- Now we are in the heart of Frankfurt here
and it's a little bit noisy.
We've got some sirens, maybe some trains,
even some boat traffic.
But that is not going to distract us
from this beautiful looking bike here,
which belongs to Swiss athlete, Imogen Simmonds
who is a 3 times Ironman 70.3 champ.
And this will be her debut Ironman in fact,
at Ironman Frankfurt.
This bike here is her Canyon Speedmax CF SLX.
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The most eye-catching thing I think about this Canyon
is the frame set and
in particular the custom color weight that goes with it.
You don't see the custom colors too often
aside from the top pros.
And Imogen was saying when they asked her what she liked,
she said, "Well I like blue and yellow."
So I would call this more of a turquoise-y blue
but that runs in to this yellow at the back of the frame
and just makes it really eye-catching I think.
And definitely going to stand out on race day.
Now another really eye-catching aspect of this Canyon
is the front end which they've updated, yet further still
to make it even more aero than it was
in previous editions.
What I may mean by that is
they've taken their riser blocks
that used to sit directly below the arm cups
and the ski poles and they've snugged them up,
narrowed them in to the middle of the base bar.
So you can see them sitting here but far more aero.
I can't see anything that the wind is going to hit anymore.
And around that, they've updated and adapted
the hydration system that sits on the front end.
So now you've got a compartment here to the front,
another compartment here to the rear,
and then obviously at the back there,
there's the standard bento box that they've always had
for gels, and food, and other aspects
of nutrition that you need on race day.
Now, talking about this front end in particular,
we've got a new riser or slight upswing to the base bar
that you can see here that Imogen's using.
There is another, flat option that Canyon offered too
but this is the one that Imogen's gone for.
Looks very comfy, indeed.
Talking about comfort,
Canyon have got these very specific grips
that they have here on the base bar.
And then again up here, a more spongy grip
that they have on their ski extensions.
I think that looks really nice, very comfortable.
Nice option to standard bar tape that you get.
And talking about comfort again,
something you see a lot of these athletes using now
are ski bars, ski extensions, or just a slight ski
angle I mean to that.
Just makes things a lot comfier,
takes that pressure off the wrists
when they're in the rear position.
Very nice looking set of arm cups.
Again, custom to the Canyon bike.
And, the final part of the front end
that I can here that Imogen has got is her
Pioneer bike computer.
So now I'm moving on to the gearing and grips
here on Imogen's bike.
And, starting with that front end
we've got the Syncro Shift DI2 shifters up there
on the base bar and then obviously
the blips up on the end of the ski extensions.
Full Dura-Ace DI2 group set.
We've got a 39/54 tooth chain ring
with 172.5 length cranks.
The end of those, we've got
thermal Dura-Ace Shimano pedals
and interconnected in to those cranks
we've got Pioneer power meter, too.
We've got, Imogen tells me,
an 1128 cassette here for race day
and standard Shimano chain.
Right then, so moving along to
the wheel set on Imogen's bike
and these are DT Swiss wheels, we can see here.
On the front we've got our Arc 110 Dicut
which is made in collaboration with Swiss Side
as you can see there on the sticker.
Lovely looking front wheel.
Not too deep, so excellent for most race course choices.
Now moving on to the back here, this disc as well.
Something that I haven't ever seen before,
because DT Swiss haven't made this.
And in the past, athletes have had specialized Roval discs
with the DT Swiss stickers patched up.
But we're told that this is now a DT Swiss disc.
But as yet, not available to anybody other than the pros.
We're moving on to the tires on these wheels.
We've got Schwalbe Pro One Tubeless Ready in 25 mil.
Front and back.
All right, so wrapping up the last
few little bits and pieces on Imogen's bike,
we need to talk about our saddle choice.
And there's a fairly standard road-type of affair on here.
This is the Bontrager Anja Elite that she is using.
Hydration also let's talk about that.
She's using an Elite Aero Bottle down here
where she puts all her gels or
concentrated gel mix in there on race day.
She's got the rear hydration set up on the Canyon
where she just has the standard water bottle on there.
And at the front, well as I talked about before,
that newly updated hydration system where you can see the
straw coming out of the front compartment
and then the little rear compartment,
there's a little plunk hole that you can pull out on the go
to fill your water bottles back in to.
Well it's been a pleasure to have a look
at Imogen's brand new race bike here.
And as you all know probably already,
I am a huge fan of custom color waves
and this is no exception.
Really love the look of that
turquoise running in to yellow that she's got here.
So, hopefully this will be going
extra fast on race day because of it.
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