Kristoff to experience Paris Roubaix on prototype Dare ‘Velocity Ace’ aero bike

Often at large races the actually fascinating tales come out of smaller groups. At the Uno-X Mobility males’s group bus right this moment in Paris-Roubaix we noticed Alexander Kristoff’s bike sporting a prototype UCI sticker, indicating it is a new, unreleased mannequin.

To be sincere, even with out the prototype label it is clearly a brand new machine, with some of the chunky head tubes we have seen within the professional peloton, making the most of the brand new guidelines. 

Details are skinny on the bottom, and the group mechanics had been tight-lipped, however we are able to glean some data for the photographs. Clearly it is a bike with solely aero in thoughts, leaving the group to make use of the already aero-looking Dare VSRu for all-rounder duties and hillier levels.

Kristoff was utilizing a 56t chainring, setup 1X, very a lot consistent with the development within the males’s peloton of utilizing bigger chainrings on flatter levels for each aero and drivetrain effectivity causes.

While the identify of the mannequin is unconfirmed, the downtube suggests it will likely be the ‘Velocity Ace’.

The bars nevertheless are non-standard. A brand new cockpit can be coming with this bike, with a massively deep high part, however provides in Kristoff’s chosen 38cm width are restricted, so he’s utilizing the bar from the VSRu for now.