Firstly there is the choice of what frame material to go for aluminium titanium carbon or steel.
Carbon endurance road bike frame.
It s available as a frameset or the uk distributor the bicycle chain can build it up for you either completely custom or as a standard build.
Most cheaper road bikes use carbon fibre but do note that cheaper carbon tends to flex under load and can.
The allied alfa is a lightweight carbon fibre race frame that offers an excellent ride quality and unusually it s made start to finish in house in the us.
Many major manufacturers now produce carbon road bikes that weigh less than 15 lbs complete and cross country mountain bikes weighing in around 20 lbs it s worth noting that the frame only contributes to a portion of the bike s total weight.
There s never been a wider choice of road bike framesets than now.
We have an ever evolving stock of framesets from some of the worlds leading manufacturers including wilier 3t ridley and colnago.
The emonda is trek s lightweight carbon road frame and the top end slr version is one of the lightest framesets you can buy.
Components are the other half of the equation.