VITUS VENON EVO-RS Sram Force ETAP AXS 33/46 Road Bike Red 2023

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One bike, two personalities - this is road, unlimited
The new Vitus Venon EVO is an all-road platform built to blur the line between gravel and road. It borrows engineering and technology proven in Vitus' high-performance road bikes and applies it to a frame with tire clearance up to 45mm and a touch of additional compliance.

A chameleon at home on gravel or tarmac, the Venon EVO is an all-road platform made in two flavours: the EVO-GR and EVO-RS. Both use the same frame, but feature spec tailored to suit riders who lean more heavily toward one discipline or the other. For those looking for a road-inspired fast gravel bike, the EVO-GR comes with gravel-specific components. While those who want a road bike that can do it all, the EVO-RS comes with more traditional road-specific components.

The frame is the same, but you have the choice to pick your poison — are you more the type hungry for washboard and dust, or do you prefer big days pounding pavement? Or, with a second set of wheels you can have the best of both worlds.
The choice is yours.

3 for real riders
As a member of the EVO family of bikes, the Venon is a highperformance carbon all-road bike that places a premium on speed and efficiency. Here, aerodynamics matter — at the front of the bike you’ll find tube shapes and integrated cable routing inspired by the ZX-1 EVO aero road bike.

At the rear of the bike, you’ll find inspiration from the Vitesse EVO allrounder, with dropped seatstays and a forgiving carbon layup for additional give when the road surface is less than ideal. 

In recent years we’ve seen the lines between gravel bikes and road bikes begin to blur. Riders are demanding more - more speed, more clearance, more versatility, and less fluff. The Venon EVO is the answer to those demands.

The Venon EVO came from the belief that versatility, capability, and speed should not all be mutually exclusive. Gravel racing and riding's influence on cycling has been impressive to say the least, with a reach felt in nearly every corner of the sport. For bike engineers, it's forced an astoundingly quick learning curve in how bikes should be designed and how riders want to use them.

What began as toned-down geometry with long wheelbases, low bottom bracket heights and slacker front ends, has expanded to include a demand for bikes that strike a balance between gravel versatility and high-performance road efficiency. Those who ride gravel often also ride road, and visa-versa. They want to go fast, anywhere. So why not build a bike that'll serve them well in both worlds?

It started with the idea to build a platform that wasn't a full-bore road bike, but also wasn't quite an adventure gravel bike. The Venon lands somewhere in the middle; in the not unheard of, but still relatively undefined, all-road category.

Like any good all-road bike, it's got space for chunky tires - up to 45mm - and solid mud clearance. But it has also taken inspiration from its siblings in the EVO lineup, the ZX-1 and Vitesse road bikes. The front end of the Venon is based on the ZX-1, with aerodynamic tube shapes and integrated cable routing, because even in gravel aerodynamics matter. At the rear of the bike, you'll find inspiration from the Vitesse all-rounder, with dropped seatstays and a forgiving carbon layup for additional give when the road surface is less than ideal.

Like the frame design, the Venon's all-road geometry also strikes a balance between road and gravel. Its frame measurements are sandwiched between the more aggressive high-performance geo found in the EVO road bikes and the more versatile, comfortable design of the Substance adventure gravel frame. It still places you in the optimal body position for putting down power and getting aerodynamic, but it's more reasonable for long rides on questionable roads.

Who the platform is for
Built for fast, hard rides on gravel or tarmac, the Venon EVO is a no-nonsense all-road bike designed to perform anywhere, from the Flint Hills of Kansas to the pointy end of your Sunday morning group ride.

Calling it a "quiver killer" is one cliché too far, but it is a bike that'll perform for a rider who dabbles in multiple disciplines. It's built for the roadies who like to play in gravel, for the road-going graveleurs, and for everyone in between.

For Vitus, the Venon EVO has proven to be a "one bike, two wheelsets" situation. One set of wheels is set up for road, and the other for gravel. Pick your poison for the day, and no matter what rubber it rolls on, the Venon makes the most of what you put into the pedals.

This Vitus Venon EVO-RS 105 Di2 is built up with Shimano's 2x 105 Di2 12-speed electronic drivetrain. It uses an internally routed cockpit, custom headset and integrated fork for maximum efficiency and comes stock with Micheline Power Cup 700x28c tyres that roll fast and are a little wider for comfort and grip. The Venon EVO frame itself can accommodate up to 45mm tyres, but the bike's snappy race bike-like feel wasn't sacrificed in the name of clearance. When using SRAM AXS or Shimano Di2 standard road front derailleurs the rear tyre clearance is limited to maximum 40mm.