Time trial gear, part 1 - 21 Days of Tour Tech

Prototype wheels and saddles, cunning fixes and an arachnid

Team Sky's Pinarello Bolide comes with these specific electronic shifters and brake levers built in to the bars, leaving the team mechanics to strip the standard Di2 components of their workings and reattach to the bike - not a job for your average home mechanic!

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Robin Wilmott

Published: July 26, 2014 at 11:00 pm

With just one time trial in the 2014 Tour de France, the teams had only one opportunity to debut and show off their latest speed bikes and kit. We visited each of the 22 teams before to bring you the best of what’s new, exciting and ingenious in the world of time trialing.

In part one of our TT gallery, we look at prototype wheels and saddles, some cunning fixes, and an arachnid passenger…

Robin Wilmott

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Robin Wilmott is a freelance writer and bike tester. He began road cycling in 1988 and, with mountain bikes in their infancy, mixed experimental off-road adventures with club time trials and road races. Cyclocross soon became a winter staple and has remained Robin's favourite form of competition. Robin has always loved the technical aspect of building and maintaining bikes, and several years working in a bike shop only amplified that. Robin was a technical writer for BikeRadar for nearly a decade, and has tested hundreds of bikes and products for the site. He has also written extensively for Cycling Plus, Velonews and Cyclingnews.

Time trial gear, part 1 - 21 Days of Tour Tech

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