It’s a bike that’s been halfway around the world, navigated the jungles of Sri Lanka, the vast backlands of the USA and traversed Asia’s best trails: the Canyon Lux CF 29 Team saw Japan’s Yuki Ikeda ride to victory in Rumble in the Jungle and other races across the globe. While on the beach in Negombo, Sri Lanka, we took a closer look at this podium-placing bike.
Canyon Lux CF 29Hailing from Japan, Yuki Ikeda rides for the US Topeak-Ergon team. We grabbed the chance for a closer look at his Canyon Lux CF 29 Team while on the beach in Negombo, Sri Lanka.
Its negative stem is the first attention-grabbing port-of-call. And besides checking out his bike computer while riding, he’s also got motivational words from his wife in immediate view. Yuki rides the RockShox RS-1 fork with 70 psi.He’s set the RockShox Monarch XX at 125 psi. Unsurprisingly the carbon bottle cage comes from his sponsor Topeak.One of the best and quickest ways to stop a hole in your tubeless tires is the Sahmurai Sword Tubeless plug kit that Yuki won’t ride without – although being from Japan, he found it amusing when I informed him it was the German 3x Cape Epic winner Stefan ‘Sahmurai’ Sahm who had invented it.Yuki’s bike is kitted out with a SRAM XX1 Quarq power meter with 32 teeth and the Crankbrothers Eggbeater 11 pedals.The SRAM XX1 11-speed cassette comes in a 10–42 ratio.Yuki went for the SRAM Rise 60 rims on Continental Race King 2.2 ProTection, riding with a 1.4 bar air pressure.Yuki’s saddle might split the crowds: the saddle is tilted down and as far forward as it will go, something that he argues gives him a more aero position.
Yuki’s saddle bag houses a spare tube, tire lever, a tire boot, a Topeak Minco C02 pump (weighing 15 g) with two cartridges, 2 chain quick links and a Topeak Mini 20 Pro multi-tool.German-Japanese diplomacy by the poolside in Negombo.Yuki Ikeda gained a massive 20 minute lead on Stage 1 of Rumble in the Jungle 2016.
Head here to read our full race report from the spectacular four-day stage race: Rumble in the Jungle 2016.
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