5.6kg Custom Disc Road Bike | Festka Scalatore | £12k+ of Exotic Tech

Is this one of the lightest disc brake road bikes in the world? At 5.6kg there can't be many like this incredible custom Festka Scalatore. What's especially exciting about this one, is that we actually got a chance to ride it!
Find out what Video Manager Joe Norledge thought of this one-of-a kind bike in this first look.
Would you buy a Festka Scalatore if you had the money? let us know in the comments.
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[@bikeradar]

So, a £12,000+ Festka Scalatore. Would you buy one if you had the money? Or is it prices gone mad?

[@lassefk3171]

I would go with the Trek Emonda from Mathew ;) but even that is a pipe dream at the moment^^

[@minem23]

Mad price. I can shed 5kg from my weight, buy a top line alloy frame bike, gears/clothes, be faster and save 10k

[@markifi]

make a high end chinese build, guys! under 6 kilos for one fifth the cost! toseek has stuff almost as light as schmolke, dengfu has nice framesets. I don't know which crankset, although clavicula is almost affordable here.

[@bikeradar]

@Bad Vegan Glad you enjoyed the video and thanks for watching! Joe.

[@minem23]

@Bad Vegan unique craft is all about their hand deep in your pocket, for 11 man hours. Lol, suckers are born every day...

[@peterillovsky6600]

Please allow me to proudly admit that I'm one of the owners of Festka Scalatore. The bike is equipped with THM cranks, SRAM AXS Red components, and SCOPE R4 wheels with 28 mm tires. The buying process at Festka in Prague is a very special experience and owning a perfectly fitted frame with a unique selection of components is a very good investment. The ride is fantastic in all aspects and I wouldn't want to own any other frame. Bravo Festka! First I was dreaming of owning a superbike, now I'm dreaming of being able to ride is as much as possible ;)

[@Drt0Kkdo]

"Disk brakes are heavy." Festka: Hold my rotors

[@polishguywithhardtospellna8227]

1:14 "Each frame passes through 11 skilled hands, before it's finally made" Why it's so important to stress, that there is at least one handicapped person building each frame, that has lost one hand?

[@silentumexcubitor6747]

Actually, only 7 persons.....4x normal persons w/2 hands each, and 3 cripples, w/only 1 hand each.... Because they only have 1 hand, they are much better at conforming the carbon layers to the compound curves. Normal 2-hand persons not so much....

[@alert.272]

TLO - "The Lightest One" - Finally some alphabet soup naming I can get behind lol

[@FaiscaaaH]

No bike beats your trek... 💪💪

[@bikeradar]

Haha, that could be true. Thanks for watching, Joe.

[@paulwinkfield6560]

Great video! You are correct about emotions, sadly its a bit fragile, for klutzy me, but i love seeing these bikes and parts, I'll purchase some, like the saddle, and seatpost, on cost, there are guys paying same or more for Rolex watches and many put them in safe boxes in a bank!

[@JonFairhurst]

The one thing missing from this review is the first person experience on climbs. Do you feel the lightness or acceleration? Does it feel sturdy? Do you feel fast on it (whether placebo or real)? And for those who insult this bike, please respect it for what it is: a fantasy bike. It’s crazy and unique. For value and practically, look elsewhere. I’m not the target buyer, but it’s fun for me to imagine riding it.

[@trevorhayes5414]

Wow, what a stunner! With my lottery win, I would instead spec it full Campy Super Record EPS & Bora wheels - Yum!!!!

[@trevorhayes5414]

and to just add to that...unbelievably, Campy EPS & Bora wheels brings the price down to comfortably under 10K!!! Bargain!!!! 😁

[@andypaul999]

3rd conditional..

[@marekkozub8957]

Hard shell saddles surprisingly are quite comfortable. You only need shorts with thick pad.

[@glennoc8585]

I like a bit of colour on my frame also like di2 and a 2x crankset. So there's 400g. So there's 6kgs. Throw on pedals thats another 250 grams. When you consider trek emonda discs are available for 6.8 kgs and half the money.

[@arjanbee]

less than 1 kg lighter that my steel Festka :)

[@trevorhayes5414]

Bet that's a stunner too!

[@DaveCM]

You only posted that so you can brag about your cool bike, didn't you? Not that I'm blaming you.

[@njm3211]

Good quality bib shorts really help with those full carbon saddles.

[@crypto_que]

I love this bike. All the one off details & custom aspects make it great

[@skink2020]

Love it. Keep up the top work. Love the niche stuff.

[@st939]

My Canyon Ultimate comes in at 6,7 Kg total weight (with pedals, bottle cage, wahoo mount, rear light mount, ...) with 50mm carbon wheels for less than £3500

[@Marius.1926]

Slx model

[@st939]

@@Marius.1926 No SL the cheap one

[@st939]

50mm Carbon Clincher Front Wheel, ceramic bearings (1060 gr. with Conti GP 5000 25mm and Conti Race Light tubes). 50mm Carbon Clincher Rear Wheel, magnetic pawls, ceramic bearings (1470 gr. with Conti GP 5000 25mm, Conti Race Light tubes and Dura Ace 9100 11-30 cassette). 420mm Carbon Aero Bar (230gr.). 110mm Carbon stem with titanium bolts (112 gr.) Hylix carbon seat post with titanium fasteners (135 gr.) Titanium Skewers (57 gr.). Dura Ace 9100 52-36 cranks (636 gr.), TriPeak Ceramic BB86 bottom bracket (70 gr.), Dura-ace 9100 shifters and derailleurs. Dura-ace 91000 11-28 cassette (196 gr.) and chain, 14-17 teeth aluminium jockey wheels and ceramic bearing in rear derailleur (169 gr.). SRAM Red brakes (262 gr.). SpeedPlay Zero titanium pedals (62 gr. each with titanium plates and screws). 87gr carbon saddle. Continental GP5000 25mm. Swissstop Yellow Prince pads. Total weight 6725 gr.

[@LightWolfStudio]

But it's a Canyon. ;)

[@chrisko6439]

@@st939 Check out Hambini's channel for an educated opinion about ceramic bearings...

[@TurneyUK]

If you question the price it’s not for you. If you have a million+ in the bank and drive a Ferrari then it’s not going to look out of place in your garage. Canyon are like the Tesco of bicycles, they are everywhere. I could see the appeal of something bespoke, if you have deep pockets. PS nothing wrong with Canyon, I have one myself. It just doesn’t give me the warm fuzzy feeling.

[@mahiru20ten]

Well, Canyon can also appeal to any price range, unlike those wholesale special bikes. Be it an affordable one to a very high end one with those expensive lightweight brand wheelset.

[@oftankoftan]

I still ride on a street bike from the 80s which I've modified. A Canyon would be a dream for me. But I'd really like a Look.

[@event4216]

Riding any bike gives me warm fuzzy feeling. Looking at bikes, well, most of times not.

[@ridesofjapan]

🤤🤤🤤

[@eddevincentis2218]

Rides of Japan, you are addicted sir.

[@ridesofjapan]

Ed DeVincentis 😬

[@joelmicah7014]

your kind of bike.

[@johnmes6967]

My question is how to you use a torque wrench to tighten the seatpost camp bolts ? Does it fit ?

[@edthelizzard]

Saddle looks like a Gelu one... but heavier. You had one of those a while back on one of your videos. The 38g one if I’m not mistaken.

[@bikeradar]

Yep that's right, it featured in our 2018 hill climb diaries series. Thanks for watching, Joe.

[@detmer87]

38g of stupidity that is

[@reale2803]

@@detmer87 why of stupidity?..it was for a hill climb bike. Besides why a light saddles an issue?

[@adamcooper988]

Shame it wasn’t delivered for the hill climb season 😂

[@ohnoyoyo]

10:12 "... if you're ever even lucky enough to see one out in the wild" said as a dog fox flashes across the background?

[@bengt_axle]

I wish Rotor would do something about that hydraulic derailleur hose that feeds into the rear mechanism. It looks like it could just snap off at the rear derailleur if it were to be hit or if the bike were to fall over. Why not just make it a coil or something that allows the hose to enter at an angle (with appropriate fitting)? Since the derailleur is activated by fluid, it does not need a fragile hose that is connected to a fitting prone to breakage. I think it could even be routed below the chainstay with a loop or coil in the hose to allow it to flex. As it stands, it looks like an unrefined or unfinished product.

[@reale2803]

Even a 90 degree fitting like the brakes so would barely stick out of the frame. Why not use the advantages of hydraulics

[@pawebrak9860]

Great price easy to set up.

[@trevorhayes5414]

Rapid fire question(s) round: Why are tube & lugs not a more common carbon frame manufacturing method? Colnago do it but obvs not cheaper there. Thought that would be easier than full frame molds and therefore faster & cheaper??

[@andycorso8498]

Trevor Hayes too labour intensive and thus expensive that would be my guess

[@teridzard1776]

Is there an extra light multi tool which includes a high end precision torque wrench on the market?

[@paulwinkfield6560]

Silca

[@chrisspray8010]

Nice Bike - Price is absolutely nuts. If someone wants to waste their money for vanity then hey ho.

[@maksimloginov9365]

It's a cool bike ! For those, who knows :)

[@jonathanzappala]

I’d be afraid to put the go pro on the drop bar with those torque specs haha

[@crypto_que]

Also builds like these push manufacturers to make constantly lighter bikes what size is this bike 56? Think about how light production disc bikes will be in the coming years, in 3-5yrs I think there will be a trickle down into the unbranded markets for clavicula like chainsets & schmolke wheels. Ultimately yes bikes like this move the industry forward.

[@event4216]

Well, for me that's really nice art object. I'm not arguing about price, really, I just prefer obvious ROI. As a weak cyclist I couldn't push this bike to its limits, too.

[@Pace100rc]

How about a review of their all road bike, The Rover ?

[@donjohnson487]

I made a budget weight weenie Planet X bike. It weighed 5,8kg, price 1500£ 🤷🏻‍♂️

[@dietrichwagner]

I also made a maintenance low commuter bike Planet X for my girlfriend. It weighed 7,2kg, price 620£.

[@TalleyrandsPuppet]

I made a budget Planet X bike for my dog. It cost $5.

[@dietrichwagner]

@@TalleyrandsPuppet That’s so sweet of you. Planet X bikes is surely for everyone. 😁

[@bonzobanana1]

The sad thing is a cyclist with marginal improved fitness over you would beat you in a race on a low end Halfords road bike if you were on this bike. It's more about the engine than the bike. You'd have to be a pretty amazing cyclist to justify the extreme marginal gains of this bike. Sounds like a cheap road bike with 28mm tyres would have better ride quality as well. Ultimately even if I was a billionaire I would not waste £14,000 on such a bike because I'm hardwired to consider value in all my purchases.

[@jen3800]

no way this bike would survive the roads here in Toronto, Canada for a single season

[@swites]

I think my bike is 7.8kgs with pedals. Always wondered what a super light bike climbs like...

[@bencrouch8715]

What has a torque value of 1.5nm?

[@ianiscaratti4924]

Ben Crouch carbonworks bottlecages have

[@94mikyyy]

12k and 20euro chain?

[@ianiscaratti4924]

94mikyyy kmc chain made for the uno group isn't 20€

[@alexeykoshevoy300]

I just don't get why people are still shitting on 1x drivetrains on road when it dominates the field even in xc now. And in xc people have stopped to complain about 'limited' gearing since the introduction of the 11-speed systems.

[@charliecroker7005]

2:10 How do you replace individual frame tubes? It looks as if the "lugs" have been wrapped over the tubes.

[@LightWolfStudio]

Festka can loose each connections afterwards. Pretty incredible. It's really worth it to vist the Festka Guys in Prague.

[@JogBird]

Isnt a stock emonda slr frame 640g ?

[@basengelblik5199]

I wonder what happens when you put a 90 kg sprinter on this.

[@zwamman]

With that gearing: they would spin out during a sprint. Also some complaining about handlebars being too flexy.

[@TheMachoRed]

Does it have a rider weight limit?

[@jonathanzappala]

“You can’t ride them” So that confirms bike companies are selling fine art, not transportation lol.

[@Pienimusta]

Next saddles will be like on Garrison's bike

[@rudyelizondo1935]

No way!!! You say it’s a rough ride then you say is not bad?!?! It’s a hard riding bike that is way too expensive for us ordinary blokes

[@Karan02256]

Nice but Lightweight urgestalt is better and price is same😊

[@wasupwitdat1mofiki94]

I'm moving into a new career building bikes. I can make $12,000 a week. I'm sure I won't have any trouble finding dumbasses to buy them.

[@silentumexcubitor6747]

Beautiful bicycle.....but what will it look like in 5 - 10 years, with 1,000's of miles on it....????....

[@BennoSattler]

That stem should be re-torked maybe, the gaps do not seem to be similarly wide at kzbin.info/www/bejne/p5vKaH59mZd3hNk Also, although a work of beauty and fine craftsmanship, I found this stem to be too soft for even me, an amateur at 71kg / 280ftp

[@tecnik2]

Took me until half way through the video to realise that wasn't a front panier bag on the right fork leg 🤦🏻‍♂️

[@DolleHengst]

Great Czech bike with lots of German parts (Schmolke, THM). Now if only Mercedes-Benz would buy Tatra, which they had serious plans for.that would be perfect. I love both countries. Prague is a true jewel.

[@kevin_du_92]

Would weigh 5.2 with rim brakes. Enjoy your ride

[@mortlow6688]

i think its possible to build 2 better/more useful bikes for half the money. But hey for some sheiks this is a nice toy...

[@achiltsompanos447]

Right, fat ass sheikhs, will park them like forever in a huge underground bunker. These bikes are not designed to be riden. 1x drivetrain? The whole build’s purpose is just to provoke. My 2c anyway.

[@fionnmalin7784]

Possible hillclimb 2020 bike?

[@chrisko6439]

Hillclimb bikes don't use disc brakes. Too heavy.

[@tonflo1]

What water bottle cages are those?

[@ianiscaratti4924]

tonflo1 4:44

[@tonflo1]

@@ianiscaratti4924 Thank you

[@gurkpojken]

Whats the fork?

[@event4216]

Supposed to withstand forces of disc brake. I hope so.

[@DYFENZO]

Can someone please explain me why bike companies are pushing disc brakes to market? its heavy and useless. it brakes better but who the fuck cares? rim are just lighter and easier to work with

[@maxirons709]

Its so nice to see a new high end bike without those god awful dropped stays.

[@cayotedominguez6383]

Bike prices are outrageous...I can buy a nice motorcycle for that... come on who can afford this...?

[@andycorso8498]

Cayote Dominguez it’s a silly comparison, you can’t buy a really high end motorcycle for this kind of money.

[@TalleyrandsPuppet]

Well I’d rather have this bike than a motorcycle for my money.

[@jeffreyflat7986]

Bullseye

[@Shouldbeeasier]

Would not buy. Would rather have 7kg bike and my 92kg ass could ride all day in comfort

[@sodalitia]

Light bike is 7-8 kg. Anything less is paper mashe.

[@Radnally]

Skeletore

[@Timtimzi]

but it isn't ... aero :3

[@OllyKilo]

If I won 200 million and needed a bike, then totally, but my wife would still tell me off for not buying the much better value Canyon Ultimate.

[@hockeyiscanada]

Why do you guys and GCN never do anything on ax-lightness who make evrything on their bikes themselves except the groupset, spokes and hubs and their bikes are in the top of the top of ultra light premium brands ? You guys talk about THM and smohlke, etc. Why not ax-lightness who make practically the whole bike !!

[@bikeradar]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/gGesfGSor5mUoZY ask and you shall receive! Here's Joe's hill climb bike from 2015, covered in ax-lightness.

[@wordpress4373]

With my 100kg I dont see the point of light bikes :D

[@iacoponesi7593]

Light as air... ugly as sin!

[@WerdnaLiten]

It goes without saying, it's very nice a bike - however, it's pretty one dimensional. I also wouldn't want to be riding it on the roads were I ride.

[@user-km2ny1zw6m]

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[@event4216]

With each even lighter bike I ask myself, where those strong riders able to push heavier bikes have gone?

[@dannymccartney1]

You'd fly over the handlebars if you braked hard on that.

[@hugoyoung4890]

Why?

[@dannymccartney1]

@@hugoyoung4890 newtons law

[@hugoyoung4890]

@@dannymccartney1 which one? Edit: chuck in an apostrophe between the n and s.

[@detmer87]

Invite a professional and do a shootout with the Canyon Ultimate. That will prove how stupid this bike is!

[@simonassouline45]

If I rode it for 10 minutes up a 8 percent hill, it would crack 100 percent! Paper bike, you could buy a brand new 2020 Toyota Corolla in America for the price of that Paper Bike! Specialized Tarmac S Works 2020 Disc with Full Dura Ace di2 is 5,000 pounds cheaper and 100 times better than this Fetska! Joke Bike!

[@andycorso8498]

Simon Assouline how do you know?..... I bet you’ve never ridden a Festka....

[@andycorso8498]

Simon Assouline joke response.......100 times better?...... why would you compare it to a car?....bizarre

[@simonassouline45]

I was ex Cat 1 UCI Elite Road Cyclist in the late 80’s to early 90’s, paid and sponsored! Had countless steel high end Italian steel road bikes! Broke a chain and down tube on steel Columbus Sox Frame, weighed 9 kilos! Plus I broke a couple carbon high end road bike frames without crashing them! Put over 500,000 Kilometers on a road in 25 plus years! Comparing the Festaka to a car, look how much ingenuity and time to build and create a whole complete car, engine, body, transmission, and etc.! That’s my point, plus being such a light road bike, strength to weight ratio factor in engineering, creates a inferior product! Nice looking bike, but I would prefer a stronger road disc bike that weighs between 7 to 7.5 kilos, which justifies a stronger and more adequate high end road bike!

[@Tumid1]

Why is it that people who know the least speak with the most authority? An under-designed bike wouldn't take 10 minutes to break under a severe load & Toyota's least expensive car in America is $ 19,600. Anyone buying a bike like this wouldn't be a buyer for the cheapest of ..anything. To someone like Mr. Assline, who obviously can't afford either the bike (or a Toyota), he has to disparage the bike to compensate for his (well deserved) feelings of inferiority.

[@simonassouline45]

Hi Joe, being an individual with a degree in Civil Engineering from a 4 year University, plus being a Master ASE Toyota Tech for 13 plus years!Before you were born I was racing and Professional Auto Tech ! I also have degree in Computer operations, you sir don’t know what your talking about! I have more experience and been on more bikes than you! Before opening your mouth and saying I don’t know what I’m talking about it, do your research, I know your promoting their product and trying to have positive feedback! You are the One that is 100 Percent Wrong! Plus you said I can’t afford to buy either, you don’t know ! Plus I would buy the car in a heartbeat! But being Stupid and buying a road bike for $17,000 US Dollars, is completely Insane! Why don’t you come ride with me 200 Kilometers on the Road, I will put you to shame! You sell and promote products, I don’t need to! Being honest and transparent is better than being Biased as you are!

[@SergioCristancho]

gone mad, if I may 3 bike do better for the price of that 1, also steel is real, titanium last long, and if is aluminium the price is minimun

[@johnwedlake5543]

Festka’s ride like tanks. They’re a complete rip off.

[@ianiscaratti4924]

John Wedlake they do custom geos

[@johnwedlake5543]

Ianis Caratti I know that, their office is 3 streets from my office. Doesn’t change the fact that the bike is uncomfortably stiff and way overpriced. There was an article about them on the Czech news the other day, and they said they haven’t made a profit in 9 years 🤦‍♂️

[@johnwedlake5543]

Pete is never wrong you actually trust bike magazines to give you an honest review of a product.....🤦‍♂️

[@johnwedlake5543]

Pete is never wrong, why does an opinion have to be labeled as a vendetta? We really can’t have opinions these days without people getting all upset. Why did you comment in the first place if you didn’t agree? Next time just move along to the next comment you like, because you obviously can’t discuss anything like an adult......(Lesson in being an adult incoming from KZbin office Pete 👮)

[@johnwedlake5543]

Pete is never wrong I never got upset about it 😂. You’re the one who is clearly upset. I can just picture you red faced and angry 😡. The financial performance is also a fact not an unsubstantiated claim. www.seznamzpravy.cz/clanek/karbon-zlato-cena-nad-800-tisic-podivejte-se-na-miliardarska-kola-z-prazskych-vinohrad-81277

[@prebenbertelsen7717]

It may be light, but not for heavier guys. It will break

[@barrybarry]

12k for a push bike, that’s just stupidity

[@cccpkingu]

Then there are people who say "push bike" in comparison