ATOC Tech: Mount Baldy bikes
- By Nick Legan
- Published May. 22, 2011
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Goss had these polished Shimano Dura-Ace compact chainrings on his compact SRM. The finish doesn't appear in the Shimano catalog. Photo: Nick Legan -
Pat McCarty had an 11-27 cassette on for the climb up to Mount Baldy. Photo: Nick Legan -
KOM leader Pat McCarty's Argon 18 had a normal crank (many of his teammates race with an SRM) and Shimano C24 carbon tubular wheels for the day's tough profile. Photo: Nick Legan -
Chris Baldwin is such a late addition to Team Bissell that mechanics simply labelled his bike with a Sharpie. Photo: Nick Legan -
Levi's name sticker was replaced with WW108 decal. (Wouter Weylandt's initials and Giro race number). Photo: Nick Legan -
Levi had Bontrager XXXLite climbing wheels and an 11-26 cassette for the climb. He's also riding an unmarked Specialized saddle. Photo: Nick Legan -
With one exception, Saxo Bank riders had Zipp 202 climbing wheels for the Mount Baldy stage. Photo: Nick Legan -
Greg Henderson's rear Di2 derailleur is starting to show some signs of wear and tear, but until it's broken mechanics won't replace it. Photo: Nick Legan -
Sky's Henderson runs O-Symmetric chainrings which make the gear he pedals effectively larger at the place in his pedal stroke where he is most powerful. Photo: Nick Legan -
With the flat stages behind them, the sprinters, like Sky's Henderson, view the climbing as good training. Photo: Nick Legan -
Dave Zabriskie had a 52-35 compact crank on for Mt. Baldy. Zabriskie likes little gears on the climbs and big ones for the time trials. Photo: Nick Legan -
Rory Sutherland decided on an 11-26 cassette after riding Mount Baldy the week before the race. Photo: Nick Legan -
Sutherland likes a lot of saddle setback. To keep his thighs from rubbing against the saddle rail clamps, his mechanics filed them down. Photo: Nick Legan -
UHC's Sutherland rides a Boardman AiR 9.8 instead of the SlR round tube bike. He does make concessions for the climbs with the low profile Enve tubular wheels. Photo: Nick Legan -
HTC-Highroad's Milan-San Remo winner, Matt Goss, has ridden a Specialized Venge with a mismatched fork at ATOC. Photo: Nick Legan -
HTC-Highroad's Bernard Eisel has the seat post on his Venge flipped around for less setback. Photo: Nick Legan
CLAREMONT, Calif. (VN) — VeloNews tech editor Nick Legan takes a look at the bikes used in the penultimate stage of the 2011 Amgen Tour of California.
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Nick Legan
After graduating from Indiana University with honors and a degree in French and journalism, Legan jumped straight into wrenching at Pro Peloton bike shop in Boulder for a few years. Then, he began a seven-year stint in the professional ranks, most recently serving for RadioShack at the Tour de France and the Amgen Tour of California. He also worked for Garmin-Slipstream, CSC, Toyota-United, Health Net and Ofoto. You can submit questions to Nick at asknick@competitorgroup.com.