Bike Check: Pauline Ferrand Prevot's Custom Rainbow Stripes Canyon Lux
Pauline Ferrand Prevot has so many rainbow jerseys she can probably wear them to bed as pajamas. During the 2015 season, at just 23 years old she became the first person in the history of cycling to simultaneously hold the world road, cyclocross, and cross-country titles. In 2020, she's currently the XCO and mountain bike marathon world champion, so Canyon decided to create her a bike to match her impressive palmares.
The bike is decorated in rainbow stripes and lists some of her cycling achievements on the top tube. Not to be outdone, Pauline's component sponsors, including Duke Wheels and Ergon, have added some further rainbow flourishes to make a ride fit for this illustrious racer. She's already ridden the bike to two short track second places and a third place in the Nove Mesto XCO race. She'll be aiming for the top spot on Sunday before she takes the bike to Leogang to defend her title next week. Let's take a look through her set up.
The bike is decorated in rainbow stripes and lists some of her cycling achievements on the top tube. Not to be outdone, Pauline's component sponsors, including Duke Wheels and Ergon, have added some further rainbow flourishes to make a ride fit for this illustrious racer. She's already ridden the bike to two short track second places and a third place in the Nove Mesto XCO race. She'll be aiming for the top spot on Sunday before she takes the bike to Leogang to defend her title next week. Let's take a look through her set up.
Rider Name // Pauline Ferrand Prevot
Age: 28
Hometown: Reims
Height: 1.63 m / 5'4"
Weight: 53kg / 117 lb
Instagram: @paulineferrandprevot
Age: 28
Hometown: Reims
Height: 1.63 m / 5'4"
Weight: 53kg / 117 lb
Instagram: @paulineferrandprevot
Canyon Lux Details
Frame: Canyon Lux
Shock: RockShox Sid Luxe Ultimate, 67 psi
Fork: RockShox Sid SL, 68 psi
Wheels: Duke Lucky Jack
Tires: Schwalbe Racing Ray front, Schwalbe Racing Ralph rear, both 2.25"
Drivetrain: SRAM Eagle XX1 AXS, 10-50t, 32t front
Brakes: SRAM Level Ultimate
Cockpit: 700mm bar, 70mm stem, -6° rise
Size: Small
More info: canyon.com
Frame: Canyon Lux
Shock: RockShox Sid Luxe Ultimate, 67 psi
Fork: RockShox Sid SL, 68 psi
Wheels: Duke Lucky Jack
Tires: Schwalbe Racing Ray front, Schwalbe Racing Ralph rear, both 2.25"
Drivetrain: SRAM Eagle XX1 AXS, 10-50t, 32t front
Brakes: SRAM Level Ultimate
Cockpit: 700mm bar, 70mm stem, -6° rise
Size: Small
More info: canyon.com
This RockShox SID shock provides 100mm of travel for Prevot. It's pressured to 68 psi.
It's matched with the SL version of the SID fork that's set up with 4 tokens and 67psi.
Mudguards are a rare sight on XC bikes, but when conditions are as bad as they were in the Short Tack on Tuesday, the weight penalty is a necessary evil.
We've seen some racers on prototype Thunder Burt tires this weekend but Pauline stuck with the Racing Ray and Ralph combo to deal with the mulchy conditions in Nove Mesto. She runs both in 2.25" width.
The rubber is mounted on 29" Duke Lucky Jack wheels with stickers to match the rest of the frame.
Prevost runs a full Eagle XX1 AXS groupset to help her power up the climbs. Up front, she's running a 32t BlackBox Power Meter Chainring.
In the rear she sticks with the standard 10-50t cassette; there's no 52T extender needed despite the sharp climbs in the Czech Republic.
Just 100mm of travel is enough on this AXS dropper. Pauline keeps the same set up for most of the year and the thing she changes most is the seat angle depending on the gradient of the track.
We've seen a few modified AXS paddles recently but PFP sticks with the standard pentagon. She's also running a grip shift lockout.
She runs a fairly wide (for XC) 700mm bar that's matched to a 70mm stem with -6-degree rise.
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I'd like some arinbow flourishes...
There's two separate spelling/grammar errors in the first section as well. Any chance Pinkbike hires freelance proofing editors?
There also seems to be an error here - "Duke Lucky Jack wheels with stickers to match the rest of the frame". I think that was supposed to say "clash absolutely horrifically". Do the people at Duke not have eyes?