3T unveils Aqua Blue’s new bike

Aqua Blue Sport have revealed the bike that they will be using for the 2018 season: a 3T Strada with only a single chainring.

The bike, which will be painted in the team’s blue and gold colours, will be equipped with SRAM’S Force 1x groupset, which is designed to work a single chainring at the front and a wide-range cassette at the back.

Although the rest of the component choices are yet to be confirmed, the choice of a single-ring set-up will make Aqua Blue the first major professional team to use such a system, and could present a few challenges to the riders if they need to take wheels from neutral service.