- I'm here at rather wet and windy.
ITU Grand Final in Rotterdam.
And behind me I have the Elite bikes.
Ready to go into T1.
So, I'm going to have a walk around
and see if there's any weird and wonderful tech.
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I'm beside Richard Murray's new, Specialised Tarmac
and we've noticed that he's got the
Ceramic Speed OPSW jockey wheels and chain
for reduced friction.
And we've also noticed that he has a new S-Works crank set.
Which is yet to be released.
So, we can't give you a whole lotta detail on that, yet.
But, really interesting feature.
We're here with Flora Duffy's Scott Foil,
with customised paintwork on the forks
and even her name and world champion on the rear stays.
And she even has her clip-on aero bars for today's race.
Maybe a breakaway happening,
we don't know, we'll have to see.
We're here with Belgium athlete Jelle Geens' Cervelo S5.
And he has a 2INPower crank set.
And on that he has a big Qarbon carbon chain rings.
Just a really cool set up.
This is Rachel Klamer, of the Netherlands, bike
and what's interesting are the tubs that's she's using.
- She has the Dugast 24mm tubs.
Which you actually normally see the pros using
for classic stages where you have
cobbles and bad conditions.
Which we have a lot of here.
This is Jodie Stimpson's Specialised S-Works Tarmac.
And whilst it's not weird or wonderful tech.
What's interesting is how a few of them have put
their sunnies and their gels onto their bike.
And this is really cool.
She's put it with her elastic
so she can whip it off coming out of T1 nice and easily.
Right. We are here right beside Richard Varga's Trek Madone.
And to be honest, all we're interested in here
is the paintwork.
Check it out. Slovakian colours, very cool.
This is Japan's Yuko Sato's Cervelo R5.
And here she's got the Controltech Clip-On Aero Bars.
But clearly, she has run out of space
for her bike computer.
She's got the Pioneer bike computer here.
And, so she has actually attached it
from the top cap, outward.
So she still has it on the bike and she can see it visibly.
We're here with Jan Celustka of Czech Republic.
He's warming up for the race.
And he is on his S-Works Venge.
And he's got the clip-on TT/TRI Specialised Tri Bars.
We have seen a lot of the athletes
with clip-on Tri-Bars here.
They can't extend beyond the levers.
But these are really cool addition.
Designed specifically for the bike.
Again, for the bad conditions
and the surfaces here in Rotterdam,
is we've got cobbles on a lot of the bike course.
We found another athlete using 28mm tyres.
We have Ashley Gentle of Australia
and she is using the Vittoria Corsa 28mm tyres.
Here we have Fernando Alarza's BH G7 Pro.
It's a rather striking paintwork.
You'll definitely spot this bike in transition.
We've also noticed with conditions this weekend
a lot of the pros opting for shoe covers
or toe covers on the bike.
Just to keep their feet warm.
So, they can run off without ice blocks for feet.
I'm here with Andrea Salvisberg
of Switzerland's Specialised S-Works Venge.
And the thing that we've noticed here
is the bike and junction box mount.
It's really sleek.
It'd been designed by Specialised,
specifically for these handlebars and for the bench.
This is South African Gillian Sanders' Scott Foil.
And in this women's race, there seems to be
quite a few using these clip-on aero bars.
And here, Gillian is using the
Controltech Impel Clip-On Aero Bars.
- We've got para-athlete Lauren Steadman's
Trek Madone with us today.
Now, excuse a bit of dirt cause she has literally
just won a silver medal at the ITU World Championships.
So, we'll let her off on that one.
Unique thing about this bike,
Lauren is a one arm amputee.
And she has only got the use of her left hand.
So that means, everything is controlled
on the left hand side.
Breaks and shifting.
And it does mean for the breaks,
that when she puts on the breaks
it stops front and back simultaneously.
Lauren's got the Dura-Ace Di2 Electronic Groupset.
And with that, she's got the Synchro Shift.
Which means, when she gets to the top of her cassette
the chain automatically drops off the big ring
down to the small ring on the front
And then, drops down a couple of gears
at the back to compensate.
So Lauren, also has the ability to move down
on the front derailleur with this button just here.
She can move back up with the front shifter here.
- So, we gave us some interesting bikes and tech
here from Rotterdam at the ITU Grand Final.
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