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Monday, 1 February 2016

Simon Clarke's Cannondale SuperSix EVO Hi-Mod

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Having spent the last four years winning races and stages with Orica-GreenEdge, 2016 marks the move of Australian Simon Clarke to the refreshed Cannondale Pro Cycling team.

Having won a stage in each of the three Grand Tours (two were team time trial wins), Clarke has done something few cyclists can claim. With a new team and more freedom, Clarke now has his sights set on the Spring Classics such as Milan-Sanremo and Liège-Bastogne-Liège, events he previously supported the likes of Simon Gerrans in.

With a new team comes a new bike, and Clarke has traded in his Scott Addict and Foil for Cannondale’s latest – the SuperSix EVO Hi-Mod. It’s a bike that’s far more similar to the low weight and smoother ride of his previous Scott Addict than the aero rocket that is the Foil.

Interestingly, there is a clear connection between the original Scott Addict and Cannondale’s SuperSix EVO, and that’s engineer Peter Denk. Although the renowned German has since moved on, his influence still shows in both companies' bikes.

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2016 Jayco Herald Sun Tour start list

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Sunday, 31 January 2016

Elite, U23 men close out CX Worlds

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Logan Owen(Bremerton, Wash./Cal Giant-Specialized) picked up a 13th-place finish in the U23 menandrsquo;s race to led all American riders Sunday, as the2016 UCI Cyclo-Cross World Championshipsclosed in Heusden-Zolder, Belgium, with elite and U23 menandrsquo;s competition.

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Race Face Ride XC crankset

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SRAM might have started the whole chain-safe single-ring revolution but Race Face is the brand that’s grabbed the idea and spread it as far and wide as possible through its crank range. That includes the Ride XC package, which delivers a proven durable axle and arm with quality single-chainring – and even a bottom bracket.

Race Face’s forged Ride XC cranks have been around for years, gradually evolving to their current adequately stiff, acceptable weight state. If that sounds like we’re damning them with faint praise remember that these cranks considerably cheaper than the nearest opposition.

While it had some teething troubles at first, the splined EXI axle standard has also gradually evolved to become a consistently secure and quiet system that runs without issue as original equipment on a huge number of the complete bikes we test. The bottom bracket bearings are sound too and even if you need a different standard to the conventional threaded cups supplied at least you’ve got something to barter with.

The narrow/wide ring mounted onto the one-piece drive-side arm and spider is a proper top quality laser-etched piece, and the complete package is available with 32- or 34-tooth rings. The Ride’s spider is also double- or triple-ring compatible but there’s no 30mm axle option.

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Litespeed C1

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For those who know Litespeed for its titanium, seeing the name on carbon is still a surprise. The C1 sits just beneath the C1R at the top of its aero road range, and shares its shaped AeroLogic tubes.

Burly junctions

Our ML model’s 16cm head tube allowed plenty of scope for setting the 3T cockpit up in a low position. Its minimal frontal profile comprises narrow fork legs with a compact crown, a slim hourglass head tube opening up to a truly vast junction with the tapering top tube, and giant wing-profiled down tube. The seat-tube has a large cutout for the rear wheel and tyre up to 25mm, and creates a beefy connection with the BB30 bottom bracket area, which is swamped in a sea of carbon.

Yet another take on the aero road bike down tube

Power transfer is handled by the asymmetric chainstays – fairly round on the left side, and much larger and deeper on the drive side. The gear cables are housed in an unbroken outer casing from shifter to bottom bracket, but allowing enough cable for the bars to turn means they still bow out on each side of the stem, and our knees hit them on every standing pedal stroke.

Adding a cable tie behind the stem is an effective but inelegant solution, and on an aero bike we wouldn’t expect the rear brake cable to run externally between two top-tube stops.

Litespeed by name…

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Quiz: Match the A-list celebrity to their bicycle

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Celebrities may not actually be aliens after all, if their interest in riding bikes is anything to go by.

From Harrison Ford to Hugh Jackman, Justin Bieber to Bono, it seems they're all answering the siren call of Lycra, carbon frames and leg burn. Good for them, we say. But which celebrity rides which bike?

There are 11 stars of film, music and TV here, with their chosen mounts including carbon road bikes, hardtail mountain bikes, folders and fixies. See if you can guess who rides which bike...

So how did you get on? Tough, wasn't it? Never mind, share your result on Twitter and come lament with us on Facebook.

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The Fontus Ryde and Airo self-filling water bottles turn air into water

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Imagine never running out of water because your bottle refills itself as you ride.

While it sounds like the stuff of science fiction, the science is very straightforward. Fontus, named after the Roman god of springs and wells, is a small startup developing a pair of self-filling water bottles that collect moisture from the air and condense it into drinkable water, allowing you to ride further (and perhaps putting some domestiques out of their jobs!)

The Fontus Ryde is powered by solar cells that cool a series of hydrophobic teeth. As air moves over these teeth the temperature of the air drops, causing water vapor in the air to condense into water droplets. The droplets run down the teeth and are collected in the bottle.

The Ryde relies on the forward movement of the bicycle to push air through the condensing system. Presumably the speed of the rider could also have an effect on the rate condensation.

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