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Kinesis Racelight KR-210L Frame

All Kinesis framesets are designed in the UK, for the dedicated enthusiast who knows exactly what he or she wants and is not prepared to settle for a generic mass-market bike.

The Racelight name stands for no compromise design, high performance and stunning value.
In 2000 we released our first 'Racelight' frame, designed for the club racer as an affordable upgrade to a quality alloy frame with carbon fork.

The cycling press rate the Racelight frames highly too: KiC - Best Buy, 9/10 - Cycling Plus. RC - Gold Award 2003 - Cycling Plus. RC2 - Performance 10, Value 10, Overall 10 - roadcyclinguk.com 2006 T - 5/5 for performance and value - Cycling Weekly.

Finding a true performance race frameset, designed specifically for junior and female riders is not easy. We have been working with Kinesis International to develop the KR-210L frameset, which we believe makes the perfect basis of a proper race bike for aspiring juniors and serious female racers. 

Taking a full size road race frame and simply scaling it down is the mistake that many frame builders make, a smaller, lighter rider does not require the same tubing as the average male pro. The KR-210L uses lighter and smaller dia. chain and seat stays and SPF thin wall front triangle, this keeps things light and responsive and smooths out the ride for lower weight riders.

A shorter top tube is important for comfortable reach from seat to bars, as is a smaller frame height for more standover clearance. 

The KR-210L has four sizes from 40 to 49cm and virtual top tubes of 49 to 53cm, it also has short head tubes to minimise standover and bar height.

Short, small frames with full size wheels can cause toe overlap problems, so the KR-210L has slacker head angles to help avoid this and also lengthen the wheelbase and tame the handling.
A custom painted, aero blade, carbon fork with lightweight dropouts completes the package.

[Seatpost – 27.2, Mech. - 31.8, Clamp 30.6, H.set – Integrated, 11/8”, 36/45.

Sold As: Frame/RC05 fork/clamp/headset.

£408.50 £377.65