New system. Great, because the world is crying out for just one more.

Thankfully, the new BB386EVO system works with most (but not all) current bottom bracket standards and could actually make things easier. Maybe. Here’s hoping, anyway.

Okay, so if by any remote chance you’re confused by the current state of affairs, here’s where we’re currently at with bottom brackets.

Chances are, the bottom bracket shell on your road bike is 68mm wide.

There’s a good chance that if you’ve bought your bike in the last few years, you have a bottom bracket that is screwed into the frame with the cups sitting externally – such as an FSA MegaExo system. If so, the distance from the outside of one cup to the outside of the other will be 86.5mm, and the diameter of the cromo axle is 24mm.

But, on the other hand, you could have a BB30 (road BB30) or a PF30 bottom bracket where the bearings sit inside the bottom bracket shell (which is still 68mm wide). The 30 bit of the name refers to the diameter of the aluminium axle – 30mm – which is designed to be lighter and stiffer than standard.

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The kit is finished with an FSA Afterburner BB30 carbon crank that adds a little flash and stiffness to the Scalpel Carbon 2.

The über-stiff frame is augmented by the huge 65mm bottom bracket that houses Look's Zed 2 one-piece carbon crankset, as first seen on Look's 596 time trial

Model specification runs from the UK top model GTR Series 3.0 running FSA cranks and Tiagra shifting for £899 to the Sora-equipped entry-level GTR Series

£1899.99 and the top-line Dura-Ace build, which comes with Shimano's RS-Eighty carbon laminate wheels and FSA SL-K cranks, will set you back £2499.99.

If you want to run external-bearing SRAM, Shimano, FSA or other cranks, all Stratos ship with 68mm adapters as well. 3 The massive down tube is angular and