Ridley Helium X review

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The Helium X gives you the same frame geometry as Ridley's premium Helium SLX climbing bike, but in a cheaper package

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The Ridley Helium X is Ridley's lightweight climbing bike, which is a featherweight in the hills yet easily stiff enough to make it in a GC bunch sprint. It's this performance attitude that gains the Ridley Helium X a spot on Cycling Weekly's Editor's Choice for 2017.

The Ridley Helium X comes out of the same mould as the Helium SLX, the bike of choice for Thomas de Gendt, but it’s made of a mix to 30T (30 tonne) and 24T high modulus carbon rather than the Helium SLX’s 60T-40T-30T higher-modulus mix.

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