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Storck’s aluminium Visioner

Okay, it’s just a new colour, but it looks cool to us

We’re not big ones for telling you about bikes’ new finishes but we thought we’d highlight this one because we’ve not covered the Storck Visioner in much depth before on road.cc.

Storck, as you probably know, is a German brand headed up by Markus Storck. Here’s a video from Eurobike 2012 with Markus telling us about the then new Visioner...

The bike is built around an alloy frame – 7005 double and triple-butted aluminium alloy – with some of the tubes borrowed from Storck’s Scenario Pro and others developed specifically for the Visioner. All the tube junctions are double smooth welded – very neatly done. Storck say that the stays and seatpost have been designed to add comfort to the ride, as has the all-carbon fork (360g).

The Visioner comes with a press-fit bottom bracket and an integrated headset (1 1/8in at both ends of the head tube). The bike is compatible with both mechanical and electronic shifting, the cables running internally whichever system you opt for.

Storck claim that frame weights start at just 1,190g, with a complete bike built up with a Shimano 105 hitting the scales at 7.2kg (15.8lb). The full bike in that 105 build is priced at £1,749.

The Visioner is also available as a frameset (frame, fork and headset) for £759. This new finish is called Pearl Black and it looks very, very cool to us.

For more info on the Vision and the rest of the Storck range, head to www.storck-bicycle.cc.

Mat has been in cycling media since 1996, on titles including BikeRadar, Total Bike, Total Mountain Bike, What Mountain Bike and Mountain Biking UK, and he has been editor of 220 Triathlon and Cycling Plus. Mat has been road.cc technical editor for over a decade, testing bikes, fettling the latest kit, and trying out the most up-to-the-minute clothing. We send him off around the world to get all the news from launches and shows too. He has won his category in Ironman UK 70.3 and finished on the podium in both marathons he has run. Mat is a Cambridge graduate who did a post-grad in magazine journalism, and he is a winner of the Cycling Media Award for Specialist Online Writer. Now over 50, he's riding road and gravel bikes most days for fun and fitness rather than training for competitions.

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The _Kaner | 9 years ago
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yay it's a black bike

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daviddb | 10 years ago
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Yet another bike in Doom Black.

*yawns*

Won't be on my list until they splash a bit of colour about.

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allez neg | 10 years ago
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Nobody expects the Spanish Inquisition!

I'm more worried that the name is too close to both the margarine brand and the baby-delivering bird. Could lead to lost sales and confusion. Imagine turning up to the club run astride a 500g tub of marge.

And that spoon/fork thing too, come to think of it. Oh lawyers! Come! Save us from this dilemma!

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surly_by_name | 10 years ago
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Shame its minging. 1980's Storck logo needs to be updated. Different font for name of bike (what is a "Visioner"?) makes my eyes burn.

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boardmanrider replied to surly_by_name | 10 years ago
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surly_by_name wrote:

Shame its minging. 1980's Storck logo needs to be updated. Different font for name of bike (what is a "Visioner"?) makes my eyes burn.

It's the one thing I don't like about Storck is the logo and paint jobs - too garish.

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allez neg | 10 years ago
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I'd like one, and I'd say price isn't too bad when compared to an off the peg mass produced thing like a Specialized tarmac or roobay.

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Hector Ch | 10 years ago
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Too expensive for what it is...

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William Black replied to Hector Ch | 10 years ago
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Hector Ch wrote:

Too expensive for what it is...

You buy a Storck because you need to own a Storck price is irrelevant.

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Hector Ch replied to William Black | 10 years ago
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William Black wrote:
Hector Ch wrote:

Too expensive for what it is...

You buy a Storck because you need to own a Storck price is irrelevant.

That's a dumb reason to own one  4

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Charles_Hunter | 10 years ago
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Nice weight for a 105 build.

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banzicyclist2 | 10 years ago
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looks like a neat job
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