The Specialized Aethos lives for the love of riding, offering the lightest frame without compromising performance or style.
While racing achievements are central to the brand's DNA, sometimes riding simply for the love of riding is needed. This is what the Aethos lives for. It has given nothing up to performance and happens to be the lightest frame available, but with no compromise to style. The Aethos represents billions of calculations in the pursuit of one thing: the perfect ride.
The Aethos frame has been designed with the perfect combination of ultimate ride feel, light weight, and style. From accelerating up steep pitches and descending technical descents, to all-day saddle comfort on even the longest coffee rides, the Aethos hits the mark. By reinventing the traditional road shape found on bikes of the past, Specialized has subtly altered these shapes to deliver massive gains in stiffness and balance, all without affecting weight or durability. Paired with an entirely new layup and process perfected over multiple decades, this results in the lightest frame available (585 grams, S-Works, size 56cm). The Aethos is more than just a new bike; it is the first of a new breed.
A featherweight frame is useless without confidence-inspiring ride characteristics, which is why the Aethos was developed to have the perfect balance of front and rear stiffness combined with exceptional ride quality. By studying the flexing and breathing of carbon fibre, Specialized was able to discover groundbreaking findings about how forces flow through frames. Just a few pedal strokes and you will realise this sublime ride sets a new standard.