SPECIALIZED AETHOS COMP
The S-Works Aethos frame is built from Specialized’s highest-grade FACT (Functional Advanced Composite Technology) 12r carbon. The Specialized Aethos Comp is made from lower-spec 10r carbon but uses the same moulds as the S-Works. It weighs in at a mere 699g, so is still one of the lightest production frames you can buy. It carries less weight than Colnago’s 790g Tour-winning V3Rs and Cannondale’s 866g SuperSix EVO. It’s not only lighter than Specialized’s 800g Tarmac SL7, it’s also a few grams lighter than Cervélo’s relaunched and lightened R5, which is now 703g.
The Aethos Comp’s slender, round tube profiles and traditional shape (no dropped seatstays here) give the frame a retro flavour and its apparent disregard for aerodynamics seems at odds with Specialized’s commitment to reducing drag, which led the company to form an entire division devoted to this very thing, before going on to build
