Team Bahrain Victorious put the fifth generation Scultura thoroughly through its paces, winning mountain top stages of the Tour de France and the Vuelta a Espana before the bike was even launched.
Gen 5 keeps the Scultura's fabled lightweight, agility and rider comfort focus and even manages to improve on both measures.
The Scultura now incorporates learnings from the Reacto in terms of aerodynamics; they now share the same race proven geometry.
Improving weight, comfort and aerodynamics requires plenty of engineering ingenuity. Round tubes are lighter than aero profiled tubes, fatter tyres are more comfortable but less aerodynamic. There are always compromises to be made.
The new Scultura is the most aerodynamic ever and shows outstanding compliance, providing class-leading rider comfort. The marketing blurb suggests this helps keep the body fresh for the final sprint or ascent. A couple of mountain top, grand tour stage victories underline that point quite well!
Based around the super smooth and reliable 105 groupset from Shimano and featuring our new SCULTURA CF3 full carbon frame, the SCULTURA 4000 is far from an entry bike to our new SCULTURA frame design family. Similarly to its bigger brothers, it combines a long list of air slicing features and race-proven geometry, adapted from our REACTO family, with low weight and class-leading riding comfort creating an almost unbeatable package.
SPECIFICATION -
FRAME - SCULTURA CF3 V
FORK - SCULTURA CF3 Disc
BRAKES - Shimano 105, Hydraulic Disc
ROTORS - Shimano RT10, 160mm
BRAKE LEVER - Shimano 105
HEADSET - FSA ACR
HANDLEBAR - MERIDA EXPERT SL
HANDLEBAR STEM - FSA SMR ACR
GRIP - MERIDA ROAD Expert
DERAILLEUR (F) - Shimano 105
DERAILLEUR (R) - Shimano 105
SHIFTERS - Shimano 105 Disc
SEAT POST - MERIDA EXPERT CC
SEAT CLAMP - MERIDA EXPERT
SADDLE - MERIDA EXPERT SL
CHAIN - KMC X11
CRANK - Shimano 105
FREEWHEEL - Shimano CS-R7000
BOTTOM BRACKET - SM-BB71-41B, Pressfit 86.5
HUBS - VP CLK170F / VP CLK270R
RIM - MERIDA EXPERT SL
TYRES - Continental Ultra Sport III, 700x28C
AXLES - MERIDA EXPERT SL
SPOKES - Double Butted Black stainless
MAX. WEIGHT - 120 kg