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Frank Schleck's Tour de France roadbike

With Fabian Cancellara racing at the Vuelta a Espagna and brother Andy suffering with a wisdom tooth infection following the recent USA Pro Cycling Challenge, it was left to Frank Schleck and the legendary Jens Voight to represent Team Leopard Trek at Eurobike. Tour podium finisher Frank brought a couple of his bikes along. Here’s a look at one of them.

Check out the saddle to handlebar height differential

Slammed stem with, importantly, colour-co-ordinated spacer on top

Worn face of right-hand crank suggests a heel-in pedal action…

… as does that of left-hand crank. Note the steel Allen bolt threaded into crank end cap, presumably to save mechanic the task of finding the appropriate Shimano tool. Weight is clearly not an issue

Presumably Andy’s says the same

The underlined O is part of the Leopard Trek graphics package

How to prevent a valve stem from rattling

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