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Rocket Granite X Cycling Ceramic Sleek Titanium Road Superbike Build

Rocket Granite X Cycling Ceramic custom titanium road bike
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French ceramic bearing maker Cycling Ceramic partnered up with a custom Austrian titanium framebuilder to create this sleek, low-friction Rocket Granite superbike. With what appears to have been an almost unlimited budget Cycling Ceramic & Rocket Bikes set out to create what they think is the ultimate purist road bike…

Rocket Granite X Cycling Ceramic custom titanium road bike

Rocket Granite X Cycling Ceramic custom titanium road bike, ceramic bearings
c. Cycling Ceramic

Cycling Ceramic describes its collaboration with Rocket Bikes as a quest for pure custom-made road bike performance, uncluttered by gaudy logos.

Rocket Granite X Cycling Ceramic custom titanium road bike, ride on rocket

So they settled on the custom titanium Granite road bike, handcrafted to order by framebuilder Roland Froschauer outside of Linz, Austria.

Rocket Granite X Cycling Ceramic custom titanium road bike, angled

Some newer features trickle out on this latest Rocket Granite road bike build, like the straight 44mm headtube to allow for the completely internal routing of the FSA ICR carbon cockpit.

Rocket Granite X Cycling Ceramic custom titanium road bike, Bike Ahead BiTurbo Aero wheels

Plus, this build includes Bike Ahead’s latest made-in-Germany 6-spoke carbon wheels – the BiTurbo Aero, their first-ever that prioritizes aerodynamics over just crazy light weight and stiffness. They’re still pretty light at 1450g for a 20mm internal wheel with a 48.5mm deep section./

Tech Details

Rocket Granite X Cycling Ceramic custom titanium road bike, OSPW oversized derailleur cage ceramic upgrade

To make the Rocket Granite as fast as possible, Cycling Ceramic kit is out with their full suite of upgrades. Starting with the SRAM Red AXS groupset, Cycling Ceramic gives it their carbon Oversized Derailleur Cage with machined-out 14/19T alloy pulleys & ceramic bearings.

Rocket Granite X Cycling Ceramic custom titanium road bike, T47 ceramic BB

Then, a matching T47 threaded ceramic bearing IN Cup DUB Bottom Bracket and a low-friction waxed flattop Red Racing Chain can finish off the drivetrain marginal gains. Cycling Ceramic can also upgrade the wheel bearings in those BiTurbo Aeros to ceramic, as well.

Rocket X Cycling Ceramic – Options & availability

Rocket Granite X Cycling Ceramic custom titanium road bike, frame detail

All of Rocket Bikes’ titanium road, gravel & mountain bikes are custom-made to order in Austria, which means they are only really limited by your imagination. And presumably your budget.

Rocket Granite X Cycling Ceramic custom titanium road bike, complete

The Cycling Ceramic kit on the other hand is made in France, and pretty much everything is in stock to upgrade either your current bike or your next custom one.

Rocket-Titanium-Bikes.com & CyclingCeramic.com

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Fake Namerton
Fake Namerton
1 year ago

Frame looks nice, wheels and cage on a nice looking frame like this is a crime against humanity.

Billyshoo
Billyshoo
1 year ago
Reply to  Fake Namerton

Love your name!!

WhateverBikes
1 year ago
Reply to  Fake Namerton

So you’d prefer it without wheels?

Kelvin C
Kelvin C
1 year ago

I don’t think that’s a 44mm headtube! Not in this photo, that specific headset seems like a IS52

Jaap
1 year ago
Reply to  Kelvin C

Exactly, I believe this is a 55mm head tube.

Jason DW
Jason DW
1 year ago

A smaller frame size or sloping top tube to my eyes would look really awesome. What is that called, compact geometry? I think a brushed or a stealthy logo would look really cool. But very clean the way it is

WhateverBikes
1 year ago
Reply to  Jason DW

It already has a sloping top tube.

Jason DW
Jason DW
1 year ago
Reply to  WhateverBikes

Does it? I guess l want more slope.

dr_lha
dr_lha
1 year ago

What an ugly, boring and stupid looking bike.

Speshy
Speshy
1 year ago
Reply to  dr_lha

Pearls before swine I guess.

Speshy
Speshy
1 year ago

I am pretty sure I saw this bike on velospace circa 2010 but it had a velocity deep v on the back. This is hot bike for sure.

Speshy
Speshy
1 year ago
Reply to  Speshy

Is that a clamp on FD? I take it all back. This bike is trash.

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