Gallery: Alex Howes’ Cannondale SuperSix EVO

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Alex Howes has spent his career coming up through the ranks of the Slipstream Sports program. During his tenure he’s had a handful of wins in the Tour of Utah as well as the now defunct USA Pro Cycling Challenge.

Shimano Dura-Ace R9100 and R9150 Di2 groupsets: all you need to know Gallery: Ben Swift’s Colnago C60 Gallery: Caleb Ewan’s Scott Foil In Adelaide he’s riding a size 54 Cannondale SuperSix EVO frame with Shimano Dura-Ace 9070 derailleurs, shifters and brakes. With <!–td {border: 1px solid #ccc;}br {mso-data-placement:same-cell;}-Cannondale-Drapac’s CeramicSpeed partnership, the whole team is riding the brand’s Oversized Pulley System, which is claimed to save three watts. To keep Oversized Pulley Wheels from rubbing on the 28-tooth cog on the Ultegra 11-28T cassette, Cannondale-Drapac mechanic Fred Bassey tells us that they need 116-links in the chain and to bend the derailleur cage slightly. The team is also running CeramicSpeed bottom brackets.

Like just about every other rider here in Adelaide, Howes is running a 53T big chainring, but on the inside he’s only running a 38T. He’s also using Cannondale Hollowgram SiSL2 cranks and a SRM power meter. The cranks have seen some abuse and it looks as though Howes is a heel-in rider, based on the mark on his crank.

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The team is sponsored by Mavic so it’s no surprise to see 40mm Cosmic Ultimate rolling stock, however the label on the tubulars has been scrubbed off — though they appear to be a Veloflex Carbon casing.

At the front, Howes is running 400mm FSA Energy Compact bars with an out in front Garmin mount attached and a 130mm, -17-degree FSA OS series stem.

Complete bike specifications Frame: Cannondale SuperSix EVO Fork: SuperSix EVO, SPEED SAVE Stem: FSA OS series stem, 130mm, -17-degree Handlebar: FSA Energy Compact, 400mm Front brake: Shimano Dura-Ace 9070 Rear brake: Shimano Dura-Ace 9070 Front derailleur: Shimano Dura-Ace 9070 Di2 Rear derailleur: Shimano Dura-Ace 9070 Di2 Cassette: Shimano Ultegra, 11-28T Chain: Shimano Dura-Ace 11-speed Crankset: Cannondale Hollowgram SiSL2, 53/38T Pedals : Shimano Dura-Ace Wheelset: Cosmic Ultimate Saddle: Fizik Antares VS Seatpost: K-Force Bottle cages: Tacx Deva Critical measurements Rider’s height: 1.80m Rider’s weight: 61kg Saddle height from bottom bracket: 745mm Centre of saddle to centre of bar: 725mm Total bicycle weight: 7kg / 15.4lb