Mark Beaumont's North Coast 500 record-breaking bike and equipment

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Mark Beaumont's North Coast 500 record-breaking bike and equipment
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You don't need to be UCI legal if you're tearing up Scotland...cycling

ncluding breaks. His equipment of choice, an

Argon 18 E-119 Tri+ bike and Nopinz kit, were just part of the wind-cheating gear that gave him the edge.The Argon 18 E-119 Tri+ is as the name suggests designed for triathlon, and therefore, like the radicalArgon 18 says the Tri+ is 10 watts faster than the previous generation E-119 that we've previously seen the Astana Pro Team use, and more recently Novo Nordisk.

The frame features plenty of aero tech, with an integrated 405ml bento box on the top tube designed for Ironman nutrition. There's a toolkit stowed in the bottom bracket area and disc brake callipers that are integrated into the frame to hide them from the wind. Argon 18 says that CFD analysis on the front calliper showed a 1 watt advantage on a flat road for a 300W riding power when compared to a standard mounted calliper, or a savings of 10 seconds over 100km on a flat road for 300 watts of riding power.The NC500 is by no means flat with 9,754 metres of climbing, so Beaumont's set-up also had to consider weight.

Compared to many full disc wheels the Hunt TT Disc is a bit of a bargain at £799. The tyres in question were Continental GP5000S TRs which we also reviewed very highly.

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