3t RaceMax 2 Italia Red AXS Xplr

The frame is built using Jazz Carbon — 3T's proprietary process combining filament winding with Resin Transfer Moulding. In conventional carbon construction, sheets of pre-impregnated fiber are laid up by hand and then cured. In the Jazz Carbon process, each individual filament is wound continuously and unbroken into the tube form, maintaining its full structural integrity throughout the frame. Once the dry carbon structure is complete, resin is injected under high pressure via RTM, filling every void uniformly. The result is a denser, more consistent layup than what hand-laid prepreg typically produces. The frame weighs 990 grams in a size medium — 1,050 grams with the integrated downtube storage compartment installed. The fork comes in at approximately 380 grams. Every frame is designed, built, and painted in 3T's Presezzo factory in northern Italy, finished in Lechler paints across four signature colorways plus Project X and Ready-to-Paint options.

The aerodynamics of the RaceMax 2 Italia represent a 1.5% improvement over the original RaceMax despite accommodating wider tires — a meaningful gain given that the baseline was already an aero-optimized gravel frameset. The gains come from a redesigned head tube with a pronounced aerodynamic nose, a fork with shielded brake calliper bolts that keep airflow clean through the front end, and a variable-width downtube that runs 54mm at the top and widens to 75mm at the base to match the tire and bottle profiles…