Planet X Bikes April 2013

No.02 | APRIL 2013

road // tri // mountain // cross // urban

NEW BIKES THE BRAND NEW RT58 SPORTIVE BIKE IS HERE. BE WARNED: YOU WILL WANT ONE

TIME TRIAL

TIPS, TRICKS & BIKE UPGRADES TO HELP YOU GO FASTER THIS YEAR

TAIWAN

BRANT & DAVE’S TRIP EAST

BIKES INSIDE > BRAND NEW RT58 SPORTIVE > SCANDAL TRAIL 29ER > EXOCET 2 > SAB CLASSICO > PRO CARBON > RT57 RACE > LURCHER 29ER

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TEAM NEWS

INSIDE THIS ISSUE

Planet X Bikes have again confirmed our support and commitment to the fast growing Italian granfondo scene. A couple of weeks ago Team VVF-Planet X was presented to the press and public in the picturesque surroundings of Sestri Levante on the Italian, Ligurian coast.

Our own Jamie Burrow heads up the Italian team, and despite an unfortunate training accident which will delay his season start, Jamie looks to lead team VVF and Planet X bikes into another successful year on the road.

P2 FEATURE: TAIWAN

Read Jamie’s account in the Team News section of our website, along with updates from all our sponsored riders... www.planet-x-bikes.co.uk/news/teamsand-riders

STOP THE PRESS...

Our new range of N2A bikes is so new it hasn’t even made it into these pages... So if you want to take a closer look at one of the fastest & lightest bikes we’ve ever made, get onto the website!

The new Planet X N2A is the most serious technical road bike we’ve ever produced- a competition level advanced aero carbon machine that takes key performance meters like stiffness, power transfer and aerodynamics to new levels of achievement. The N2A is a pure symbol of our dedication to pushing the boundaries of speed ever forwards. And it’s available to buy now from just £1999.99...

Brant gives us the lowdown on the world’s biggest bike show in Taipei, Taiwan.

P3 FEATURE: RT58 SPORTIVE

The long awaited and keenly anticipated new RT58 Sportive bike is now available to buy. We take a closer look.

P6 SCANDAL TRAIL 29ER P7 EXOCET 2 P8 SAB CLASSICO P9 PRO CARBON P10 RT57 RACE P11 LURCHER 29ER P12 THE KNOWLEDGE: TIME TRIAL

Hints & tips on how to go faster, a range of accessories to improve your bike & insight from a pro rider.

P14 WHEELSETS P15 PEDALS P16 ROCKSHOX P17 ON-ONE FRAMES P18 HELMETS & GLASSES P19 TRAVEL & LUGGAGE P20 CLOTHING P22 VINTAGE, RETRO & CLASSIC

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TAIWAN We never stop. There’s always some way to make things better, a new product that we can get on, test, order, package, ship and get to you. It’s what Planet X have been striving to do all the years we’ve been around, and we’re still at it.

According to the production schedules for this magazine then, you’ll be reading this just after we’ve been to Taiwan to see what the Far Eastern manufacturers have to offer this year. Dave (Planet X’s founder) and I have been regulars there for many years, as we play “hunt the supplier” and “find the new thing” in the aisles of the huge convention centre just outside Taipei in Taiwan.

Taiwan is one of my favourite places on earth. The flights are long, the jet lag is crazy, but the food is good and the people are brilliant. Taiwan has an awesome cando attitude which can sometimes steam roller you into thinking that anything is possible - though experience has proved that’s not always the case. The streets are rammed with crazy scooters, shonky trucks, gorgeous Mercedes with blacked out windows and sunshine. Well, except when it rains.

The trade show we’re heading to is held at the Nangang Exhibition centre, served by a cool, calm, efficient and affordable metro system, a little bit out of town. We’ll meet with suppliers who are making is us product currently and discuss issues and ideas that we’ve had since we met them in November. We’ll peer at other peoples things and get ideas, we’ll find sparkly new companies to do business with new products we like the idea of, and work on modifications and redesigns to get those things to market fast.

That’s what we do here. Move quickly.

Whether it’s working with an existing supplier on redesigning a product and keeping it updated and current, or finding a new supplier with a cool core idea that we can modify to make it our own.

We’ll be jostling shoulders with staff from all the major players, with friends we shout “hi” to across the aisle from all the big brands. Todd from GT, Joe from Scott, Neil from… yeah, everyone’s there.

It’s not just about the bikes and shiny product either. We’ve meetings with paint companies. Sticker companies. Box companies. You try and avoid the hecklers, the crazy stuff, the glove suppliers that try to draw you in with products just the same as the other three stands in the aisle next to them.

Anyhow. By the time you’ll read this, we’ll be back, and I’ll have written something about it in my blog section on the website.

Stay tuned… it’s the best place to keep up to date on what’s going on with our new secret stuff.

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NEW BIKE

RT58S We’ve had a combination of racing and recreation at Planet X for many years.

Seasoned Pro riders and enthusiasts work and ride for us and all of them add different things to the mix. It became clear well over three years ago that in order to bring the best to our customers we needed to be able to offer bikes specced and designed for all levels of ability, and that carbon fibre and £1000 plus price tags didn’t have to mean tall gearing, razor blade saddles and pain.

Of course we’ve had the other side of the road bike spectrum too. Planet X founder, Dave Loughran can not be separated from his eight year old “blue dragon” Kaffenback frame, and it was wanting to bring something lighter and yet still high speed performance based that brought our design team together about 18 months ago.

Head Mechanic and six times winner of

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The RT58S is a brand new model for us. Launched in the last few weeks with a contemporary parts pick to make it one of the most appealing and fastest selling bikes in our range, here’s the story behind its development.

Tour Of The Peak, Mark Lovatt, and Chief Designer Brant Richards began to write a hit list of key pointers our new bike should have. We’d already been offering compact chainsets on our bikes, and of course

A BIKE THAT’S WITHIN A FRACTION OF A FULL RACE MODEL IN TERMS OF ALL OUT SPEED, BUT WITH THE MANNERS AND COMFORT THAT EVERY RIDER WILL ENJOY allowing customers to specify stem length, bar width and saddle type too. But what we wanted was more than that. More than just a setup option on a standard frame. Our N2a frame was a brilliant fast road race

bike. Capable of mixing it with the best, but even though it offered a superb ride, we wanted a geometry and frame construction that put comfort alongside performance.

The geometry wasn’t hard to nail down, but also alongside what we did want, we knew what we didn’t. Long headtubes were firmly on the “no” list, as we knew that we could achieve a shallower drop to the stem with a touch lower bottom bracket, also improving high speed stability and easing mounting and dismounting. Chainstays were lengthened to further increase stability and to allow good sized tyres, lightweight mudguard fitting. Top tube length was slimmed back a little to stop a full on racer stretch and maintain weight distribution fore/aft.

A standard seatpost fitting would allow riders with the funds to run a comfortable

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OUR BRAND NEW PERFORMANCE SPORTIVE FRAME. SPECIFICALLY DESIGNED FOR RIDERS WANTING PERFORMANCE BUT WITH SUPER LONG DAY COMFORT.

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FRAME Toray T700/T800 Carbon FORKS Toray T700/T800 Carbon WHEELS Planet X AL30 700c BRAKES SRAM Force CHAINSET SRAM S950 Carbon FRONT MECH SRAM Force REAR MECH SRAM Force WEIGHT 7.2kg / 15.9lb (approx) SIZES 50cm, 52cm, 54cm, 56cm, 58cm COLOURS Matt Black

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Sportive/Fast Road geometry Internal cabling Tapered headtube Sub 1kg frame weight Force groupset Upgrade to SRAM Red or Carbon Clinchers 52cm Bike Weighs only 7.2Kg / 15.9lb

carbon seatpost. The head tube length mated perfectly with our Strada bars. It was all coming together.

Our first sample arrived. Always exciting.

Mark’s test spec is based around a classic 53/39 crankset and 11-26 cassette. Not what we had in mind for production but it’s his baseline setup to let him get a feel for where it is. Standard AL30 wheels were fitted initially, then later a prototype development testbed pair of carbon spoked hoops.

Initial reports were very favourable.

The frame, ironically called the RT58 (though it shares nothing of that frame’s background, has a different factory, it was just the project name) was passed around the test panel. Triathletes loved it for its easy handling allowing you to concentrate on eating and eating up the miles. Hairy

legged mountain bikers loved it. Less extreme than our other performance models some of our team barely dallied in the dirt during the RT58 test time. It did time trials. It did the Bradley Wiggins Sportive. It was trained on. It rode to the Christmas Party and back.

A super subtle decal pack got approval from everyone, perhaps a reaction to our last “best looking” bike, the flowered Guru schemed N2a.

Bench testing of stiffness showed excellent performance and we dispatched our carbon engineers to the factory to ensure layup methods were held precisely to our liking, modifying methods and testing and checking construction along the way.

With the frame ordered and in process we put together the component orders

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we needed to make it come together as a complete bike. Our carbon seatpost.

SRAM’s S900 chainset with modern 52/36 chainring sizes to allow the rest of us to enjoy ride with a touch less effort than Lovatt.

First production was checked and qc’d and the batch released for finishing. And they are here.

It’s a genuine new area and new model for us. A bike that’s within a fraction of a full race model in terms of all out speed, but with the manners and comfort that every rider will enjoy. The RT58S is in stock now and well worth a look whatever style of rider you are.

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NEW BIKE

SCANDAL TRAIL 29ER SRAM X5 MOUNTAIN BIKE

FROM £799.99

FRAME On-One Scandal 29er Swap-out v.2 FORKS Rockshox Recon Silver TK SoloAir 100mm 29er WHEELS On-One Reet’ard Trail 29” BRAKES Avid Elixir 1 Disc Brake CHAINSET Truvativ FireX 3.0 9 Speed FRONT MECH SRAM X7 REAR MECH SRAM X5 WEIGHT 13.3kg / 29.4lb (approx) SIZES 16”, 18”, 19.5”, 21” COLOURS Super Raw, Anodized Black

Brand new for spring 2013, Scandal 29er Trail builds on the award winning successes of it’s legendary predecessors, in a perfectly balanced package featuring swap-outs, tapered head tube, Rockshox Recon Air forks and SRAM X5 components.

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SIZES 16”, 18”, 19.5”, 21” COLOURS Super Raw, Anodized Black

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This amazing value 29in wheeled trail bike is packed with features that make it perfect for anyone to hit the trails and trail-centres with. Beginner or expert, nobody is going to be sold short with this feature packed model, which comes in at an amazing price thanks to our factory direct business model.

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Best specced hardtail at this price 7046 triple butted alu frame Truvativ finishing kit SRAM X5 3x9 groupset

“FEELS UNSTOPPABLE. ONCE THOSE WHEELS GET SPINNING, IT FEELS LIKE IT WILL JUST KEEP GATHERING MOMENTUM AND ROLL OVER ANYTHING.” YeahYeahYeah Blogspot Review

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TIMETRIAL BIKE

92% “THE STRAIGHT-LINE SPEED ON THE FLAT IS STAGGERING WITH THE WHEELS THUMPING THROUGH THE AIR” 220 Triathlon magazine

EXOCET 2

SRAM RED / VISION TIME TRIAL BIKE

Ryan Mullen pilots his Exocet 2 to victory in the 2012 Chrono des Nations in Vendee, France.

FROM £2999.99

FRAME Planet X Exocet 2 Carbon FORKS Planet X Exocet 2 Carbon WHEELS Vision Metron 90 VT-890 BRAKES Planet X Ultra-light CNC CHAINSET FSA SL-K Light Carbon BB30 FRONT MECH SRAM Red REAR MECH SRAM Red FRAME & FORK WEIGHT 2209g (approx) SIZES Small, Medium, Large, X-Large COLOURS White Silver, Black, Guru Blue

For time-trialists and triathletes, the Exocet 2 is the quickest bike we’ve ever made. If you can’t go fast on this you might as well take up flower-arranging. It’s the ultimate tri bike for pro level riders or top age group participants wanting the very best off the peg. Only Planet X can offer you a complete race-ready package for less than some manufacturers charge for a frame alone!

We’ve loaded our best frame with the best group set and finished it with the awesome Vision package from FSA, giving you the amazing FSA Trimax Carbon Slope aero bar system with carbon Vision carbon brake levers, the awesome FSA Vision Metron 90 VT-890 Wheelset, FSA’s BB30 spec SLK crankset, topped out with a Prologo Nago Evo Tri40 Saddle. It’s true pro level kit at an incredible price. SRAM Red of course is the choice from front and rear shifting.

Harry Wiltshire racing an Exocet 2 during a triathlon at Wimblehall.

FRAME ONLY OPTION

The Exocet 2 carries on the Exocet’s winning design and adds improved cable routing for better aerodynamics and ease of maintenance, and even more refinements in areas like tyre clearance and seat clamping. You can now use 23mm tyres for comfort on long courses.

Like our N2a road race frame, the Exocet 2 was designed in collaboration with renowned Italian bike designer Roberto Billato, a frame-builder and carbon fibre specialist with over 30 years’ experience. Roberto’s Unrivalled knowledge of carbon fibre design and construction means you can depend on the Exocet 2 to get you to the finish line fast for years to come.

SIZES Small, Medium, Large, X-Large COLOURS White Silver, Black, Guru Blue

FROM £899.99

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NEW BIKE

As with many Italian cycling manufacturers, SAB bikes were born from a traditional cycling family, with a long history of success. Firstly as racing cyclists, and secondly putting their years of experience back into the industry through their top end racing bikes.

SAB were founded in 1990 by Mario Vicini ( Jnr), son of Italian cycling legend Mario Vicini.

CLASSICO SRAM RIVAL SE ROAD BIKE

FROM £999.99

FRAME Sab Classico Aluminium FORKS Columbus Carve Carbon WHEELS FSA RD-60 Clincher BRAKES Tektro R320 Calliper CHAINSET FSA Gossamer Compact BB386 EVO FRONT MECH SRAM Rival REAR MECH SRAM Rival WEIGHT 8.5kg / 18.7lb (approx) SIZES 50cm, 52cm, 55cm, 58cm, 60cm COLOURS Bianchi Green, Blue, Orange, Red

Classico is SAB’s new vintage inspired cutting edge 7005 Italian finished alloy road frame with a full 3k high modulus carbon back end. This bike features top level kit and a SRAM Rival groupset. Plus it’s available in a range of retro colours...

The newest and current favourite bike of former pro and Planet X head mechanic Mark Lovatt handles very well indeed. Offering just what you need in terms of stiffness and power transfer without sacrificing all day long comfort, the Classico is something like a carbon upgrade for our own legendary Team Alu. It’s a true race bike in a designer street wise retro livery- fast, durable and above all just “perfect” to ride.

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SIZES 50cm, 52cm, 55cm, 58cm, 60cm COLOURS Bianchi Green, Blue, Orange, Red

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But it takes more than a great frame to make a great bike, and the Classico SRAM Rival specification has been carefully hand picked to offer quality, high performance components that compliment the frame and make it a true winner- totally fit for purpose.

Super versatile- fast, comfortable, durable and a real head turner to boot, the Italian made Classico ticks all the boxes.

Born on the 21st February 1913, in Cesena Italy (Also home town of the late Marco Pantani). Mario was a successful professional from 1935 - 1953, with career highlights including, 2nd overall 1937 Tour de France, Stage winner and pink jersey in the 1938 Giro d’Italia, 1939 Italian National Champion and back to back stages in the 1940 Giro d’Italia, on his way to 4th overall.

Vicini’s first involvement in the bicycle industry was as a partner in local Italian brand B.M.C, before creating SAB bikes with his son in 1990.

SAB became popular across Italy for their bespoke service, providing teams and individuals with custom built and hand finished bikes, as well as industry standard mass produced models.

In 2001 SAB took its first step into the professional ranks, supporting division 2 Italian team, Amore & Vita - Beretta.

This partnership continued until 2005, when SAB took a further step forward, sponsoring Francesco Casegrande’s Giro d’Italia team, Naturino - sapori di mare.

Sab is now in safe hands, as part of the Planet X family, with plans for new models, better distribution and a rebirth into the echelons of high level performance cycling.

Long live Sab!

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ROAD BIKE

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PRO CARBON SRAM RIVAL ROAD BIKE

FROM £999.99

FRAME Planet X Pro Carbon FORKS Planet X Pro Carbon WHEELS FSA RD-60 Clincher BRAKES SRAM Road Brake CHAINSET FSA Gossamer Compact BB386 EVO FRONT MECH SRAM Rival REAR MECH SRAM Rival WEIGHT 7.7kg / 16lb (approx) SIZES Small, Medium, Large, X-Large COLOURS Black, Fineline, Pink, Red, White, Guru Blue

Without a doubt, the best value full carbon road bike you can get for under a grand.

We can offer what nobody else can. A full carbon frame and fork, SRAM Rival drivetrain.

The Planet X SL Pro Carbon is the perfect do-it-all Carbon road bike; light enough to take the fear out of any sportive climb yet stiff enough to make sure you finish at the front of the final sprint. A frame set developed by us and refined over the last five years gives performance that far exceeds the alloy frame offerings from other manufacturers at this price point.

“PLANET X HAS PULLED A RABBIT OUT OF THE HAT HERE; A HUGELY COMFORTABLE FRAMESET WITH A BUILD YOU’D EXPECT TO FIND AT TWICE THE PRICE.” 220 Triathlon magazine

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Whatever your discipline, from Sportive, training, Triathlon, this bike will not let you down whether it’s race day or big ride day. The Pro Carbon is the ideal introduction to carbon road bikes and the Pro Carbon SRAM Rival will see you proud for years...

All Planet X bikes are hand assembled in our Sheffield HQ by trained Cytech qualified staff, checked over by our head mechanic, former leading UK road Pro Mark Lovatt, then carefully packaged and dispatched to you in a custom made bike packing system.

The best selling Cyclescheme bike in the country, the Pro Carbon Rival with it’s new 2013 Fineline finish gives high performance at an incredibly accessible price.

SIZES Small, Medium, Large, X-Large COLOURS Black, Fineline, Pink, Red, White, Guru Blue

• SRAM Rival drivetrain for performance and value • Comfortable and Light Full Carbon Frame & Fork • The best £1000 bike you can buy

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ROAD BIKE

RT57 RACE

FULLY CUSTOMISABLE ROAD BIKE

“THE RT57 IS REMARKABLE VALUE FOR MONEY...

FAR AND AWAY THE BEST EQUIPPED BIKE IN THE BIKE OF THE YEAR TEST” FROM £1299.99

Warren Rossiter, Bikeradar & Cycling Plus magazine

FRAME Planet X RT57 Carbon FORKS Planet X RT57 Carbon WHEELS FSA RD-60 Clincher BRAKES SRAM Road Brake CHAINSET FSA Gossamer BB386 EVO FRONT MECH SRAM Force REAR MECH SRAM Force WEIGHT 7.7kg / 16lb (approx) SIZES XX-Small, X-Small, Small, Medium, Large, X-Large COLOURS Matt Black / Red, White / Red, Fluoro Yellow / Green

With a brand new fully customisable spec for 2013, the RT57 Race helps you go FAST. Choose from SRAM Force or SRAM Red with other options too. It’s all here.

Constructed from Mitsubishi high-modulus carbon fibre, the RT-57 features a tapered steerer tube and wide, large-bearing BB30 bottom bracket. The tapered steerer stiffens up the whole front end of the bike, improving handling at speed and through corners.

It also makes for a larger down tube and the BB30 bottom bracket helps at the other end too, improving the torsional rigidity of the frame and increasing its stiffness against pedalling.

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The base groupset on this model is SRAM’s Force, matched to FSA’s quality Gossamer crankset. This gives superb performance, but for increased drivetrain efficiency, better shifting and lighter weight, there’s the FSA SL-K Light crankset as an upgrade option.

Upgrade the brakes from the standard high performance dual pivot SRAM models, to either Force or SRAM Red spec - the choice of champions.

We offer you the option to upgrade other aspects of the drivetrain too. SRAM Red is available to spec out your mechs and shifters, even the cassette and chain choice is customisable.

With the quality FSA RD-60 wheels as standard, we’ve also got higher performance clincher offerings to allow you to go faster with less effort.

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SIZES XX-Small, X-Small, Small, Medium, Large, X-Large COLOURS Matt Black / Red, White / Red, Fluoro Yellow / Green

FROM £599.99

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MOUNTAIN BIKE

LURCHER 29ER SRAM X9 MOUNTAIN BIKE

FROM £1299.99

FRAME On-One Lurcher Carbon FORKS Rockshox Recon Gold 15mm Solo Air TK WHEELS On-One Reet’ard Trail 29” BRAKES Avid Elixir 5 hydraulic disc brakes CHAINSET SRAM S1000 FRONT MECH SRAM X9 REAR MECH SRAM X9 WEIGHT 12.2kg / 26.8lb (approx) SIZES 16”, 18”, 19.5”, 21” COLOURS Matt Black

Packed with performance components, assembled onto our own design high modulus carbon fibre frameset.

IT’S A LEAGUE APART AND WILL SHOW YOU WHAT IT’S WORTH ON THE TRAIL.

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The Lurcher is a superb handling fast riding trail tough 29er.

SRAM provide the groupset with their awesome X9 10spd componentry, giving faster shifting and better gear options than the old 9spd groupsets. Huge 36t rear cassette gives wall climbing potential when matched to the 26t front sprocket, and the 39/11 top gear coupled to the 29in wheels let you crack on when the trail’s flat.

Rock Shox Recon Gold fork is toughened and stiffened with a 15mm through axle, securely locking the X9 hubbed front wheel into place. Smorgasbord tyres, designed by us at on-one to work in grotty UK conditions, but roll fast on harder ground.

The Lurcher is a superb handling fast riding trail tough 29er. It’s Swapout Dropouts let you modify the frame to run singlespeed or hub gears. Coming in four sizes - 16in, 18in, 19.5in and 21in, the bikes are available in a size to suit you.

When other brands can only offer you lower specced aluminium frame bikes at this price point, why not step up for the great leap forward with our highly specced carbon fibre model. It’s a league apart and will show you what it’s worth on the trail.

SIZES 16”, 18”, 19.5”, 21” COLOURS Black / Matt Black, Black / Green, Black / Orange

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THE KNOWLEDGE

TIME TRIAL Time trial is accessible to everyone as every rider can set their own standards, and because you’re only racing against the clock, you may finish many minutes behind the event winner yet have the satisfaction of recording a personal best time. In a time trial everyone can be a winner.

Our time trial and triathlon bikes are designed to slice through the air and give you the edge on your fellow competitors, or at least a personal best every time - just a little bit is down to you! Our bikes benefit from having the very best designers combining aerodynamics with lightweight materials to satisfy everyone - from professionals earning serious coin, to those wanting to win their local club TT. Our frames are obviously at the heart of our machines, but we also kit them out with the most appropriate wheels, aero bars and groupsets for our riders to have the best bikes, and in the best time trial position on our bikes, to achieve their goals.

We pay incredible attention to the research and development currently taking place in the time trial and triathlon bike arena because when it comes to time trial, it’s all about winning and we want to see our bikes winning races and our customers breaking their own PBs. If you’re looking for an aero bike just come and talk to us. We will equip you with the best value triathlon bike or TT bike. Please bear in mind we can easily set you up on our triathlon bikes to make you legal in UCI events if you compete in both but don’t want two specialist bikes. We are seeing some of the greatest time trial and triathlon bikes ever made out there now and ours are up there with the very best!

THE PRO RIDER

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Time Trial legend Ian Cammish gives us the lowdown on how to perform your best in our online article...

Ian has won and broken over 50 National Championships and Records. He’s nine times British Best All Rounder, nine times National 100 miles champion and four times National 50 miles champion.

Ian is the first ever rider to break 30 mph for an out and back 50 mile time trial (1983 with 1hr 39mins 51secs). He’s the current holder of the RRA ‘straight out’ 50 and 100 mile records. (1hr 24mins 32 secs and 3hrs 11mins 11secs respectively).

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OUR BIKES HAVE WON COUNTLESS RACES

RIDING POSITION There are different types of time trial rider, from the regular club member who does the occasional club TT to someone who specialises in TTs. A different position is required at the two extremes and those in between can adjust accordingly.

If you can ride hard for extended periods in the ‘D’ of the drops you’re probably in a reasonable position and don’t need to change much if you are only doing the occasional TT. The occasional TT rider often has extensions or aero bars fitted to their road bike. It doesn’t make a lot of sense to change a comfortable position you’ve developed over the years if you are only doing the odd club TT. When fitting aero bars you want to mimic your position in the drops so will need a mate or a well placed mirror.

TOP TEN TT TIPS

For those wanting to specialise in TTs the purchase of a time trial bike is the way to go. Planet X produce cutting edge machines at incredibly low prices. We are more than happy to help set you up on your chosen machine. Anyway, if you are one of those riders you need to be prepared to spend time training in a slightly different position to allow your body to adjust and ultimately maximise your time trialling performance.

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Buy a TT specific carbon bike from Planet X. This will save you money and make you go faster!

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Pre-ride the course if possible; the knowledge could be invaluable.

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Check your bike over. Most mechanical problems are avoidable.

Check tyres and pressures – higher pressures for smoother, drier roads.

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Don’t use or wear new gear or equipment on race day.

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Have several wees, one at the latest possible moment.

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Go on your perceived effort, or use a heart rate monitor, combined with your speed. Try combinations of performance indicators and use what suits you best. Remember you’ll go faster on race days than in training due to adrenaline, amongst other factors.

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Always do a ‘warmdown’ to aid recovery.

Our showroom in Sheffield, near Meadowhall offers state of the art bike fitting with the Retül system, and a fully featured physiotherapy service.

UPGRADE YOUR BIKE

VISION METRON 90 VT-890 WHEELSET

WAS £1349.99

NOW £674.99 VISION TRIMAX CARBON INTEGRATED AEROBAR Custom shaped and wind tunnel tested for optimised aerodynamics. Fits most standard clip-on extensions.

WAS £599.99

NOW £179.99

PLANET X PRO CARBON 82/101 WHEELSET

WAS £499.99

NOW £399.99

PLANET X STEALTH BAR VISION METRON VT-871 DISC REAR WHEEL

WAS £1199.99

NOW £899.99

Following extensive research at Sheffield University, the Stealth Aerobar was born.

(Pads and extensions sold separately)

Warm up sufficiently – the shorter the event the longer the warm up. A turbo-trainer is a good idea.

Get up to speed quickly but don’t go above your TT pace. Go slightly slower and try to speed up during the ride rather than the other way round. On a perfectly paced ride you should be completely knackered when you cross the line.

Follow these tips, especially the first, and you’re on the way to a PB!

NOW £199.99

PERFORMANCE IS CLEARLY OUR PRIORITY

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WHEELS

THE biggest boon to speed (once you’ve got your position on the bike sorted out) is a good set of wheels. A good pair of wheels will (virtually) go by themselves! We have a superb range of training wheels in stock as well as racing wheels for use on road, track and off-road. While we stock most of the world’s most respected makes of wheels including those from Shimano, Mavic and DT Swiss, the jewel in the crown is our own award winning Planet X Pro Carbon deep section wheel sets.

PLANET X 52MM CARBON CLINCHER WHEELSET

ONLY £499.99

Best Wheel Under £1000 in Bike Radar Group Test!

PLANET X PRO CARBON 50 WHEELSET

Carbon tubulars that make you go faster.

WAS £499.99

NOW £399.99

PLANET X PRO CARBON 50/82 WHEELSET ON-ONE REET’ARD TRAIL MTB WHEELSET

Carbon tubulars with 82mm rear rim that make you go even faster.

PLANET X AL30 WHEELSET

FROM £149.99 WAS £499.99

FROM £199.99

NOW £399.99

WEB BEST SHIMANO ULTEGRA 6700 TUBELESS WHEELSET

WAS £324.99

NOW £234.99

SHIMANO RS80 C24 CARBON WHEELSET High performance road racing wheel with carbon laminate technology to meet the demands of today’s professional and amateur riders. With Carbon and Alloy laminate the clincher rim is both light weight and rigid, whilst maintaining high braking performance with standard brake pads.

WAS £474.99

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SHIMANO RS80 50MM CARBON CLINCHER WHEELSET

NOW £329.99 WAS £849.99

WEB’S BEST NO-NONSENSE PRICES ON WHEELS & WHEELSETS

NOW £499.99

PEDALS

Decent pedals are a guaranteed no brainer upgrade; they will reduce rotating mass, improve your connection with the transmission system, and look after your knees too. Planet X are proud to offer a massive range of road, MTB and commuting pedals at nononsense prices.

LOOK KEO 2 MAX CROMO BLACK

WAS £109.99

NOW £79.99

Shimano SPD-SL pedals guarantee a reliable and efficient connection between you and the bike. Extra-wide platforms offer maximum power transfer and comfort, while wear-resistant top plates ensure durability.

ROAD BIKE SPD-SL PEDALS

SHIMANO R540 SL ROAD

SHIMANO 105-SL 5700 ROAD

The perfect introduction to clipless pedal systems for road bikes.

Super lightweight SPD-SL road pedal for high performance road racing.

WAS £44.99

NOW £22.49 WAS £59.99

NOW £37.99

SHIMANO DURA ACE PD 9000 SL CARBON LOOK KEO 2 MAX CROMO BLACK

WAS £149.99

NOW £89.99

SHIMANO ULTEGRA 6700 SL CARBON Super lightweight carbon SPD-SL road pedal for high performance road racing.

WAS £149.99

A super pair of lightweight carbon SPDSL road pedals for high performance road racing. The carbon body provides large shoe contact area to maximise power transfer and support whilst reducing weight.

NOW £129.99 WAS £229.99

NOW £189.99

MOUNTAIN BIKE SPD PEDALS TIME I-CLIC 2 PEDALS

WAS £81.99

NOW £39.99 SHIMANO XTR M985 TRAIL SPD

SHIMANO PDM 540 SPD Compact dual sided SPD pedal designed for day to day use .

TIME I-CLIC 2 PEDALS

WAS £81.99

NOW £39.99

WAS £54.99

Building on the long legacy of SPD technology, the new XTR Trail pedal is engineered for the specific needs of aggressive trail riders everywhere, with an open, mud-shedding design and large pedalling platform for ultimate control.

NOW £27.49 WAS £119.99

FREE WORLDWIDE SHIPPING ON ALL ORDERS OVER £60

NOW £99.99

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A good suspension for is one of the best upgrades you can make to your Mountain Bike. You’ll immediately appreciate the extra speed you can carry over rough terrain, the extra confidence you’ll feel in the bike’s handling and the extra comfort at the end of the day.

Rockshox forks are amongst the very best, so we’ve put together a fantastic range of options and of course, we’ve got them all at our trademark no-nonsense prices...

HALF PRICE

ROCKSHOX REBA RL SOLO AIR 100MM 29ER

ROCKSHOX SID RL 100MM 29ER

From quad-burning climbs to grininducing descents, the Reba is the ultimate trail warrior for daily duty.

At 1572 grams the SID 29 World Cup is the complete race package that could be considered an unfair advantage.

WAS £499.99

ROCKSHOX REBA RL DUAL AIR 100MM The Reba combines a potent blend of wellrounded performance, a lightweight design and unparalleled tunability on top of a stiff 32mm chassis. This is a relentless trail warrior all the way from the calf-burning climbs to the grin-inducing descents.

WAS £499.99

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NOW £279.99 WAS £449.99

NOW £339.99

ROCKSHOX REBA RL SOLO AIR 100MM

ROCKSHOX REBA RLT SOLO AIR 100MM 29ER

From quad-burning climbs to grin-inducing descents, the Reba is the ultimate trail warrior for daily duty.

Bike shops love Reba. ROCKSHOX REVELATION RL And everybody else, too.

SOLO AIR 140MM Reba is super consistent, durable and easy to Stiff and lightweight; the ultimate trail fork. service.

WAS £579.99 NOW £249.99 NOW £369.99

WAS £579.99 NOW £369.99

FREE UK SHIPPING ON ALL ORDERS OVER £20

WAS £579.99 NOW £299.99

INBRED 26er & 29er The Inbred has a simple mission: make it easy to build a great mountain bike for UK conditions at an unbeatable price. The latest Inbred remains true to that aim with steel-isreal performance.

ONLY £199.99

To keep it simple (and keep the cost you you down!) we’re now giving you three versions to choose from: vertical drop-out, slot-dropout and singlespeed. All Inbreds have our tried and true cross-country geometry, honed over 10 years of development. The handling is great for long days out on the moors and - in skilled hands - bombing trail centres.

ON-ONE SCANDAL 26ER VERTICAL DROPOUT FRAME

ON-ONE POMPINO FRAME

Lightweight 3.5lb 7046 alloy race frame. Fast, responsive and tough.

This classic winter fixie trainer is perfect from single speed cyclocross, commuting, urban riding and touring use.

WAS £249.99

NOW £174.99 WAS £199.99

NOW £139.99

ON-ONE DIRTY DISCO CARBON CYCLOCROSS DISC FRAME AND FORK

ON-ONE CARBON XC WHIPPET FRAME

Much more than exclusively a cyclocross race frame, the Dirty Disco is also perfect for a huge range of applications.

We think our Whippet is the ultimate short-travel Carbon XC frame. Incredible value- the ultimate speed chassis.

WAS £799.99

NOW £799.99 WAS £499.99

NO-NONSENSE PRICES ON TYRES, TUBES & ALL COMPONENTS ONLINE

NOW £299.99

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ON YOUR HEAD

Don’t leave the house without a helmet – especially if you’re going out on your bike! There’s absolutely no doubt that wearing a helmet will add protection in the event of an accident – so protect your most valuable asset with one of the leading and most respected brands of helmet like Power Race and Kask. Full range for all head shapes and sizes – from MTB and road through to the full aero time trial helmet.

POWER RACE C-130 HELMET

WAS £69.99

NOW £49.99 KASK K10 HELMET TEAM SKY EDITION

WAS £129.99

KASK C50 VERTIGO HELMET TEAM SKY EDITION

NOW £97.49 WAS £174.99

NOW £129.99

POWER RACE C-150 HELMET

WAS £69.99

NOW £49.99

DOLCE VITA TOP GUN CYCLING GLASSES

WAS £24.99

NOW £12.49

MET SINE THESIS ROAD HELMET

MET ESTRO ROAD HELMET

Famous for its ventilation, gel padding and low contact design, the Sine Thesis is the Helmet of choice for many of the hardest working riders in pro cycling.

The MET Estro helmet looks very aggressive and features everything you’d ever want in a cycling helmet at an incredible price.

WAS £189.99

NOW £94.99 WAS £89.99

NOW £53.99

POWER RACE TORNADO CYCLING GLASSES

WAS £49.99

NOW £19.99

POWER RACE APACHE CYCLING GLASSES

WAS £59.99

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NOW £29.99

MET FORTE ROAD HELMET

MET CROSSOVER UN MTB/ROAD HELMET

The Forte road helmet features the Safe-T Lite retention system with a double slide adjustment device. Ultra light and easy to use.

A helmet to suit all riding styles thanks to the removable clip on anchor visor the helmets can by used for Road and MTB with no unseemly plug holes.

WAS £64.99

NOW £44.99 WAS £39.99

EASY RETURNS WITH OUR ONLINE FORM

NOW £27.99

TRAVEL & LUGGAGE

PLANET X DELUXE BIKE BAG It’s back! The original! The one that started the bike bag wars. The original Planet X Bikebag.

Consisting of a huge padded bag with external dimensions 115x96x27cm, the bag contains internal pockets for your wheels, reinforced with high impact plastic at the centres to stop the hubs punching holes in the outside.

Pockets for your skewers, pedals and other kit are also included. It will take any sort of road or mountain bike - even dual crown forked downhill or freeride frames. We’ve even had 2 road frames in there.

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Fits almost any bike Keep your car interior clean Safely stores your bike Heavily padded Plenty of internal pockets Loads of colours

ONLY £69.99

BIKE BOX ALAN BIKE BOX Bikebox is suitable for mountain bikes, downhill bikes, road, time trial, track and integrated seat post bikes for riders up to 6ft 3in tall with the bare minimum of component removal.

• Easily converts to a roof box • Lockable • Conforms with baggage handling restrictions • Roof rack mountable • Easy glide silent wheels

WAS £465.99

GILLES BERTHOUD SADDLE BAG

GILLES BERTHOUD KLICK FLIX SADDLE BAG

FROM £447.99

PLANET X SINGLE WHEEL BAG

WAS £29.99

FROM £19.99

ONLY £64.99

ONLY £32.99

GILLES BERTHOUD GB905 HANDLEBAR BAG

PLANET X DOUBLE WHEEL BAG

WAS £49.99

FROM £29.99

GILLES BERTHOUD GB1488 PANNIER BAGS

ONLY £124.99

CYTECH ACCREDITED PROFESSIONAL BIKE SERVICING IN STORE

ONLY £199.99

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CLOTHING

In this day and age there’s no longer any need to get cold, wet or uncomfortable riding your bike. Our range of cycle clothing including cycling jerseys, lycra shorts, bibs, gloves and skinsuits will make sure you’re properly equipped whatever the weather.

ON-ONE HEAVYWEIGHT KNITTED CARDIGAN Chunky knitted cardigan from On-One. Wool / acrylic blend is really warm but soft on the skin too. Good fit, fairly standard sizing- looks great in the pub and on the bike.

Southerners and Lancastrians beware: rear logo reads “Yorkshire Born and Bred”...

ONLY £29.99

ON-ONE SHORT SLEEVE JERSEY

WAS £19.99

ON-ONE MERINO NECK GAITER

WAS £19.99

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ON-ONE MERINO PERFORM HALF ZIP LONG SLEEVE CYCLING JERSEY

NOW £9.99 WAS £99.99

ON-ONE POLAR JACKET

NOW £9.99 WAS £29.99

ON-ONE 160G MERINO BEANIE

NOW £49.99 WAS £19.99

NOW £9.99

ON-ONE SUPER DELUXE MERINO CARDIGAN

NOW £19.99 WAS £59.99

LOADS MORE CLOTHING AVAILABLE ONLINE

NOW £29.99

SOCKS & GLOVES WHY BUY CYCLING SPECIFIC SOCKS?

Why buy proper cycling socks and which ones should you buy? People ask us this all the time so we thought we should share the knowledge.

WINTER RIDES NEED NOT MEAN COLD FEET: For a quick trip to the pub in summer your “3 for a tenner” Next black cotton socks will work well. You will arrive with feet clearly on the end of your legs, feeling in all toes, and (weather permitting) not too sweaty. However, on long rides, or when the weather turns, the importance of proper sock wear can become uncomfortably apparent very quickly. In winter, feet are the first thing to get cold, and there is nothing worse than cold feet on the bike. With all your blood being pumped to your leg muscles, feet quickly turn into lumps of ice, sometimes literally, especially if they get wet too.

WHAT PROPER CYCLING SOCKS CAN DO FOR YOU: Try doing 100miles in normal socks, then do the same distance in cycling socks and you will discover they’re so much more comfortable.

Proper cycling socks don’t bunch up or slide down, have plenty of padding around the toe and ankle and are shaped to snuggly accommodate your feet in a pedalling position. In addition, they’re only made highly wicking materials that help keep your feet in good nick whatever the weather. Remember, no feet, no legs...

ONLY £5.99 ON-ONE THINNY MERINO SOCKS (3 PACK)

ON-ONE THICKY COOLMAX SOCKS (3 PACK)

ONLY £5.99

PLANET X COOLMAX SOCKS (3 PACK)

TITUS THINNY COOLMAX SOCKS (3 PACK)

SAVE OUR SOLES WORLD CHAMP COOLMAX SOCKS

ONLY £5.99

ONLY £5.99

ONLY £3.99

PLANET X THINNY GLOVE

PLANET X WIND BLOCK GLOVES

PLANET X SOFTSHELL FLANDERS

PLANET X FIT MITTS

ONLY £2.99

ONLY £9.99

ONLY £12.49

ONLY £4.99

FREE UK SHIPPING ON ALL ORDERS OVER £20

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VERY RARE Cinelli Alter Road Stem Various colour combinations available. Mint condition in original box.

ONLY £99.99 EVEN RARER Cinelli Alter Road Stem Pinup Girl Pimp up your Cinelli Alter stem with these very hard to find Alter Pinup Girls.

ONLY £99.99

ITM The Big One Vintage Road Stem Classic Aheadset style road stem.

ONLY £19.99

Selle Italia Turbo Saddle The Selle Turbo has probably been the most used saddle by pro racers.

ONLY £34.99

3TTT Pro Chrome Corsa Quill Stem Super high quality back in the late 1980’s

ONLY £9.99 San Marco Concor SuperCorsa Vintage Saddle

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Original and Authentic.

Ness Carbon Monocoque Road Stem

ONLY £49.99

ONLY £49.99

Designed with the Sab pro race team.

THIS IS JUST A SMALL SELECTION - LOADS MORE IN STORE

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Sab Columbus Thermacrom Steel Road Frame

Sab Columbus Brain Vintage Steel Road Frame and Forks

Cinelli Super Corsa Vintage Steel Road Frame

(1 only - 55cm, white)

(1 only - 57.5cm, dark blue & yellow)

(1 only - 56cm, pearl white)

ONLY £399.99

ONLY £249.99

ONLY £999.99

Sab Dedacciai Zero Uno Vintage Steel Road Frame

Sab Columbus Genius Nivacrom Vintage Steel Road Frame

Sab Vintage Steel Road Frame

(1 only - 57cm, blue & green)

(1 only - 57cm, yellow, blue & green)

ONLY £199.99

ONLY £299.99

(1 only - 53cm, light blue & yellow)

NOW £199.99

HUNDREDS MORE ON-OFF SAB FRAMES AVAILABLE IN SHOWROOMS & ONLINE Cinelli Spinaci Bar Extensions Suitable for any type of handlebar, the Cinelli Spinaci was born to offer comfort in both sprint and relaxation phases by improving the aerodynamic position of the athlete. They have been designed to guarantee an infinite range of positions, in height, forward movement and angle.

ONLY £14.99 Vintage, Retro & Classic Stems Cinelli Vai XL Road Stem Cinelli Alter Rare Road Stem Cinelli Pinocchio Quill Stem 3TTT 4GX Stem 3TTT Bono MTB Stem 3TTT Pro Chrome Corsa Quill Stem 3TTT Forgie Stem - 3 Degree Rise 3TTT The 4 Stem Ness Carbon Pro Stem Ness Carbon Monocoque Road Stem ITM The Big One Vintage Road Stem Scud Amoeba CNC Alloy Stem Truvativ XR 3D Forged Stem

From £14.99 From £99.99 From £19.99 From £9.99 From £9.99 From £9.99 From £9.99 From £9.99 From £39.99 From £49.99 From £19.99 From £19.99 From £9.99

Vintage, Retro & Classic Handlebars ITM Europa Vintage Ergo Drop Handlebar 3TTT Curva Start OX Nera Handlebar Ness Carbon Pro Anatomic Drop Handlebars Cinelli Spinaci Bar Extensions 3TTT Bullhorn Bar Ends 3TTT 4GX TDF Handlebar 3TTT Curva Super Comp TDF Handlebars 3TTT Curva Start OX Nera Handlebar Cinelli Vai Anatomic Drop Road Handlebar Cinelli Touch Anatomic Drop Road Handlebar Deda Elementi Anatomic 250 Alloy Drop Bars Truvativ Team Carbon Riser Bars

RARE & UNIQUE VINTAGE PRODUCTS INCLUDING ONE-OFFS

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