Bike Check: Stephen Hyde’s stars and stripes Cannondale Super X at Silver Goose
American national cyclocross champion had a fleet of red, white and blue cross bikes at Pan-Am champs in Ontario
Stephen Hyde rode into the Silver Goose double header as the defending Pan-American national champion. The Cannondale p/b Cyclocrossworld.com racer is also the U.S. cyclocross national champion, and has an array of SuperX frames decked out in red, white and blue to match his American champ kit.
Hyde rode several of his custom Cannondale SuperX’s to second place in Saturday’s UCI C2 Silver Goose race, behind race winner Gage Hecht. Heavy mud that clung to frames and drivetrains made pitting crucial to race strategy, ensuring more observant fans would have noticed a different variation on the stars and stripes theme under the U.S. champ each lap.
Hyde’s Pan-American title defense didn’t go so well on Sunday. The American champ crashed into Silver Goose’s granite steps while off the front with Canadian Michael van den Ham, dropping the Cannondale rider out of the race. What initially appeared to be a rolled ankle may be more serious. Hopefully we’ll see Hyde and his bikes back out between the race tape soon.
Before Sunday’s championship race, we took a closer look at one of Hyde’s Cannondale’s. Check out the details on his Silver Goose set up – photographed on a different set of stairs than the ones that ended his race – from Midland, Ont:
Stephen Hyde has an array of different Cannondale's to choose from, but they all follow the red, white and blue colour scheme to honour his US national championship title
Custom name graphics for Hyde. While each bike looks different, they're all numbered just to avoid confusion
Hyde rides the Cannondale SuperX
The intricate stars pattern extends the whole way down the seat stays
One more custom touch for the US Champ
Hyde was rolling on Zipp 303's at Silver Goose
As conditions dried up for Sunday, the top riders were switching their tires to adapt to teh fast course. Hyde had Vittoria Terreno's mounted on his Zipp wheels
Fabric created custom red, white and blue saddles to match the Cannondale frames
Hyde runs SRAM Red, wit a Force rear mech.
Hyde sitting on the wheel of Michael van den Ham early on in Sunday's championship race
