Logan Owen’s Redline Carbon Conquest Team(Image credit: Ben Delaney/Immediate Media)
(Almost) ready for discs. The Redline Carbon Conquest Team frame was designed to accept both cantilever and disc brakes. This Team edition only has a canti fork, however(Image credit: Ben Delaney/Immediate Media)
A gap in front of the bottom bracket also for cable to tuck inside the frame. This Di2 model doesn't need that option, however(Image credit: Ben Delaney/Immediate Media)
The 5'10"/178cm rider runs a 90mm stem on his 56cm frame(Image credit: Ben Delaney/Immediate Media)
Challenge Team Edition tires feature a cotton casing. As the name implies, these are not available as a consumer model(Image credit: Ben Delaney/Immediate Media)
The Redline Carbon Conquest Team has internal routing for wires or cables(Image credit: Ben Delaney/Immediate Media)
A thick perch on the FSA K Force Compact bar with XLC cork tape(Image credit: Ben Delaney/Immediate Media)
Owen uses XTR pedals on his 172.5 FSA cranks(Image credit: Ben Delaney/Immediate Media)
The front view of Logan Owen’s Redline Carbon Conquest Team(Image credit: Ben Delaney/Immediate Media)
Challenge made cotton-casing tubulars for its pro riders this season(Image credit: Ben Delaney/Immediate Media)
FSA SLK Carbon calipers(Image credit: Ben Delaney/Immediate Media)
The Redline Carbon Conquest Team has an integrated brake cable hanger in the seat post clamp(Image credit: Ben Delaney/Immediate Media)
The Di2 battery mount and Ultegra Di2 front derailleur, with internal wire routing on the frame(Image credit: Ben Delaney/Immediate Media)
Ultegra Di2 electric shifters(Image credit: Ben Delaney/Immediate Media)
Logan Owen has won many junior cyclo-cross national championships aboard a Redline. This season, he is shooting for a world title(Image credit: Ben Delaney/Immediate Media)
Like his senior American compatriot Jeremy Powers, 17-year-old Logan Owen wants a front-row start for the UCI Cyclo-cross World Championships that will be held in Louisville, Kentucky. The seven-time junior national champion is now in 5th place on UCI points after the first UCI World Cup on October 21 in Tabor, Czech Republic. The World Cup rounds are critical for juniors' Worlds start grid as the top 16 overall in the World Cup standings will earn the first 16 start positions in Louisville.
Owen is racing a Redline Carbon Conquest Team with an electric Shimano Ultegra Di2 drivetrain, FSA components and wheels, and Challenge Team Edition tubulars.
As a Team Redline rider, Owen has his pick of Challenge Team Edition tubulars. Unlike the currently available Challenge tubulars with poly casings, the Team Edition Challenge tubulars have a suppler cotton casing. On the morning of the Tabor World Cup, Owen pre-rode the course to decide which tires to run.
"I changed my mind about running the Challenge Grifos as the course became much slicker than yesterday when we pre-rode the course," Owen said. "I ended up switching to the Challenge Limus [mud] tire."
Owen's 2013 Redline Carbon Conquest Team frame is a cantilever-brake bike — but the frame is ready to accept a disc post mounts in the rear triangle. The fork is cantilever-only.
A full disc version will likely surface in the next few months. In the meantime, Owen will be gunning for gold in Louisville on this bike.
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The Redline Carbon Conquest Team frame was designed to accept both cantilever and disc brakes.
Complete bike specification
Frame: 2013 Redline Carbon Conquest Team, 56cm Fork: Redline unidirectional carbon fiber Stem: FSA SLK, 90mm Headset: FSA Orbit CX 1.5ZS w/cable hanger Headset spacer: FSA polycarbonite white Bar tape: XLC Cork white Handlebar: FSA K force compact, 42cm Front Brake: FSA K-Force carbon cyclocross caliper Rear Brake: FSA K-Force carbon cyclocross caliper Brake Pads: Kool Stop red carbon cross Brake Levers: Shimano Ultegra Di2 Front Derailleur: Shimano Ultegra Di2 Rear Derailleur: Shimano Ultegra Di2 Shifters: Shimano Di2 Cassette: Shimano Ultegra 12-25 Chain: KMX X10.93 silver Crankset: SLK Compact cross, 172.5mm Chainrings: FSA Pro rings 46/36 Bottom Bracket: Road BB-PressFit 30 Pedals: Shimano XTR Wheelset: SL-K Carbon Tubulars Front Tire: Challenge Team Edition Grifo (shown – Limus raced in Tabor World Cup) Rear Tire: Challenge Team Edition Grifo (shown – Limus raced in Tabor World Cup) Saddle: WTB Silverrado carbon white Seat post: SL-K w/ 20mm set back Seat Clamp: Redline w/ built-in hanger
Critical measurements
Rider's height: 5’10”/178cm Rider's weight: 146lbs/66kg Saddle height from BB, c-t: 78cm Seat tube length, c-t: 54cm Tip of saddle to center of bar: 56.5cm Head tube length: 141mm Top tube length (effective): 56.5cm Total bicycle weight: 17.25lbs with Shimano XTR pedals
