Cadel Evans’ Ridley Dean has been developed using oil flow mapping and integrates Oval Concepts’s unique JetStream technology in the fork blades and seat stays.Ben Atkins
Cadel Evans’ Ridley Dean has been developed using oil flow mapping and integrates Oval Concepts’s unique JetStream technology in the fork blades and seat stays.Ben Atkins
The Dean’s seat tube closely hugs the rear wheel before heading up towards the saddle.Ben Atkins
The top tube joins the seat tube in a huge, aerodynamic joint.Ben Atkins
The Dean’s head tube has a beak that covers the top of the extended fork crown to keep the lines clean.Ben Atkins
The down tube is very wide from the side view but very narrow where it hits the wind and is as aerodynamic as UCI regulations allow.Ben Atkins
The Dean’s seat stays feature Ridley’s R-Flow technology that it claims makes the wheels spin even faster.Ben Atkins
Chain stays hug the rear wheel as closely as possible.Ben Atkins
Where the rear wheel passes through the seat stays there’s not much clearance for tyres wider than this one!Ben Atkins
The Dean’s incredible looking fork looks aerodynamic enough already…Ben Atkins
… but Ridley claims those slotted airfoils create a vacuum around the spokes and reduces drag and turbulence around the wheel.Ben Atkins
The seatpost and other forward areas have an area of rough surface texture designed to create a boundary layer of air to help it flow more smoothly over the frame.Ben Atkins
The Dean shares the same kind of seat clamp as the other integrated seatpost frames in the Ridley range.Ben Atkins
The fat nose of Cadel’s San Marco saddle keeps things as comfortable as possible when he gets in his low position.Ben Atkins
The gear and rear brake cables disappear into the top of the top tube and reappear at the rear where they’re needed.Ben Atkins
The aero-special Oval rear brake is hidden out of the wind behind the fork.Ben Atkins
The rear brake sits where its shape will do the least damage to the airflow: under the bottom bracket.Ben Atkins
Silence-Lotto uses an entirely Campagnolo drivetrain on all of its bikes.Ben Atkins
Cadel uses a standard Campagnolo Ultra Torque chainset…Ben Atkins
… but the chainrings have been upped to 54/42T instead of the 53/39T of his road machine.Ben Atkins
An 11-21T cassette is on hand for Cadel but only nine sprockets fit on the Ghibli disc.Ben Atkins
A Campagnolo Record derailleur is fitted to a riveted-on bracket on the side of the aero seat tube.Ben Atkins
Evans’ time trial bar setup allows him to get as low as possible and keeps his arms level.Ben Atkins
Straight handlebar extensions are clamped into Oval’s A901 Laminar bars with aerodynamic clamps.Ben Atkins
To get his arms as close together as possible, Evans cuts the inside edges of his elbow rests.Ben Atkins
As a Campagnolo sponsored team Silence-Lotto uses Record bar-end levers on its time trial bikes.Ben Atkins
The styling of the bar-end shifters looks much the same as it has for years.Ben Atkins
Oval’s A710 Adjustable stem allows Evans to get an even lower position on an already-aggressively positioned frame.Ben Atkins
The RBT front of the stem is partially hidden from view by the front of the Laminar bars.Ben Atkins