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Weapons of Choice – racers and their bikes at the EWS in Finale Ligure

29.12.2017
by Manne Schmitt

Sam Shaw – Zerode Taniwha

Sam, like his bike, a Zerode Taniwha, hales from New Zealand. He participated in six races of the 2017 EWS and secured his best result in the US with 42nd spot. Anyone who wants to know how this unique bike with the German engineered Pinion gearbox rides can read about it in our review.
No cassette on the rear wheel? That looks like a single-speed bike, but it’s due to the pinion gearbox.
The fully enclosed Gearbox of the Pinion transmission always changes gears cleanly and precisely. 12 gears and a bandwidth of 600% are the key data of the gearbox.
The heart of the Zerode Taniwha is the Pinion P1.12 Gearbox. With it, cleaning, adjusting and maintaining the derailleur is a thing of the past.
The Zerode, because of its gearbox, shifts gears with a grip shift only
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Table of Contents
  1. Sam Hill – Nukeproof
  2. Adrien Dailly – Lapierre
  3. Jérôme Clementz – Cannondale
  4. Martin Maes – GT
  5. Richie Rude – Yeti
  6. Damien Oton – Devinci
  7. Robin Wallner – Ibis
  8. Jared Graves – Specialized
  9. Josh Carlson – Giant
  10. Iago Garay - Santa Cruz
  11. Ludovic May – BMC
  12. Sam Shaw – Zerode
  13. Karim Amour – BH
  14. Quentin Emeriau – Fuji
  15. Greg Minaar – Santa Cruz
  16. René Wildhaber – Trek
  17. Vojtěch Bláha – Rock Machine
  18. Matthew Koen – Marin
  19. Genc Marku – Intense
  20. Prototypen & Co

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About the author

Manne Schmitt

As the proud father of Robin and Max-Philip, Manne has been there from the start and is the wise elder of the editorial team. He won his first cycling race in elementary school at a school sports day. After less successful attempts at football, he found his passion for cycling via endurance racing in 1989! The world of racing still consumes him and no one in the team knows the EWS pros better than Manne. As a former head analyst of a state agency, he knows how to do proper research and finds exclusive news that no one else has. He supports his sons in day-to-day business dealings as the authorised signatory for 41 Publishing – viva la familia!

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