Floyd Landis is making return with the OUCH Pro Cycling Team
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Kuota has a repuation for using enormous tube cross sections
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The bulbous shell houses an integrated BB30 bottom bracket.
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The head tube is similarly oversized
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The matching KR1 fork uses full-carbon construction
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The oversized front end should yield better braking, too.
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The trend continues with the giant down tube.
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The rear end is fitted with asymmetrical chain stays.
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…but the non-driveside stay is broad and narrow.
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Though most of the frame is cartoonishly oversized,
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The extended seat tube requires only a stub-length seatpost.
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Setback, anyone?
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Landis' name is written discreetly on the top tube.
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Fitted to the bottom bracket shell is the BB30 version
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SRAM Red Doubletap levers are fitted to Ritchey WCS Logic II bars.
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Landis is running the extra-stiff 'SPR' version
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SRAM-sponsored teams we saw were finally running SRAM chains
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A SRAM Red rear derailleur moves the chain
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A dimple in the seat tube allows some breathing room
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The OUCH team is running a new set of fully sealed cables
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A simple number holder
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Landis is using Mavic's new Cosmic Carbone SLR clincher wheels.
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Though the SLR uses similar unidirectional carbon spokes
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The Cosmic Carbone SLR is OUCH's highest-performance option
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The spoke ends aren't anchored within the sleek aluminum hub shell;
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Even the Arundel Dave-O bottle cage
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