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Vitesse 500 + SRAM APEX

Light, stiff, reliable, comfortable, and responsive. In no particular order.

“Balance and the Beast” is the thesis of the Vitesse 500. Ready to race or take to a group ride.

When you roll it all together, you get a nimble, snappy ride. This all starts with the aerodynamics of the tubing; sloping top-tube, tear-shaped seat tube, and flowing down tube. The tapered headtube provides strength in powerful turns and descents, and features a subtly elongated height, allowing for tremendous comfort gains without the sacrifice. The chain stays are tall and beefy, connected to a powerful bottom bracket. Triangular seat stays increase in power towards the wheel, with a strong and thick apex where the top tube meets the seat tube.

The ride is smooth and powerful, without the rigidity that can make a longer ride a bore. Reliable, when you need the zip to get out of the saddle and attack, then stability when you’re breaking the speed limit on a big descent. And the sloping top tube provides a powerful compact geometry to maximize your output and get the most out of every pedal stroke.

Carbon Axis Technology is VeloVie’s proprietary method of carbon fiber construction. In using such a method, we’ve become artists; splash a little stiffness here, little stroke of comfort over there, a little aerodynamics right there. Like an artist doing a painting with his palette in hand; but we don’t use paint, we use carbon.

The Vitesse 500 comes dressed in an “all-business” UD finish with traditional VeloVie red accents highlighting some of the more elegant turns and bends in the frame. The complete bicycle is available with a BB30-built SRAM Apex, Force 22, or Red 22; a “good, better, best” trim package option to cater to your powertrain desires. Available with 4-different option of Reynolds wheel choices and a choice of alloy or carbon cockpit from FSA.

Technical Specifications

Vitesse 500

Wherever the road takes you.

You like to climb long mountain passes, or your local hill, but don't want clumsy triple cranks on your bike? With the first 11-32 cassette for the road, and our new SRAM Apex compact crankset, you will have a wider gear range than the most popular triple combinations. A wider gear ratio means you can climb and descend more efficiently. You also get all of our unmatched technical advantages like Zero-loss, reach-adjust, and DoubleTap shifting. SRAM Apex, wherever the road takes you.

Technical Specifications

FRAME VeloVie Carbon Axis Formula construction, UD aerodynamic tubing, 1-1/8" to 1-1/2" tapered head tube, internal rear brake cable routing, external shift cable routing, and a BB30 bottom bracket.
FORK VeloVie Carbon Axis Formula, full monocoque, integrated crown race.
HEADSET FSA Orbit 1-1/8" to 1-1/2" integrated (carbon upgrade available at checkout).
STEM FSA Orbit 1-1/8" to 1-1/2" integrated (carbon upgrade available at checkout).
HANDLEBARS FSA Orbit 1-1/8" to 1-1/2" integrated (carbon upgrade available at checkout).
TAPE FSA Cork wrap
PEDALS N/A
FRONT WHEEL FSA Omega, 20 black stainless steel spokes radially laced between the FSA low flange hub and a 24mm deep, 20mm wide alloy rim. (Reynolds Carbon upgrades available at check out).
REAR WHEEL FSA Omega, 24 black stainless steel spokes laced 3-cross on the drive side and radially on the non-drive side, to a 9-10-11 speed, FSA low flange hub and a 24mm deep, 20mm wide alloy rim (Reynolds Carbon upgrades available at check out).
TIRES Hutchinson Atom Comp 700x23 (Atom X-Light race tire upgrade available at checkout)
SADDLE Selle Italia X1 Flow
SEATPOST VeloVie Carbon Axis Fomula UD carbon aero seatpost.
SEAT BINDER VeloVie

Geometry

Size454851545760
Fits like a... 51cm 53cm 55cm 57cm 58cm 60cm
(A) Seat-Tube Length, B-B Center to Top. 450mm 480mm 510mm 540mm 570mm 600mm
(B) Effective Top-Tube Length 515mm 535mm 550mm 565mm 580mm 590mm
(C) Chain-Stay Length 406mm 406mm 406mm 406mm 408mm 408mm
(D) Seat-Tube Angle 74° 73.5° 72.5° 72° 71.5° 71.5°
(E) Head-Tube Angle 72.5° 72.5° 73° 73° 73° 73°
(F) Head-Tube Length 116mm 138mm 165mm 180mm 195mm 210mm
(G) Reach 367mm 372mm 375mm 377mm 382mm 387mm
(H) Stack 517mm 537mm 565mm 579mm 594mm 608mm
(I) BB to Fork Dropout 560mm 573mm 575mm 584mm 593mm 603mm
(J) Fork Rake 45mm 45mm 45mm 45mm 45mm 45mm

Light, stiff, reliable, comfortable, and responsive. In no particular order.

“Balance and the Beast” is the thesis of the Vitesse 500. Ready to race or take to a group ride.

When you roll it all together, you get a nimble, snappy ride. This all starts with the aerodynamics of the tubing; sloping top-tube, tear-shaped seat tube, and flowing down tube. The tapered headtube provides strength in powerful turns and descents, and features a subtly elongated height, allowing for tremendous comfort gains without the sacrifice. The chain stays are tall and beefy, connected to a powerful bottom bracket. Triangular seat stays increase in power towards the wheel, with a strong and thick apex where the top tube meets the seat tube.

The ride is smooth and powerful, without the rigidity that can make a longer ride a bore. Reliable, when you need the zip to get out of the saddle and attack, then stability when you’re breaking the speed limit on a big descent. And the sloping top tube provides a powerful compact geometry to maximize your output and get the most out of every pedal stroke.

Carbon Axis Technology is VeloVie’s proprietary method of carbon fiber construction. In using such a method, we’ve become artists; splash a little stiffness here, little stroke of comfort over there, a little aerodynamics right there. Like an artist doing a painting with his palette in hand; but we don’t use paint, we use carbon.

The Vitesse 500 comes dressed in an “all-business” UD finish with traditional VeloVie red accents highlighting some of the more elegant turns and bends in the frame. The complete bicycle is available with a BB30-built SRAM Apex, Force 22, or Red 22; a “good, better, best” trim package option to cater to your powertrain desires. Available with 4-different option of Reynolds wheel choices and a choice of alloy or carbon cockpit from FSA.

Technical Specifications

Vitesse 500

Wherever the road takes you.

You like to climb long mountain passes, or your local hill, but don't want clumsy triple cranks on your bike? With the first 11-32 cassette for the road, and our new SRAM Apex compact crankset, you will have a wider gear range than the most popular triple combinations. A wider gear ratio means you can climb and descend more efficiently. You also get all of our unmatched technical advantages like Zero-loss, reach-adjust, and DoubleTap shifting. SRAM Apex, wherever the road takes you.

Technical Specifications

FRAME VeloVie Carbon Axis Formula construction, UD aerodynamic tubing, 1-1/8" to 1-1/2" tapered head tube, internal rear brake cable routing, external shift cable routing, and a BB30 bottom bracket.
FORK VeloVie Carbon Axis Formula, full monocoque, integrated crown race.
HEADSET FSA Orbit 1-1/8" to 1-1/2" integrated (carbon upgrade available at checkout).
STEM FSA Orbit 1-1/8" to 1-1/2" integrated (carbon upgrade available at checkout).
HANDLEBARS FSA Orbit 1-1/8" to 1-1/2" integrated (carbon upgrade available at checkout).
TAPE FSA Cork wrap
PEDALS N/A
FRONT WHEEL FSA Omega, 20 black stainless steel spokes radially laced between the FSA low flange hub and a 24mm deep, 20mm wide alloy rim. (Reynolds Carbon upgrades available at check out).
REAR WHEEL FSA Omega, 24 black stainless steel spokes laced 3-cross on the drive side and radially on the non-drive side, to a 9-10-11 speed, FSA low flange hub and a 24mm deep, 20mm wide alloy rim (Reynolds Carbon upgrades available at check out).
TIRES Hutchinson Atom Comp 700x23 (Atom X-Light race tire upgrade available at checkout)
SADDLE Selle Italia X1 Flow
SEATPOST VeloVie Carbon Axis Fomula UD carbon aero seatpost.
SEAT BINDER VeloVie

Geometry

Size454851545760
Fits like a... 51cm 53cm 55cm 57cm 58cm 60cm
(A) Seat-Tube Length, B-B Center to Top. 450mm 480mm 510mm 540mm 570mm 600mm
(B) Effective Top-Tube Length 515mm 535mm 550mm 565mm 580mm 590mm
(C) Chain-Stay Length 406mm 406mm 406mm 406mm 408mm 408mm
(D) Seat-Tube Angle 74° 73.5° 72.5° 72° 71.5° 71.5°
(E) Head-Tube Angle 72.5° 72.5° 73° 73° 73° 73°
(F) Head-Tube Length 116mm 138mm 165mm 180mm 195mm 210mm
(G) Reach 367mm 372mm 375mm 377mm 382mm 387mm
(H) Stack 517mm 537mm 565mm 579mm 594mm 608mm
(I) BB to Fork Dropout 560mm 573mm 575mm 584mm 593mm 603mm
(J) Fork Rake 45mm 45mm 45mm 45mm 45mm 45mm

Right now I don’t know of a better price point from a domestic brand.

- Charles Manantan, Pez Cycling News