The Liv Langma leads the way in 2018 – Bike Magazine Australia

Written by Imogen Smith.

Liv launched with just three staff in 2007. In 2014 they launched as an independent, women’s only brand, and now, in 2017 they’re made ‘by women, for women’—every member of staff at Liv, from industrial designers to marketing managers, are women. Liv’s goals are to attract women to cycling, get them involved, then move them up from lifestyle cyclist to recreational, and even on to competitive cyclists. Liv aim to create a community around their brand, and if you’re interested in women’s cycling you’ve probably noticed their ambassadors, social media competitions, group rides, and hashtags around the place. At a time when most brands (recently Specialized) are moving away from women’s specific designs, Liv are attacking the market full-steam ahead. The 2018 range sees them plug a bunch of holes in their range, where the Langma performance road bike offered a highlight.

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Introducing the Liv Langma

Liv’s 2017 performance aero road bike, the Envie, has all but disappeared and has been replaced by the slick, lightweight Langma. With the launch of the long-awaited Langma, the Envie has been relegated to service the triathlon market with the Envie Advanced Tri—a fitting market for a bike with some great aero features but with a lot more comfort than full-blown time trial machines.

The Envie posed a few problems for women looking for a high performance, race-ready roadie—it was difficult to climb, had painful integrated brakes, and the aero styling compromised handling, and at the Rio Olympics, Liv-sponsored riders could be spotted riding resprayed TCR road bikes. The Langma has been in development for about two years, so Liv must have been aware of the Envie’s shortcomings for at least as long as we have.

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The new Liv Langma answers the demand from many discerning riders.

Named for the local Nepalese word for Everest, the Langma isn’t just a climbing bike, but an all-round race bike, with tubing shaped for the best possible aerodynamics and race-worthy specs in an extremely lightweight (and beautifully-finished) package.

eTap, carbon wheels, and a Quarq power meter – stock.

The top-of-the-line Langma, the Advanced SL 0, really caught our eye, with SRAM red e-tap group set, Quarq crank set, a super aero Flux stem, and an integrated seatpost. The Advanced SL composite frame and fork that this bike is built around is the lightest Giant have EVER made for ANY bike, and tips the scales at just 1.155kg. Not surprisingly, with this buildkit, the Langma Advanced SL 0 weighs a UCI-illegal 6.05kg. Oh. And it’s expensive. The Langma will cost you AUD $10,999.