Raleigh unveils 2015 road bike range at Grand Depart

As the only British bicycle brand to win the Tour de France, the UK's most famous cycle company had a selection of its 2015 range on display at Yorkshire Bicycle Show this weekend.

To bolster the British presence at this year's Tour de France Raleigh unveiled its 2015 road bike range - featuring Militis performance, Revenio endurance, Maverick touring and RX cyclocross models - at Yorkshire Bicycle Show, the 3-day cycling festival in Leeds city centre, home to Saturday's Tour de France Grand Départ.

Raleigh's 2015 model year caters for practically every major road cycling discipline, from elite performance to multi-day tours, with a focus on prestigious, modern British design right across the board.

"The 2015 range is our broadest and best quality range yet. The Militis has been an outstanding success story for us in 2014 so we've refined that platform for the year ahead," said Geoff Giddings, Raleigh Marketing Director.

"Likewise cyclocross is an exciting market for us both here in the UK and the US and we've expanded our range to account for that. Our Revenio range brings in Endurance blend carbon fibre, RE2P geometry and Direct Connect manufacturing as well as disc brakes on road for the first time.

Touring and classic steel is still a big part of our thoughts too with a new range of Maverick bikes for the emerging gravel market. Without doubt this is most exciting range we've produced. It's an amalgamation of our hobbies, our pastimes and our pleasures. And we're incredibly proud of what we've achieved."

At a glance

• Carbon technology: Speed Blend, Performance Blend or Endurance Blend carbon fibre meets Direct Connect manufacturing and Max Internal Compression.

• Alloy technology: From Kinesium hydroformed, taper-butted tubes or Atomic 13 butted 6061 aluminium alloy, our frames maximise vertical compliance, reduce shock and maintain lateral stiffness to dampen speed chatter from British roads and allow you to power up climbs or motor along the road.

• Performance: Carbon and alloy models within the Militis, Criterium, Aura (time trial) and Equipe (track) ranges. The Militis Team features SRAM's Red22, the lightest production groupset on the market. Prices range from £5000 to £600.

• Endurance: It's all about Revenio. RE2P geometry puts you in the perfect position to ride all day. Raleigh's unique sizing system means you can find the right frame size and component length to suit your body shape. Prices range from £3000 to £600.

• Cyclocross: Shared technology with Raleigh USA allows us the best of both worlds. Bikes designed for dry, dusty courses and bikes capable of handling copious amounts of mud. The RX Team features SRAM's revolutionary 1x11-groupset, hydraulic HRD disc brakes and integral brake cables. Prices range from £3500 to £800.

• Gravel: Built from Reynolds double-butted chromoly tubing, the Maverick range takes classic day touring geometry and tweaks the handling to be better suited for gravel, for mud or for the urban jungle. Prices range from £1150 to £750

Availability

All models will be live and available to pre-order on www.raleigh.co.uk from Monday 7th July. Bikes will be available for collection from Raleigh stockists from August 2014.

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