Roompot to race on disc brakes throughout 2016 season
Dutch team equipped with SRAM 🅠HydroR brakes and Isaac frames






The 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Roompot-Oranje Peloton team has confirmed to Cyclingnews that all its riders will use disc brakes during the 2016 season as part of their sponsorship deal with bike brand Isaac and component maker SRAM. The team is set to use disc brakes at next week's Volta a la🌠 Comunitat Valenciana in Spain after spending time getting used to the new technology at their January training camp in Calpe, Spain.
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The Dutch Professional Continental squad is the first major team to take advantage of the 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:UCI's decision to allow the new 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:brake technology to be used in the 2016 professional peloton as part of final trials. If this wider phase of testing is a success, disc brakes will officially become legal across the sport from 2017.
"A shorter braking distance in ༺the rain, better [braking] dosage downhill and never distorted wheels from overheating. When riders from other teams begin to see the plusses, I think they will soon follow us. As a team we are now in favour [of disc brakes]," said the Roompot technical manager Henk Schipper.
Roompot faced a race against time to get the new bikes ready for all the team to race on them at the same time, with Isaac providing new frames specifically designed for disc brakes. The special Isaac Element SL frames are designed for thru-axle hubs and whee🐲ls, which are provided by FFWD. SRAM provides the HydroR disc brake set-up. The team even had to adapt its roof racks on team cars to accommodate the disc brake-equi🌄pped bikes.
"We had to do a lot of work in a short time. A gradual transition to rim brake disc is not practical to do because you will end up with different bike frames and wheels. Also bicycl🧔e manufacturer Isaac has put everything in order to provide the customized Element SL frames in time," Schipper explained.
"On top of that, the storage systems in the team trucks and roof racks on the Peugeot team cars had to be adjusted. Thanks to a great effort from our p🍸artners involved it is all pretty successfull🅰y on time."
Roompot-Oranje Peloton failed to secure a wild card invitation to the Giro d'Italia but is set to use disc brakes in other early-season races and the Tour of Flanders, the Amstel Gold Race and ൩Liège-Bastogne-Li&ꦚegrave;ge.
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