Today marked the primary WorldTour particular person mens time trial of the yr, which suggests the Cyclingnews tech group dusted off our gear-spotting binoculars after a protracted winter and we’re again looking out for brand spanking new and fascinating time trial tech being rolled out.
Stage two of the UAE tour was a person time trial received by British rider Josh Tarling. Early time trials characterize a superb likelihood to attempt to spot improvements and parts that groups have adopted for the brand new race season.
Here we’ve got a few tech titbits which can be value sharing. The first is a deep-section Enve thriller wheel that we do not recognise. It’s a mannequin that is not on the model’s web site and was being utilized by Tadej Pogacar and his teammates.
The second takes the type of some Shimano SPD-SL aero pedal covers which have been being utilized by German rider Max Walscheid of Team Jayco AlUla. We noticed them on the Cycling Spy Instagram page initially, and have not seen an aero SPD-SL choice earlier than.
A brand new Enve wheel for Tadej Pogacar
This deep part Enve seem does not seem on the businesses web site (Image credit score: Getty: Dario Belingheri / Stringer)
Tadej Pogačar and at the least two of h, which retails for a cool $1200 took a very long time to change into publicly obtainable, we surprise if this deep part Enve providing will even be a pro-only choice for some time. t listed on the Enve web site, at the moment, the deepest entrance wheel the American manufacturers provide is the 60mm SES 6.7, though a 67mm deep rear choice can be obtainable. Looking again, Pogacar wasn’t utilizing this wheel through the ultimate time trial of the Tour de France final yr, and we do not suppose we’ve got seen it in competitors earlier than.
The one-piece Enve SES AR handlebar, which retails for a cool $1,200 took a very long time to change into publicly obtainable, we surprise if this deep part Enve providing will even be a pro-only choice for some time.
It’s in all probability truthful to imagine {that a} deeper entrance wheel is a sooner total choice for the UAE Team Emirates-XRG time trial setups and that Enve has responded with this deeper mannequin. We additionally noticed the group utilizing the identical deep wheel on the Volta a la Comunitat Valenciana time trial firstly of the month.
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Aero Shimano pedal covers
Everyone’s favorite biking tech spotter the Cycling Spy grabbed our consideration with a screenshot of Max Walscheid’s Giant Trinity time trial bike. Walschied was utilizing some aero pedal covers to easy the underside of his Shimano Dura-Ace SPD SL pedals and we assume make the most of some small aero financial savings.
These covers seem like made by ‘Faker Composites’ which produces 3D printed and carbon fibre elements similar to biking shoe insoles. We have been conversant in the dimpled aero underside of Wahoo Speedplay aero pedals for a very long time, however that is the primary time we’ve seen an aero mod for a Shimano SPD SL pedal.
Walschied shared a video of his time trial bike on Instagram earlier than the race, and the pedal covers might be simply noticed within the video under.
Cyclingnews has requested each manufacturers for extra data on these merchandise and can replace the story if and after we study extra.
