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Time Alpe D'Huez 21 AKTIV Frameset

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Time Alpe D'Huez 21 AKTIV Frameset

$3,550.00 $1,499.00

Brand: TIME Bikes

Categories: Road Bikes

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TIME Alpe D'Huez 21 AKTIV Frameset

Highlights

Ride Quality You Can Feel

A true craftsperson spares nothing in ensuring each piece is of the quality they demand. Every detail is watched over with acute attention to process and materials. The end result is usually a product of exceptional quality and beauty.

Such is the case with each bicycle frame from TIME Sports.

The boutique bike makers from France aren’t interested in making and selling the most bikes. Rather, TIME Sports wants to create bikes with the best ride quality possible. The process might take a little longer, cost a little more and result in a frame that weighs a little more than some competitors, but the actual ride quality? Unmatched.

TIME Sports weaves its own carbon fiber in tubes, not sheets, and each bike is made in-house, not imported from mass production factories. This ensures each bike is constructed under the watchful eye of a quality control technician personally invested in the company.

The process used by TIME Sports is unique. In fact, they are one of only a couple of bike makers to weave their own carbon fiber into tubes - not pre-preg sheets - and then apply a strengthening process called Resin Transfer Molding, RTM for short. This is the same process luxury car makers like Lamborghini and Ferrari use in their manufacturing process.

In other words, RTM is amazing and the quality is unbeatable.

What, exactly, is the big deal with RTM and how does it impact ride quality compared to the high-quality sheets of carbon fiber material other brands use?

After weaving the carbon fiber specifically to the tube sizes needed, then injecting resin under high pressure directly into the molds instead of using a bladder form to shape the pre-preg carbon fiber sheets, a solid structure is created with a smoother surface and fewer voids in the carbon layers. This solid, smooth core ensures the frames have nearly perfect internal structure.

Aside from strength and stiffness in the TIME frames, one of the primary results from this manufacturing process is the unparalleled absorption of vibration from the road. Absorbing and dispersing road vibrations leads to a much more comfortable and enjoyable riding experience. It’s like having a thousand tiny shocks in a road bike frame that eat up the road rattle without sacrificing stiffness or strength.

A TIME bike stands alone being 100% built by hand and 100% built in France and comes with a lifetime warranty.

The RTM frame construction is complimented on some TIME frames by the Aktiv fork - also using exclusive technology. The Aktiv fork available on select models of the Alp d’Huez, Scylon and Fluidity frames, uses an internal mass damper which adds another layer of vibration cancellation.

Ride quality is, was and always will be the primary objective of each TIME bicycle. An exquisitely designed and made frame constructed with only the most discriminating of processes and materials ensures this.

One ride is all it takes and you’ll appreciate the attention to detail TIME pays. Contender Bicycles is one of the leading TIME sellers in the world because we love the bikes and we’re sure you will, too.

Why Buy From Contender Bicycles?

You can buy a bike just about anywhere these days. From your neighborhood big box store to the local bike shop to online classifieds to the online behemoths to chain shops with a dozen locations in the time zone, places to buy a bike are everywhere.

But which is the best place to buy a bike? And why is the answer to that question Contender Bicycles?

Contender Bicycles has been a fixture in the Utah and Salt Lake City bicycle scene for decades. We take great pride in being the best bike shop around. Not just the coolest, but the best. That means we care and we want to make sure every customer rolls out of our shop satisfied.

So, what sets Contender Bicycles apart from the crowd? There are myriad reasons.

We consider ourselves the local experts. Whether you walk through our doors or give us a call, our staff knows the answer to your questions and you’ll get the same professional service whether you are in the shop or on the phone. Many of us, like you, are more versed in one area than the other. If the first person you talk to at Contender Bicycles isn’t the expert you need, we’ve got the expert just a few steps away. We’ve got more than 250 years combined experience in the shop at any time and there’s always someone on duty with the experience and expertise you trust.

To make sure you find the right bike, we make sure our staff is up to date on the latest innovations and technologies. The bike world evolves every year and so do we through training and education. With our size, sales volume and reputation, we have excellent relationships with bike brands, component companies and apparel makers. If we don’t have it at the moment, we can get it.

Contender Bicycles is one of the largest physical bike shops in the country and we have an unmatched selection of quality bicycles from numerous brands. Many bike shops these days have narrowed down their inventory to one or two brands. That’s absolutely not the case at Contender.

With close to two dozen bike brands represented on our sales floor, you’ll find more than 200 new bikes ready to test ride and purchase. From BMC to Pinarello to SCOTT to Orbea and several more brands with reputations for quality we are proud to offer; Contender Bicycles has the brands you see in World Cup races and the Tour de France. We also have smaller, more refined brands with unrivaled quality and custom build options like Open Cycle, Moots and Time. It may be a bit of a humble brag, but Contender Bicycles sells more bikes from some brands than any other shop in the country.

We also offer a high end selection of gear and apparel. Our jerseys, shorts and other accessories are things we’d feel comfortable wearing while riding. There’s not much risk of buying a set of bibshorts from us with a chamois you regret.

An area Contender Bicycles takes special pride in is our Pro Build service. Many of our customers don’t simply want a great bike from the floor. They know their parts and components and have something special in mind. With our Pro Build service, you can select a frame - road, mountain, gravel, whatever - and consult with one of our Pro Build specialists to create a complete bike that matches your needs and tastes to a T. We can even help you customize your bike with a paint job that is truly one of a kind.

Of course, every bike will need to be serviced now and then. Contender Bicycles has the largest service staff in the state. With more than a dozen wrenches on staff, we have experts ready to make your bike as good as new as quickly as possible. Our mechanics have experience and training unmatched in the market. We’ll talk over each fix, discuss options and get you back in the saddle as soon as possible.

While Contender Bicycles has a reputation for selling only the best bikes, bike accessories and bike gear, we listen to you first to determine what your needs are. We don’t pay sales commissions, so we care more about making sure you ride the best bike for you rather than selling the best bike for us.

Whether you’re buying a bike from Contender Bicycles in person or working remotely with our Pro Build experts, we’re dedicated to making your experience in the shop as good as your ride on the trails or road.

Contender Pro-Builds Your Bike, Your Way.

Product Description

We’ve sold TIME products at Contender Bicycles for years. We love their frames for their smooth ride manners, uniquely high end build quality, and unique technologies that make their road bikes an incomparable experience. TIME’s newest bicycle in four years, the TIME Alpe d’Huez road bike, takes those quintessential characteristics and applies them to an ultralight road bike built for climbing and descending. This model, the 2019 TIME Alpe d’Huez 21 AKTIV Frameset, is a must-have for anyone looking for the very best from TIME Sport.

Every TIME road bike starts life as a strand of carbon fiber, or three kilometers of fiber and 7300 fibers per frame, to be exact. They use their own Resin Transfer Moulding (RTM) technology, which is weaved in-house (unlike nearly any other brand on the market) and allows engineers to engineer exactly what technical characteristics they want, down to thread count. Vectran, a material used more often in making tires, is weaved into the frame to quell road vibrations. While it is a time-intensive process (TIME approximates around 22 hours per frameset), the result is a bike that truly rides unlike anything else on the market.

The frameset weighs in at just 840g, and over 8% (~120g) lighter than the frame it replaces, the TIME Izon. TIME also claims the Alpe d’Huez frameset offers a 25% better weight-to-stiffness ratio compared to the same frame, a ratio that is actually slightly better than the TIME Scylon aero road bike. The Alpe d’Huez also offers TIME’s Directlink D-shaped carbon seat post and a more aerodynamic, two-bolt clamp, which they used to lower weight while also improve the ride quality in the saddle.

The 2019 TIME Alpe d’Huez 21 AKTIV Frameset is an anomaly in the cycling world. It delivers on every single promise of efficiency and smoothness and makes for one of the best framesets available today. We offer the Alpe d’Huez 21 AKTIV Frameset in six sizes (XXS to XL) in three colors: Red/White/Black, Black/White/Gray and Matte Petrol Black.

Interested in a 2019 TIME Alpe d’Huez 21 AKTIV Frameset for yourself? Give us a call during shop hours, or send an email to info@contenderbicycles.com to discuss options.

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Geometry

Size	XXS	XS	S	M	L	XL
Virt Size, C-C in no sloping	495	510	530	550	570	590
Seat Tube C-C	425	440	480	490	520	540
Top Tube	515	530	540	555	570	580
Set Back	131	143	155	161	167	172
Seat Tube Angle	74.7	73.7	73	73	73	73
Head Tube Angle	71	71.5	72	73	73	73.5
Head Tube Height	122	133	149	166	186	204
BB Center to Front Axle	576	578	578	584	599	604
BB Center to Rear Axle	404	404	404	404	404	404
BB Height	270	270	270	270	270	270
Front to Rear Axle	970	973	973	979	994	999
Stack	514	526	543	562	581	601
Reach	372	374	373	383	392	397
Min Handlebar Height	497	506	522	538	558	575
Max Handlebar Height	527	536	552	568	588	605