The 2024 season marks an thrilling milestone for the Alba Improvement Race Group as they make the transfer as much as UCI continental degree. With this ascent comes a notable partnership with the esteemed UK-based model, Handsling, heralding a brand new period for the Scottish-based staff.
With the street race season effectively and really up and working, we thought it will be proper to take a more in-depth take a look at the staff’s new steeds: Handsling’s hanging A1R0evo.
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The A1R0evo is Handsling’s all-round race bike, and as such, it has been designed with aerodynamics, dealing with, and light-weight firmly in thoughts. According to modern-day race bike requirements, the A1R0evo options absolutely inside hose/cable routing from shifter to brake caliper, in addition to boasting truncated aero profiles on the pinnacle tube, and down tube. Handsling says the body, which is manufactured from Toray T800 carbon, weighs in at 920g for a dimension 52, with a 350g uncut fork weight.
Fashionable-day disc brakes additionally enable for fairly wholesome tyre clearance, which little doubt the British staff would have made full use of within the current CiCLE Traditional race final weekend.
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Loads of room across the rear tyre, and dropped seat stays current too, that are stated to assist body compliance over rougher terrain. Notably neat too is the body sticker, which options the sumptuous Yorkshire Rose.
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Skinner is working a full Shimano Ultegra R8170 Di2 groupset. It won’t be the element model’s vary topping groupset, however this updated providing nonetheless offers 12-speed shifting full with Hyperglide know-how. Skinner has opted for an 11-30 cassette.
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That is paired with a 52/36 chainset with shorter 165mm cranks. On these cranks, you’ll discover a one-sided 4iiii energy meter, together with Shimano Ultegra carbon pedals.
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The standout blue frameset rolls on a set of Parcour’s new Paniagua wheel, which measure 42mm in rim depth. Fitted to them, you’ll discover a set of Vittoria Corsa Professional, arrange tubeless in a 28mm width.
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Ending package is predominantly taken care of by Handsling, with the model offering an aero seat publish, alongside its one-piece aero cockpit. The construct is completed off with a Specialised Mimic saddle.
