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Pro Bike: Robbie McEwen's Ridley Noah Team Katusha

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Parent Category: Competitions

Category: Race 2011

Published on Sunday, 25 April 2010 08:22

Written by Luca Salvatelli

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The strong Australian champion has at its disposal the Ridley Noha, as indeed other athletes from the same team. The frame is carbon monocoque high modulus 30,40 and 50-ton, with a weight of only 1075 grams. The fork is designed to better penetrate the air and channel it away from the wheels, providing enhanced speed performances. Is always based on a monocoque structure with the blades flat and wide, divided into two parts with a profile to wing it serves precisely to remove the air from the bike. The set of differential steering with ball 1 inch and 1/2 inch below and 1 and 1/8 above, while the head tube is short and large. Even the frame tubes very generous in size as the tube or the same tube. The central movement is over size, as the section of the tube from the side, slightly curved. The mono stay is very short, with pipes from section abundant. In general the bike is imposing and massive, even compared to a very low weight. Robbie’s bike, as other team-mates, is assembled with Campagnolo Record, with controls, brakes, crankset, chain, sprocket, front and rear derailleur. Campagnolo also wheels in the picture we see Bora Ultra Two, with ceramic bearings, complete with Vredestein Fortezza Pro tubulars. The saddle is a San Marco Regal Racing Team, carbon hull, while the stem is a Deda Zero 100 Servizio Corse; always Deda the handlebar, even in aluminum, model Newton Shallow. The pedals are new Look Blade carbon. Overall a very stiff bike, but also light, and definitely suited to a sprinter as Robbie.