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J-Pow Riding Prototype Disc Brake Focus Cyclocross Bike

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CyclingDirt captured Jeremy Powers’ switch to disc brakes at a Boulder, CO, cyclocross race in early October. His ride was a prototype carbon fiber version of Focus Bikes’ Mares CX with disc brakes. Focus already offers an alloy version with discs, but their 2013 range was absent any official carbon models with disc brakes.

JPow’s bike’s sporting Easton’s new disc cyclocross wheels (link updated), but Focus’ own fork. The SRAM Red group was mated to Avid’s new BB7 SL mechanical brake calipers for now. Saving you the trouble of pausing and peering, we’ve placed some screen grab images of the bike after the break…

Jeremy Powers prototype focus mares cx cyclocross bike with disc brakes

Jeremy Powers prototype focus mares cx cyclocross bike with disc brakes

Jeremy Powers prototype focus mares cx cyclocross bike with disc brakes

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Brandon
Brandon
11 years ago

The article linking to the Easton carbon CX wheels doesn’t have the wheels Jeremy was riding.

CB
CB
11 years ago

That was Fort Collins USGP, not Boulder. Boulder Cup is this coming weekend.

The only disc ready CX wheels Easton shows are these: http://www.eastoncycling.com/en-us/road/wheels/performance/ea90-xd-25mm-clincher

CB
CB
11 years ago
spokejunky
spokejunky
11 years ago

Is it me or do those hubs look huge-mongous?

Robert
Robert
11 years ago

The mechanics took 6-bolt hubs off of the Easton Haven wheelset (Straight pull, 18/20) and laced them to Easton EC tubulars

DC
DC
11 years ago

J-Pow is awesome, he don’t even need brakes

junkshow
junkshow
11 years ago

@Robert,
I saw somewhere that these wheels were built by Easton specifically for Powers.
Havens have gold hubs and those look like disc specific rims. Also there seem to be more spokes than the normal race wheels.

kcr
kcr
11 years ago

They look like the hubs from EC90xc/EA90xc wheels to me.

yesplease
yesplease
11 years ago

This post is ugly, wrong race, wrong link… fail fail fail.

Ok lets clear this up:
He actually raced that bike in Tabor at a real World Cup event taking 7th. Thats a much bigger deal than racing in a US based race where disc’s are all over already.

Easton made those wheels custom for Powers. Ali Goulet (Easton rep and 35+ USGP champ from a few years ago) has some TKO tubulars custom laced to red hubs from the EA/EC90 MTB wheels. They are crazy sexy looking.

I think this and the other comments should set the record straight. You should hand out more swag since we are doing your job for you.

Raouligan
11 years ago

http://velonews.competitor.com/2012/08/gallery/pro-bike-gallery-jeremy-powers-and-gabby-days-rapha-focus-mares_236605

It’s alright don’t panic Velonews had this oh er only two months ago now…

mkrahnic
mkrahnic
11 years ago

Sounds like yesplease has ALLLL the answers (after stalking JP and company) and probably participates in triathlons too. Simply amazing. Maybe they’ll just hire you instead of passing swag your way.
Thanks, Tyler, for even taking time to put this article up…and thank you, yesplease, for editing.

Cheers.

yesplease
yesplease
11 years ago

I just really like cyclocross and bikes.

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