Alexandera is in Fernie resting up before starting Tour Divide tomorrow! Last week she checked in with us from Montana to share how her bike tour to Banff is going. In Missoula her new Yaupon Titanium was waiting for her so she could ride it into Fernie and onwards to Antelope Wells, NM!

Let’s take a look at some of the component choices we planned with Alexandera for this years Tour Divide bike.

First up is this limited edition Cane Creek Helm Work Series suspension fork. These shed some weight from the standard Helm chassis and feature a lockout. Having completed the Tour with a rigid fork prior, Alexandera really wanted reliable suspension fork with a lockout for this years ride. The Helm’s are some of the best made and best riding forks out there and we were excited to see Cane Creek come through and sponsor her this year.

Cane Creek also supplied a 110 headset and a 110 bottom bracket to pair with their eeWing Titanium cranks.

Next is some one of a kind wheels from her wheel and stem sponsor Industry Nine. Industry Nine has been supporting Alexandera for a while and we love their hubs and rims for their reliability and excellent ride characteristics. The rear is a Trail 280c Carbon Hydra wheel, 32h, with a custom medicine wheel color pattern.

The front is a Trail 280c Carbon rim laced up to a SON Dynamo 110x15 hub to power Alexandera’s new K-Lite Gravel and MTB systems. For TD she’ll be running the K Lite Gravel beam and USB.

Waveform pedals, singlespeed cog and chainring are from Wolf Tooth Components.

Most importantly, don’t forget this incredible Leopard print bikepacking bagset from fellow team riders Andrew and Katie Strempke of Dispersed Bikepacking Gear.

For device management and a different riding position we connected with Baryak to get this sweet cockpit setup dialed in! This sorts out her light, phone and Garmin all while providing a support for the handlebar bag and an aero bar.

Other components in the final bike include:

• SRAM AXS dropper post

• Bedrock Dragonfly rear saddle bag

• Maxxis Crossmark II EXO 29x2.25 tires

• Shimano XT 4 piston brakes

• Terry Saddle

• Cane Creek Ergo bar ends

• Thomson Titanium Riser Bars (not shown, she had these enroute)