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Most athletes get to on the professional stage trip no matter their sponsor has them trip. Extra ceaselessly nonetheless, the paint scheme is dictated by the staff colorway. Each 4 years although (or 5 within the case of 2021), we get to see a particular colorway made particularly for the 2024 Olympic Video games.
Generally, the colours are made to characterize the rider’s house nation. Different occasions, it’s a possibility for a producer to strut their stuff with a restricted version bike. And within the case of 1 bike, it was even named after the Olympics (the Nishiki Olympic that’s in all probability hanging up in your uncle’s storage).
Beneath are a few of our favorites that we’ve noticed, some we count on to see on the males’s and ladies’s Olympic street races, and the way a lot a motorbike within the Olympics may cost. Need one for your self?
Canyon’s Mach874 bikes for the Metropolis of Lights
Canyon has been busy releasing its new Aeroad race bike, and the model is commemorating its use within the Olympics with a particular MACH874 paint theme. The title comes from the Olympics being in Paris, typically referred to as “The Metropolis of Gentle.” Canyon hopes its riders trip on the velocity of sunshine (1,078,553,020 km/hr or Mach 874,030) as they race for gold, and thus the Mach874 title was born.
There’s not only one colorway right here, however a number of. On the street aspect of issues, there are particular schemes for Hayden Wilde (New Zealand), Mathieu van der Poel (Netherlands), and Chloe Dygert (USA). All have a country-specific colorway, however the themes are all the identical.
Whereas Canyon gained’t provide this particular Aeroad on the market, a similarly-equipped Canyon Aeroad CFR prices $9,999. That makes it the least costly race bike right here. That’s until you depend the Brompton!
Cervélo
Wout van Aert spent his time driving to his Olympic bronze medal within the males’s time trial aboard the lately up to date Cervélo P5 time trial bike. And whereas the bike made waves for being arrange with twin disc wheels entrance and rear, it additionally has a lightweight blue flash on the fork. Moreover the camo look particulars of the Cervélo brand on the downtube, the bike is in a matte black, more likely to save weight.
Whereas we haven’t seen what the street bikes seem like fairly but, count on the likes of Jan Trantnik (Slovenia) and Van Aert (Belgium) to be on Cervélo street bikes made particularly for them within the street race.
Cervélo doesn’t promote the precise P5 time trial bike that Wout van Aert was driving. That stated, you’ll be able to decide up the SRAM Pink AXS construct the model has on sale for $13,500 USD. Swap the wheels for the twin discs right here, nonetheless, and you’ll count on so as to add a number of thousand {dollars} extra. That’s earlier than you contemplate the customized bar extension and the disc entrance wheel that Van Aert used.
Issue
Issue has launched a particular version model of its Ostro VAM street bike. Referred to as the Ostro VAM 1900 Version, it takes inspiration from the 1900 World’s Truthful held in Paris, Issue says. The concentric circles and arches are stated to characterize the shared focus and customary objective of Issue’s athletes, whereas the blurry outer edges are stated to invoke velocity.
Apparently, Derek Gee’s bike within the males’s particular person time trial wasn’t a customized paint scheme like this one. Moderately, he was aboard a Hanzo TT bike with a inventory paint scheme.
It’s price mentioning too that if you’d like this Olympic particular bike, it’s up for pre-order in restricted portions.
The special-edition Issue Ostro VAM street bike is obtainable on the market in restricted portions for $11,199 USD. And whereas Issue doesn’t promote the precise Hanzo TT bike that Derek Gee was driving, it has a SRAM Pink AXS construct accessible for $12,299. Add within the customized base bars that Gee has right here, and you’ll add hundreds — or tens of hundreds — of {dollars} to that finish value.
Orbea is impressed by mild
Basque bike model Orbea is kind of conversant in Olympic success, and the corporate is again for the 2024 Paris Olympics with three totally different bikes for its street and TT lineup, in addition to one other bike for the Olympic mountain bike race.
Like Canyon, Orbea took inspiration from Paris’ “Metropolis of Lights” nickname. Right here, nonetheless, Orbea is basing that mild across the rider, because the bicycle owner is the gas for the sunshine. That power is generated all through the trip, as seen by the metallic gold, cotton pink, and carbon clearcoat over the bike.
Orbea is among the few manufacturers with two street bikes entered. There’s the Orca street bike that will probably be ridden by the likes of Eri Yonamine (Japan) and Ereyu Tesfoam (Ethiopia) within the Ladies’s Highway Race. Eduardo Sepúlveda (Argentina) will race the Orca Aero within the males’s street race. The Urdu time trial bike will probably be ridden by Marta Lach (Poland) within the girls’s particular person time trial.
Whereas Orbea doesn’t have the Olympics version Orbea Orca Aero on the market, a top-spec Orbea Orca Aero with Shimano Dura-Ace Di2 prices $11,399 USD.
Pinarello
Pinarello isn’t any stranger to the Olympics, with wins on the 2021 Tokyo Olympics below Filippo Ganna and Richard Carapaz. For the 2024 Paris Olympics, Pinarello athletes are aboard a brand new model of the Bolide F TT time trial bike.
The brand new bikes function a fade paint scheme of Luxter Pink Gold up entrance and Luxter Blue out again, with every rider’s nationality on the seat tube. Moreover that, Pinarello claims a 2.28 p.c discount in drag by profiting from the UCI’s tube form requirement adjustments.
Filippo Ganna was aboard the Bolide F TT on the males’s particular person time trial, whereas the likes of Tobias Foss and Magnus Sheffield will probably be aboard the Dogma F within the males’s street race.
Pricing will depend on the construct. A Pinarello Bolide F TT body, fork, headset, and base bar begins at roughly €14,000. Add within the Princeton Carbon Works wheels and customized base bars, and we guess this bike prices in extra of €30,000, a bit of bit greater than Tadej Pogačar’s time trial bike.
Specialised
As we lately coated, Specialised launched its Ahead 50 assortment simply in time for the Olympics. Remco Evenepoel gained utilizing a Ahead 50 painted Shiv TT bike, however count on to see the Ahead 50 bikes within the peloton on the Olympic males’s street race as effectively.
The Specialised Tarmac SL8 Ahead 50 Version Bike was provided late final month at $16,500 USD/€16,500/£14,500/$24,900 AUD.
Brompton
As a lot as we’d like to see it occur, you’re not going to see a Brompton in an Olympic occasion. That hasn’t stopped Brompton from releasing a commemorative bike plated in gold, in addition to a Paris version–particular bike to match.
The gold-plated Brompton C-Line bikes come courtesy of a collaboration with Mappin & Webb in help of Group Nice Britain on the Olympics. The bikes obtain hand-done engravings, and gold-plated decals, collectively an equal of practically 24-carats of yellow gold. Two bikes have been made, and so they’ll be auctioned off after the Olympics to help the British Olympic Basis.
Is gold too wealthy on your blood? Brompton additionally has a Paris Version bike that will get a paint scheme to commemorate the Olympics. Simply 1,000 of those bikes will probably be accessible, as you’d count on.
Whereas the worth of the gold-plated Brompton will probably be depending on the ultimate bid value, you should buy your personal Paris Version Brompton for $3,400. Appears like a discount in comparison with the opposite bikes on this checklist.
