Killian Callaghan won the U21 EWS World Championships back in 2017 and proved that he has what it takes to race with some of the best in the world. Fast forward to 2019 and Callaghan is in the elite field with a fresh new Enduro 29 that hopefully should propel him to some good finishes this season.
One of a few fresh new faces on Specialized's EWS team, Killian is Greg Callaghan's cousin, and is off to a solid start in carrying the racing success down the line in the family.
Killian is 6' tall and weighs about 190 pounds. He rides a size large bike and is working on making the transition from working on his own bikes out of the back of his van to having Specialized's Patty Young and a full support crew this season.
Check out some of the details of his bike set up along with photos below.
Killian is running a a SRAM Eagle 12-speed drivetrain with a 34 tooth chain ring.
Ohlins smoothing out the rough.
Killian is on 2.3" Specialzed Butcher tires with a CushCore in the back. 23psi up front and 30psi in the rear.
There's a little bit of grip tape on each of the paddle shifters. A quicklink taped to the dropper cable just in case.
Magura MT7 Raceline brakes with the HC-3 levers.
In the SWAT box is a tube, CO2, gear cable, tape, and a spare hanger.
Renthal carbon bars with a 40mm rise cut to 780mm wide. 50mm stem.
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There was a great wheel building book I was trying to find which show this much better than I can explain
But! Everyone has a theory like most wheel manufactures so who rely knows, but they the wheel is built on this bike is how it build every wheel I’ve made
But this rotor is on the wrong way, that’s for sure!!
To try the theory out, push a broomstick against a wall holding it at an angle from the floor. When compressing the broomstick what direction does the tip want to go?