We know that pro bikes are super light compared to what most of us ride, but which men’s UCI WorldTour team has the lightest 2023 bike? Alex weighed all the pro bikes at the Tour Down Under and we can now reveal the results! We also have some exciting new hot tech, including a new national champion’s jersey for our own Andrew “The Twig” Feather!
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00:28 How much do WorldTour bikes weigh?
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Would you rather ride a super-lightweight pro bike from 10 years ago, or a current heavier & more aero bike? 🧐
I'll get some better pictures when my trackbike will be finished 😂
Hi lovely GCN tech presenters, I was wondering how much added weight can a pro feel on the bike? It would be quite fun a video on that! Cheers
#AskGCNTech
Please test Bradley Wiggins Pinarello Dogma 65.1 Think 2. Awesome bike!!!
For us average weekend rider a 10 years pro bike is going to be faster than modern aero because we can't sit on 40kph everywhere when riding. Weight is key for us, not aero.
Watching this is making ME want to have my ears removed
My apologizes to Alex but I still like the way Ollie smiled in my defense I'm 60 so I have my "senior moments" when it comes to names.
Cheers.
Love the new opening graphics. Also still love the old opening music. :-/ 🙂
Cannondale supersixevo prime Sagan is the past/future lol
I haven't watched GCN since it went corporate but I like this show
We’re they all sane size and one if two had a bottle on. They all had extras on them.
Just remember Alex, if you remove your eyes to get aero, you can’t wear your fancy aero POC sunglasses anymore…..
I'm 99% sure it is just industry jargon; but it is the tech show, are you really still using "video tape?"
All this bikes are a tanks, I think rim brake stiff and light bike from the 2015 outperform this new ones. But it is all marketing and useless technologies such as disc brakes and tubeless tyre. The only thing that really matters when climbing is weight, and the aero gains derives from the body position, especially when driving in the draft of the peloton. So please gcn do the comparison.
What a great show with Dan and Hank there! They are for sure the best duo!
Ollie, you can pin your ears back.
So the Tour isn't really a test of the talents or conditioning of individual riders, or even teams of riders. Talent and conditioning contribute to the final result, but the most significant determinant is who's been given the most flash bike, i.e. which sponsor has the biggest budget, and how intelligently they spent it.
Well, crap. That's not very interesting. i guess i'll follow the NBA. The Warriors' Invitational will be starting in a few months. First i need to find out who's got the lightest kit.
What can you do Alex, or Dan or Adam.
Average "beauty", hard to discern like them stickerless laptops. 😉
Cheers, Adam from Berlin.
Wait a minute! How does an aero base-layer work when it's UNDER an oversized, flappy jersey?? It's the upper layer that's exposed to the wind…
Thing is, even if an aero bike is faster in a road test, that doesn't necessarily mean it's a better race bike. Races have drafting and are won or lost during surges of acceleration, sprints and climbs. If you can make a bike that optimises performance at those key points in a race, it would be worth some kind of trade off in overall efficiently.
Oli and Alex are the UCI of the Bike Vault, people.
Weight IS everthing, why ride discs?
Re Rule 28 base layer – I thought this was a work-around as the UCI has banned these aero features on the actual jerseys?
Im down for that test but you shouldn't make it a time trial style ride when in real life riders are in the draft and there are frequent accelerations to maintain the draft ( where lightweight will help you accelerate better).
My Sworks SL6 Ultralight edition (the last rim brake bike Specialized has made) is in 5.9 kg with dura ace pedals, cage and Garmin mount. Sram red etap 11v and Campagnolo Bora Ultra 50 tubular, Vittoria Corsa Speed tires.
2014 retro? Jeez! I’m old 😂
How much watts does a bike computer and/or front light attached to your bars cost you?
F8 vs Dogma F please!
About look a likes:
Bennett Knox from Snowpiercer is a complete doppelganger of Dan Lloyd.
The bike industry (at least for road bikes) doesn't know its customers. We don't want $10,000+ time trial bikes with heavy wheels, fat tires and mountain bike brakes. That's why the industry is in financial trouble – as they should be.
Lol, he mentions Playing the videotape!!! Retro 😂
had to do a double take at 1minute in when I thought that Ollie was sitting with his hand on Alex's knee! I mean, whatever floats your boat, just took me by surprise 😀
Just want to add my considered view regarding the chemistry between these two – Adam and Orlando, they clearly hate each other..! 🤣🤣🤣
How small was the INEOS bike that got weighed??!! Was it a 48cm frame 😂
maybe just looking @ the weight is just wrong and the only thing what is backwards are guys from 80s who weight now 90kg and still want a 5kg bike