Pro Bike: Kevin Pauwels’ Ridley X-Knight
- By Logan VonBokel
- Published Feb. 2, 2013
- Updated May. 3, 2013 at 4:06 PM EDT
Pro Bike Gallery: Kevin Pauwels's Ridley X-Knight
LOUISVILLE, Kentucky (VN) — Sunweb-Napolean Games riders, specifically Klaas Vantornout and Kevin Pauwels (BEL), have been racing the latest Ridley X-Knight for over a month now. On the heels of its official release earlier this week, we were able to catch up with Pauwels's X-Knight during his pre-ride two hours before his event. Photo: Logan VonBokel | VeloNews.com
Pro Bike Gallery: Kevin Pauwels's Ridley X-Knight
Pauwels and Vantornout talk specifics with their mechanics in the pit during pre-ride laps. Photo: Logan VonBokel | VeloNews.com
Pro Bike Gallery: Kevin Pauwels's Ridley X-Knight
The new X-Knight sports narrower seat stays, along with reshaped tubes throughout. A barrel adjuster makes tuning the rear brake a breeze. Photo: Logan VonBokel | VeloNews.com
Pro Bike Gallery: Kevin Pauwels's Ridley X-Knight
Sunweb-Napoleon Games bikes sport Ridley's house components, 4ZA, across the board, and most riders on the team ride the 4ZA Cirrus Pro saddle with its carbon rails. Photo: Logan VonBokel | VeloNews.com
Pro Bike Gallery: Kevin Pauwels's Ridley X-Knight
Pauwels was riding Dugast Small Bird tubulars wrapped around his Shimano C-35 wheels, which might be the wheel of choice in Saturday's elite race. Photo: Logan VonBokel | VeloNews.com
Pro Bike Gallery: Kevin Pauwels's Ridley X-Knight
A minimalistic front brake cable hanger keeps the stack-height low and has a deep drop to allow for clean front brake cable routing. Photo: Logan VonBokel | VeloNews.com
Pro Bike Gallery: Kevin Pauwels's Ridley X-Knight
There's no mistaking whose wheels these are. Photo: Logan VonBokel | VeloNews.com
Pro Bike Gallery: Kevin Pauwels's Ridley X-Knight
Like many Shimano athletes, Pauwels runs Shimano's CX70 cantilevers. Photo: Logan VonBokel | VeloNews.com
Pro Bike Gallery: Kevin Pauwels's Ridley X-Knight
With pre-ride over, Pauwel's mechanic heads back to the Belgian cabin on River Road, behind the starting grid. Photo: Logan VonBokel | VeloNews.com
Pro Bike Gallery: Kevin Pauwels's Ridley X-Knight
Pauwel's wraps up his last practice lap as the U23 men are being called to staging. Photo: Logan VonBokel | VeloNews.com
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Logan VonBokel
Equally at home on a mountain bike above treeline and chasing down moves in the heat and humidity of a Midwest criterium, Logan Vonbokel is something of an oddity in cycling. Since he first swung a leg over a road bike as a freshman in high school, Logan has been a lover of both cutting-edge technological innovations and the clean lines of classic handmade bikes. Logan joined the tech team in May 2012, bringing with him nearly a decade of high-caliber road racing experience and his undying love for the mud, cowbells, and culture of cyclocross. Logan still races at the Cat. 2 level on the road and in cyclocross, and carries a seldom-used Cat. 1 mountain bike license.
