Roger Serrano’s Protek Pro Bike & Xterra Triathlon Kit

Check out the Protek mountain bike of Xterra professional triathlete, Roger Serrano. Roger is the European Xterra champion, European Xterra Tour Series champion and is a former U23 champion for the ITU Cross Triathlon.

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Roger Serrano is one of the top athletes on the Xterra European circuit and we got to check out his Protek 29FSTeam mountain bike whilst out at Xterra Malta.

Bike Setup –
Frame and forks: Protek 29FSTeam, Rock Shox SID
Suspension: Rock Shox Monarch
Wheels: SPEEDSIX
Tyres: Vittoria Peyote 2.1
Saddle: Specialized Power Road
Shifters: SRAM XX1 Eagle
Brakes: Sram Guide ULTIMATE
Rear Mech: SRAM XX1 Eagle
Pedals: Shimano XT
Chainring size: 32T
Cassette: 10/50T
Bike weight: 10.2kg
Stem length: 100mm
Crank length: 175mm

Triathlon Kit –
Orca Predator Wetsuit, custom trisuit, Bolle The One helmet, Mavic Crossmax cycling shoes, Nike Streak 6 running shoes.

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– We’re here with the mountain bike of Roger Serrano, head of the Xterra, here in Malta. Thanks so much for joining us, Roger. – Hello, everybody. – Roger is the European Xterra champ. He’s also the European tour series champ for Xterra and he’s a previous under-23 champion for the ITU Cross Triathlon. So, let’s get stuck in to his kit. First of all, let’s talk about the frame. Now, this is the Protek brand. It’s an Italian brand, I understand, but this is pretty new to me. I’ve never heard of the brand, so chat us through it, Roger. – Yeah, so it’s an Italian frame, from a region called Abruzzo. You see it has this spectacular finish, carbon fibre finish, no paint. It’s a really aggressive bike, really light-frame, it has no Parrot point on the back of the frame, so it gives a really, really, feeling of steepness. – And what size are you riding as well? – I’m riding an M size, and the weight of the bike is 10 kilos, 200 grammes right now with XT pedals and aluminium seat. – Okay, so let’s take a look at the cockpit area and the handlebars. So it’s quite a wide handlebar set-up, do you know the width? – It is, I don’t know exactly how wide it is, but it’s wide enough and it really works. – Great, and then on that, we’ve got the Sram Eagle gear shifters, the XXI, and then we have the Sram Guide Ultimate brake levers. How do you find them? – Yeah, I mean obviously Sram XXI, I don’t need to tell anything else about it, it’s the best gear set you can use on a mountain bike, and I’m pretty amazed about the new Guide Ultimate brakes, I was using the XTR Shimano last year, and I got these ones like, two, three weeks ago, and I really enjoy them, especially these setting systems, you can really adjust it to yourself. – So you can adjust the power points, everything, brilliant. And then, the stem length, so you’ve got a 1-10 stem on here with a nice sort of drop down as well. – [Roger] It’s a 100, the land is a 100, and it’s 70 degrees. – Okay, and then moving down from that, we have the RockShox seat, front suspension, and that’s got a 100 mil of travel, and I assume it’s got a lockout, as well? – [Roger] Yeah, on the handlebar. – [Interviewer] Okay, and then from that we’ve obviously got the Sram Guide Ultimate hydraulic disc breaks, which you’ve got the rotor in a 160 mil. Okay, and then moving on from that, let’s look at the rear suspension, and it’s the RockShox Monarch with 100 mil of travel? – Yes. – Yeah, and again, I’m guessing it’s got a lockout feature. – Yeah, but this time, not in the handlebar. Here, which takes out one of the cables in front. – Keeps it simple. – Keeps it simple, not like a PC from the ’90s. – Okay! – And yeah, it’s really comfortable, yeah. Really accessible. – And then moving on from that, you’ve already mentioned that it’s really kitted out with Sram Eagle XXI, so talk us through your crank set here. – Yeah, I have a 30T plate, teeth in the front, and 175 millimetre crank with an XT pedal, which, you know, sometimes you need a little bit more security than lightness. – Okay, and then, following on from that again, we’ve obviously got the Sram Eagle XXI rear mech, and then a beefy cassette here. – [Roger] Yeah, a 10-50. – Nice, and then, behind that we have the Sram Guide Ultimate rear break in a 160 rotor size. And then I’ve obviously noticed this protection here, is this just bar tape you’re using? – [Roger] It’s bar tape. – So that’s just when the chain slaps around. Gotta keep the bike looking nice. All right, and then on to the wheels. This a brand I’m not that familiar with, obviously it’s a 29 inch, but talk us through it. – Yeah, it’s a local brand called Speedsix, next to my hometown, Dragona. It’s carbon wheel, they mount it in that place, just got it two weeks ago but they lied and they work really, really good. – Super, and then on that, we’ve got the Vittoria tyres. Which model are these again? – [Roger] It’s a Vittoria Peyote, 2.1. – ‘Kay, and let’s move on to some of the finishing touches. So, I’ve noticed you’ve actually got more of a road saddle here, this is a Specialised Power saddle. – [Roger] It is. – [Interviewer] So you like getting quite aggressive around to the front. – It allows you to go a little bit aggressive, and not change the position from the road bike, which we train a lot, and, yeah, it’s a nice one. – Super, and then, coming down from that, you’re carrying your CO2 canister and tyre lever in quite a nice, neat way, this is from Specialised as well I believe. – Specialised, it’s quite cheap, it’s simple, and you carry your CO2, which is needed sometimes. – Super, and then I understand you’ve got a slight different puncture plan as well, that you carry on your stem for race day. – This is a screw, it saves your life sometimes. (laughing) If you have a hole in your tyre, you just plug it in, then you can roll. – Okay, so let’s take a look at the rest of your kit, Roger. So, first of all, your wet suit, and this is the Orca Predator. – [Roger] Little bit more buoyancy on the lower part of the wet suit, and then these extremely thin arms which give you pure freedom when you’re swimming. – So I guess if you do swim in the pool and your legs drag along, or you just want to switch your legs off and drag them behind you, that’s a great suit for you. And then this rather cool tri suit here, I like the design of it. – [Roger] I did, myself. – [Interviewer] Oh did you, that’s brilliant, nice. – [Roger] Yeah, this is an old one I designed a few years ago, but this year, I don’t have a brand that sponsors me, so I had to keep my old one. – Brilliant, and then, on to your helmet, and this is the Bolle, The One. – Yes, it is. It’s actually a road cycling helmet, but I like it very much so I can use it with this solar panel to avoid the sun, and then the glasses, the Sunnies, are the Bolle V-Rock. – [Interviewer] The modulator lenses? – Modulator lenses. – Very nice, and then, finally, we’ve got the Mavic Crossmax. – [Roger] Custom painted. (laughing) – [Interviewer] Very nice, and I’ve noticed here, you’ve got the specialised insole, so that’s got a little bit more sort of geometry with the foot to help. – [Roger] It does. – And finally, your running shoes, which you’re nicely modelling for us now. They’re the Nike Streak 6, box-fresh by the looks of things as well, and do you switch laces out for race day? – No, I use these laces, they are tied already, just takes a little bit more time to fit the feet in. – God, my mom would be telling me off if I did that. – But then you don’t have problems running. – So you’ve found it, and traditionally, this is a road shoe, not a trail shoe. Do you find that okay? – As long as it’s dry course, no problems. – Right, well that is all from us. Thanks so much for joining us, Roger. – Thank you, guys. – Yeah, and I’m very glad you were here to help me through this, ’cause this is very much unknown territory to me. Do keep an eye on the channel for loads more Xterra content, and to make sure you don’t miss any of it, click on the globe and subscribe. – If you want to see another bike review, just click down here. – If you’d like to see our trail running video, just click down here.