Product Information
Ciocc Extro Ultegra.
- Italian artisan builder
- Longstanding reputation
- Full carbon
- Shimano Ultegra
We are able to build up a Ciocc to your requirements, with Shimano or Campagnolo equipment as you prefer. The bike for sale here at $3999 is assembled with the new Shimano Ultegra 6700.
The Ciocc Extro is a lovely Italian carbon fibre frame and is reviewed here by Bikeradar. the review is of an Extro with Campagnolo Veloce.
"Ciocc offer an evocative vintage range as well, but we’re concerned with the bang-up-to-date road bikes. The Extro is the least expensive carbon frame in the Ciocc range, and it's a real star. It rides brilliantly, and if it had better wheels it would be a rocket.
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Frame: Any colour you like, beautiful ride and superlight – at this price you’ve never had it so good (10/10)
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Handling: The Extro is smooth, stable, nimble and a willing partner in the climbs (9/10)
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Equipment: Campagnolo Veloce doesn’t feel like a cost-saver; Deda finishing kit is good quality but ripe for a future upgrade (8/10)
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Wheels: Fulcrum Racing 7s are reliable but nothing special – your first upgrade when you’re ready to step up the speed (7/10)
In the late Seventies and early Eighties, the Milk Race was dominated by Russian, Czech and Polish riders, and they rode Ciocc bikes. The brand became very popular in the UK and also gained cult status in the US, for the irony of riding the bikes of the Russian team during the Cold War.
The unusual logo is derived from Francesco Moser’s 1977 World Championships victory and, legend has it, a poker game between Ciocc founder Giovanni Pelizzoli, Ernesto Colnago and Ugo De Rosa. Pelizzoli won the game and the right to use the club of Colnago and the heart of De Rosa on his bikes.
At 1,100g the Extro LC's frame is a serious tool. Some top pro teams ride frames that are no lighter.
Our test bike had been built with one eye on price, so it rolls on Fulcrum Racing 7s and wears Campagnolo Veloce, topped with basic Deda components. Despite that, it weighs just 8.16kg, and it flies.
Give it full throttle and the Ciocc accelerates with some of the vigour of a true superbike, only limited by the heavy wheels. Fulcrum Racing 7s are good, and serve a number of more expensive bikes, but they’re easily outclassed by the Extro frame. There’s no doubt that, while the frame transfers your efforts commission-free, the wheels take the edge off the surge. Another £200 or so on the wheels would go a long way.
The Extro LC handles brilliantly and loves fast descents, although the 13-26 block holds it back – it needs the 11-25 option, if not a standard chainset rather than the 34/50 compact. It climbs so effectively that a 39T ring would sufï¬ce if the gradients don’t go far into double figures. That said, on the steepest of Bath’s numerous savage ramps we were definately grateful for the 34x26 bottom gear, and for the frame’s firm refusal to flex.
The Veloce groupset impressed us a lot. It simply doesn’t feel like a budget option. The Ergopower shifters and noisy freewheel are acquired tastes, but we like the Multishift function that allows you to trim the front mech for chainline and shift four sprockets either way across the cassette in one go. It’s ideal to cancel out a shift to the inner ring in anticipation of an impending hill. Shifts are really positive and the brakes are good too.
For all its performance, the Extro LC is smooth and comfortable thanks to its curvy stays and ovalised down-tube. Undoubtedly, it would be a brilliant, fast sportive bike."
The general impression from Bikeradar is that the Extro is a very, very good bike, with any criticisms being directed at the component specifications, which won't be an issue when you specify to us how you would like yours built.
