INNOVATION AND BIKE TRIAL

We want to mention a little-known cycling discipline called BIKE TRIAL, in which we have a world champion from Euskadi. His name is Julen Sáenz de Ormijana, and among his most notable achievements are the 1st place in the UCI BIKE TRIAL World Championship 2021 in the 26” category and the 2nd place in the team category.

Both Julen and his teammate Sergio Fernández (former World Champion in 2016 and a PhD in Engineering) saw the need to improve some aspects of their bicycles and proposed to us to shape the functional and maintenance improvements designed by Sergio. At SDT, we welcomed this proposal, pleased to have the opportunity to help our young athletes who are part of the Trial Bizikleta School.

The first objective of these designs is to reduce the distance between the rear axle of the bicycle and the bottom bracket axle to be able to install a single pulley tensioner (instead of the two that are generally seen in this type of bike). The second objective is to improve the braking system with a more reliable and sealed piston system that avoids the need to bleed them too frequently.

Thank you very much Julen and Sergio for counting on us, we wish you many successes in your professional careers!!

Lastly, we would like to remind you that BIKE TRIAL is a minority sport in which it is very difficult to get sponsors, so we encourage you to collaborate with them as much as you can.

On the other hand, we also encourage you to send us any queries to prototype or manufacture any type of parts.