Gallery: Thomas De Gendt’s Ridley Dean Fast

Gallery: Thomas De Gendt’s Ridley Dean Fast

A look at the Lotto-Soudal rider’s time trial machine for the Tour de Romandie prologue

Thomas De Gendt's Ridley Dean Fast

Josh Evans / Immediate Media

Josh Evans

Published: May 3, 2017 at 9:00 am
Thomas De Gendt's Ridley Dean Fast - Josh Evans / Immediate Media
De Gendt opted for 56/44T chainrings for the flat prologue course - Josh Evans / Immediate Media
The Ridley Dean Fast features a carbon cockpit that can be adjusted in width, stack and reach - Josh Evans / Immediate Media
De Gendt rode a de-stickered HED H3 front wheel - Josh Evans / Immediate Media
The front brake sits behind the fork to reduce air turbulance - Josh Evans / Immediate Media
The Lotto-Soudal team is equipped with Campagnolo Super Record EPS groupsets - Josh Evans / Immediate Media
The bike was equipped with Look Keo Blade pedals - Josh Evans / Immediate Media
The Dean Fast features a long, bladed seat tube - Josh Evans / Immediate Media
Thomas De Gendt rode an 11-27 tooth cassette - Josh Evans / Immediate Media
Thick padding on the forearms keeps things comfortable - Josh Evans / Immediate Media
The bike was paired with blacked-out LizardSkins handlebar tape - Josh Evans / Immediate Media
The computer mount is located on the handlebar extensions for easy visibility when in a race position - Josh Evans / Immediate Media
The wheels are paired with gumwall Vittoria tubular tyres - Josh Evans / Immediate Media
The curved seat tube doesn't leave much room for clearances - Josh Evans / Immediate Media
As with the front brake, the rear brake is located under the bottom bracket to reduce any drag - Josh Evans / Immediate Media
The 172.5mm cranks seem to be marked and could hit the rear brakes whilst pedalling - Josh Evans / Immediate Media
The only HED branding on the front wheel is the skewer - Josh Evans / Immediate Media
The bladed seat post offers a range of positions to fix the saddle - Josh Evans / Immediate Media
A closer look at the stack under the handlebar extensions and the wider placement holes - Josh Evans / Immediate Media

Thomas De Gendt rode into an underwhelming 119th place (out of 152 riders) at the Tour de Romandie prologue last week. Despite the performance, we thought it rude not to take a closer look at the Lotto-Soudal edition Ridley Dean Fast.

The Belgian time trial specific frameset is equipped with a full Campagnolo Super Record EPS groupset. To complement the aero frame and Italian groupset, a full rear disc Campagnolo Bora Ultra wheel sits at the back of the bike, while a de-stickered HED H3 front wheel is at the front end.

Despite Campagnolo making an 80mm Bora Ultra front wheel, many riders opt to race non-sponsored wheels for time trials for that extra marginal gain. Four of the top-ten placed riders in the Tour de Romandie prologue raced on non-sponsored wheels, with most of them de-stickering the components to save their sponsor’s blushes.

Thomas De Gendt rode an 11-27 tooth cassette - Josh Evans / Immediate Media

The flat prologue gave De Gendt the opportunity to ride a gear combination of 56/44 on the front and 11-27 on the rear. A low and flat cockpit setup was paired with all-black Lizard Skins handlebar tape.

Both the front and rear brake are positioned to stay out of the wind, to the rear of the forks and underneath the bottom bracket respectively.

The 172.5mm Campagnolo Super Record cranks are equipped with a SRM power meter and finished with a pair of Look Keo Blade pedals.

Full specifications

Critical measurements

  • Rider height: 1.77m / 5ft 8in
  • Rider weight: 69kg / 152lb
  • Saddle height, from bottom bracket (c-t): 745mm
  • Seat tube length (c-c): 516mm
  • Tip of saddle nose to centre of bars (at stem): 575mm
  • Head tube length: 97mm
  • Top tube length: 511mm

Complete bike specifications

  • Brake/gear levers: Campagnolo Super Record
  • Front derailleur: Campagnolo Super Record EPS
  • Rear derailleur: Campagnolo Super Record EPS
  • Cassette: Campagnolo Super Record, 11-27
  • Crankset: Campagnolo Super Record with SRM power meter, 56/44T chainrings, 172.5mm crank length
  • Rear wheel: Campagnolo Bora Ultra TT
  • Front wheel: HED H3, de-stickered
  • Tyres: Vittoria tubular
  • Handlebars/stem: Ridley Dean Fast full carbon integrated cockpit
  • Tape/grips: Lizard Skins
  • Pedals: Look Keo Blade carbon
  • Saddle: Selle Italia SLR Team Edition
  • Seatpost: Ridley Dean Fast Aero carbon
  • Computer: Not photographed (SRM PC-8)

Click or swipe through the gallery above to see more of De Gendt’s bike.

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