Connor Swift's | Gravel (Pinarello Grevil F.) Bike | 1 hour FASTER! | details in description
Channel: Tread Worn Journeys
Date: 22/05/2023

Connor Swift’s Gravel race-winning Pinarello Grevil F.

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The Pinarello Grevil F. that Connor Swift built was a special frameset - which features chrome branding instead of the usual black - with “a mishmash of Shimano parts” combining Dura-Ace, GRX and Ultegra parts he had laying about. 

He shaved off nearly an hour of the Fastest Known Time for the rough route. 

For The Gralloch, Swift opted for a rather road-orientated overall set-up. His pedals are SPDs, and the groupset only features Shimano’s gravel-specific GRX components at the brake callipers. 

The overall groupset of Swift's Grevil consists of decade-old chrome Dura-Ace shifters, Ultegra Di2 rear derailleur and Ultegra chainset. The compact 50-34T chainrings are paired with an 11-34T cassette.

Swift had the rear shifting handled by the Ultegra Di2 derailleur which is not gravel specific and doesn't feature a clutch that helps keep the chain tight and in place on rough surfaces. Swift did suffer a couple of mechanicals related to the electronic shifting and the chain dropping during the race, so perhaps he'll switch to a clutch-actuated derailleur in future races.

The Conditions for the race course were dry and dusty, so Swift had wrapped the Dura-Ace wheelset with Continental Terra Speed tyres in 40mm width.

Swift was aiming to have around 35PSI in the tubeless tyres on race day. 

The cockpit - that Swift said he took off his training bike - features a 400mm wide, flared handlebar paired with a 130mm stem. Swift used a Garmin 1040 Solar cycling computer for data harvesting. 

The saddle was the Fizik 3D-printed Argo Adaptive, and stashed underneath it is a PRO saddle bag that houses some more spares in addition to the CO2 canister mounted on the bottle cage. 

For the 113km long race bottle cages with two 750ml bottles filled with SiS Betafuel - his pockets were packed with the brand's gels and chews.