Lucy Charles-Barclay’s New Cube
Lucy Charles-Barclay has at least two Cube tri bikes on the Island right now, and the one here is an Aerium C:68X prototype. This is the official one, and a little further down you'll see a pic or two of the other. This *official* one has one very big change from the first Cube tri bikes Lucy rode. It's got disc brakes.
This bike is Shimano-equipped with some exceptions. The power meter pedals are Wahoo Speedplay POWRLINK Zero, and the bike has been given the full CeramicSpeed OSPW Aero RD pulleys faired for full aero performance.
The wheels are DT Swiss and the tires are Schwalbe Pro One TT. This is the tire that Sebastian Kienle uses, among others. It's a skinwall tire, very fast, and needs sealant to keep the air from leaking out the sidewalls, which is typical of the fastest-rolling tires. This and the Vittorial Corsa Speed are the fastest tires in the race most likely, followed closely behind by the somewhat more durable Continential GP 5000 S TR (probably the tire more pros will use than any other). All these are tubeless. The pro field is by now almost entirely tubeless.
Lucy has what seems to me a pretty intricate hydration system, with a pair of siphons, one with a bite valve, for different hydration reservoirs. Unless I interpret what I see incorrectly.
Lucy was one of the first among the top triathletes to onboard the Speedbar. I don't know what aerobar system this is. The logo is Cube, so maybe it's Cube's own bar.
The other Lucy Cube I saw on the Island is in the CeramicSpeed booth, and I took a pic of the bar on that bike. If it's not an identical frame to the one Lucy will be riding it's pretty close.
But there are parts differences. The bike in the CeramicSpeed booth is a SRAM eTap AXS bike with Rotor Cranks, and it's got SwissSide Wheels. Both bikes have the CeramicSpeed pulley system.
It's a pretty bike. When she moved to Cube in early 2021 Lucy was a SRAM user, and is now obviously not a SRAM user. There was some question back in early 2021 whether she would continue to ride Speedplay pedals. As we see the answer is yes.
She's been riding the Schwalbe Pro One TTs for some time now. Lucy had a Speedbar on her Shiv Disc. This bar I don't recognize, but it's Speedbar-inspired.
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