Levi Leipheimer tackled this year's Tour of California
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Nearly every surface of the Equinox
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Where'd it go?
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The grooved top tube
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Smooth lines are the bottom bracket
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The extended crown
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Cables are routed directly behind the stem
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The internally routed rear brake housing
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Deep-section seat stays
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Cane Creek supplied the Astana team
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Leipheimer used a Lightweight disc wheel
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The rear hub internals are borrowed
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Leipheimer runs his front wheel
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The computer magnet
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Leipheimer set off in Solvang
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172.5mm-long crankarms for Leipheimer.
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The innovative construction of the PowerDome cassette is ultralight
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What's this running on the cassette?
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Leipheimer's bars were covered in road grime
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…but they were nicely cleaned up shortly thereafter.
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A pair of HED clip-on aero bars
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Leipheimer's pads were spaced
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Custom pad risers
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The rear derailleur is fitted with ceramic bearing pulleys
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The SRAM Red front derailleur
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SRAM's new TT shifters are ultralight
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The ends of the base bar are plugged
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Leipheimer prefers Bontrager's Race Lite Grippy tape.
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The SRAM Red brake calipers
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Pad holders are fitted with Bontrager carbon-specific
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The Selle Italia SLR T1 saddle
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Go, Levi, go!
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Leipheimer's bike gets the final check
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