One of the big EWS rider moves over the winter was Greg Callaghan’s switch from the Cube Action Team to Unior Devinci Factory Racing after 5 years aboard the German marque’s bikes. The Irishman has a new race bike for 2020 and onwards in the form of Devinci’s flagship enduro model the Spartan, a pairing that’ll be looking to return to the top of the EWS podium this season once we finally get racing…
Unior Devinci had been on SRAM & RockShox in previous years but for 2020 has made the swap to Fox and Shimano, which coincidently made Greg’s move that little bit easier having been on the same set up at Cube. The only changes components wise, aside from the frame, were the wheels and tires and cranks and pedals. Greg mentioned that having continuity in a lot of components made the move easy and helped him get up to speed on the new bike quicker than normal, instead of starting with a blank canvas and getting used to each component individually he could focus more on getting used to the Spartan’s geometry and suspension characteristics.
Here are Greg’s thoughts on how the transition went and how he’s set up his 2020 race bike…
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