Chelsea Sodaro’s 2025 Ironman World Championship Ventum Tempus Bike Setup

Chelsea Sodaro will be riding an eye-catching Ventum Tempus in size small with fully-custom paint, special details, and two entirely custom carbon modifications.

On race day, Sodaro will be using an 85mm DT Swiss ARC 1100 Dicut DB rear wheel with Continental GP 5000 TT TR 28mm tires. Up front she’s using 65mm DT Swiss ARC 1100 Dicut DB wheels with 25mm tires. Her drivetrain is SRAM Red AXS wireless 12 speed with a 10-33t cassette on the back and a CeramicSpeed OSPW pulley wheel/cage.

Sodaro has chosen to go with a 1x setup up front and a 54T chainring on a Sram 160mm crankset with Quarq power meter and a custom-waxed Sram Red chain.

Here we get a close-up look at Sodaro’s Wahoo Speedplay Aero pedals.

On race day, Sodaro has chosen to use an interesting disc brake setup with carbon rotor covers from Evolve.

Here we get our first close look at Sodaro’s super-interesting cockpit with custom-modified Profile base bars and fully custom Speedbar SL cups and extensions.

Sodaro’s aerobars are incredibly narrow and set with custom grips and arm rests, alongside vertically stacked XLab Torpedo between-the-arms (BTA) hydration and XLab cages.

Here we get a close up of Sodaro’s custom-formed aerobar hand holds with skateboard grip tape and integrated shifter buttons.

Sodaro’s cockpit also has tiny little carbon details like these BTA hydration mounts barely squeezed between her ultra-narrow aerobar extensions.

Here we get a top view of Sodaro’s incredibly narrow cockpit, including Profile base bars that have literally been cut in half and reformed with a carbon wrap to reduce the width to 33cm. She’ll be adding base bar grips closer to race day.

Unlike in previous custom iterations, Sodaro’s iconic “yes yes yes” – a nod to one of her daughter’s favorite sayings – is now custom painted and clear coated, no longer just a sticker.

Here we see another fun detail painted into the frame of Sodaro’s Ventum Tempus: her daughter’s name.

Another fascinating detail on Sodaro’s setup is this custom-formed seatpost/saddle “clamp.” While it saves a ton of weight (and is likely more aerodynamic) it allows for zero fore-aft/angle adjustment of the ISM PN 3.0 saddle. It also requires an entirely new wrap/seatpost if Sodaro’s saddle wears out or is damaged.

Off the back of her custom saddle/seatpost setup, we get a close look at Sodaro’s EZ Hydro Gains behind-the-saddle hydration system with XLab cages.