US national champion Matt Busche joined the UnitedHealthcare team for the 2016 season and so switched to a team issue blue and white Wilier Triestina Zero.7 bike for his season debut at the Tour de San Luis. He used the same bike at the recent Tour of Qatar and will no doubt appreciate the bike’s climbing characteristics when he starts this week’s hillier Tour of Oman.
When our sister title Bikeradar tested the Wilier Triestina Zero.7, it was described as “ultra light and mega-stiff”, while Wilier Triestina’s frame design provides confidence-inspiring handling. The lightweight of the frame – under 800 grammes, means the Zero.7 is not an aero bike but the tube shapes were inspired by the previous Cento1SR frame. Wilier Triestina have announced the creation of the special limited edition Zero.6, which they claim to have made 100 grammes lighter but only 200 examples will be available.
Busche’s bike is a more robust team issue and is fitted with a Shimano Dura-Ace mechanical groupset, Deda Elementi Zero 100 bar and stem, Deda Elementi Super Zero 27.2mm seat post and a Selle San Marco Regale saddle.
The wheels are also Shimano, with Busche able to choose between the C35 or C50 models, fitted with 11/28 cassette. He and his teammates used the deeper profile C75 model on his Wilier Triestina Zero.7 for the time trial in the Tour of Qatar, while the C35 will be better suited for the rolling roads of Oman. The wheels are fitted with the all-black Maxxis Campione tubulars tyres.
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The UnitedHealthcare team uses Tacx bottle cages and bottles, and blue Pioneer power metres, which are held in place ahead of the bars with a K-Edge mount.
Busche uses a 54cm frame but is clearly still working on his final position in the early-season races, hence the stack of spacers below and above his stem.
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