Almost five years after the original bike’s launch, Wilier has launched the brand new Filante SLR ID2 aero race bike today.
Five years is quite a while in the premium road cycling space, but it’s a blink of an eye compared to Wilier Triestina’s 100+ year company history. The Italian brand has been making bicycles for a long time, and appears to have taken its time on the new Filante.
The Filante SLR ID2 has been teased online over the last few weeks. We spotted a few things on Instagram and even spied the bike at the Tour of Lombardy being ridden by Romain Grégoire, who races for the Wilier-sponsored (Groupama-FDJ) squad. In the five years since the last Filante SLR launched, the brand has released the very expensive Supersonica TT bike and Verticale SLR climbing bike.
The new bike will be available as a frameset along with eight complete builds in five colours using SRAM, Shimano and Campagnolo equipment. All bikes will also come with Miche Kleos 50 wheels. We have included full prices below, but a base model will start at £8,950 / €9,900 / $TBC, and rise to €13,100 for a Super Record WRL 2X13 build.
The new Filante SLR ID2
The brand claims this bike ‘represents the ultimate evolution of Wilier’s racing bikes’. Plenty of technical design work appears to have gone on, but Wilier also has a rich heritage, passion for aesthetics and tradition that is clearly important to uphold; aesthetics would never be sacrificed on the road to performance.
There are plenty of aero claims to share this time, with Wilier testing the bike at the UK’s Silverstone Sports Engineering wind tunnel. The topline from the brand is that a 13.6% reduction in drag compared to the previous Filante model was achieved, with a 4.5% recorded improvement in aerodynamic resistance for a bike and rider system. In short, compared to the old bike, Wilier claims 14.15 watts were saved at 40 km/h.
Wilier also claims it tested the Filante ID2 against five other ‘top of the range’ WorldTour race…
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