George Hincapie's Trek Paris-Roubaix special. Will this be the winning machine in Sunday's "Hell of the North"?(Image credit: Anthony Tan/Cyclingnews.com)
Hincapie's Trek is obstensibly a modified Trek 5200.(Image credit: Anthony Tan/Cyclingnews.com)
The S.P.A. (Suspension Performance Advantage) elastomer shock will equip all Discovery Channel bikes in this year's Paris-Roubaix.(Image credit: Anthony Tan/Cyclingnews.com)
Something borrowed - the Bontrager OCLV carbon fork is in fact an item borrowed from Trek's Satellite range because of its slightly more laidback rake and aluminium steerer.(Image credit: Anthony Tan/Cyclingnews.com)
Bontrager accessories abound, naturally.(Image credit: Anthony Tan/Cyclingnews.com)
Brake hoods sit high on Hincapie's machine to provide as much leverage as possible.(Image credit: Anthony Tan/Cyclingnews.com)
The most controversial item on Hincapie's Roubaix proto is Bontrager's Aeolus 5.0 tubular wheels.(Image credit: Anthony Tan/Cyclingnews.com)
14 gauge bladed spokes are laced to Swiss made hubs.(Image credit: Anthony Tan/Cyclingnews.com)
The massively oversized bottom bracket cluster.(Image credit: Anthony Tan/Cyclingnews.com)
A 12-23 rear cluster will be matched with 44/53 tooth front chainrings.(Image credit: Anthony Tan/Cyclingnews.com)
Hutchinson's 23mm Carbon Comp tubulars.(Image credit: Anthony Tan/Cyclingnews.com)
Shimano's 57mm long-reach Ultegra-level brake calipers allow that little extra tyre clearance required when things get muddy.(Image credit: Anthony Tan/Cyclingnews.com)
Trek's BuzzKill bar plugs have a suspended aluminium rod running through them; when the vibration hits, the weight starts to activate and is claimed to cancel out the shockwave.(Image credit: Anthony Tan/Cyclingnews.com)
Attraction speaks louder than words - the man himself with his gorgeous wife Melanie Simonneau, a former podium hostess from Dijon, France.(Image credit: Anthony Tan/Cyclingnews.com)
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