- Well here we have the Colnago K.one of 2018
Ironman 70.3 European champion, Rudy Von Berg.
Well Colnago is not a brand that we see all the often
in the triathlon world, full stop.
But Colnago is a very well established Italian brand.
We've seen a lot of them in the road cycling world
and it would appear that they have
quite an interest in triathlon now, too.
They've been sponsoring Rudy for the last couple of seasons.
I believe he got this bike back in April of 2018
and he's ridden it to quite some success
over that past season and into 2019.
Including, actually winning Ironman 70.3
St. George in quite some style.
So, let's start by taking a closer look
at the front end of the bike.
We've got a very clean cockpit here.
A very simple base bar design.
It's very flat and quite a narrow fit.
And then coming up from that we've got the riser stack
which I understand from Rudy,
he's got the angled riser,
sent through from Colnago specially.
So that he can really optimise his positions.
So then we've got this angled aerobar coming off,
which is a 51 Speedshop ski bend.
Which comes from Matt Steinmetz in Boulder,
who is renowned for his bike fitting
and happens to be where Rudy is based
and does a lot of his training from.
And then on top of this
he's actually changed the elbow pads for the Kismet ones.
Which Mat's sport store actually sells and
gets a lot of his athletes to use
because it's got a lot of this
cup design which really holds the elbows in
and allows them to get into a really good position.
And then between these aerobars,
we've got the XLAB Torpedo mini-mount,
with a torpedo bottle cage.
But interestingly, between this we've got quite
weird looking bottle here, and this is the SpeedSip
which I believe is being released very soon.
And the idea being that you don't have to angle
your head right up to take a drink.
You can just hold it there
and just squirt in nice and easily. So, yeah.
Very interesting. It's nice to see them coming out.
And then between the aerobars, as well,
we've got the Pioneer bike computer
which links up to the power meter.
And obviously the bike comes with
Shimano Dura Ace di2 groupset
with the simple and single blips
on the end of the aerobars here
and on the base bar here.
And then obviously the brake levers controlling
rim brakes on this bike.
So, we've got a rim brake hidden beneath the bottom bracket
and then also within the fork here.
Now, normally this,
this bike would not come with an aero cover here.
But they've really gone to quite some lengths
to design and make an aero cover for Rudy
and a number of the other pros
which just sort of clips on
and covers all of that cabling and breaking away.
And now moving onto the chain set area.
And as mentioned just before,
he is using a Pioneer power meter which is dual sided.
It's both left and right.
He's got Shimano Dura-Ace chain rings.
He's running actually a 55/39 which goes against
what they normally suggest, but I'm gathering that
that's probably offering quite a good gear ratio for him.
He's then using 175 crank length with
Look Keo Blade pedals on the end of them.
And then you probably noticed the rather white chain.
Yes it is another CeramicSpeed chain.
Or race ready ahead of the
championship race here in Slovakia.
And of course the CeramicSpeed OSPW jockey wheels
which smoothens out that chain flow,
reduces the friction of the chain normally going through
those quite tight angles of the rear mech.
And then finally he's got an 11/28 cassette.
Now moving onto the wheels, Rudy is a DT Swiss ambassador.
So on the front, we've got the DT Swiss R1100 DICUT wheel
and then on the rear we have a DT Swiss disc.
But I'm sure many of you know that DT Swiss
don't actually do their own disc wheel.
You may also recognize the fairly obviously design.
It is a lightweight disc.
Only vinyl duct with DT Swiss on it.
Now, DT Swiss do supply a lot of bearings
to other wheel manufacturers, so.
I can only imagine they've sourced it from lightweight
and put their own decals on.
In terms of the tires,
we've got Vittoria Corsa Speed
on both the front and the rear. But we have
a clincher tyre on the front for the 1100
and that's in a 23 mill
and we have a tubular tire
for the lightweight wheel on the back.
And again that's in a 23 mill.
And one final finishing touch with the wheels
which we really like is going to quite some length
to make sure this bike is a real aero machine.
We have some aero skewers for both the front and the rear.
On a couple of final bits now,
we've got an Elite Crono bottle on the down tube.
A nice aero bottle. And actually quite a simple,
and minimal hydration and bottle set-up.
So that'd be quite interesting to hear from Rudy
what he plans to do for race day here at the championship.
And then we also have a saddle we don't see all that often.
We've got the COBB plus.
Well now let's take a look at the weight.
8.84,
that's fairly light I'd say.
We're a lot lighter than most YouTube bikes
cause here he's got a disc on it.
It's a pretty good going.
Come on Rudy, this is a fantastic bike
and this is obviously all race ready
for the championship this weekend.
What's going in each of these bottles?
How is it all set up for race day?
- So in the front bottle I always have water
and that's what I'll throw away
and get new water at the new aid stations.
And then I have all my calories here
from my Infinite Nutrition.
And I just have to finish that bottle
by the end of the ride.
- So have gels you squeeze into it?
- No it's just a lot of powder.
- Okay.
- But it's, it's low taste
and it's a custom formula they make for me.
So, I just have to finish it by the end of the ride
and I know I got all my calories, all my carbs.
- Nice, and then what do you take on
when you're on the run then?
- Then on the run I just use the aid stations.
- Yeah. Okay, fantastic.
And so this is your race gear.
You got your RYD
- [Rudy] Got my ride race suit here.
- Very Nice.
- [Rudy] New one, custom for the race.
- I've got to say that's probably one of my favorite
race suits on the scene, yeah.
It's very cool. So this is a brand new one
for this is race in particular?
- Yeah it's similar design as we've had the last few races
but it's a just new sleeves, longer sleeves.
And a kind of a slightly new design.
But more or less the same.
- Super. And then down here we've got...
So you're a Ekoi ambassador?
- Yep.
- I assumed, so do you know the name of this helmet?
- [Rudy] Koina 2
- Very nice.
- [Rudy] So, Kona...
- Yeah, yeah, yeah.
And then this is a removable visor?
- Yeah, you move that.
- I'm not going to break it.
And does it, will it flip up too?
- Yeah, it actually
it goes on top here.
- Oh super!
So you can do that through transition?
Flip it round if you wanted to?
- Right I have to put it on with it on top.
- Okay, yeah.
- And then I just, you can easily put it back on.
- And with your name on it, nice.
- That's right.
- And then finally.
Let's see we've got your bike shoes.
The tier one by Ekoi as well.
- [Rudy] Yeah. These are newer
and actually they're really good.
They're pretty narrow, so pretty aero.
And super easy to put on.
- So these are actually tri specific obviously.
But then they kind of look almost like a road shoe.
Which is quite nice.
They've got the BOA
and then they're quite breathable on the top
which is pretty good for..
- No, I'm very happy with this.
- Fantastic.
Well that's been brilliant.
Thanks so much, Rudy, for lending us your bike today.
It is fantastic.
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