- We are at one of the Trek–Segafredo team
very first get-togethers for the 2017 season.
This is the time trial bike that Alberto Contador
is currently riding as he experiments with his
position in his quest to get the perfect TT set-up.
(slow techno music)
There have been a couple of changes to the UCI's
rules regarding time trial bikes over the winter 2016
that mean that there are some slight differences
on Contador's time trial set-up and possibly most
riders time trial set-ups for the 2017 season.
So the UCI have abandoned their three to one ruling
regarding the frame and the fork.
Contador's Trek speed concept frame remains unchanged,
but Trek are now able to use their time trial fork,
which has wider fork blades and is the most
aerodynamic shape they can currently produce for forks.
So, in essence Contador's time trial bike has got
more aero just by a slight rule change.
Another thing that you'll notice about Contador's
bike is that the finish is very similar to the time trial
bikes that riders like Bauke Mollema and Ryder Hesjedal
raced last year.
And the finish is almost a lack of finish.
There is some paint there, but it weighs in
at under 20 grammes, so it very much looks like it's just
a raw carbon fibre finish with a couple of stickers,
which it isn't.
Like I said there is paint, but it's significantly
lighter than a full paint job on the time trial bikes
As time trial bikes with disc wheels different
shapes are often kind of heavier than road bikes,
anything you can do to get the bike towards the lower
UCI weight limit is seriously beneficial.
If we look at the build on Contador's bike,
like I said, it's very early in 2017,
so he's still experimenting and kind of working
towards the final set-up that he will use in the races,
but his saddle is a Bontrager Serano RXL,
moving forwards the handlebars are Bontrager Speed Concept,
so they're designed to fit perfectly with the Speed Concept
frame set, make that one unit and make it significantly
more aerodynamic.
Contador's arm rests are custom and on the extensions
he has Dura-Ace Di2 shifters.
As you might imagine, front mech and rear mech
are Dura-Ace Di2.
The chain set is Dura-Ace with a SRM power meter
and his cranks are 175 millimetres long.
The chain rings on his time trial bike are
46 inner and 54 outer.
The cassette, that's also Dura-Ace
and that's an 11 through to 28 on these wheels.
Pedals are a change for Contador for this season,
like the bike and they are Dura-Ace.
Like the bars, the brakes on the Trek Speed Concept
are also designed to fit perfectly with the frame set
so the bike is more aerodynamic and Contador
can go as fast as possible.
So these are Bontrager brakes for the Speed Concept frame.
So the wheels that Contador has on this bike today
is likely to be his standard time trial set-up.
At the rear he's got a Lightweight disc wheel.
At the front he's got the Bontrager Aeolus 7 wheel.
Unusually Contador actually has a particularly kind of
large range of wheel set and
wheel set depths at his disposal.
So he could also use the Aeolus 6,
which is 60 millimetres deep.
And the Aeolus 5, which is 50 millimetres deep.
The tyres that Contador is running right now are
Veloflex, so he's got a 25 millimetre up front
and a 23 millimetre in the rear.
But Trek–Segafredo actually have an open tyre choice,
so they're not tied to any tyre sponsor which
does allow you to change tyre brands, tyre treads,
tyre widths depending on the conditions and what
would suit them best.
Like I said at the start of the video,
Contador and the team are still working on his final set-up
on the bike, so things like position, final component
choice are not yet fixed, which means that the final
weight of the bike we probably don't know just yet.
Anyway, but the mechanics assured me that
the bike weighs in at around 7.8 kilos right now.
Which when you think about it, looking at previous TT
bikes is actually super light for a time trial bike.
Let us know what you think of Contador's brand new
Trek Speed Concept time trial bike for 2017
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