The World Cup in Val di Sole it’s our “holy week”, not only because we can see the best of the best live, but also because when we go inside the stands of the top teams we always find lots of new products and prototypes.
Someone in the light of day, someone else hidden under one of those socks that we are used to looking at and seeing, let’s say that now there are few who keep everything truly hidden.
One of the most amazing things is the fork of Specialized Of Loic Bruniit’s not normal Ohlins 40 DHbut in our opinion it has carbon stems.
Naturally, the bike is an aluminum mixed fiber prototype with an electronic suspension system of which the rider can choose different mappings via a “joystick” on the handlebars.
Still in the DH sector, the RockShox Flight Attendant system has also arrived on the fork Boxxer and on the shock absorber Vivid Coil. View on the bike of Trek Factory Racing DH.
Speaking of Flight Attendant, we saw the new one live Spark RC Flight Attendant Of Ninolaunched on the market this week
Another XC bike with Flight Attendant system not yet released to the public is the Trek Supercaliber, which however the Trek Pirelli team has been using for some time now so we believe that this model will also arrive in stores soon.
In home Trek Factory we often see a new one nowsoftail” with the “soft” part covered by a sock. It will be the new one Procaliber?
Trek Factory he’s also using tires Pirelli Prototipo that we saw last year used by Wilier
Sock also for the BH Coloma Teamalmost all riders are using some version of the BH iLynx with the mono area hidden. The rear end always seems to have the Horst joint, while the fork may not be 120mm.
Interesting how at BH Coloma there is a rider who has chosen a “hybrid” solution for his Prologo gloves to increase braking sensitivity… could this be the next trend?
Another novelty-not-novelty is the arrival of the KISS system, the one that keeps the steering always straight, even on the Canyon Lux CFR used by Luca Schwarzbauer and the entire Canyon official team. Even if the frame looks like the “classic” Lux World Cup.
Prototypes also from Lapierre Mavic Unity regarding the covers. A new semi-slick design for the Michelins, but with two different wordings so it could be two different compounds for the same design.
Prototype also at home Trinx Factory Teamwith Luca Bramati leaving the paddock with a bicycle, probably by Olivia Onesti given the size, with a frame that features a new position of the shock absorber and is not present in the catalog for the Chinese brand
Prototype also at home Wilier Vittoria with a pair of wheels Miche which do not appear to be the “old” K1 Evos that we tested in 2023.
These may not be new, but inside the paddocks we also discovered some really interesting features of the riders such as the choice of Luca Martin (Orbea Factory) to train on Wednesdays with a 30T chainring to “turn the leg”
The “hyper-rise” handlebar is now a trademark feature Dakota Norton of the Mondraker Factory DH Team.. other than Nino Schurter’s -27th
Technical choice not too usual even for the Rouge Racing teamthe only official Italian UCI DH team, to “tie” the spokes of the wheels Spank to make them even more rigid and resistant to tackle a hard and very difficult track like the Black Snake.
