The Chinese bike with which Harry Hudson has been proclaimed World Champion

The junior category race of the recently disputed World Championships in Kigali was won, after a strong attack 36 kilometers from the finish, by British rider Harry Hudson. A victory that has gained special significance after it was discovered that his bike was not signed by any of the major brands in the market but by the unknown Chinese brand Quick Pro and their model AR:One.

The Junior World Championship was won with a €6,000 bike

With a devastating attack 36 kilometers from the finish line, young Harry Hudson, the latest gem from the British cycling talent pool, managed to prevail in Kigali. And he did it on a bike weighing only 6.83 kg, at the limit of the minimum set by the UCI for competition use, decorated with a striking personalized design that did not go unnoticed by anyone.

However, the absence of logos has made many wonder what bike it was until, finally, the mystery has been revealed. Under that curious paint job is an AR:One from the Chinese manufacturer Quick Pro who wasted no time in boasting about this remarkable triumph. A bike that, compared to machines of over €10,000 that are usually used in competition, even in these categories, could be assembled for a budget around €6,000 without, in view of the result achieved by Harry Hudson, lacking in performance compared to more renowned models.

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The frame of the Quick Pro ER:One weighs 811.5 g in size M, with Harry Hudson using a handlebar from the same brand, specifically a CANWIN Zephyr SSL integrated, and CRW CS5060 wheels which, as their name suggests, have a differentiated profile of 50 mm for the front and 60 mm for the rear, and, despite these generous profiles, partly thanks to the carbon spokes they use, stop the scale at just 1,280 g.

Also out of the ordinary were the 165 mm CYBREI carbon cranks that Harry Hudson used with 54/38 chainrings and Assioma power meter pedals.

The 6.83 kg that the Quick Pro ER:One marked on the official weighing scales of the UCI commissioners was the lightest bike in the junior race compared to other models that even went up to 8.5 kg, a very noticeable difference for the steep ramps of Kimihurura, the scene of the attack that led Harry Hudson to victory. In any case, the use of this bike by the young British cyclist remains a mere anecdote as, starting next year, he will have at his disposal a brand new Trek-Madone after confirming his signing with the Lidl-Trek development team.

This only confirms the evolution of Chinese bike brands that have gone from copying known models or manufacturing open mold bikes for small European brands to learning about carbon and producing increasingly elaborate bikes and components, with a performance that has little to envy from established brands and with the ability to offer prices that are unreachable for these traditional brands as they are producers and, in most cases, distribute their products directly, without intermediaries between factory and customer. A good example of the level reached by bikes produced in China are the X-Lab bikes that have been used throughout this season, and successfully, by the XDS-Astana team.