2025 Specialized Aethos Pro Shimano Ultegra Di2 Road Bike

£8,000.00

Dispatched between 16th Feb and 18th Feb, if ordered before 2:00pm tomorrow.
Part Number:

97225-1154

GTIN/UPC:

196625190247

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The 2025 Specialized Aethos Pro Shimano Ultegra Di2 Road Bike is designed simply for the love of riding. The Aethos is designed to straddle the line between perfect ride quality, extreme lightweight, and undeniable style.

The Aethos frame has been designed to handle everything from accelerating up steep pitches and descending technical descents, to all-day saddle comfort on even the longest coffee rides. By reinventing the traditional road shape found on bikes of the past, Specialized have delivered massive gains in stiffness and balance, all without affecting weight or durability. Pair that with an entirely new carbon layup and process and you have the lightest frame out there (585 grams, S-Works, size 56cm).

The Aethos Sport comes with Shimano Ultegra Di2 electronic gears and hydraulic disc brakes paired with robust Roval Alpinist wheels matched with DT Swiss 350 hubs, making this bicycle your perfect companion for all your road explorations.

This bike is perfect for

Road riders who want a classic looking road bike that uses the latest tech to make one of the lightest, fastest and most fun road bikes on the market. With electronic gearing you get clean shifts every time.

Key Features

  • Super lightweight Aethos FACT 9R Carbon frame
  • Shimano Ultegra Di2 electronic gears and hydraulic disc brakes
  • Roval Alpinist wheels matched with DT Swiss 350 hubs

Guide To Road Bike Gears

If you are buying a road bike one of the big differences between models will be which gears they use. Most manufacturers will make the same bike, using the same frame but putting different gears and wheels on it. So for instance you can buy a Trek Domane AL 2 Disc with Shimano Claris gearing for £975 or get the Trek Domane AL 4 Disc with Tiagra gearing for £1625. They are fundamentally the same bike. One comes with the Shimano Tiagra gears and the other comes with Shimano Claris gears.

In most cases, the bottom of the range gears and top of the range gears will basically work in the same way. The big differences are in the quality of material used and the weight. Top of the range gears will be lighter and smoother to use.

One thing to watch out for when comparing bikes is whether the full groupset is being used. If you are buying a bike that has Shimano 105 gears on it. Shimano makes 105 brakes, gear levers, front and rear derailleurs, cranks, chainrings and bottom brackets. So basically all of the running gear on the bike. Some bike manufacturers will fit the full groupset, others will fit Shimano 105 front and rear derailleurs but use their own brakes and cranks to save a few pounds. So if you are comparing bikes be sure to check how much of the groupset the bike actually uses.


Read our Guide to Road Bike Gears

Road Bike Buying Guide

Nothing beats the feeling of effortless speed you get on a road bike. There are lots of reasons to ride a road bike, from the simple joy of it, to racing, long distance challenges, or café rides with friends. Whatever you want to do there will be road bike out there for you.

Men’s and Women’s road bikes

Nearly all manufacturers have stopped making dedicated men’s and women’s bikes. They are now all unisex. What you will see is that on smaller bikes, brands will often fit a wider saddle (generally more female friendly). On larger bikes they will often fit a narrower one (generally more male friendly).

Disc or rim brakes

It is getting increasingly hard to buy new bikes with rim brakes as the industry has almost exclusively switched to discs. The reasons for this are pretty simple. Disc brakes are much, much, more powerful than old rim brake systems so you can stop a lot more easily and safely. Disc brakes also allow much bigger tyres to be fitted which is more comfortable. Older disc brake systems did often suffer from rubbing and squeaking. While this hasn’t been completely fixed yet it is much less common on modern bikes with hydraulic brakes. Mechanical disc brakes can still take a bit of fettling to get them right so go for hydraulic if you can.

Read our full road bike buying guide


Who are Specialized?

Specialized is one of the best-known quality bike brands in the world. Started by a group of riders in 1974. A fact which has guided their decision making ever since.

" Made for riders, by riders."

They strove to make the best quality tires when quality tyres weren't around. When people wanted to ride cruisers in the dirt, they made the first production mountain bike. When roadies wanted to go faster, Specialized doubled down on carbon and built their own wind tunnel.

Bikes like the Allez, Rockhopper and Stumpjumper have developed followings and reputations of their own. Specialized has a reputation for making high-end, high-quality bikes. Specialized bikes always look great with high-quality paint and sensible sizing hel0s you get the right bike each time. If you buy a Specialized bike you can be guaranteed it will do what it is supposed to and will last.


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Frame Aethos FACT 10r Carbon, Rider First Engineered™, Threaded BB, 12x142mm thru-axle, flat-mount disc
Fork FACT Carbon, 12x100mm thru-axle, flat-mount disc
Crankset Shimano Ultegra R8100 with 4iiiis Precision 3+ Power Meter
Chain Shimano M8100, 12-speed w/ quick link
Cassette Shimano Ultegra, 12-speed, 11-30t
Shift Levers Shimano Ultegra Di2 R8170, hydraulic disc
Front Derailleur Shimano Ultegra Di2 R8150, braze-on
Rear Derailleur Shimano Ultegra Di2 R8150, 12-speed
Front Brake Shimano Ultegra R8170, hydraulic disc
Rear Brake Shimano Ultegra R8170, hydraulic disc
Front Wheel Roval Alpinist CL II, 21mm internal width carbon rim, 33mm depth, Win Tunnel Engineered, DT for Roval 350 hub, DT Swiss Aerolite spokes, Tubeless Ready
Rear Wheel Roval Alpinist CL II, 21mm internal width carbon rim, 33mm depth, Win Tunnel Engineered, DT for Roval 350 hub, DT Swiss Aerolite spokes, Tubeless Ready
Front Tyre S-works Turbo 2BR, 700x28mm
Rear Tyre S-works Turbo 2BR, 700x28mm
Handlebars S-Works Short & Shallow, 125mm Drop, 75mm Reach w/Di2 Hole
Saddle Body Geometry Power Pro with Mirror, hollow titanium rails
Seat Post Roval Alpinist Carbon Seatpost
Seat Binder Specialized Alloy, 30mm
Inner Tubes 700x20-28, 48mm Presta Valve
Chain Rings 52/36T
Bottom Bracket Shimano Threaded BSA BB
Stem Specialized Pro SL, alloy, 4-bolt
Tape Supacaz Super Sticky Kush
Colours Satin Carbon / Red Pearl / Black
Sizes 49, 52, 54, 56, 58, 61
Brand Specialized
Model Year 2025
Barcodes 196625189951, 196625190001, 196625190056, 196625190094, 196625190100, 196625190247
SKUs / Part Numbers 97225-1149, 97225-1152, 97225-1154, 97225-1156, 97225-1158, 97225-1161

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