This latest version of Ribble’s durability model shows you what about 1,000 quid if you want disc brakes — a beautifully finished frame and tapered, fully-carbon fork, all features aerogeneration, thru axles, internal cable routing, mudguard fittings, large tyre clearance and hydraulic disk brakes.
It also features “saturation profiles designed to improve the ride comfort for vertical compliance and vibration absorption.” Ribble’s Durability Disc Model Al comes with cable brakes, but I would be busting the hydraulic budget. The frameset is what you’d imagine now. Half-compact geometry with lowered seats and a flat aerofoil down tube while the fork is aero-profiled. The 10-speed Tiagra group is down from Shimano 105, but the Ribble ‘s hydraulic disk brakes have another string to its bow.
