Alex Howes has spent his career coming up through the ranks of the Slipstream Sports program. During his tenure he’s had a handful of wins in the Tour of Utah as well as the now defunct USA Pro Cycling Challenge.
Like just about every other rider here in Adelaide, Howes is running a 53T big chainring, but on the inside he’s only running a 38T. He’s also using Cannondale Hollowgram SiSL2 cranks and a SRM power meter. The cranks have seen some abuse and it looks as though Howes is a heel-in rider, based on the mark on his crank.
The team is sponsored by Mavic so it’s no surprise to see 40mm Cosmic Ultimate rolling stock, however the label on the tubulars has been scrubbed off — though they appear to be a Veloflex Carbon casing.
At the front, Howes is running 400mm FSA Energy Compact bars with an out in front Garmin mount attached and a 130mm, -17-degree FSA OS series stem.
Complete bike specifications
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Frame: Cannondale SuperSix EVO Fork: SuperSix EVO, SPEED SAVE Stem: FSA OS series stem, 130mm, -17-degree Handlebar: FSA Energy Compact, 400mm Front brake: Shimano Dura-Ace 9070 Rear brake: Shimano Dura-Ace 9070 Front derailleur: Shimano Dura-Ace 9070 Di2 Rear derailleur: Shimano Dura-Ace 9070 Di2 Cassette: Shimano Ultegra, 11-28T Chain: Shimano Dura-Ace 11-speed Crankset: Shimano Dura-Ace, SRM 170mm, 53/38T Pedals: Shimano Dura-Ace Wheelset: Cosmic Ultimate Saddle: Fizik Antares VS Seatpost: K-Force Bottle cages: Tacx Deva
Rider's height: 1.80m Rider's weight: 61kg Saddle height from bottom bracket: 745mm Centre of saddle to centre of bar: 725mm Total bicycle weight: 7kg / 15.4lb
Based on the Gold Coast of Australia, Colin has written tech content for cycling publication for a decade. With hundreds of buyer's guides, reviews and how-tos published in Bike Radar, Cyclingnews, Bike Perfect and Cycling Weekly, as well as in numerous publications dedicated to his other passion, skiing.
Colin was a key contributor to Cyclingnews between 2019 and 2021, during which time he helped build the site's tech coverage from the ground up. Nowadays he works full-time as the news and content editor of Flow MTB magazine.
