With the road events of the Rio Games completed and the medals decided in both the road races and time trials, we soon shift focus to fixed gear bikes and the events on the track. And this is when we’re likely to see a raft of new innovations for products including, for example, the left-hand drive-side of the Felt bikes used Team USA.
(Of course there will also be the MTB and BMX events but that’s an entirely different batch of products all together.)
After a quick look at the photos from the time trial yesterday, here are a few observations made about the equipment used in the men’s event.
The Olympics often provides a launching pad for different product concepts and yet, curiously, there wasn’t too much change from the time trial set-ups between July and August but we’ve noticed a few little differences…
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– Photos: Graham Watson