Wilier Cento1NDR Disc Road Frameset

When we look at the Cento1NDR it evokes images of riding the beautiful "white roads" around Tuscany or tackling famous sections of pave at Flanders or Roubaix. It's hard not to channel your inner classics specialist and picture yourself duking it out in a select group of fast riders that have made the selection late in the race. And in races such as these both in reality and in our heads the equipment demands require an efficient machine that can soak up the rough roads. Essentially a bike that keeps a rider comfortable for hours over the punishing stones yet efficient so as to not waste any wattage to unwanted flexing so when it's time to put in the big attack a rider can push all their chips to the center of the table and hopefully get into a winning scenario. At least that's the one we replay in our heads. Wilier's Cento1NDR Disc Road Frameset is such a ride and its comfort-oriented geometry race-stiff chassis and huge tire clearance all conspire to help the pros and more importantly you perform at your best on the most heroic rides.Wilier pitches the NDR as an endurance bike which it does do quite well but we also feel it serves the racer on terrain where some compliance goes a long way towards staying fresh and leaving some reserve in the tank. When we get in the thick of the spring classics we fully expect to see both the Wilier Triestina-Selle Italia and the Direct Energy teams campaigning the bike over the cobbles. That's because Wilier is still a racing company first and foremost and the oversized tubing and burly bottom bracket provide intuitive handling and a stiff pedaling platform perfect in racing situations while the more stable geometry helps for going faster over a rough parcours. The Cento1NDR isn't a full-on gravel bike by any means it has the Jaroon for that. What it is though is a bike that is much more forgiving on traditional and rougher road surfaces than Wilier's standard Cento and the efficiency and weight penalties a...