The Kreissäge RS is Standert’s most aggressive race bike, an uncompromising machine that, like all the German brand’s bikes, features a frame crafted from metal. Standert has never made a carbon frame, and I doubt it ever will, it’s just not them. Kreissäge, pronounced ‘Kri-sah-ger’ translates from German as ‘circular saw’, a reference to cutting through crit circuits.
The Kreissäge RS is particularly intriguing because it’s made from aluminium, a metal that rarely gets a good press these days, and one that most of us now associate with budget frames. At €1,949 for the frameset alone, the Kreissäge RS is not super-expensive but it’s hardly pin money. The question bound to eat away at anyone considering this bike is: ‘Am I just paying for the name?’
