Would you put Lightweights on a Transcontinental bike? cycling transcontinental
across Europe and here's what the two leaders are riding to get from Flanders to the Black Sea as fast as possible.
If you're unfamiliar, the Transcontinental is a self-supported bicycle race from one side of Europe to the other. Competitors must plan, research and navigate their own course and rest stops while only consuming what they can carry or buy. They can't have any help from an entourage and the clock doesn't stop until they reach the finish.
Four mandatory control points guide the route and each year the riders cover around 4,000km to reach the finish line. This raises the interesting question of which bike is best for such a mammoth ride. Well, here is what the current leaders are riding...Bartholmoes came into the 2022 edition as a hot favourite to take the overall with many high-profile endurance events already to his name.
At the time of writing, he is second in the solo competition and his bike of choice is the BMC Teammachine SLR01 fitted with a Sram Etap AXS groupset. The crankset is a Rotor Inspider Aldhu Carbon with 48/35T chainrings paired to a 10/34 cassette.A rather interesting choice is the Lightweight Meilenstein Evo wheelset. These wheels have carbon spokes and are known more for their low weight and high stiffness than their durability.
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