Aluminium Aero Bikes - Do they exist?

[DSK]

Whilst washing and polishing the bikes today I got thinking, do aero bikes exist but with aluminium frames? If so which ones?

 

[sleuthey]

Yes:

 

[derrick]

https://www.cyclist.co.uk/in-depth/1945/game-changer-cervelo-soloist

 

[DSK]

The above link ended up me forwarding onto other links and then I saw this....

This is the sort I was wandering if it existed. I love the slender lines and brisk pace of the Propel, having that in aluminium as my first/daily bike would be great.

Now, I'll see if I can get this Specialized aero thing added to my collection this year or replacing my Trek.

 

[boydj]

Check out the Cannondale range as well.

 

[Ian H]

It's easier to mould carbon-fibre into silly shapes and call it 'aero'.

 

[vickster]

Doesn’t have rack mounts

 

[derrick]

Doesn’t have rack mounts

 

[vickster]

Many people of working age (like the OP) who ride a bike daily do so for commuting for which panniers are very helpful.
Sticking a loaded backpack on your body pretty much negates any aero advantage a bike is purported to offer (obviously not as much as sticking an unaerodynamic human being on a bike does...which is why the idea of an aero bike seems pretty ridiculous to me )

 

[derrick]

Many people of working age (like the OP) who ride a bike daily do so for commuting for which panniers are very helpful.
Sticking a loaded backpack on your body pretty much negates any aero advantage a bike is purported to offer (obviously not as much as sticking an unaerodynamic human being on a bike does...which is why the idea of an aero bike seems pretty ridiculous to me )

Pointless for you as you ride slowly.

 

[Vapin' Joe]

Pointless for you as you ride slowly.

Fight! Fight!

 

[vickster]

Pointless for you as you ride slowly.

Even a 5’6 shortar*e isn’t aerodynamic whatever the marketeers and bike mags may lead you to believe

 

[vickster]

Anyhow if the OP isn’t going to use the bike in a different way to the Propel what’s the point in having a bike that’s the same other than being aluminium. Carbon won’t disintegrate in the rain and parts will be cheaper than another depreciating bike

 

[derrick]

Even a 5’6 shortar*e isn’t aerodynamic

I would not know about that. I don't know any 5ft 6ins short arses.

 

[DCLane]

@DSK - this is my 'aero' Principia TT2 Light aluminium TT bike. Is that the sort of thing you were thinking of?