At Eurobike this year Storck debuted a new endurance all-road bike named the Durnario. Designed as a melding of the race Aernario and the cyclocross T.I.X. which we tested last season, the new bike combines fat tire compatibility with quick road handling. Still with the lightweight Storck is known for, even the heaviest frameset and a 105 build, the Durnario maxes out at 7.6kg complete.
Hop on past the break for more detail pics of the new bike, plus an overview of the complete reworking of their frames into three carbon layups, the introduction of simplified complete bike builds for the 3 road bikes to drop the cost of entry, and one more 20th anniversary bike at the show…
Priority for the Durnario were comfort and handling, and the new bike aims to achieve that through a mixing of tech from their road and cross bikes. The bike is designed for an all-day smooth ride on any kind of road surface that gets thrown at it. Whether that is broken asphalt, cobbles, or dirt roads, the Durnario should be up to the task.
The Durnario uses Storck’s Infinity Loop Seatstays dropped down on the seattube and an interestingly-shaped hooded set of dropouts to smooth vibrations from the rear. By extending the integrated seatclamp down into the frame as well, seatpost extension is effectively increased for added flex.
The frame also gets Directional Depending Stiffness tech from other Storck bikes to layup carbon in a way to keep lateral stiffness and a bit of vertical give. Key to an all-surface road bike, the Durnario is claimed to allows the use of up to 32mm tires. The bikes at the show had Schwalbe One 28s on relatively narrow DT Swiss rims, but did look to have room for a bit more tire (15mm internal for the standard RC28C and Mon-Chasseral variants.) Of note, the rear brake bridges were set pretty high, so the pads were almost slammed in the Shimano brakes to maximize clearance there, which is probably the limiting factor.
While Storck has clear bike type delineation, they wanted better horizontal structure to make customer choice easier. What the’ve done is broke their frames and forks out into three levels: Comp, Pro, and Platinum. The framesets themselves stay the same and share the same mold for both frame and fork, but the levels signal out the level of carbon used. The base Comp uses a standard level of carbon fiber and layup and yields for example a 1150g frame/390g fork for the new Durnario Comp. The Pro framesets step up to a higher grade of carbon and a bit more complex layup and result in a 890g frame/330g fork for the new 3300€ Durnario Pro frameset. The Platinum level takes it up to all hi-mod carbon and a much more complicated layup where lightweight is an ultimate goal and drops down to a 790g frame/280g fork for the new 4600€ Durnario Platinum frameset. The same options and weight savings carry across all of the 2016 road bikes, including the Aero2 TT and T.I.X. CX bikes.
Tied in with the restructuring of the frame levels, Storck has also for the first time decided to offer base level preconfigured Comp bikes in the three road offerings – Aerfast, Aernario, and Durnario – to lower the cost of entry to Storck ownership. While their bikes typically come as framesets and then have the option to be spec’ed out with one of six build kits and even more customization possibilities, the Comp versions of these three frames will only be available with one of two preset builds. Both builds are full Shimano 2×11 groups, with the three bikes available with 105 for 3000€ or Ultegra for 3400€. The Comp frames are said to offer the same aerodynamics, stiffness, and comfort as the higher-end bikes, at a more affordable level.
Following up on 20 years since its founding in 1995 by Markus Storck, Storck had another special edition bike on hand this year at the show, this time a tricked out Aerfast with Dura-Ace Di2 and Lightweights. A selection of Storck framesets – Aernario, Aerfast, Visioner CSL, Scenero, Rebel Nine, and Rebel Seven – were made available in a unique 20th Anniversary paint scheme with some similarly finished components. Each model was limited to 200 bikes through participating retailers.
The anniversary bikes come with a frameset, a hand-signed Markus Storck certificate, a 20th Retro polo shirt; plus the matching stem, bars, seat post, and saddle. The top-end bikes even come with a custom B&W case. The custom numbered finish carries throughout the bike to a special headtube badge, and this Aerfast even gets the unique H.380 bar from the fellow Germans at Haero Carbon.
