{"id":17485,"date":"2016-10-19T15:00:00","date_gmt":"2016-10-19T14:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bikehub.co.za\/news\/2016\/10\/19\/bike-check-stefan-garlicki39s-solid-strike-evo-r5713\/"},"modified":"2023-02-08T07:33:24","modified_gmt":"2023-02-08T07:33:24","slug":"bike-check-stefan-garlicki39s-solid-strike-evo-r5713","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bikehub.co.za\/news\/bike-check-stefan-garlicki39s-solid-strike-evo-r5713\/","title":{"rendered":"Bike Check: Stefan Garlicki’s Solid Strike EVO"},"content":{"rendered":"

2016 has had its successes for Stefan Garlicki. He defended his SA National Champs title at Cascades in July, snatched a win in the iXS Downhill Cup, and has been putting up a fight on the World Cup circuit. Stefan rides for Solid Reverse Factory Racing. Photos by Zack Faulkner.<\/strong><\/p>\n

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\"Stefan<\/a><\/p>\n

Stefan races a Strike EVO from German bike manufacturer Solid Bikes. As a number of German bike companies seem to prefer, Solid Bikes sell their products direct to market.<\/p>\n

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The German theme continues with Magura’s 4-piston florescent powerhouse MT7 brakes.<\/p>\n

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\n\"Stefan<\/a>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

The suspension is a full BOS affair with an Idylle Rare FCV fork and Void air shock.<\/p>\n

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\"Stefan<\/a><\/p>\n

Most of the components on Stefan’s bike are supplied by team sponsor Reverse Components. Stefan runs a 790 millimetre wide Reverse carbon handlebar with a 50 mm stem. When all you need to know is your time down the hill, a trusty digital watch is all you need.<\/p>\n

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Reverse also tend to Stefan’s wheelset while Schwalbe’s Magic Mary tyres work for traction.<\/p>\n

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Stefan rides shorter 165 mm Reverse cranks with a 34 tooth narrow wide chainring. The cassette is also a Reverse component while SRAM X0 DH components handle the shifting. Shimano pedals fasten him to the bike.<\/p>\n

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\"Stefan<\/a><\/p>\n

What? There are German’s that don’t like football?<\/p>\n

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Full specification:<\/h2>\n

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  • Frame<\/span>Solid Strike EVO M\/L<\/span><\/li>\n
  • Fork<\/span>BOS Idylle Rare FCV<\/span><\/li>\n
  • Shock<\/span>BOS Void<\/span><\/li>\n
  • Rims<\/span>Reverse 650b DH 31mm<\/span><\/li>\n
  • Hubs<\/span>Reverse EFS 7-spd<\/span><\/li>\n
  • Spokes<\/span>Sapim<\/span><\/li>\n
  • Tyres<\/span>Schwalbe Magic Mary, SG, V<\/span><\/li>\n
  • Handlebar<\/span>Reverse Seismic 790mm carbon<\/span><\/li>\n
  • Stem<\/span>Reverse Fast Lane 50mm<\/span><\/li>\n
  • Headset<\/span>Reverse Reach Set, +6mm<\/span><\/li>\n
  • Brakes<\/span>Magura MT7<\/span><\/li>\n
  • Shifters<\/span>SRAM X0 7-spd<\/span><\/li>\n
  • Derailleur<\/span>SRAM X0 7-spd<\/span><\/li>\n
  • Cassette<\/span>Reverse<\/span><\/li>\n
  • Cranks<\/span>Reverse Legend DH cranks, 165mm<\/span><\/li>\n
  • Chainring<\/span>Reverse narrow wide, 34T<\/span><\/li>\n
  • Chain<\/span>KMC<\/span><\/li>\n
  • Bottom Bracket<\/span>Reverse Legend<\/span><\/li>\n
  • Seatpost<\/span>Reverse RCC309 carbon<\/span><\/li>\n
  • Saddle<\/span>Reverse Fort Will<\/span><\/li>\n
  • Computer<\/span>Garmin + Stopwatch<\/span><\/li>\n
  • Weight<\/span>16,3kg complete with pedals<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

    2016 has had its successes for Stefan Garlicki. He defended his SA National Champs title at Cascades in July, snatched a win in the iXS Downhill Cup, and has been putting up a fight on the World Cup circuit. Stefan rides for Solid Reverse Factory Racing. Photos by Zack Faulkner. Stefan races a Strike EVO […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":39555,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[2143,2142,2144,2141,2145,20],"featured_location":[],"class_list":["post-17485","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-tech","tag-reverse","tag-reverse-components","tag-solid","tag-solid-bikes","tag-solid-reverse-factory-racing","tag-stefan-garlicki"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/bikehub.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17485","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/bikehub.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/bikehub.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bikehub.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bikehub.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=17485"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/bikehub.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17485\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bikehub.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/39555"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/bikehub.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=17485"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bikehub.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=17485"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bikehub.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=17485"},{"taxonomy":"featured_location","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bikehub.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/featured_location?post=17485"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}