Bike Check: Sandra Walter’s Liv Brava SLR cyclocross race bike
Aluminum race whip that carried Walter to two podiums in Peterborough
Sandra Walter extended her incredible streak of Canadian national cyclocross podiums in Peterborough, finishing third in the elite women’s championship race.
When the Canadian national mountain team cross country mountain biker landed in Ontario last weekend, she’d had limited time to get back on the skinny tires. A wildly busy end of the XC season had seen her go from Mont-Sainte-Anne, where she had her best-ever elite worlds finish, to Israel. Then, just as she arrived back to Coquitlam, B.C. Walter got the call up to head off to Tokyo, Japan for the 2020 Olympic mountain bike test event.
A few weekends of recovery, and racing the Lower Mainland CX series, and Walter was off to nationals.
Despite having limited time to get back on her Liv Brava SLR after mountain bike season, Walter raced to a podium finish on both days in Peterborough. In Saturday’s elite women’s championship race and again in Sunday’s UCI C2 race, Walter finished third.
Check out the details on Sandra Walter’s podium-earning Liv Racing Brava SLR cyclrocross bike below:
Sandra Walter's Liv Brava SLR. Photo: Nick Iwanyshyn
Walter races on the aluminum frame Brava SLR. Photo: Nick Iwanyshyn.
Clement PDX tires for grip in the mud. Photo: Nick Iwanyshyn.
Plenty of mud clearance at the back end of Liv's Brava SLR. Photo: Nick Iwanyshyn.
Shimano Ultegra, Wolf Tooth chainring and a chain catcher for when racing gets rowdy. Photo: Nick Iwanyshyn.
Shimano Ultegra Di2 out back. Photo: Nick Iwanyshyn.
Shimano hydraulic disc brakes. Photo: Nick Iwanyshyn.
Garmin out front, with the Shimano Di2 box attached to the mount rather than Walter's super-short stem.
Liv also uses the D-Fuse design to help make the Brava's ride a bit softer. Photo: Nick Iwanyshyn.
Liv branded, but the Brava SLR is made by Giant. Photo: Nick Iwanyshyn.
