Mega Paris-Roubaix women’s tech gallery: Gravel tech, cobble hacks and custom paint

Starting at Canyon-SRAM all seems normal. The team were all using the Canyon Ultimate, rather than the more aerodynamic Aeroad, but a closer look at the wheels reveals that some riders were using Schwalbe G-One Speed tyres. These are technically a gravel tyre, but have an extremely low profile tread, and is akin to a large volume file tread in many respects.

The little knobbles you can see on the shoulders here extend the whole way across the tyre. The width was 32c across the board.

The bike with gravel tyres was swiftly whisked away and replaced by one with Schwalbe Pro One tyres. Here there are satellite SRAM shifter blips under the bars so shifting can be achieved while still riding on the tops.

These Pro One tyres in a 32c width plump up well on a Zipp 303 Firecrest rim. The team still opted to go with a hookless setup despite the current discussion about the system’s safety issues.

A 3D printed chain keeper, one of many seen in the pits, fully encloses the chain. This is more secure looking than the chain keepers we usually see on the road for riders using a 1X setup.

The slightly less jazzy, but still eye-catching salmon(ish) Aeroad bikes were on the roof just in case.

Over at Lidl-Trek, Koen de Kort was rocking some fresh looking Lidl trainers.

Another chain keeper, this time on Elynor Backstedt’s bike. This one is a…