Scapin are recognized as a truly prestigious brand. Over 56 years of Italian frame building, a passion for design, devotion to quality and a determination to create the greatest bicycles in the world have created a brand recognized for its unique details and application of technology.
Those who desire the finer things in life will appreciate the levels of accuracy, quality, handling and performance as well as the artistry, attention to detail and perfection of finish that only the greatest artisan manufactures can achieve.
A Scapin Bicycle is as breath taking to behold as it is to ride, each time out a special occasion. Racing and competition have always played a major role in the design, development and geometry of Scapin’s frames.
In a time when bicycle design is fast becoming generic, with design and manufacture being out-sourced to a handful of mass-production suppliers. The individuality, design philosophy, beliefs and skills many brands once held are being diluted and lost forever.
Scapin continues to do things its own way with an unrivalled passion to create bicycles with a timeless quality, performance pedigree and most importantly soul, regardless of cost or production constraints.
Every once in a while a bicycle manufacturer produces something extraordinary; The Etika RC is one of those bicycles.
An exotic Italian thoroughbred from every angle, fashioned by human hands and constructed using the finest Toray composites by artisan craftsmen, with a passion and an attention to detail that gives the Etika RC soul. Its huge one-piece monocoque tube profiles are sculpted to create an aggressive almost organic form with broad bottom bracket, powerful chain-stays and taught top tube backbone. The raised painted section creates a ‘body panel’ that hovers over the frame like the fairing of a superbike over its chassis, while full internal ‘dual fit’ cable routing (which accepts both mechanical or electronic gearing) maintains the clean uncluttered lines of the frame.
Even with looks like these, nothing can prepare you for the shear speed, handling and performance the Etika RC is capable of. The 950 gram chassis features an oversize PressFit™ Bottom Bracket shell utilizing integrated BB cups, and an oversize tapered 1 1/8”- 1 1/2” integrated headset to help transfer every watt of available power to the tarmac. Race-bread geometry and a matching fork with wide aero profiled legs and tapered steerer enable the Etika to corner as if it were on rails.
The chain stays are over 55 mm in height and asymmetric in width to achieve the largest possible volume while maintaining wheel and chainset clearance. The seat stays join above the rear brake to form a boxed-in section that flows through the aero section seat tube (featuring a matching ‘S-Way™’ aero Seatpost and hidden Seatpost clamp) into the arched top tube to absorb vertical impact without loss of traction or cornering ability.
The Etika RC features the following Scapin innovations
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CFS (Comfort Flex Stays)
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D-Double (Reinforced & replaceable Dropouts)
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FMT™ (Fluid Mold Technology)
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ICR (Inner Cable Routing)
Specification
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Etika RC Frame including Fork, Headset & Seatpost
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Internal ‘dual fit’ cable system
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Toray Ultra High Modulus carbon Frame and Fork
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Sloping top tube
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1 1/8″ – 1 1/2” Integrated Headset
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CFS (Comfort Flex System) Seat Stays
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D-Double replaceable dropouts & derailleur hanger
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Press-Fit bottom bracket
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Braze-On front Mech.
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S-Way Aero Monocoque Seatpost
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Hidden Seatpost clamp
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Aluminium chain-suck inserts
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Weight from 950 grams
Frames Prices - £3199.99
Complete bike prices from £3725.00
For more information on Scapin bicycles or if you would like to talk to us regarding a custom build then please contact Des Series.
des@pedalheaven.co.uk
01252 628575