ABOUT THE VENTUM TEMPUS RIVAL AXS Tip to tail, the surface of the Tempus has been engineered with airflow in mind. Beginning at the head tube, functional airfoils taper backward the full length of the frame, working together to strategically smooth and direct air as it passes over rider and bike. Combined with its uniquely wide-set fork and seat stays that channel clean air around some of the more problematically turbulent areas, the entire bike is engineered with one goal in mind: Make clean air. Thousands of hours of engineering, rigorous CFD analysis, and iterative wind tunnel testing fueled the design of the Tempus, and that design has been proven in the real world. Benchmarked against its predecessor, the Ventum One Disc, the Tempus tests up to 15 watts faster in certain conditions and configurations. Though the aerodynamic arms race among bike companies is what grabs the most attention, a fast bike is a balance between aerodynamics, handling, and functional design. Races are won on real roads; with hills, curves, and a whole host of other terrain to navigate. We didn’t forget this. Fast on paper must be fast in the real world. Our engineering team leaned on collective decades of experience to carefully build a bike that is lighter, simpler, and livelier than its predecessor. We gave the Tempus an aggressively steep seat tube angle to place the rider more forward and on top of the pedals and stiffened the front end to give the bike scalpel-like precision in corners. Most notably, though, the Tempus is very light. Our careful attention to carbon layup and mission of simplicity stripped the fat from the frame. Light, efficient, and simple, we wanted to push the envelope of aerodynamic efficiency without sacrificing real-world ride quality. Incredibly aero, but also snappy in corners and stable in crosswinds, the Tempus is made to inspire confidence anywhere from the windswept lava fields of Kona to the mountains of Nice. WHAT YOU GET • All-new SRAM Rival AXS 12-speed electronic drivetrain • Profile Design Wing Ultimate S carbon base bar • Profile Design 52 A aerobar extensions• An ultralight full carbon fiber frame with intuitive internal cable routing • Tire clearance to 700x30c
