When you think of the stable of thoroughbred aero bikes you’ll probably think of the Cervélo S5, Canyon Aeroad, the old Trek Madone, or maybe the Specialized Venge (RIP). If you don’t add the Ridley Noah to that list then your mental list has quite the omission. A full decade ago the Noah pioneered the use of aero rim brakes, tucked behind the fork crown and integrated into the seat stays - fortunately a trend we’ve left behind, but something that was co-opted by other brands.
Roll on ten years, and several iterations of the bike, and you get the Noah Fast 3.0, perhaps the most radical aero bike of the modern generation alongside the Colnago Y1Rs, at least from a visual perspective. The absolutely massive headtube is going to draw the eye and the headlines, but there’s more to this bike than just big tubes. You can read about more of the spec and build details in our Noah 3.0 news piece. Thanks to changing UCI rules on bike design, and the fact it takes at least two years to conceive and create a new bike, this feels like the first of a new crop of bikes.
