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Wilier Granturismo SLR £8,680 | 8.1kg

Pitching for a place among the best endurance road bikes, the Wilier Granturismo fills the gap left by the brand’s previous endurance bike, the Cento10 NDR.

Having been impressed by the Italian brand’s Filante SLR and Adlar machines, I was looking forward to long miles on the Granturismo, an endurance-focused bike with the classic shorter reach and higher stack combination.

Comparing a size medium in both models, the Granturismo offers a much more upright riding position than the Filante SLR, with the former offering a stack height of 566mm and reach of 379mm while the latter’s figures are 538mm and 388mm respectively.

The slightly more relaxed angles of the seat tube (73.5° versus 74°) and head tube (72° versus 72.5°) plus

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