- This is Dan Martin's custom edition Colnago V2-r
that he's going to be racing during the Tour de France.
Ow!
This thing is sick and I'm going to dig into everything.
How much it weighs, all its little key measurements,
even this cool little Tour de France dongle
that tracks them all over the place
and gives the tour all types of information
about what the riders are doing.
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So this V2-r is one of only two
that are currently in existence.
One is Fabio Aru's, which he'll also be riding.
And then two is Dan Martin's.
Now, the team has previously ridden the C64
and the Aero Concept.
The bike that they'd ridden before, the C64,
was a lugged carbon bike.
This is a monocoque carbon bike.
Dan's bike, though, is not like any
of the other bikes that are out there.
He's riding a 54 tooth, Campagnolo with a 39 small tooth,
and then an 11/29 rear cluster.
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In the past, UAE Emirates has ridden the C64 lugged carbon,
as well as the concept.
Now, this bike is 200 grams lighter
and not all of this V2-r are 200 grams lighter,
but Dan Martin and Fabio Aru's is.
And that makes it super cool.
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So UAE is sponsored by Campagnolo
and now this is a full Campagnolo super record setup
and his mechanic told us that Dan likes a really
big gear to be able to sprint and then
I'm not surprised because he has put
out quite a bit of power in the past
when he's won all of the prestigious races
that's he's won.
Dan's going to be riding on a custom set
of Tour de France Look keo blade ceramic pedals.
These pedals are really really cool.
So one of the other things that sticks out on this bike
are these new Campagnolo bora WTO
wind tunnel optimized.
Meaning that they've been in the tunnel,
they have all of the airflow,
and they're super fast.
Matched up vittoria Corsa tubeless tires
using graphene, which has also been shown to be super fast.
These tires say that they're 25C, but they look more
like 28's.
Now, his mechanic told us that they're going to be running
a little bit lighter wheel when they hit the
when they hit the mountains.
However, Dan asked specifically for this wheel
for the flatter stages so that he can conserve
a little bit of energy and, I assume,
that lower rolling resistance with the tubeless tire.
And this combo is going to be perfect.
Dan's cockpit is data.
Now, it uses an aluminum 135 mil stem
with a carbon 35 bar.
Traditionally, we see 31.8 as the clamp,
but this one is 35.
He's got his power meter head unit mount
and the bars are 42 width.
However, when we measure them they're 40c,
which is super pro.
Very narrow.
So looking at the back half of the bike,
we've got the elite Vico carbon cages,
a stages power meter on the left side,
and very uniquely is the aerodynamic d-shaped c-post
that has no setback on it.
And mounted to it is all of the stuff that
makes it super official: Tour de France number 121,
which I expect that we're going to be seeing
a lot of this tour.
All right, let's get some measurements.
Dan's running a 172.5 crank set.
Saddle height is 76, by my measurement.
The frame, I think, is a 52.
Saddle looks to be 130.
And, my favorite measurement, the center of the stem
to the tip of the saddle: 55.
So this is my first time doing a GCN Freehub soundcheck
and I can say that I have actually never done this,
but I'm excited to so let's give this one a twirl.
I think it sounds pretty good.
I can't believe I'm doing this.
This seems weird as (beep).
Do you do this?
Okay, so the moment you've all been waiting for, the
weight of Dan Martin's custom Colnago.
Drum roll, please.
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7.29 killograms!
Which is wicked light,
but as his mechanic told us once Dan gets the
Campagnolo tubulars on here, it is going to be 6.8
on the dot even with all the Tour de France gadgets.
So, I look forward to seeing this bike in the mountains
and I think you do too.
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