Alternatively…

Made to endure

The Scultura Endurance (£3,500) is – you guessed it – a more comfortable version of the Scultura V, using more relaxed geometry and more forgiving tube profiles to increase long distance comfort.

Made to speed

The Reacto 9000-E (£8,000) is Merida’s top spec aero machine, with CFD designed, wind-tunnel tested tube shapes and those now-ubiquitous dropped seatstays many say Merida brought to road bikes first.