristics of the rim brake variant with the general benefits of disc brakes,” says Merida.

“The whole implementation – including its very own solution for heat dissipation – not only earns the Scultura a competitive edge but also raises the actual performance of the disc brake system in use, which can be clearly perceived and measured.”

As mentioned, the new Scultura Disc will be available in three frame variants, two carbon-fibre and one aluminium.

• The top-level Scultura Disc CF4 weighs a claimed 900g. This is the one used by Team Lampre-Merida.
• The CF2 weighs just below 1000g, according to Merida.
• The Lite, the aluminium model, weighs under 1,500g.

The CF4 is built to a race bike aggressive geometry while the CF2 and the forged aluminium made Lite frames are more relaxed although still performance orientated.