This article originally appeared on Cyclingnews
Bradley Wiggins will attempt the UCI Hour Record this Sunday at the Lee Valley VeloPark aboard a Pinarello Bolide HR. The bike was co-engineered by Jaguar and the Italian bicycle company, with Wiggins calling it "the most aerodynamic track bike I've ever ridden".
Wiggins' Bolide HR is based on Pinarello's road model with the distinctive difference being its one-piece titanium handlebar and frameset for aerodynamics.
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"The UCI Hour Record is the toughest challenge of human performance in cycling, where every fraction of a second matters," Wiggins said. "I've worked with Jaguar's performance engineers since 2010, and their world class knowledge and experience in aerodynamics, combined with Pinarello's expert frame building, gives me confidence that I can set a new standard on Sunday."
Jaguar Land Rover’s engineers took the design and made a claimed overall aerodynamic performance increase of 7.5 percent. The engineers also used the same design methods used in the Jaguar XE, the company's “most aerodynamic carâ€, with all the components of the bike being examined for possible improvements.
The bike features a one-piece handlebar system created with laser sintering technology, with Wiggins' arm position optimised to reduce drag. The designers also narrowed the fork, bringing it closer to the front wheel in order to improve the air flow on the down tube and bottom bracket area along with the re-shaping of the chain ring and hubs for further aerodynamic benefits.
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