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 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.
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.
All-day road riders who found SuperSix too low.
Endurance Cannondale with SmartSense on some kits. Taller stack, calmer than SuperSix, still a road bike rather than Topstone gravel.
| Measurement | ![]() Van RyselEDR 2025 | ![]() Van RyselEDR 2024 | ![]() SpecializedAllez 2024 | ![]() CannondaleSynapse Carbon 2022 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Stackmm | 568 | 568 | 580+12 | 595+27 |
| Reachmm | 378 | 378 | 380+2 | 383+5 |
| Head tube angle° | 72.0 | 72.0 | 73.0+1.0 | 72.3+0.3 |
| Seat tube angle° | 73.5 | 73.5 | 73.0−0.5 | 73.3−0.2 |
| Chainstaymm | 415 | 415 | 415 | 415 |
| Wheelbasemm | 1008 | 1008 | 1012+4 | 1016+8 |
| BB dropmm | 73 | 73 | 70−3 | 76+3 |
| BB heightmm | — | — | — | — |
| Standovermm | — | — | — | — |
| Part | EDR M | EDR M | Allez 56 | Synapse Carbon 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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