Bikes of the Epic: Karl Platt's BULLS Wild Edge Team 29

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If you followed our 2016 Bikes of the Epic series in March, you might have noticed that there was one glaring omission, the bike that won the race. It may be many months later but we've finally tracked down Karl Platt's 2016 Absa Cape Epic winning BULLS Wild Edge Team 29 bike.

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[Chain-L]

any idea of the weight?

[Corrado]

Wonder why the one brake lever is so much lower than the other. Or is the 2nd photo playing trick on my eyes?

[Mongoose!]

nice Zebra bike!

[spy]

interesting compared to other Pro's....no carbon rims , x 2 drive train ...... 

[AdamA]

Wonder why the one brake lever is so much lower than the other. Or is the 2nd photo playing trick on my eyes?

 

Right shifter is Di2, Left is Cable, the Brakes are the same height/angle 

[DJuice]

2017 bike can take two bottle cages inside the frame triangle.

 

[s14phoenix]

best guess would be about 12kg??? maybe a bit less...

 

I would be keen know

[Wil6]

That is one seriously ugly bike

[Spoke101]

best guess would be about 12kg??? maybe a bit less...

 

I would be keen know

With the above set up I would say sub 11kg, guess about 10.8kg for a medium.

[Sarel See Monster]

Ugly. 

 

#barend

[PeterF]

Bar ends and handlebar tape on the area near the stem. I suppose when you are spending that much time on the bike comfort is crucial.

['Dale]

Definitely not sexy ????

[Long Wheel Base]

Right shifter is Di2, Left is Cable, the Brakes are the same height/angle

I wonder why he went for that option? Di2 for 2x is still only 1 lever so the left lever is just a waste.

 

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[Goodbadugly]

Back to bar ends, 2x set up and alloy rims?

The more things change, the more they stay the same.

I'll like it.

And good old Shimano pedals...

[BaGearA]

First time reading this but its very odd to see that ratio up front Karl could probs ride the entire epic on the 36t

 

Makes more sense to me to go with 26/28 and A 38/40

 

But He probably likes it that way

 

awesome bike all and all