New FSA wireless groupset debuts at Tour de France
Lemoine and Coquard use new electro꧙nic components on the stage to Finhaut🍸-Emosson
The much awaited 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:FSA groupset has made its debut at the 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Tour de France, with Cofidis rider 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Cyril Lemoine and 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Direct Energie sprinter 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Bryan Coquard using the electronic components during Wednesday's 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:seventeenth stage from Berne to Finhaut-Emosson.
Cyclingnews captured this gallery of photographs at the start of the stage and spoke to 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Bora Argon 18 mechanic Risto Usin. He has built-up a team bike with the new FSA groupset which will be used by 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Shane Archbold during Thursday's mountain time trial stage.
Usin revealed that the so far unnamed FSA groupset is partially wireless, with the front and rear gears connected to a single battery hidden in the fr🍒ame. This dಌifferentiates the FSA groupset from SRAM e-Tap, which is fully wireless and has detachable batteries on both the front and rear gear.
The gear changers are positioned on the inside of the brake lever, with two-way rocker switches that handle up and downshifts (right lever for the rear derailleur, left lever for the front). It seems FSA will offer the levers in two different sizes. "We started using a new groupset a few days ago. The guys had their first ride with it and it was working well. Tomorrow Shane Archbold will start with it in the time trial," Usin told Cyclingnews.
"The battery is connected with cables to the rear and front derailleur. The brake levers and shifting with the levers is wireless. You don't have, like with the Shiman🌃o, all the ju♏nctions, so everything is basically integrated. They have two different types of levers. Smaller levers for the smaller guys so that they are closer to the handlebar than the normal levers."
FSA has been a long-standing component maker but will now go head to head with the likes of Shimano, Campagnolo and Sram thanks to its new groupset. A prototype FSA groupset 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:was first revealed on the second rest day of the 2015 Tour de France and fitted to Michal Kwiatk༒owski's spare bike when he was rid𒅌ing for the Etixx-QuickStep team. Another similar prototype was fitted to an Astana team bike but neither were used in the race.
Cyclingnews understands the Tour de France will act as a test for the groupset before an official presentation later in theꦿ summer.
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