Bike Check: 2018 UCI World Champion Laura Smulders (NED)

Jun 12, 2018

Written by Bart de Jong

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If you want to know what kind of bike the 2018 Elite Women UCI BMX World Champion rides, we've got you covered. Next to the Dutch National team, Meybo Bikes also is the bike provider of the TVE Oegema BMX team. Here's what Laura rides. If you are in need of equipment to get a world title, look no further.

Name: Laura Smulders

Sponsors: TVE Sport, Oegema Transport, Dijk Natural Collections, MEYBO, Eurol, Shimano, Renthal, Tioga, Verbinnen BVBA, EnergyLab, JEE-O Unique Bathrooms, Totoya Ramaker Hattem, SpeijersSports,

VanHeckSportmassage, 6D Helmets, HTComponents, Leatt, Oakley.

Mechanic: Jan Segers, I also really like to work on my own bike

How long have you been riding the frame that you are currently on?
Laura Smulders: About 3 months

Do you experiment much with geometry/size of your frame, stem, bars?
Laura Smulders: Not so much, I’ve had it pretty much the same for the last few years, size and geometry-wise.

Do you have something customized to make your bike more personal and perfect for you?
Laura Smulders: I’ve got a customized back end of my frame, and custom stem, custom disc brake system.

Did you get to pick the colour of your frame and the parts?
Laura Smulders: No, the team decided the colours for the bikes. But I really love the look of it!

Please take us through your parts list:

Frame - Meybo Pro XXL
Fork - Prototype
Bars - Renthal
Grips - Renthal
Stem - Custom Jan Segers
Headset - random

Brake lever - Shimano
Brake - Custom Jan Segers

Cranks - Shimano DXR
Pedals - HT
Sprocket - Renthal
BB - don’t know
Chain - Shimano

Seat - SD Components
Seatpost - SD Components

Seatpost clamp - SD Components

Front hub - SDx Components
Rear hub - SDx Components
Front rim - SDx Components
Rear rim - SDx Components

Spokes - don’t know
Tires - Tioga FastR React