RA Cycles Brooklyn — August 27–30
Colnago DEMO Days
Colnago's custom race bikes are almost never available to demo. For four days in Brooklyn, they are. Book a bike, take it around Prospect Park, and feel what tour-proven actually means before you spec your own.
These are custom, hand-built bikes. You normally choose the size, the groupset, and the finish, then wait for it to be built. You do not get to ride one first. This week, you do.
Colnago is the most decorated name in road cycling, and right now it holds the title that matters most. The Y1Rs won the 2025 Tour de France outright. The V5Rs, the lightest bike Colnago has ever made, has taken tour stages of its own. Both are raced at the very front by Tadej Pogačar and UAE Team Emirates.
If you are considering one of these bikes, this is the rare chance to ride it before you buy it. Pick your day, pick your size, and get an hour on real roads. Then, when you build yours, you will know exactly what you are getting.
Two bikes, both tour-proven
The Aero Bike
Colnago's fastest bike, built to defy wind. It cuts frontal area by 19 percent against the V Series and needs 20 fewer watts to hold 50 km/h. This is the bike Pogačar rode to win the 2025 Tour de France. When the road is flat and the pace is high, nothing Colnago builds is quicker.
Sizes available to demo S, M, L, XL
The Featherweight
The lightest bike Colnago has ever built. The frame alone comes in at 685 grams, and a race-ready build sits right at the UCI weight limit. It is 146 grams lighter and nine watts more aero than the V4Rs it replaces, with slightly sharper geometry. When the road tilts up, this is the one you want under you.
Sizes available to demo 45.5, 48.5, 53
Simple, and first come first served.
Each day has its own booking link below. Pick your bike and size, reserve a one-hour window, and you are set. Bikes are only available for the times shown in the links.
The park is a few blocks from the shop. Every demo is a one-hour ride on roads you already know, long enough to feel how the bike really rides.
Come back knowing the size and the ride. Our team helps you spec the groupset, wheels, and finish, and build the Colnago that is yours.
Reserve your ride
Each link is for one specific date. Slots are limited and go first come first served.
Featured — Group Ride
Want more than an hour? Ride to Nyack.
7:00 AM roll-out from RA Cycles, 60–80 miles, demo the Colnago on a real long day. Full ride details posted here shortly. Saturday morning is group ride only.
One-hour Prospect Park demos
Reserve a slotOne-hour Prospect Park demos
Reserve a slotOne-hour Prospect Park demos (after the group ride)
Reserve a slotOne-hour Prospect Park demos
Reserve a slotBikes are reserved only for the allotted times shown in each link. If a slot is gone, it is gone, so book early to get the bike and size you want.
A few things every rider needs to know.
A few blocks from Prospect Park. Come in with questions on sizing, build spec, or which Colnago is right for you, and we will point you the right way.
Call the shop or email info@racycles.com and we will help you lock in a slot.
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From a Brooklyn storefront to flagships in Walnut Creek and Miami, from handwritten mail orders to a fully digital custom bike builder — RA Cycles has spent half a century doing one thing: serving riders who demand the best. That half-century belongs as much to you as it does to us. The riders who kept coming back, who sent their friends, who trusted us with bikes that matter — you're the reason we're still here. Here's to the next fifty.
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