ExAero RDC Frameset inc Gladius Alta Handlebar

ExAero balances aerodynamics, weight, torsional stiffness, handling feedback and vertical compliance as a system, delivering higher efficiency, more direct response and stable, consistent performance across race conditions.

Narrower tube shapes reduce frontal area.

But over-compress those critical cross-sections, and the need to preserve stiffness forces you to add material, and the cost is always weight and responsiveness.

ExAero retains effective cross-sections in critical load-bearing zones for more direct load transfer, while the coordinated shaping of the head tube, fork crown, down tube, and handlebar assembly reorganizes the front-end airflow.

Because aerodynamic drag isn’t determined by frontal area (A) alone—
it’s equally about how the air travels over and around the entire bike.