- We're here with the bike and kit
of professional triathlete Helle Frederiksen.
(upbeat guitar music)
We're actually out in Lanzarote
whilst Helle is in the middle of
a rather intense training block.
So her bike is set up for training,
rather than being race-ready, but
first thing we should chat about is this paint work.
It's Trek's Project One custom paint work,
which Helle has actually designed herself,
with this rather striking blue for the main frame colour.
The thing that I really like is this fade
that we've got going along the top,
in between the rear stays, and even on the handlebars.
So starting on the front end, we have
a fully integrated Bontrager handlebar stand combo.
In chatting to Helle, she loves
just how adjustable this front end is.
She's got an ever-so-slight tilt upwards
of the aerobars and the rests,
and that could be done really simply
by tightening or loosening two bolts just to the centre.
You can easily adjust the stack height underneath the rests,
and also the width of the arm rests, as well,
can be adjusted really easily.
And then, a really cool feature is that
you can put any poles in you like.
And then, to finish it off, Bontrager
have also got their own bottle cage,
which should be neatly attached between the armrests.
So moving on, the back is fully kitted out
with Shimano Dura Ace Di2 9150,
which we can see on the end of the poles here
their shifters work the rear mech.
And then, we also have shifters here, on the base bar,
which work the rear mech and the front mech.
And whilst we're here, we may as well talk about the brakes.
So let's start with the front brake, which is well-hidden.
It's hitting the front fork, that's for aerodynamic reasons.
And rather than being a right fast
to try to make any adjustments, Trek was good about that.
So there's a couple of little openings
on either side so you can make those fine adjustments,
and then, the rear brake is hidden
under the bottom bracket, with its own aeroshell, very neat.
And moving back through the bike,
and as we said earlier, she's a fully kitted out
Shimano Dura Ace, so we have Dura Ace crankset here
in a 53/39 race shift.
I should say, actually, for a lot
of the races this year, she will be
switching to a 54 big ring.
She's currently got a 167.5 crank lengths,
and on the end of those, she's riding
a Look KEO blade pedals.
And, interestingly, should I say,
when she returns from this camp,
she's gonna be changing the bottom bracket
bearings for a ceramic speed.
And moving to the rear cassette,
she's currently riding a 1128 cassette
because she's in Lanzarote with some
fairly beefy climbs, but she has said
she'll switch it out for races,
and possible even something like an 1123
for really flat, fast races.
And let's move on to the wheels.
And given that Helle has only just signed to Trek
and Bontrager, she doesn't currently have
her Bontrager training wheels here.
But she has told us that for race day,
she'll probably be opting for the Bontrager Aeolus 5s or 7s.
And while she is here at training,
she has got Continental Grand Prix 40000 tyres
in a 23 mil width.
So whilst she's out here training,
she's wanting to ride to power.
So she's actually got a power tap hub
on her training wheels, but when she comes back
from Lanzarote, another thing that she'll be having
added to this bike is an SRM PowerMeter.
Now for the saddle, and this is the Bontrager Hilo
triathlon-specific saddle.
Helle has actually tried a number of different
saddles over the years and she just prefers
the slightly narrower road feel saddles,
so the Hilo ticks all the boxes for here there.
And then, we have this Bontrager storage box on the back.
And it's actually been designed
so it's fully integrated with the frames,
and then, she's got all her spares for punctures, et cetera.
And then, on the top tube, we've got this
Bontrager storage compartment for things like
her gels on race day.
Now, moving on to some of her kit,
and she is here for training rather than racing,
so this is more training-specific.
So she's got her ROKA Maverick X wetsuit
because, apparently, the swimming pools are quite cold here.
Helle is a very good swimmer, very natural in the water,
so this has got a good neutral buoyancy
throughout the whole suit.
And moving on, she's got the Bontrager Circuit helmet,
which is incredibly light, it's lovely.
And she uses the OP EB0 sunglasses
because she really likes the fact
it doesn't have a frame along the top here.
So she's got a really good field of vision,
especially when she's doing aero work,
she's got her head down a little bit more.
And then, moving on, finally, she's got
the Bontrager Meraj cycling shoes.
Again, these are for training.
She'd wear something different for racing.
These are a women's-specific shoe,
so they've actually got a slightly narrower forefoot.
They've got Boa lacing, and then,
she's also using a maximum floater,
she use 9 degrees for her cleats and pedals.
Okay, for those freak hub fans out there, here we go.
So there we go, that is Helle Frederiksen's
pro bike and kit, and if you like this paint work
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