Daimeon Shanks employed a new QR code system to track the Cannondale-cyclocrossworld.com team’s equipmentMatt Pacocha/BikeRadar
Shanks with Christian Heule’s Super X, each rider used 3 bikes this past weekend. Riders started on the A bike and had two bikes (B and C) in the pits in Fort CollinsMatt Pacocha/BikeRadar
The mechanic simply scans the code using a smartphone with a QR scannerMatt Pacocha/BikeRadar
The phone the will pull up the rider’s file. The benefit to this system is that there is no ‘black book’ of rider measurements to lose, and it also allows the rider or mechanic to update the information digitally. For example, if a rider changes their seat height, they can change it in the system, which gives the mechanics instant accessMatt Pacocha/BikeRadar
Shanks affixed a QR sticker to the down tube of each of the bikesMatt Pacocha/BikeRadar
Not this QR code, the fork mounted QR codes are actually so that fans can enter Cannondale-cyclocrossworld.com’s Twitter marketed contestMatt Pacocha/BikeRadar
With Saturday’s sideways rain, Cannondale-cyclocrossworld.com’s rider platform came in handy to keep things dryMatt Pacocha/BikeRadar
Tim Johnson and team owner, Stu Thorne, talk bikes for Sunday’s raceMatt Pacocha/BikeRadar
After a muddy day Saturday, many of the team’s Zipp freehub bodies take a bathMatt Pacocha/BikeRadar
Ryan Trebon’s all-carbon Felt F1XMatt Pacocha/BikeRadar
After winning on Saturday, Clement’s new PDX tubular tire proved a legitimate contender to Dugast’s muddy day strangle hold on the pro peloton with their RhinoMatt Pacocha/BikeRadar
Trebon with his USGP leader bike, which features white, rather than yellow graphics. He rode Clement’s LAS file tread on Sunday; the set is one of only handful of the new tires currently in the USMatt Pacocha/BikeRadar
Clement’s new LAS file-treadMatt Pacocha/BikeRadar
Dusty LaBarr with his ‘show’ tool box; it has the basics for use in a pinch, but its main job is to look pretty in the pitsMatt Pacocha/BikeRadar
Trebon continues to ride Shimano’s older M970 XTR pedals for their better mud performance when compared to the new M980 Race modelMatt Pacocha/BikeRadar
Inside the L&T Sports Sprinter vanMatt Pacocha/BikeRadar
Inside the pits with L&T Sports-FeltMatt Pacocha/BikeRadar
Rapha-Focus Team manager Brian DallasMatt Pacocha/BikeRadar
Dallas does it all from wrenching to driving the team rig back and forth across the countryMatt Pacocha/BikeRadar
J-Pow’s, Jeremy Powers’, Focus MaresMatt Pacocha/BikeRadar
Rapha-Focus team mechanic, Tom Hopper, working on Yannick Eckmann’s Mares; the first year U23 rider took 5th place among the elites on SaturdayMatt Pacocha/BikeRadar
Eckmann rides under a Pearl Izumi-Shimano sponsorship along with his brother Robin; their father is the president of Pearl Izumi. Eckmann’s rig is decked with Dura-Ace Di2 and Shimano’s new cyclo-cross componentsMatt Pacocha/BikeRadar
Shimano’s new cyclo-cross cantilever brakeMatt Pacocha/BikeRadar
Eckmann’s satellite Di2 shifter undoubtedly comes into good use on the cyclo-cross courseMatt Pacocha/BikeRadar
A K-Edge chain watcher assists the Di2 front derailleur in preventing dropped chainsMatt Pacocha/BikeRadar
Shimano’s Dura-Ace 7900 crank with custom chainring nuts that match a standard ring to the profiled crankMatt Pacocha/BikeRadar