Bike Check | Quinda Verheul | Silk Road Mountain Race | Sour Bicycles Pasta Party

Back from the Hellenic & Silk Road mountain race, we caught up with Quinda Verheul at the 2023 Bespoked Bike Show to explore her bike setup and see how she prepared for these challenging adventures.

Quinda’s bike setup:
Frame: Sour Bicycles Pasta Party
Fork: Fox 32 SC Kashima Factory Series
Drivetrain: Sram GX Exale 12 speed, Ingrid MTB cranks
Brakes: Hope Tech 3
Wheels: White Industries – G25A Rims with Onyx rear hub & Son Dynamo front hub
Tyres: Schwalbe Racing Ray Front Tyre & Racing Ralph Rear Tyre
Handlebar: Salsa Cycles Rustler 800mm
Seatpost: Crankbrothers Highline Dropper Post
Saddle: Bontrager Trek Saddle

Tailfin equipment:
Underbar: Prototype Bar Bag
Top tube: 1.1L zipped Top Tube Pack
Rear: Carbon AeroPack with pannier mounts

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hi uh this is quinda I’m giving you a bike check here from drist at bisoke and this is the bike I use for helenic Mountain race and so M this [Applause] here so what we’re looking at is the sour bicycles pasta party in a size M and I’m 178 cm I have a fox Fork the 32 so this Fork is incredible it’s super light and amazing for cross country races like I’m doing we’re running a salsa bar and um with Aragon CPS on it they work really well for me and I have way less um uh painful hands um for S mountain race specifically I use the horns no idea which brand it is sorry these are the arob bars Pro ones I love them in the sense of that I can adjust my position more during races so I have like all the different ways of being on the on the bike then we have the kite uh system which uh is running together with the sun Dynamo and makes it possible to charge my power Banks during racing and um yeah during the night is an incredible powerful light to just keep riding through the dock last bit on the cockpit I’m running the whole break spec Tre and they’re super reliable they have like the soft um but very strong form of what is it breaking yes so for the driet drain we have Shram GX uh 12-speed and on the front we have the Ingrid 30 this went really up um and we have the Hope pedals I really love them for their grippiness and even when I’m not like like clipped in I still have uh I’m I still feel sturdy they are really easy to clip in and out which gives me a lot of confidence and um this whole drive train just um makes makes it easy to climb and I love that about it so for the wheels we have white Industries uh onx Hub in the back um which I love because it’s so quiet in the woods and when I’m descending I’m not distracted by the sound of the Hub and on the front we have the sun Dynamo which makes it possible to run the lights and charge my whole system and we have the schwaba racing Ray racing Ral on here um more grip in the front and super Speedy fast on the back next we have the dropper um and a saddle by Ana from track it’s a Crank Brothers dropper and I really enjoy this it gives me some some more freedom when I’m descending so let’s go to the front I have an R&D divis front roll the 17 cm and I’ve been testing it um in kiristan and this um was really nice for the sturdiness it was not juggling around had all the extra Pockets which fitted a lot of snacks and random stuff that just needed a placement um the whole front was holding my uh Sleep System so I had my sleeping bag bvy uh long mat and even a tarp in there then I had the top chew bag that is also from tilin and super sturdy it’s not moving around it’s not attached to the stem and had basically it’s only for with Snacks still now and yep really good and then we go on to the frame back it’s made by tyon from whingers um made here in lepy not far from where we are at the moment in there we have the water bladder of 1 and A2 L I have my pump some other tools and uh my charging station and on the other side I have all my tools that need to be super accessible um TI levers um quick Lings uh whatever what do we have Dino plugs stuff like that I keep also here my wallet and passport for is often on this side as well um very easy to reach let’s move on to the back I’ve been really impressed with the arrow pack it has proven to me to be able to carry a lot of weight and this meant that sometimes I’m um filling up quite a lot with extra water as well um for silk M Ray I had here all my extra clothing so rain gear extra big shorts socks um um extra layers puffer jacket and um honestly I had my puffer pants as well in the front something I really like especially when I’m rather cold and very tired I’m able and not sure what the conditions would be in kistan to be able to really give myself all the heat that I need yeah thanks for listening this was my back check any questions or about this whole setup please drop them in the comments below and um yeah see you around