August 24th, 2023 — Prestacycle and the INEOS Grenadiers Cycling Team publicly announced their ongoing partnership to create a higher level of performance, consistency and reliability for all team bikes raced by INEOS Grenadiers. The program has been active and highly successful for both the 2022 and 2023 racing seasons. The announcement was held until now to coordinate with Prestacycle's release of their new color-coded versions of their popular TorqKey tools.
The program was created together with INEOS Grenadiers team mechanics, Prestacycle Engineers and in cooperation with INEOS Grenadiers' tool sponsor, Unior Tools. The program calls for every bike to have every bolt re-torqued prior to each ride. Normally this could be a lengthy process for an entire team of bikes. Prestacycle's patented TorqKey design enables a higher level of accuracy and consistency than traditional clicker torque tools, and more importantly, the design allows users to un-screw with the same tool, vastly speeding-up the re-torquing process. In regular practice, team mechanics are able to entirely re-torque each bike in under one minute.
INEOS Grenadiers' Head Mechanic Diego Costa spec'd and verified the needs of the bikes, and individual tool sets were configured to match the bikes. Tools are pre-loaded with the correct torque and bit for each application, so that even if the same torque was needed for different screw sizes, a different tool of the same torque is ready-to-go for each need. TorqKeys are used for every Torque specification on the bikes – up to the 12Nm capability that TorqKeys offer. They are used even for the Thru-axles – ensuring that improper tension would not cause excess bearing load.
David Finlayson, President of Prestacycle said: "We're very proud of our ability to contribute to professional racing. I attended the finish of the 2022 Tour de France where the INEOS Grenadiers won the Team category; while it was most certainly the team that brought themselves across the line for that success, I'm confident our program played a role in ensuring the bikes were at their optimum."
Diego Costa, INEOS Grenadiers' Head Mechanic, said: "Our partnership with Prestacycle has been really successful and ensured that our team has been able to deliver the absolute best for our riders at the biggest races. The technology available to us is in keeping with our performance-led approach and the close working partnership we have is one that we value."
This month, Prestacycle is releasing their new color-coded version of Torqkey tools, providing a rainbow of color to help users quickly access the right torque. Torqkeys are available in both mini and Pro versions, with Torque abilities from 3Nm through 12Nm. Prestacycle TorqKeys are also available in other names and forms through various OEM and private label relationships Prestacycle has in cycling and other industries including medical, industrial and more.
