Ridley is the worldwide leader in cyclocross technology and few would dispute that they make the best cyclocross bikes in the world. The X-Fire isn't their first full carbon fiber cyclocross frame and isn’t their most expensive. But at 1300 grams it is lighter than its carbon brother the X-Night, and it costs 40% less. The X-Fire hits a sweet spot in the price-to-detail quotient that the X-Night misses due to its cost. But don't let the price tag distract you: During development the X-Fire was ridden as a prototype to 2 wins out of 2 starts by young Belgian star Niels Albert of the Palmans cyclocross team. Cost savings aside, the X-Fire is a throw-down race bike.

The X-Fire is beautifully engineered and made of 24 ton 12k carbon weave. It has striking details and flowing lines. The top tube, seat tube, and seat stays artfully meet at a juncture whose elegance is reminiscent of an Italian road race bike. The down tube styling reminds us of the square oval shape found on the Cervélo R3 series ridden to victory in Paris-Roubaix in 2006 & 2007. The tubing shapes provide ample front triangle stiffness, and the full carbon fork keeps the front wheel tracking straight in the nasty terrain so often dished up in 'cross. The X-Fire also has a super stiff bottom bracket and chain stays, to compliment the box-shaped down tube for additional torsional strength. You get top routed cables, an integrated headset, a replaceable rear derailleur hanger and a front derailleur pulley mounted on the back of the seat tube that allows use of a normal road bike bottom pull derailleur .

The X-Fire requires a 34.9mm clamp on front derailleur, a 31.6mm seat post, English bottom bracket and comes with an FSA 1-1/8” integrated headset. It comes in even sizes from 48 through 58cm in Black Carbon with Silver and White accents. NB: The 4cm variance between C-C and C-T seat tube lengths on the X-Fire can easily distract when choosing your ideal size. Our strong suggestion is for you to choose your frame size based on top tube length.

2009 Ridley X-Fire Pricing
	Frameset	Super Record 11 / Record 11	Record 10 / Chorus 11	Dura Ace 7900 / Dura Ace 7800	Ultegra SL / Red	Force / Rival
X-Fire	$1499	5371 / 4999	4237 / 4649	4711 / 3385	3476 / 4288	3563 / 3316

2009 Ridley X-Fire Geometry

Seat Tube c-c	Seat Tube c-t	Top Tube	Head Tube	Seat Angle	Head Tube Angle
48.0	52.0	52.5	10.5	74.5	72.0
50.0	54.0	53.0	12.5	74.0	72.0
52.0	56.0	53.5	14.5	73.5	72.0
54.0	58.0	54.5	16.5	73.5	72.0
56.0	60.0	56.0	18.5	73.5	72.0
58.0	62.0	57.5	20.5	73.0	72.0