Review Aero 20 by Rudi Bissels

Recently Rudi Bissels tested the Aero 20 for us.
The bike tested by Rudi was equipped with SRAM Force eTap AXS 12s and further consisted of:

Below he describes his personal experiences in response.

‘My conclusion/experience of the Aero 20 can be summed up in two words: TOP BIKE

Just some personal findings:

Optical:

• Lacquer color is beautiful, nice glossy and strong
• Seat post screw is nicely concealed
• Wheels have nice decals, not screaming but present and readable
• The whole bike gives a nice clean overall look, no cables and nice tight connections of stem to headset and such make the bike have a sleek look.
• The distribution of red-black (matte) is beautiful, not too busy but certainly not boring. This really makes the bike an eye-catcher without being a screaming entity

Geometry/rije properties:

• The alignment of saddle to bracket is perfect, so anyone can find the right saddle position (including via bikefitting). I am now a little more above the bracket but love it
• The bike is nice and short, this means maneuverability is tremendously good
• When you accelerate standing on the pedals you notice that all the power is converted into speed, you don’t have to correct at all, the bike goes straight ahead tremendously fast
• The stiffness from the handlebars toward the pedals is fantastic, the transmission of forces to the pedals is phenomenal and is overwhelmingly a unity of handlebars-steering stem-ball headtube-diagonal frame tube-bracket-cranks-pedals
• The wheels are wonderfully light and stiff, this greatly benefits acceleration and maneuverability (chamfering of bike).
• Braking with disc brakes is fantastic, I have already had to make an emergency stop (car suddenly turning in front of me) and then the brakes are perfect
• The brake levers are fine to adjust for people with small hands, simply turn a hidden screw with an Allen key, see attached video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lKso8td2GGg
• The handlebars are great, nice handlebar tape and good angle when you have your hands in the stirrup.’

Rudi liked the bike so much that from now on he will also do his mileage privately on our Aero 20!