Salsa also provides its bar and stem to the team.
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A flattened top tube
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The head tube is reinforced at the ends
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There's no carbon in the frame
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More SRAM stuff can be found out back…
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Surprise, surprise
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The fi'zi:k Nisene saddle
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…and stems in an effort to shed weight.
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The team and its equipment travels to races
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The CLIF Bar Development Team
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Danny Summerhill finished second at last year's UCI Junior Cyclo-cross World Championships last year atop a Salsa Chili con Crosso.
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Summerhill just place third at this year's US Nationals event on the same bike.
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The Salsa Chili con Crosso frame foregoes carbon in the interest of saving weight.
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Scandium-enhanced aluminum alloy tubing is light and fatigue-resistant.
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A flattened top tube is designed to improve portaging comfort.
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Chain stays are flattened slightly in their midsection to promote vertical compliance…
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…and the seat stays are similarly shaped for the same reason.
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The standard dual seat stays include a stout anchor for the rear brake housing stop.
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The head tube is reinforced at the ends to combat ovalizing.
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Mud clearance is aided by the lack of a chain stay bridge.
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The front of the bike is fitted with an Alpha Q CX20 fork.
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Summerhill was running the tubular version of Mavic's Ksyrium SL the day we caught up with his bike.
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There's no carbon in the frame but there is a bit in the front hub.
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The venerable Dugast Rhino tire is reliably glued to Summerhill's rims.
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The SRAM Force DoubleTap levers work well in nasty 'cross conditions.
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The SRAM Rival OCT crank is made of hollow forged aluminum.
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More SRAM stuff can be found out back…
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…and at the front derailleur.
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Avid Shorty 6 cantilevers offer simple and reliable stopping.
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A handy Jump Stop prevents the chain from falling to the inside.
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Surprise, surprise : Crank Brothers pedals on another pro-level 'cross bike.
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The SRAM PowerLock allows for chain installation without tools.
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Salsa also provides its bar and stem to the team.
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Summerhill prefers an anatomic bend.
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The fi'zi:k Nisene saddle has a little extra padding to ease the impact of remounts.
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A stout Salsa Lip-Lock collar secures the seatpost.
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Most team bikes are fitted with painted-to-match Alpha Q forks.
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The team is also experimenting with Alpha seatposts…
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…and stems in an effort to shed weight.
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When conditions call for clinchers, the team relies the Mavic Ksyrium ES…
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…and Maxxis tires.
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The unique CLIF Bar Development Team has bigger goals in mind than just bike racing.
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The team and its equipment travels to races in this converted school bus.
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It doesn't go very fast, but it's very eco-conscious.
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The bus runs on biodiesel whenever possible and will soon be able to run on waste vegetable oil.
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A simple idea that's not always so simple to execute.
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The CLIF Bar Development Team does their part, though, wherever it can.
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It's a tight fit sometimes, but the team gets the stuff where it needs to go.
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