Bingo! New Merida Scultura is lighter, more aerodynamic and more compliant

The Taiwanese brand’s climbing bike gets an aero makeover, now featuring an integrated cockpit and dropped seatstays

Merida Scultura
(Image credit: Merida)

Merida’s fifth iteration of its lightweight, climbing-focused Scultura platform hits all the marketing buzzwords – with claims of weight savings, improved aerodynamics and increased compliance – vertically, of course, the lateral stiffness sees an increase.

But unlike some others, Merida has provided some detailed numbers to back up those claims – so let’s jump in and take a look at how great the improvements are claimed to be and exactly these are being compared against.

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