Dropper posts, bare Di2 shifters, lead weights and more
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Ridley provides a matching paint job on the Helium SL(Image credit: BikeRadar)
3 in 1: Campagnolo, S-Works and SRM(Image credit: BikeRadar)
A closer look reveals more texture to the paint job(Image credit: BikeRadar)
Nibali bit off a win on stage 2(Image credit: BikeRadar)
FSA is using stickers over the bar tape for increased exposure. This can't be ideal for riders(Image credit: BikeRadar)
Nibali's Corima pads look quite similar to the unmarked pads on Yuri Trofimov's Canyon Aeroad CF SLX(Image credit: BikeRadar)
Nibali's Astana squad is sponsored by Specialized saddles, so his Fizik Antares must be blacked out(Image credit: BikeRadar)
Two of the nine Astana bikes have Fizik saddles(Image credit: BikeRadar)
Conversely, a rider on Katusha, which is sponsored by Selle Italia, has a Specialized saddle that he must black out(Image credit: BikeRadar)
Team have different strategies for quickly identifying riders' bikes when on the roofs of team cars. This is Sky's solution(Image credit: BikeRadar)
Jagwire's new sectional housing is lighter than standard housing. Trek, for example, uses it on its hyperlight Emonda(Image credit: BikeRadar)
Nibali also gets the Campagnolo Super Record RS group(Image credit: BikeRadar)
Lotto-Belisol's bikes are all painted red in a retro scheme. All except this one(Image credit: BikeRadar)
Just because you're the star rider on a team at the Tour de France doesn't mean you get brand-new everything. This was Greipel's saddle before the start of stage 1(Image credit: BikeRadar)
Greipel's Campy SRM crank gets a special Ridley graphic(Image credit: BikeRadar)
Jack Bauer's Garmin-Sharp bike isn't shy about its use of an SRM instead of Garmin Vectors. The pedal spindles don't even seem to have the power-meter internals(Image credit: BikeRadar)
SRAM still has a line on Gore cable lining for certain partners(Image credit: BikeRadar)
Taping the route - or cue notes - to the stem is a time-honored tradition, and every rider seemingly has his own method(Image credit: BikeRadar)
Since route profiles are created in horizontal orientation for books, why not keep them horizontal?(Image credit: BikeRadar)
Some teams combine route profiles from race organizer ASO with their own information(Image credit: BikeRadar)
For those that just want to take a look before the start of the stage, there is this method(Image credit: BikeRadar)
Key points in kilometers are marked, typically the top or the duration of climbs(Image credit: BikeRadar)
A horizontal profile made vertical(Image credit: BikeRadar)
This integrated bar/stem is brand new. Why sully it with a taped-on cue sheet?(Image credit: BikeRadar)
Taping the profile in a circle works well enough(Image credit: BikeRadar)
The Gore lining keeps otherwise exposed cable clean for smooth shifting no matter the conditions(Image credit: BikeRadar)
Although no longer available as an individual item to everyday riders, the Gore cable lining is still popular in the pro peloton(Image credit: BikeRadar)
Aero seatmasts and integrated rear brakes eliminate two traditional number-mounting spots, so Lotto-Belisol puts it up here(Image credit: BikeRadar)
Lapierre's Aircode has a slightly recessed headset cap(Image credit: BikeRadar)
Arnaud Démare's immaculate bar tape(Image credit: BikeRadar)
Démare can't quite get his stem low enough, so he removed the headset cap(Image credit: BikeRadar)
While the word 'integrated' is being applied more and more to bike parts, some things are still just zip-tied on(Image credit: BikeRadar)
NetApp-Endura's Fuji Transonic aero bikes are so new that some still have the sizing stickers on them(Image credit: BikeRadar)
This is a quick release for Shimano's new direct-mount rear brake(Image credit: BikeRadar)
Getting race radios set up is sometimes a three-man job(Image credit: BikeRadar)
One wired in, riders can hear - and sometimes speak to - their directors(Image credit: BikeRadar)
Look's massive stem offers a healthy baseplate for a wide profile map(Image credit: BikeRadar)
You see all sorts of innovative if not necessarily polished innovations at the Tour de France(Image credit: BikeRadar)
Movistar has a neat integrated number-plate holder(Image credit: BikeRadar)
For whatever reason, Movistar brought Nairo Quintana's winning bike from the Giro d'Italia to the Tour de France. He is not at the race(Image credit: BikeRadar)
This is Astana's mobile kitchen(Image credit: BikeRadar)
Lampre-Merida is using BBB number-plate mounts(Image credit: BikeRadar)
After years of cranking out the watts, Jens Voigt will be retiring at the end of this season(Image credit: BikeRadar)
After capturing the King of the Mountains jersey of stages 1, Voigt got a polka-dot SRM head unit(Image credit: BikeRadar)
French national champion Arnaud Démare has a black Lapierre that contrasts with the blue bikes of his teammates, but there is plenty of French pride on the handlebars(Image credit: BikeRadar)
A Trek Factory Racing mechanic checks cleats alignment on Fabian Cancellara's shoes(Image credit: BikeRadar)
Europcar's Thomas Voeckler kept his compression calf sleeves on until the start of stage 2(Image credit: BikeRadar)
Campagnolo EPS now has a rubberized strap to switch off the internal battery to save juice(Image credit: BikeRadar)
Should the lead spindle inserts not get the bike to the 6.8kg necessary weight, there are individually weighted and labelled lead weights like this that can be attached under water-bottle cages(Image credit: BikeRadar)
Bauke Mollema of Team Belkin chooses to forego the rubber hoods on his Shimano Di2 levers(Image credit: BikeRadar)
No functionality is removed, but the naked lever does look odd(Image credit: BikeRadar)
Mechanics wrap the hood with black bar tape to somewhat disguise the stripped lever(Image credit: BikeRadar)
Despite the internal routing, mechanics still need to do a bit of cobbling with a zip tie on the Di2 wire(Image credit: BikeRadar)
How close do you motorpace?(Image credit: BikeRadar)
Many mechanics just put a piece of electrical tape over the stem at the valve hole to prevent it from rattling, but Bretagne-Séché have a more complete solution(Image credit: BikeRadar)
Vincenzo Nibali has this height-adjustable post on one of his bike. By turning the thick part with one hand, he can drop the saddle about 1cm(Image credit: BikeRadar)
Lead-out man Adam Hansen of Lotto-Belisol has a drastically forward position on the bike (with a blacked-out alloy post). He also has 40cm handlebars and a huge amount of drop - all designed to get aero when winding up the speed for the sprint(Image credit: BikeRadar)
Trek Factory Racing employs a combination of aluminium and lead weights, plugged into the crank spindle, to get their new Emonda bikes up to the UCI's minimum weight(Image credit: BikeRadar)
Europcar has a host of Colnagos: C59, C60, V1-R, M10, CX-0(Image credit: BikeRadar)
Although not yet official, this is most likely a direct-mount Campagnolo caliper(Image credit: BikeRadar)
An artfully shaped Dede bar/stem(Image credit: BikeRadar)
Giant-Shimano produced a properly themed bike for Marcel Kittel immediately after the German sprinter took the first stage and the Tour's first jersey(Image credit: BikeRadar)
Chris Horner is taped up at the start of stage 2(Image credit: BikeRadar)
Niki Terpstra gets loose before the start of stage 2(Image credit: BikeRadar)
The cockpit of the Canyon Aeroad CF SLX as the German brand intended(Image credit: BikeRadar)
Internal routing is tidy alongside the head tube(Image credit: BikeRadar)
Garmin-Sharp is obliged to use the Garmin Vector power-meter pedals, although most riders are only using the bodies, not the meters themselves(Image credit: BikeRadar)
In order for the Garmin Vector pedals to work as a power meter, a pod must be mounted on the spindle and connected into the gold-plated junction(Image credit: BikeRadar)
Garmin-Sharp riders use SRM power meters on all their bikes. Some, like this one, still have the logos covered up. Some do not(Image credit: BikeRadar)
This is what a functioning Garmin Vector pedal looks like with the pod attached(Image credit: BikeRadar)
Rodriquez is the one Katusha rider using the new integrated bar/stem from Canyon. The rest have Ritchey cockpits (one integrated, the other seven traditional bars and stems)(Image credit: BikeRadar)
Ka-Boom! Joaquin Rodriquez is hoping to spark a win at the Tour(Image credit: BikeRadar)
Campagnolo's brand new Super Record has reshaped hoods(Image credit: BikeRadar)
A bit of sandpaper adds purchase for the front derailleur clamp(Image credit: BikeRadar)
