The seatpost is from British brand Mt Zoom that makes lightweight components mostly for XC mountain bike racing and weighs around 150g, according to Boooker. "The Vittoria Corsa Speed tubs are only 23mm and I put 110psi in them, which was a bit too much because they were skipping about all over the place." Mt Zoom seatpost and unpadded carbon saddle I saw them there at the back of the shop and said to the manager, do you mind if I have those wheels and he just said ‘yeah’.
"I used to work in a bike shop in Chesterfield and those wheels were ridden by a guy called Danny Featherstone, who did a 1-22 on Monsal. "The wheels are top of the range DT Swiss, 1,100 grams," says Booker. The data is there to show oval works but not everyone is convinced."īooker is using a pair of well used Garmin Vector 2 power meter pedals, which are there to analyse the data afterwards rather than to look at during the ride, he explains. "When you’re on a 16 or 17 per cent gradient and you’re at that weakest point in the pedal stroke it takes the dead spot away, so I do find it helps for climbing.Ī lot of people run 1x narrow-wide chainrings to save weight and oval is relatively rare. "I find oval smooths it out a bit more especially when you’re pushing hard in those bigger gears. "I'm running a SRAM Force carbon chainset and a Superstar Raptor oval chainring," says Booker. The record still stands at 1-14.2, set by Malcolm Elliott in 1981. but I've won three out of the four hill-climbs I've done this year and I'm happy with that and surprised to win at Monsal."īooker, who lives near the Bakewell climb, finished third in 2018 and fourth last year.
"No, I'm a bit heavy for that - it's a mile of 12 per cent average and I'm more of a short-stint rider," says Booker, who weighs "73 or 74 kilos. it's all I need."Īre we likely to see this bike at the National Hill Climb Championship on The Old Shoe near Llangollen, North Wales on October 30? The mish-mash of components can only loosely be described as a groupset - Booker has simply gone with whatever keeps the weight as low as possible and allows him to put a race-winning amount of power through the Garmin Vector 3 pedals (opens in new tab) without the bike falling apart.Īlthough he recorded an impressive 679 watts for the 'official' 0.29-mile Strava (opens in new tab)segment, which took him 1-08 (though his official race-winning time was 1-19.4), Booker, who is local and has ridden the course many times, says that sounded low and he’d normally expect around 800, putting the anomaly down to a probable dropout.Īs for the ride quality, Booker says it's surprisingly good: "Stiff, responsive. Further weight savings come via a 1x setup - the SRAM Force carbon chainset with an aftermarket 36t Superstar (opens in new tab)Raptor oval chainring that Booker says smooths out the dead spots on very steep gradients.
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