Product Information
Ciocc Supremo.
- Super super light
- When price is irrelevent
- Unsurpassed quality
- Outstanding ride
- Custom build available
Ciocc Supremo Review
As a club, leisure and open rider at various levels over the past 22 years I have had the opportunity to ride and race a lot of cool bikes. My most recent purchase is the new Supremo from Ciocc. I must admit to being nervous at buying a frame that is reputedly so light and I had only seen a picture on a mobile phone. Add to that, this is not a cheap frame!
On arrival I had it immediately built by The Bike Shed with my set of hand chosen parts – full spec and pictures below. The weight of the finished bike is astonishing at just over 5.9kg all in ready to ride! I just love the look of this bike. The classic look of the tube shapes, minimalist paintwork and the carbon work is incredible. It is almost impossible to see where tubes are joined.
My first proper ride was 100km from Mansfield to top of Bulla and back. With the weight and look of this bike my concerns were handling, vertical compliance for getting power on the ground and stiffness for getting power to the back wheel. Even at the first couple of pedal strokes this bike feels amazing. It is better than anything I’ve ridden in every way. Stiff, sprints well, accelerates incredibly and it puts rubber on the road better than many other top bikes! Ride quality is great too, I love riding this bike, I have subsequently ridden Alpine Classic 140km on it and it’s really comfortable to ride. So ride quality and stiffness are top shelf, what about handling? Let me put it this way, as mentioned first ride was Bulla. My descent time was only seconds off my fastest descent and it was totally fuss free, probably my cleanest descent of Bulla. At the Alpine I loved tearing past riders on descents and wore half the logos off the tyres. This thing inspires confident descending and feels rock solid underneath me, I couldn’t ask for more.
Summary: The Ciocc Supremo is by far the best bike I’ve ever owned or ridden and if you have the means I highly recommend getting one!
