Kiron Scandium review

Cycling Weekly Verdict

The Kiron Scandium ticks a lot of boxes, with perhaps the only one left unchecked being the racing one. It’s not as good as some of the others here for delivering maximum performance, but for pretty much anything else it’s great. It’s best in the lanes, and definitely a hot pick for long distances.

Reasons to buy
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    Great value

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    Good frame

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    Impressive spec

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    Shimano Ultegra and 105 components

Reasons to avoid
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    Tyres

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    Fork

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The Kiron Scandium is Wiggle’s first in-house road bike and cutting out the middle man results in competitive pricing. In fact, what you get for your buck with this bike is nothing shy of incredible. On paper value is one thing, but we had high hopes for the ride too, from the scandium and carbon combo.

Our previous experiences of scandium frames, admittedly without a carbon rear end, have had a highly charged ride feel — stiff, light and responsive, but without being too harsh. What the Kiron Scandium delivers is much softer than we’d expected, but in such a way that performance does not seem to be hugely affected.

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