The Ridley Noah is purpose-built
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Striking lines and beautiful paint
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The Noah's most defining feature
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A short cutout in the seat tube
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As compared to the Damocles
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The Noah frameset includes
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The Noah's 'switching triangular form' frame
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The down tube is similarly profiled
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The radically shaped chain stays
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The chain stays start out round at the dropouts
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CNC-machined titanium dropouts
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Relatively slender seat stays
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The aluminum seatpost head
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The cleverly designed seatpost head
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Not surprisingly, the Noah wears a lot of carbon
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The 4ZA Fynisher bar
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The drops are comfortable enough, though.
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The 4ZA C-Stem bonds a carbon fiber center tube
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FSA's mid-level Team Issue crankset
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Campagnolo's Record Ergopower levers
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Rear changes are handled by a Campagnolo Record
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The position of the braze-on front derailleur mount
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Campagnolo's Record D-Skeleton brakes
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The single pivot rear brake
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Excess material is milled away
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Fulcrum uses twice as many spokes
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Vredestein tires on our tester
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What on earth is this saddle
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The 4ZA Tail bottle cage
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