Van Rysel EDR
Sportive riders shopping Decathlon. RCR if you want race geometry; GRVL for gravel.
Decathlon Van Rysel's endurance road: extra stack, all-day, the calmer sibling to RCR.
Sportive riders shopping Decathlon. RCR if you want race geometry; GRVL for gravel.
Decathlon Van Rysel's endurance road: extra stack, all-day, the calmer sibling to RCR.
Sportive riders who found Teammachine too low.
BMC endurance road: taller stack, more compliance, all-day. Still Swiss-precise steering compared with some endurance bikes.
Sportive and rough-road riders who found R5/S5 too low.
Cervelo endurance road: taller, more tire room, all-day. It is not a slow bike — it is an R5 that sat up.
New road riders and anyone who wants Specialized road geometry without carbon race numbers.
The endurance/entry alloy Specialized: taller and calmer than Allez Sprint. It is a first road bike and a winter beater, not a Tarmac.
| Measurement |  Van RyselEDR 2025 |  |  CerveloCaledonia 2022 |  SpecializedAllez 2023 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Stackmm | 568 | 590+22 | 595+27 | 580+12 |
| Reachmm | 378 | 383+5 | 387+9 | 380+2 |
| Head tube angle° | 72.0 | 72.0 | 72.0 | 73.0+1.0 |
| Seat tube angle° | 73.5 | 73.5 | 73.0−0.5 | 73.0−0.5 |
| Chainstaymm | 415 | 415 | 415 | 415 |
| Wheelbasemm | 1008 | 1014+6 | 1022+14 | 1012+4 |
| BB dropmm | 73 | 73 | 74+1 | 70−3 |
| BB heightmm | — | — | — | — |
| Standovermm | — | — | — | — |
| Part | EDR M | Roadmachine 56 | Caledonia 56 | Allez 56 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Stem | 100 mm | 100 mm | 100 mm | 100 mm |
| Bar | 420 mm | 420 mm | 420 mm | 420 mm |
| Crank | 172.5 mm | 172.5 mm | 172.5 mm | 172.5 mm |
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