- Custom bikes and custom kit is a huge thing
here at the Tour de France.
So, a few days ahead of the race,
we've been around and looked through
all of the teams' kit.
And here is a selection of the finest custom pro bikes
and custom pro kit that will be racing
the 2017 Tour de France.
Behind me is a very nice looking Argon 18 actually.
I think that's Fabio Aru's custom bike,
but we will get a closer look at that later.
- Marcel Kittel is enjoying a spell in the green jersey,
and his bike sponsors at Quick-Step Specialized
have made him this custom bike.
And I quite like the fact that they've gone with
the matte black frame and the green decals.
I do think that's quite subtle
and not too in your face.
Which could not be said for the bar tape here,
which I'm sure you can see as well is quite in your face.
Almost luminous green up there.
But I do actually quite like that.
And the details continue on the graphics
of the Roval wheels.
And also, a nice little touch here
from their powermeter sponsors 4iiii.
- Now how about this for some custom tech.
This is the bike of Amael Moinard, as you can see.
And on it, we've spotted a quick release, right.
And you can see on his seat post,
he's got a secondary seat clamp on there.
Now the team aren't commenting, but
I can't imagine many reasons why a pro,
would need a quick release.
So you can slam the seat post down.
And if I was a betting man,
I'd say that seat clamp is set to the height
of Richie Porte, his team leader.
Therefore, if Richie Porte has a problem with his bike,
he's actually gonna be able to get a spare
from one of his Tour Le teammates.
That's pretty cool custom tech.
- For me, this has to be one of the coolest bits
of new tech at this year's Tour de France.
The Mavic Neutral Service bikes have received,
not an upgrade, but they've received a slight build change.
So, after a couple of things last year
where maybe the saddles weren't quite
the perfect height for the riders who received the bikes,
they put in this.
And for me, this is really innovative.
It is a custom made KS LEV dropper post
just made for Mavic.
Weighs in at 450 grammes.
And with a pull of a lever,
it can fit any saddle height up to there.
- I've spotted another really cool bit of custom tech.
Well, not exactly custom tech, more a custom paint job.
This is the Pinarello F10 belonging to
national Colombian road champion Sergio Henao,
of course of Team Sky.
Not just custom colours,
but look at the detailing on the top tube here.
All referencing his national championship win.
It took place in Bogota in a time of
five hours 50 minutes and 11 seconds,
26 of February 2017,
219kms,
average speed of 40.950 kilometres an hour.
A constant reminder of those national champion's battles.
- Kittel actually has access to about four bikes
here at the Tour de France.
And the one that we have just seen,
which is his green jersey bike,
he's also got Specialized Tarmac for the mountains.
And then he's got a Venge ViAS rim-brake bike.
And then this one, which is the Venge ViAS Disc.
And now we looked at this back in Dubai.
At that point, he had some fairly old brake levers here.
But he's now got the full Dura-Ace Di2
hydraulic disc brake group set on here.
And this one, of course, is notable because
it became the first ever disc brake bike
to win a stage of the Tour de France,
which he did back on day two.
- I think Andrei Greipel could well have featured
in every GCN custom Tour de France video we've ever done.
But here he is again,
with a new Ridley Noah SL bike.
So gone is his previous national champ's edition,
I'm afraid to say.
But this, stark black and white,
gorilla paint scheme is every bit as cool.
- Behind me now is possibly one of the coolest
custom paint jobs on tour.
It's Fabio Aru's brand new Argon 18 Gallium Pro.
It is shiny red?
Don't know if that works.
Shiny red with silver Astana details.
And it just looks so cool.
So, so cool.
One of my favourites, yeah.
- Now, he's here a bit of team issued tech for you.
We've got Zipp's 454 NSW wheels.
You can only buy them in a clincher.
I understood that they were only
ever gonna come in clinchers.
But, look closely.
The Continental Competition tubulars are very much glued
onto these rims.
So, Katusha have got team-issued 454s.
- Well, that is exhausting,
going around all of the team hotels
searching for custom equipment.
I very much enjoyed looking at it all though.
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And then a couple of videos
which you might want to look at right now.
The king of customization, I think you might say,
within the pro peloton is Adam Hansen.
He showed us through his suitcase one year ago
at 2016 Tour de France.
And you can find that by clicking it down here.
Or if lightweight is your thing,
Trek have brought out a brand new Emonda model,
which is incredibly light.
Si took a greater look at that
in the video that is just down here.
I'm gonna pour my drink.