Desire: wind-cheating gear for faster time trials

Desire: wind-cheating gear for faster time trials

Speedy kit from Santini, Castelli, Endura, Giro, Poc, Lazer, Mavic, Suplest and Bont. Fast bikes from Ridley, Cervélo and Neil Pryde.

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In the marshlands of estuarial Essex, beneath enormous turbines that harness the wind, a time trialist slips into an array of gear that’s been designed to defy it.

Santini Speed Shell

 

Bont Vaypor S shoes

 

Giro Aerohead

 

Lazer Wasp Air

 

Suplest Aero

 

Endura Drag2Zero Enscapulator

 

Body Paint 3.3 by Castelli

 

Cervélo P5 Six

 

Mavic Comete Ultimate

 

Neil Pryde Bayamo

 

Ridley Dean

 

Bioracer Concept

 

 A version of this article first appeared in Rouleur 17.6

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