Ineos Grenadiers teammates Pauline Ferrand-Prévot and Tom Pidcock took commanding victories in the Women’s and Men’s XCO at the third stop of the 2024 UCI Mountain Bike World Series in Nové Město Czech Republic on Sunday. Both riders soared to the finish line on Berd Spokes with wheels built by P1 Race Technologies, an official sponsor of the Ineos Grenadiers team.
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On a demanding 3.8 km course with steep climbs, rocks, and roots, Ferrand-Prévot took an early lead on the first lap of the six-lap race and didn’t look back. This was the final race for riders to qualify for the Paris Olympics in July of this year where Ferrand-Prévot is considered by many as the favorite for the Women’s XCO event. The stakes were high for Ferrand-Prévot to finish well and secure a selection to the French Olympic Team. Haley Batten (USA; Specialized Factory Racing) finished just over a minute back in second place, while Alessandra Keller (Switzerland; Thömus Maxon) finished in third. This was Ferrand-Prévot’s fourth elite XCO win in a row at Nové Město and her first World Cup win since her World Championship XCO win in August of last year.
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Tom Pidcock followed an early charge from Nino Schurter (Switzerland; Scott–Sram) and Victor Koretzky (France; Specialized Factory Racing) on the first two laps and then attacked on the third lap of seven to open a gap between himself and Schurter. Pidcock rode solo for the rest of the race to eventually finish 32 seconds ahead of Schurter, while Marcel Guerrini (Switzerland; BIXS Performance Race Team) finished third at 44 seconds back. As the reigning Olympic Champion and XCO World Champion, Pidcock has his sights set on a repeat Olympic win in Paris and secured his spot on the Great Britain Olympic Team with Sunday’s win.
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Five gold medalists at last year’s UCI World Championship either won last year’s championship on Berd Spokes (Mona Mitterwalner - XCM, Henrique Avancini - XCM, Sammy Maxwell - U23 XCO) or have now won a World Cup race on Berd Spokes this year (Pauline Ferrand-Prévot - XCO, Tom Pidcock - XCO). These riders are choosing Berd Spokes because they are lightweight and because the vibration-damping properties give a smoother, faster ride over roots, rocks, and drops. The strength and durability allow riders to put complete trust in their equipment for the most important races of their careers. We had the opportunity to interview Henrique Avancini this spring to get his opinion on riding Berd Spokes for the 2023 season. Watch the video below to hear more from the World Champion Avancini:
Pauline Ferrand-Prévot and Tom Pidock Victorious on Berd Spokes at Nové Město
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Ineos Grenadiers teammates Pauline Ferrand-Prévot and Tom Pidcock took commanding victories in the Women’s and Men’s XCO at the third stop of the 2024 UCI Mountain Bike World Series in Nové Město Czech Republic on Sunday. Both riders soared to the finish line on Berd Spokes with wheels built by P1 Race Technologies, an official sponsor of the Ineos Grenadiers team.
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On a demanding 3.8 km course with steep climbs, rocks, and roots, Ferrand-Prévot took an early lead on the first lap of the six-lap race and didn’t look back. This was the final race for riders to qualify for the Paris Olympics in July of this year where Ferrand-Prévot is considered by many as the favorite for the Women’s XCO event. The stakes were high for Ferrand-Prévot to finish well and secure a selection to the French Olympic Team. Haley Batten (USA; Specialized Factory Racing) finished just over a minute back in second place, while Alessandra Keller (Switzerland; Thömus Maxon) finished in third. This was Ferrand-Prévot’s fourth elite XCO win in a row at Nové Město and her first World Cup win since her World Championship XCO win in August of last year.
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Tom Pidcock followed an early charge from Nino Schurter (Switzerland; Scott–Sram) and Victor Koretzky (France; Specialized Factory Racing) on the first two laps and then attacked on the third lap of seven to open a gap between himself and Schurter. Pidcock rode solo for the rest of the race to eventually finish 32 seconds ahead of Schurter, while Marcel Guerrini (Switzerland; BIXS Performance Race Team) finished third at 44 seconds back. As the reigning Olympic Champion and XCO World Champion, Pidcock has his sights set on a repeat Olympic win in Paris and secured his spot on the Great Britain Olympic Team with Sunday’s win.
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Five gold medalists at last year’s UCI World Championship either won last year’s championship on Berd Spokes (Mona Mitterwalner - XCM, Henrique Avancini - XCM, Sammy Maxwell - U23 XCO) or have now won a World Cup race on Berd Spokes this year (Pauline Ferrand-Prévot - XCO, Tom Pidcock - XCO). These riders are choosing Berd Spokes because they are lightweight and because the vibration-damping properties give a smoother, faster ride over roots, rocks, and drops. The strength and durability allow riders to put complete trust in their equipment for the most important races of their careers. We had the opportunity to interview Henrique Avancini this spring to get his opinion on riding Berd Spokes for the 2023 season. Watch the video below to hear more from the World Champion Avancini:
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We've been plugging the advantages of these spokes for a while now. Cool to see them at the top of the podium! I just messaged my Berd contact and told him to send these racers some Blue, Red, Black, Yellow, and Green dye so they can match their World Champion jerseys.
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When I get my rims tomorrow? Well, I gotta get them built up, so probably next week.
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What rims and hubs are you using? I'm trying to figure out what Pidcock was using with his berd spokes. I think the hookflange hubs like their house brand or Onyx are the most durable way to go.
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DY 240 front, 180 rear, light bicycle xc930 rims with 28 holes. To be fair, they will probably just barely break 1200, but not by much and 28 spokes. Really not a big deal anymore.
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Got em built up, missed the target by 22g, but I used nipple washers which came to 6g per wheel and the 240 front hub was way heavier than I was expecting, 157g, a CL front hub may have been better and my XTR front hub is tied up on the other wheelset, so it's what I had on hand. Boost adapters are negligible, the front doesn't need a brake shim due to the MRP Better-Brake adapter for 180, but the rear CL one is a few G. That said, this is 28 spokes 3x and this is barely even trying to be the lightest, the straight-pull DT hubs would definitely shave off some grams (but good luck finding a 180 R these days).
I have a good buddy here that's stripped out the Onyx freehub mech a few times, had to move on. For me, DT is the simple reliable mech, but if it wasn't DT I'd really have to think about it. That in of itself was the biggest consideration on building with what I had, since getting some new similar hubs was going to run something like $500 for just the rear hub, which when I got two perfectly good hubs seems a bit ridiculous.
Blows my mind though to know the wheels are lighter than the tires.
have you had a chance to ride these wheels yet? Thoughts?
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FAST! Set a 4-5 mile segment KOM on em on a whim.
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