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Pro Bike: Leif Hoste's Canyon Ultimate CF SLX Team Omega Pharma-Lotto

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Category: Canyon

Published on Tuesday, 11 May 2010 08:22

Written by Luca Salvatelli

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Omega Pharma Lotto team this year take the bike Canyon with the model Ultimate CF SLX. Tested last season, where he debuted at the Giro d'Italia, the new frame was finally introduced in 2010 range Canyon. The new frame features several innovations from SLX fork, weighing just 290 grams, designed to have a high lateral stiffness, a major uphill sprints, vertical drop and a good, important to achieve a good comfort. The new frame tubes, elliptical, giving a high longitudinal stiffness. Each tube has a section designed in order to get the right stiffness under different loads. The whole frame has been designed with the goal of being hard, and with high values of lateral stiffness that ensures optimum power transmission and good vertical flexibility which allows a great comfort. The rear stay follows this philosophy, with seat stay tubes very thin, while the largest section have chain stay tubes. The frame, then, is made with the Tube to Tube technology, with the front of the same for all sizes and back which is laminated according to different sizes so you always have a good relationship between size and rigidity of the chassis. Another peculiarity is the set of differential steering and especially its system of regulating i-Lock, which does not use the classic expander. In this way we have improved the working set of steering and fork. Another defining feature is the vertical pipe section from near the front derailleur elliptical and classic round top, where it adopted a new seatpost Ritchey VCLS an allocation in the exclusive Canyon. The bike team is then assembled with Campagnolo Record taken to complete, and with controls, front and rear derailleur, crankset, brake, chain and sprocket. Besides the seat post, Ritchey has always stem the WCS and the handlebar, always WCS. Tacx bottle cage is. Some athletes may also use the CycleOps power meter noted. The pedals are Look Keo Max 2. The wheels are Mavic, see the SYS in the photos, complete with Continental tires. The saddles are Selle Italia. Overall a good bike, too bad that the budget requirements prevented the adoption of the Super Record group, very particular aesthetic, has benefits in line with the best competitors.