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Will Jones

Lidl-Trek have drilled their 13sp derailleurs for Paris-Roubaix to make them 12sp

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Paris-Roubaix is underway and I've been trawling the pits to find all the best tech and cobble modifications. Most teams do the set menu, with a starter of wider tyres, perhaps a main course of bar tape all the way to the stem, and if they're still hungry then there's always a dessert of a 1x drivetrain.

Lidl-Trek have decided to start the weekend with a special aperitif however, in the form of a modified drivetrain that mashes up the 1x13sp SRAM Red XPLR gravel group set with a 12sp SRAM Red road cassette -  the aim being to give a tighter gear range for the very flat course. 

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