LIOS Bikes launch the new Bullet 5.56 road bike at the London Cycle Show in Alexandra Palace
Few people can have both an endurance road bike and an aero road bike at their disposal. The new LIOS Bullet 5.56 solves that problem.
Lighter than our Exactor aero bike, but stiffer and more aerodynamic than our standard Bullet endurance bike, the Bullet 5.56 is designed for the rider that wants a bike for everything.
The Bullet 5.56 Name
We did not want to stop producing our standard Bullet road bike, which will still be available with mechanical groupsets, but instead create a new Bullet variant.
All our bike models have followed the names of projectiles or fast jets, so we wanted to stay on theme. In the 1980s the British military moved from a 7.62mm bullet to a 5.56mm bullet for their preferred small arms calibre. Nonetheless, the 7.62mm bullet remains in use to this day, however, the 5.56 is considered the ‘go to’ calibre for the majority of Western militaries.
