Vitus ZX-1 CRI Aero Disc review

Vitus’s top road bike comes with a classy spec too

Cycling Weekly Verdict

Vitus’s top-spec ZX-1 provides a fast, responsive ride. The CRI spec gives you top-notch components too, highlighted by the 50mm Prime carbon wheelset and Shimano Ultegra Di2 groupset.

Reasons to buy
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    Quality ride and spec

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    Fast deep-section carbon wheels

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Reasons to avoid
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    Uncertain aero benefits from the frameset

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    Some tendency to catch crosswinds

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It’s a name from Vitus’s past. The original Vitus ZX-1 was one of the first carbon monocoque race bikes. It came with a radical aero frame profile and was launched back in 1991.

Originally a French brand, Vitus was raced by Sean Kelly in the 1980s. In the doldrums, it was bought by Chain Reaction Cycles in 2011, with Kelly closely involved in its renaissance. Vitus bikes are now sold via Wiggle and Chain Reaction Cycles.

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Paul Norman

Paul started writing for Cycling Weekly in 2015, covering cycling tech, new bikes and product testing. Since then, he’s reviewed hundreds of bikes and thousands of other pieces of cycling equipment for the magazine and the Cycling Weekly website.

He’s been cycling for a lot longer than that though and his travels by bike have taken him all around Europe and to California. He’s been riding gravel since before gravel bikes existed too, riding a cyclocross bike through the Chilterns and along the South Downs.