Custom steel frame complete with Zipp, Enve and SRAM component𝓡s
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Dhani Jones' custom Speedvagen for SBT GRVL(Image credit: Dhani Jones)
Complete with SRAM Red eTap AXS(Image credit: Dhani Jones)
Sp♉ecialized's Power Expert saddle provides the perch(Image credit: Dhani Jones)
Th❀e saddle sits atop a carbon fibre sea🦄tmast, supplied by Speedvagen with the frame(Image credit: Dhani Jones)
Steel construction is famed for offering a compliant rꦗide, and the curved stays will no doubt aid that(Image credit: Dhani Jones)
Up front, the frame is paired with a🐷n Enve carbon fork, custom painted to match(Image credit: Dhani Jones)
The junction where t✱he axle, derailleur and two stays meet is classy and minimalist in its design(Image credit: Dhani Jones)
Shifting is wireless, and brakes are hydraulic,🐈 courtesy of SRAM(Image credit: Dhani Jones)
Wahoo's Elemnt Roam will sup🔯ply the navigation while tracking Jones' data(Image credit: Dhani Jones)
Speaking exclusively to Cyclingnews, former NFL linebacker Dhani Jones enthused about his lifelong passion for cycling. How it led to the most unorthodox of cycle-comm💫utes in which he would ride his fixie to the stadium on game day - wading through the tens of thousands of fans - as a way to warm up; and how he finds himself "mesmerized" by the scenery when riding gravel.
That passion has led the former New York Giants, Philadelphia Eagles, New Orleans Saints and Cincinnati Bengals player to ride 150 to 200 miles per week in retirement, and to ride SBT GRVL - Steamboat Gravel - later this month. He will do so aboard his custom made Speedvagen frameset - a brand that features in our own guide to the 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:best steel road bikes - complete💟 with an Enve carbon fork, SRAM Red eTap AXS groupset and a host of components from Zipp.
Referring to his stature - at 1.85m and 107🍌kg - Jones describes himself as a Clydesdale on a bike, stating this as one of the motivators for going for a custom Speedvagen 🐼bike.
"Being a Clydesdale on a bike, knowing that they had the engineering and the tools where I wouldn't lose any power, the bi🐎ke would look good and perform beyond my imagination. It's lived up to all of that."
And the decision tꦦo choose Speedvagen over an𝐆other custom brand came through the bike's builder and founder of the Vanilla Workshop, Sacha White, who Jones describes as a "legend".
"I've been a fan of Sacha White♚ for a very long time. And when I heard about Spe🍸edvagen, I knew that that was going to be the next bike that I wanted customized."
Josh ꦅis Associate Editor of Cyclingnews – leading our content on the best bikes, kit and the latest breaking tech stories from the pro peloton. He has been with us since the summer 🌳of 2019 and throughout that time he's covered everything from buyer's guides and deals to the latest tech news and reviews.
On the bike, Josh has been riding and ꦬracing for over 15 years. He started out racing cross country in his teens back when 26-inch wheels and triple chainsets were still mainstream, but he found favour in road racing in his early 20s, racing at a local and national level for Somerset-based Team Tor 2000. Tꦫhese days he rides indoors for convenience and fitness, and outdoors for fun on road, gravel, 'cross and cross-country bikes, the latter usually with his two dogs in tow.
