- Since launching GTN in the summer,
we've been fortunate to take a closer look
at some impressive pro bikes.
And it's been a tough challenge,
but we've picked some of our favourite pro bikes.
So here they are.
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Our very first pro bike and not a bad place to start,
with a double-Olympic champion, Alistair Brownlee.
Now Alistair stepped up the distance
and to a non-drafting format, so it's
quite interesting to see his setup
on his Scott Plasma TT, having spent
so many years on a road bike.
And on his Scott Plasma he had Zipp 808 wheels
with SRAM Red eTap and the Scott Plasma integrated storage.
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Now, we can't see how different Alistair is here
due to injury, but hopefully, we'll see him back
even stronger in 2018.
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Now this one was just head at the Iron Man 70.3 World's.
And, actually, after the race, we discovered
that Tim Reed wasn't actually in the best shape,
having suffered from illness in the lead up to the race,
so we were extremely grateful for his time pre race.
Now, Tim mentions that a lot of the adaptations
are for psychological gains as much as aerodynamics,
and we see that with his carbon plate over his crank set
for aerodynamics, where he's riding
a 162.5 mil crank length, which is pretty short.
- What have you got going on here?
- That's just a little air recover
that I made up (laughs).
Yeah, you can buy the carbon piece
and you just essentially cut it
and tape it on to the crank set.
- And do you have it tested, does it make...
- I haven't done any testing on it.
Most of the things I add on like that
are just to intimidate competitors.
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- Secret's out.
- He also mentions how adjustable the bike is.
So he's gone for a slightly more upright
and more comfortable position with his bars.
And you notice that it's got rather striking paintwork,
which is available to the pros
and we actually saw on Ben Kanute's road bike,
his Trek Madone, at the ITU Grand Final in Rotterdam.
Of course, we have to include The P5X,
the bike that really does turn heads.
And it is still the leader of the superbikes.
And as you've probably noticed,
Heather and myself have had the pleasure of riding one,
and as you can see, I've got mine right here.
And I can tell you it really is fast.
Now, Suzie first got hands on the P5X
when it launched at Kona last year in 2016.
Now, this year, she rode it to a 6th place finish overall.
And on that bike, she was riding with
a HED Jet 6 on the front and HED Jet 9 on the rear,
with customised decals on the wheels.
She also had it fully kitted out
with CeramicSpeed bearings and
the CeramicSpeed OSPW Jockey Wheels.
She also had the rotor to empower parameter
with the rotor Q-Rings.
Kyle Buckingham had only been riding this bike
for a few weeks when we caught up with him
ahead of the IronMan World Championships in Kona.
It was the brand new Look 796 RS TT bike
and it's fully loaded with some aero features.
It had the flat Aero stem, the Aero crank set,
and something really unique was
the interchangeable crank lengths.
And by rotating a simple triangular mechanism,
you could go from a 162.5, a 165, or a 167.5 crank length.
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We caught up with Kristian Blummenfelt
after his second place finish at
the ITU Grand Final in Rotterdam.
He then went on to a dominating performance
at the Super League in Jersey.
And then, he finished his season
with his first 70.3 win in Bahrain.
He truly is a very impressive athlete to watch,
but back to his bike, we were very impressed
and very surprised, actually, to see him riding
quite a standard Trek Madone 9
that had been loaned to him by a local bike shop,
and it's not a total shock to hear
that he's being snapped up by Specialised since.
And one thing that did stand out on the track
was his coach's special wax chain coating, which I still
haven't actually found out what the formula is.
We're delighted to take a first look
at Harry Wiltshire's Reap TT.
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It's another beam bike, it's a new design
and actually, at the time, it was the only one.
It was the first time Harry got to race it
and he managed to equal his World Championship best result,
so it was a great first outing.
Now, one thing I really liked about the bike
was the magnetic removal section over the front brake
for easy access to make adjustments.
Another part was the aerodynamic feature
that managed to smoothen out the airflow
over the front mech.
Now, I really like the bike and it got said
it's been more and more beam bikes coming out,
so it's really exciting to see what the future holds
for triathlon and these superbikes.
Last, but definitely not least,
is Bermudan Tyler Butterfield's Cervelo P5,
and this is certainly something you can't buy,
not with Tyler Butterfield's custom work
that he spent hours and hours developing.
The thing I really like on this was his
aero cover that he'd made out of gaffer tape
over his front brake.
And another unique feature was his double bottle setup
between his arms on his aero bars.
And for any of those doubters out there,
it's taken him to a 7th place finish
in the IronMan at 70.3 World, and a 5th place finish
in the IronMan World Champs.
Now, I've got to say, I absolutely love it,
and I know that many of you viewers out there
really enjoyed the video too.
So, we go, there's GTN's top pro bikes.
Let us know which one was your favourite
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And to see Tyler Butterfield's that we've just
been speaking about, you can click down here.
And to see Alistair Brownlee's Scott Plasma,
you can click down here.