CyclingDirt captured Jeremy Powers’ switch to disc brakes at a Boulder, CO, cyclocross race in early October. His ride was a prototype carbon fiber version of Focus Bikes’ Mares CX with disc brakes. Focus already offers an alloy version with discs, but their 2013 range was absent any official carbon models with disc brakes.
JPow’s bike’s sporting Easton’s new disc cyclocross wheels (link updated), but Focus’ own fork. The SRAM Red group was mated to Avid’s new BB7 SL mechanical brake calipers for now. Saving you the trouble of pausing and peering, we’ve placed some screen grab images of the bike after the break…