Jeremy Powers Focus Mares CX
This article originally appeared on BikeRadar
After a dominant victory at the US national cheap patagonia pulloverschampionships last January, Jeremy Powers (Aspire Racing) now gets to the enjoy the spoils of that win by flying the red, white, and blue all season.
Powers new Focus Mares CX certainly isn t subtle about its patriotic motif with the stars and stripes adorning nearly every corner of the frame and fork: arounpatagonia shoes online canadad the head tube, at the bottom of the fork blades, and back by the rear dropouts, plus red, white and blue accents on the down tube, seat tube and seat stays. There s even matching tape finishpatagonia mixed guide pants review2ing the bar wrap and marking the saddle height.
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The stars and stripes motif is used throughout the bike
Component sponsors have gotten into the game as well with a red and white fi zi:k Aliante VS saddle and custom configured red and blue Crankbrodiscount patagonia better sweaterthers Candy 11 pedals. In fact, the only departures from the theme are the bright pink sidewalls on the FMB Super Mud tubular tyres.
As if that weren t enough, Powers and mechanic Tom Hopper have adopted a novelpatagonia mixed guide pants review way to record race wins this year, too. Bikes used to notch UCI C2 victories get a little visage of former US president George Washington on the seat tube, while UCI C1 wins get an Honest Abe sticker instead. UCI World Cups earn a portrait of Ulysses S patagonia employee purchaseGrant.
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We expect to see a lot more of these stickers applied to Powers bikes as the season progresses
Powers may have been looking to the past when it comes to notching his victories, but his bike ipatagonia mixed guide pants review1s undoubtedly looking ahead. Focus s latest Mares CX has adopted a more engineering centric approach to its design this year. Nominally round tube profiles and higher grade carbon fibre boosts pedaling efficiency while the slimmed down seat stays and fork blades supposedly lend themselvpatagonia better sweater green womenes to a smoother ride than its predecessor.
Notably, the 1.4kg chassis is said to be nearly 400g (0.88lb) lighter than last year s model.
Focus says the new frame s more efficient design has yielded roughly 300g in weight savings compared to the previous edition
In addition to the stiffness, weight and ride quality gains, Focus has also unabashedly baked some thoroughly modern features into the bike s design. Disc brakes are included front and rear, the PF30 bottom bracket shell incorporates ISCG05 tabs for an optional chainguide, andpatagonia mixed guide pants review3 both wheels are secured with thru axles.
Focus has even headed off complaints about slow wheel changes with its clever Rapid Axle Technology (RAT) dropout design, which requires just a flick of the lever and a quarter turn to remove each skewer, making it nearly as a fapatagonia fly fishing new hampshirest as a traditional quick release but with the inherent stiffness and rotor alignment advantages that a thru axle provides.
Special dropouts make the Focus RAT thru axle system anything but slow to operate
Componentry is on the cuttinpatagonia mixed guide pants review0g edge of technology, too, including SRAM s new Force CX1 1x11 cyclocross drivetrain and matching hydraulic disc brakes but with narrower (and substantially lighter) Red 22 cranks to provide more clearance for Powers big feet. SRAM has provided the national champion with prototype Zipp 303 Firecrest Disc carbon tubular wheels as well, complete with oversized thru axle hubs that neither the company nor anyone on the team were willing to talk about.
