- Hello and welcome to the GCN Tech Show.
- This week, we've got safer bikes, faster bikes,
and another new gravel bike.
- Oh yes!
We're also asking whether it really matters where your bike
was made and who made it.
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- Alright now mate, what's hot in tech this week?
- Well I think we should start with Priority Bikes,
who have a prototype safer cycle, okay?
So they were inspired by the good people at Toyota,
car brand, and specifically their Camry model,
which is apparently loaded with safety features
that makes for a safer driving experience.
- So yeah, Priority have basically taken
and integrated those design features into a bike,
which I think is pretty cool for a start.
One of those features is a headlight
which automatically adjusts depending on your speed.
So I think that's worthy of a shout out.
You've got blind spot lights to alert drivers,
so they basically know exactly where you are,
which I have found myself foul to in the past.
And then, don't forget about this, you've got
some sensors on there so that if someone enters
your danger zone, whatever that is, it comes up
on a little display unit on your bike.
And importantly, I shouldn't forget,
it's got a horn on it as well.
Toyota Camry horn, I love it.
- Ah, there you go.
Now to that, we shouldn't be too dismissive with this,
we did say last week that we could perhaps live
without a lot of new smart tech, but if the smart tech
is gonna try and improve our safety,
then we shouldn't dismiss it out of hand, should we?
- No. - Maybe safety tech is okay.
- Exactly.
And personally I think that if it's going to
encourage more people to go safer riding,
in cities in particular, it can't be a bad thing.
- Can I jump on my soap box, just very quickly?
- Go on, get on it.
- Okay, cuz I actually I kind of almost think
they're attacking the wrong thing here.
And that it shouldn't be able making people feel safer
on their bikes, it should be about making people safer
on their bikes, and actually the bike is
the wrong place to do it.
Cycling itself is relatively safe,
but it's vehicles around us that are what put us at risk.
A lot of the time, anyway.
So I kind of don't really want to take away from that issue,
and you know maybe it's actually about transport planning
at the end of the day.
Anyway, I'll jump off my soap box now.
- What should we talk about now then?
- Uh, time trial bikes?
- Yeah, time trial bikes.
Right, so check out this new bike from Wilier.
It's called the Turbine.
Now it's been designed based on four principles.
Aerodynamics, braking, positioning, and portability.
- Portability.
- Portability. But hey, more on that later on.
- Yeah, alright.
Let's give it aerodynamics first, alright?
That is principally the reason you would buy a TT bike,
you would've thought.
And what's really interesting about this is that they said
they've improved the aerodynamics
by using disc brakes, okay?
So what they've managed to do is
increase the clearance around the wheels,
so specifically the fork blades and the fork crown,
and the rear triangle, and they've only been able to do that
by getting rid of the brake calipers
and replacing them with disc brakes instead.
- Now that's cool, isn't it?
- It's a bold shout, but yeah.
- I mean, we've seen it on track bikes in the past,
haven't we?
- Yeah we have, yeah.
And Orbea's TT bikes have been marketed on the fact,
they've got those free flow forks.
And their road frames, too, actually.
- Eh, sticking with braking, that is something which,
on time trial bike comes
under quite a bit of scrutiny, doesn't it?
Because -
- Well, they don't really have any.
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- And also the routing, though.
The cables is quite often not ideal, is it really?
- No. - Not for a Bowden cable.
So by putting hydraulics on there,
it means whatever the route,
you're still gonna get good braking.
- Yeah, it's great, innit?
To be fair, that's something
also that's been done before, innit?
Cervelo did that, right, back in 2011
when they partnered with Magura for that tt bike.
- They were cool looking brakes, weren't they?
- They were very cool, innit?
And then, this is the other thing, position.
So the tt bars have got quite a lot
of built in adjustment on them,
which is very good for proprietary bars,
and then also the seat post has got three positions,
so you've got 25mm lay back, inline post which is,
I guess, where most of us would end up with that position,
and then plus 65 mm basically gets you
in front of the bottom bracket, allowing triathletes
out there to adopt their running position while cycling.
- That is outrageous.
And it's 65 mil forward.
The UCI rules are good for something.
- Exactly.
It stops us cycling like triathletes.
- And finally, onto that portability statement.
Basically the handlebars of this bike are able to be,
essentially what, shrunk? In 40 seconds.
So the base bar, you can basically fold it down,
so that when you put your bike into a bag for transport,
all of your settings remain intact, though.
So then at the other end, I suppose,
you can simply fold it up, no adjustment,
go out and ride your bike.
- You know what? It sounds like a gimmick.
But actually that's the kind of thing
that could stop real headaches.
- Oh massive perks, yeah. - One of those things where
every time you travel, you're like,
"Oh I thank my lucky stars
that I've got shrinkable handlebars."
- Instead of spending three hours
to set up my head set again.
- There you go, yes.
See, maybe they're on to something.
- To price this, it starts at 7,700 Euros.
- Oh, okay. Right.
Moving on Jon, from tt bikes to gravel bikes.
Yes.
- Not another one.
- Come on mate, it's been at least a week -
- It has, a week to the day. - ... since we talked -
... yeah since we last talked about a gravel bike.
But this, this is another cool one, actually.
This is from 8bar, super cool Berlin-based brand
and it's the Grunewald, nice.
- Now, it does look cool.
It does look quite a bit like the 3T Exploro,
to be perfectly honest with you.
- It does, doesn't it? Very like the 3T Exploro.
Not a bad thing, though, because
that's a very beautiful bike.
Now 8bar actually started making fixed gear bikes,
presumably you'd think, with their tires pumped up to 8 bar.
Which no one would do nowadays.
- No, not really. - Especially on a gravel bike.
They maybe need to call themselves 2bar for that one.
- Yeah.
- Anyway, we're digressing.
Basically they started out with fixed gear bikes,
and now they have a full complete range of bikes.
Still pretty trendy, but complete range.
- Bit too trendy for us, though.
Anyway, as Si already mentioned,
it's called the Grunewald, and basically
it's got a more road orientated
or road style geometry, doesn't it?
And basically on our gravel spectrum, where's it gonna sit?
- Well more towards the road end of the gravel spectrum.
- Exactly, more road than off-road.
- However, there is a however in there isn't it?
- There is indeed. Because you can fit 650B tires in there.
Only up to 51 mm though, as opposed to
the 55 you can go inside the 3T.
- Yes, so that's like a 2 inch mountain bike tire, isn't?
- Big.
- It is a big tire, but anyway,
it's also got fender mounts, so mud guards,
and also rack mounts.
And as something I would've scoffed at
three weeks ago, bottle boss mounts on the front fork.
Now I've been bike packing - - He's an expert now isn't he?
- ... and I'm well aware if you wanna run
a full frame bag, then you're gonna need
to put your water bottles somewhere else.
Either that or have a water bladder
in your frame bag, it has a straw.
- Just stop at the shop.
But anyway, how much did it cost?
- 1600 Euros.
Available for pre order now apparently.
- That's alright then.
- Alright, more tech later on, mate?
- More tech later.
Who really made your bike, and does it matter?
So a couple of weeks back, I was at the Bespoke show
here in the UK, and I was privileged enough
to see some beautiful, unique, and well,
fascinating bikes there on display.
- Yeah, for many people, though, those aren't
the only few reasons why you would buy a hand built
and custom bike.
There's also the fact that many people
love to know who made it.
So actually talking to the person
that makes your bike and seeing them at work.
But it did get us thinking, is that important?
Should it really matter where your bike
was made and who made it?
- Well, the bike industry is just like
any other major industry out there
in that it's truly globalized.
So think of it like this, maybe your bike
has been designed in the US, made in China,
painted in Taiwan, assembled in Europe,
and then sold in Australia.
- It can save you money to manufacture
in the far East because the overheads can be lower,
but we've got to say at this point, haven't we,
as well, that actually much of the global expertise
in manufacturing, particularly in carbon fiber,
does now lie in Taiwan and China, doesn't it?
- That is very true fact.
And I mean, it might not appear that romantic,
for instance, having your frame made in a factory
that just specializes in carbon manufacturing
because in there they might also be making tennis rackets
or something like that.
But there is also the chance that basically
it's gonna yield in a better quality frame than say,
a bloke just knocking one together in his shed.
- Yeah, that is a fair point, mate.
Now I think it does feel like, isn't it, carbon fiber,
of all the materials, or everything we talk about,
is the one thing that people latched onto,
as not having a soul when it's made in a big factory.
And I think probably that's because much of it
comes out of mold, which makes people think
that this is like a jelly, isn't it?
Just like (machine noises) carbon frames coming out,
when in actual fact, the reality is far from that.
The carbon needs to be cut and then laid
by hand in the mold, and when the curing process
is complete, it needs to be finished by hand.
And I'll admit the first time I saw that process,
first hand, I was utterly blown away.
I think it was in one of the Surround facilities
in Taichung in Taiwan, and I could not believe
how many people, how many pairs of hands
were involved in making a pair of Surround Red cranks.
It was bonkers, bonkers.
- Quite labor intensive, isn't it?
Much more, I'm just like you, I thought it'd be
like a toaster, just popping out, yep new one,
another crank, another crank, but no it's not like that.
- It's not like toast.
- No. (laughing)
- No, it's really not.
- So I think to answer the original question,
we separate the industry into two.
And first of all, look at the brands who design in-house
and then specify the carbon layer, own their own molds,
then possibly have it sent off to a third party
to be manufactured under the watchful eye
of a quality control man.
- Yeah, vs those brands that buy
what's called a generic open mold design.
So those are frames where they're designed
and made by a manufacturer specifically with
the intention of them painting them up
and sticking different decals on the down tube.
And basically you just buy them out of a catalog.
And if you buy enough of them,
you can get them painted up as you want.
You can call them Jon's Horny bikes if you want to.
- You could do, yeah, in fact, I've already got that.
No, but I mean, I don't see a problem with either of them.
As long as, basically that second model,
which you just spoke about, is not over the top price wise.
And normally they are significantly cheaper,
actually, aren't they?
- Yeah, Jon's Horny Bikes would be bargain based
- Very cheap, very cheap and nasty.
- Whereas the first option, perhaps the kind of
more conventional big name brands, you know that feels
to me a little bit like buying an iPhone, okay?
Bear with me, but, does it matter
that your iPhone is made in China
and assembled from parts that have been sourced
across the globe?
No. Is it still an Apple product
when the battery's from Samsung,
and the camera's from Sony, and the screen's from Sharp, no.
Because I think the important bit is that
the operating system, design, and all the thought
behind it comes from the brand itself.
- So I think the soul of a bike then,
is in its design, is that what we're trying to say?
- I think so. I think that certainly the design process
is probably one of the most cost intensive
parts of manufacturing a bike.
And it does feel, doesn't it, like when you match up
a brand with the design, that is the soul of the bike.
It also explain why you can get two bikes
made in the same factory for different brands,
but they are completely distinct, completely separate.
Got their own personalities,
their own ride qualities, because that seems to be the bit.
And that's totally cool, it doesn't matter
where it's made then.
- Nope.
- Just as long as it's not massive discrepancy in the price.
- Four times the cost for practically the same -
then I'll have a big big problem.
- Yeah, that's why Jon's Horny Bikes are gonna be so cheap.
- So I think perhaps this question has arisen,
the fault of the bike industry, perhaps, dare I say it.
For not just taking pride in manufacturing
in locations with expertise.
So, Taiwan for instance.
Ultimately, mate, I just want my bike to be built
by an expert in a location of expertise.
- Yeah, yeah well I think that's
absolutely bang on, isn't it?
So maybe the answer to, "Does it matter where
your bike is made?" is actually yes,
but not in the way that maybe we thought it was gonna be.
Maybe it matters that it's made by experts
and then that it's priced accordingly.
Those two things, when they line up,
that's all we ask, innit?
- And then we're happy.
- Exactly, yeah.
Anyway, that's what we think, but what about you guys?
Let us know in the comments section,
we've said about mainstream manufacturing,
but what about custom?
If you've bought a custom bike,
why did you buy, and how much do you love it?
Why do you love it?
Get involved in the comment section down below.
We also, we asked for your opinion last week, didn't we?
About what tech can you live without
and what tech can't you live without,
and predictably perhaps, we went off in the comment section.
It was great, wasn't it?
- Yeah, first up, Bear Marshall King,
I don't know if this is another, a pseudonym for Si,
he can definitely live without the front derailleur,
basically dislike everything that requires
maintenance or adjustment.
- So riding a fixie then, I guess.
- Yeah, basically that.
That's the way forward for Bear Marshall King.
- Fair enough.
Willian Direction, "I can't live without
my puncture/money/tyre lever kit. Had it for 30 years
it goes on every ride, I just add new patches
and glue every now and then."
That's pretty cool, very low-fi solution but I like it.
- Yeah, there's no smart tech in there, is there?
- Nope!
- Liam Sangaku, "Tech I can live without,
Gravel Bike. Let's be honest, nobody needs them,
use a cyclocross bike or a road bike with wide tires."
Yes, Liam! - No, Liam, no!
Who's to say a cyclocross bike
is the right bike for the job?
Just because it already exists -
- Just sayin' it to disagree with you.
- Yeah no, I just, fair enough,
you get annoyed with people trying to float you
the same bike but call it something different.
But actually, there's no reason
that an old school cyclocross bike
is actually the best bike for riding off-road.
Far from it in fact. - Oh yeah yeah yeah.
Oh totally, yeah. - Some of them.
- Some of them are awful. - Total rubbish, yeah.
Basically, anyway, there you go,
that's a debate for another day.
What about Stephen Moore,
"Sti shifters couldn't go back to down tube levers."
No, that's true.
- Yeah. - That is very true.
- I remember the first time I went to STI league,
because I went out for a ride,
and I reached down for the gear lever.
This hand, while I nearly lost it in the front wheel,
yeah yeah.
I couldn't imagine it actually now.
Lastly, Big Foz. "Mini pumps? Someone recommend me one
that will work more than three times
before it goes in the bin."
He's back to frame pumps, Zefal one.
"About 25 year old, plastic, faded, and ratty."
There we are. Frame pumps.
- Well, yeah, a lot of people
are big advocates of frame pumps.
I got to say, though - - A lot of people.
- ... just because it's a big pump
doesn't mean it's gonna last.
Cuz actually, the important bit,
like the bit that fits on the valve
is gonna be the same whether it's a mini pump
or a frame pump, surely.
- That is true.
Although, I've had problems with frame pumps
in the past, you know basically the steel rod,
the piston or whatever, snapping in the middle of winter.
You're a bit angry, aren't you?
Because you've got a puncture,
and there you are frantically pumping away,
and then suddenly it just gets twisted and bent,
and then you're left without it.
So I'd rather the mini pump.
- Yeah, that's the problem with CO2 cartridge, innit?
You can't get your anger out, can it?
(hiss) (growl)
Damnit!
- No aggression out at all, yeah, anyway.
- I do notice actually under Big Foz,
he says, "I need it to pump up to 120 psi in under a week."
Tell you what, Big Foz, don't put 120 psi in your tires.
- (laughing) 2 bar.
- Yeah, exactly. 2 bar is all you need.
Anyway, thank you very much, as ever,
for getting involved in the comment section.
- We love it. - We do love it.
And yeah, we can't wait to see
what you say about this week as well.
- Ooh, hot.
- Right then, let's have some more new tech, Jon.
- Yeah, so Si, good news mate,
I'm back stalking pro cyclists.
Getting out the magnifying glass and looking at race photos.
- Good news for us lot, less good for the pros.
- Exactly.
I'm banned from every grand tour.
Joking aside, it looks like there's a new helmet
on its way from French brand EKOI.
Because I spotted Romain Bardet
of AG2R La Mondiale wearing a new helmet.
Looks pretty nice, actually.
- It does look cool, doesn't it?
Now we did have a look on the EKOI website,
no info on there as yet.
It's gotta be said, it does remind me
quite a lot of hair net helmet
that you were wearing just last week on the show.
- Don't know if that's a good thing or not, is it?
- They look like such a plunker.
(wah wah wah)
Well, of course it doesn't look
too like that helmet, so anyway.
I think retro cool, that's a good thing.
- Yeah. Now sticking with cool, last week Kanye West
put up a picture on, I think it was Twitter, wasn't it?
of basically he's got himself a Highroad cycling jacket,
and he was bigging it up, you know -
- He knew that those Highroad jackets were cool -
- Exactly. - ... but there ya go.
Kanye said it was.
- And then this week, seen a picture
from Pharrell Williams of him wearing,
check out these Oakleys, mate.
- Awww!
- Yes.
- Oakley Blades!
- How cool are they? - What was that, '91?
- Yeah, I mean they're pre-Mambo's, aren't they?
So they are ultra cool. - Pre-Mambo's.
- Now I don't Mambo #5, note.
No, I don't know if they're diamond encrusted
or if it's just good 3D paint work, either way,
he's a lucky lad, isn't he?
To get his, well ears basically, on a set of those.
- Yeah.
- I don't know if he'd ride a bike though.
- Imagine if Pharrell turned up in your club run
in diamond encrusted Oakleys.
- If he - - That would be a great day.
- ...if he does, let us know, and I promise you now,
GCN Tech will show up on your group ride and,
I don't know maybe Si will give a rap for him
or something like that.
- I'd rap with Pharrell.
- Yeah, there we are.
- Can you imagine how embarrassing that would be?
"Uh Pharrell, yes, I like to do a bit
of rapping in my spare time."
- (laughing) please.
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- ♪ To the extreme, rock the mic like a vandal, ♪
♪ Get up on stage and wax your junk like a candle. ♪
♪ Dance. ♪
That's all I got.
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Uh, right, anyway, what's next?
Oh yeah, on the GCN show this week,
we delved into the murky world of Kickstarter.
Who doesn't love a little bit of Kickstarter?
Basically, completely unfiltered ideas,
some of them amazing, some of them utter sh(beep).
But one of the ones that we missed, actually,
was German brand called Urwahn, and they have
crowd funding for their new Urwahn bikes.
And it's good be said, they look amazing.
Never did I think that a bike needed to be
without a seat tube, but take it away,
and that is a thing of beauty.
- That is stunning.
11 speed hub gears, belt drive,
conti tires, Dynamo lights, integrated lighting.
You can even put on mud guards, too,
which in my opinion is absolutely essential
for urban riding.
- Yeah, that is true.
Although, I think there's a slight irony
in getting rid of your seat tube,
only to replace it with a mud guard.
- That is true, but sometimes mud guards
can be an absolute pain to fit.
- That's true. - By the way,
it looks great, and I actually hope
they smash their funding entirely.
- Yeah, yeah, it's great, definitely.
I think we're in agreement there.
Right now, before we finish with new tech this week,
what about this, that has popped onto our radar?
It's tiny bike tech.
- [Jon] (laughing) Yeah.
- This is genuinely microscopic bike tech.
There's a chap in Japan, he's 3D printing
miniaturized components and frames
and indeed complete bikes.
Customizable, choose the one that you want
from your favorite team, you could even have
your own mini bike version of you, your own.
- Of your own, yeah!
From water bottles, the lot.
I mean, the cranks apparently,
they come out in 2 pieces as well.
So you've got to put them together.
Put chain rings onto it.
- And the fact that your cables
have been replaced by fishing wire.
- That is a person who has got too much time on their hands.
- Well, I dunno Jon, but I quite want one.
- I want one as well.
- Cuz I never really got into the whole
making airplanes thing when I was a kid.
- No, I got bored doing that.
- But if someone had said, here's a miniature
Canyon Arrow, I'd be like, oh, go on then!
- Yeah, can I FDI, too? Imagine that?
Anyway, more tech next week.
- It's time now for the GCN Tech wall of fame.
Last week, we inducted Jon's old hair net helmet
into the wall of fame, but deservedly so.
This week is something altogether classier, sorry Jon.
It's the Vitus 979.
- Yeah, an absolutely stunning bit of kit, this.
So essentially it was bonded aluminum frame.
Now, they were initially first seen in 1979,
but they weren't used, well really in popularity,
up until the mid-'80's, so I'm not sure
what was going on in that little time gap there.
However, what was so special about them,
like I just said, they were bonded
but they were interference fit as well.
- What so, what's interference fit?
- Well basically there was cast alloy lugs,
and the tubes were actually, covered in resin first,
and then essentially hit into place.
And that's what held them there.
- My god.
- Yeah, a little bit scary.
But those tell-tale alloy lugs, you know,
that certainly stood out, and I just remember
as a child just looking at them and just being in lust,
because they were absolutely incredible.
Now, the seat post, initially, was held in place,
get this, with a little grub screw through the back.
That basically screwed almost into the seat post.
So no clamp or anything like that,
it was just through sheer force I guess, and M10 thread.
Interestingly as well, the tubes were anodized as well.
And that's what really made them stand out a lot.
There's like five or six - - If you get the impression -
that Jon likes the Vitus 979 - - ... different colorways.
Love it. - ...then you would be correct.
- Want one.
- Right now, in the mid '80's,
it was more widely adopted by the pro peloton.
You could see why, because it was an awful lot
lighter than steel, wasn't it?
In fact, so popular was it that many pros
who were not sponsored by Vitus, went out
and bought Vitus' and then resprayed them on,
you just unfortunately couldn't hide the aluminum lugs,
could you?
- No.
- But anyway.
Jon would spot them a mile off with his magnifying glass.
- One of the reasons they did that actually was
because the geometry on it was more aggressive than like,
the Italian frames from back then, as well.
So Vitus, a French company, they sort of
took the initiative there.
Now a couple of down sides were the frames
were very very flexible.
I remember riding on my dad's one and thinking,
"What on earth is this?"
- Serious?
- Yeah yeah. It wasn't the stiffest bike ever.
And also, they became unstuck, literally.
- That's quite a down fall.
- Yeah, because that resin kind of just gave way.
A friend of mine has actually got
a couple of packs of the old resin repair kit.
- Wow. I wouldn't use that, if it didn't work
in the first place, I definitely don't think
it would be worth putting on.
- It looks cool, man.
It was good enough for Sean Kelly.
He won a lot of races on one of those.
So -
- [Si] He did, indeed, yeah.
- And Sean Kelly makes everything cool.
- Yeah, that's fair enough.
- Yeah, toe clips, helmets.
- Right. There we go, the Vitus 979,
going in on the GCN Tech wall of fame.
Make sure you get involved and let us know
what you would like to see inducted
into the wall of fame next week.
- Alright, bike of the week time.
And first up we need to announce the results
of last week's where we put head-to-head
two bikes from the Bespokes Bike Show.
- [Si] They were pretty, pretty nice, weren't they?
- They were. And the winner, with 76% of the votes,
was Dan Craven's Saffron framework.
- [Si] There you are, your mate managed to win.
- [Jon] There we go.
- Just insert a little picture of Dan dancing, shall we now?
- Yeah, let's have him dance.
- Okay, there he is, doing his dad dance.
Right, this week's poll, we're gonna put two
of the fastest race bikes going, okay?
In fact, the first one, the Bianchi Oltre XR4
of Primoz Roglic is literally one of the fastest bikes
of the pro peloton this year.
He is absolutely flying, and it's a stunner, isn't it?
We've got Shimano Dura-Ace groupset on there,
we've got deep section C60 wheels,
Shimano power meter as well, and, oh,
that paint job that you absolutely adore, Jon.
Anyway, it's going up against the Ridley Helium SL
of Jens Keukeleire.
So this is the Belgian brand Ridley,
they've got Italian Campagnolo Super Record groupset,
SRM power meter, Bora wheels, I'm torn mate!
I genuinely don't know which way to vote.
- I'm not.
- Which one are you voting for, Jon?
- I'm gonna vote for that Ridley, mate.
- Are you?
- Yeah. Nice, simply paint work,
nothing to distract the eye or anything like that.
- To be fair, callin', I'm gonna guess the Bianchi.
I love that bike, it's absolutely bad ass.
- It's not about us, you gotta vote up there.
And next week we'll reveal and have two more head-to-head.
Right, it's time for the bike vault.
And well, there's been a bit of controversy
in the comments, isn't there, about that bell?
People don't seem to like it, so -
- Hang on hang on hang on.
Most people love this bell, one or two,
unfortunately, didn't like it.
- Collin Jennings, he didn't like it.
- Let's put it in contrast against that thing,
which, don't press it mate, whatever you do.
- Fine.
- So, anyway, let's just say it's the lesser
of two evils, so yeah.
Anyway, this is one of my favorite parts of the show.
Let's crack in, let's see some amazing bikes.
- Yeah, well, let's start up, first off,
with Adam Stevens from Surry in the UK.
This is his GOSFORTH Stainless Steel bike,
and I've gotta say, that's a beauty, isn't it?
- [Si] That is a beauty!
- [Jon] It's got, what he's got on here,
he's got Ultegra, he's got a nice gold chain,
I do like the gold chain.
He understands you don't like gold chains, though.
- [Si] Well -
I mean it's not too gold. - It matches, look,
it matches the headset, it matches the top cap,
it matches the hub, presumably the rear hub, too.
He's got his valves like that, a lot
of attention to detail there.
- [Si] It is great.
The only thing, Jon, is just
the background's not that great, is it?
And you know, -
- [Jon] Is that an outside mirror?
- [Si] I don't know what it is.
- [Jon] No.
- [Si] I do like his bottle cages.
Those are pretty cool, aren't they?
- [Jon] Yeah.
- [Si] Oh man, I'm torn. I mean that is -
- [Jon] Great bar tape, though.
I think that's -
- [Si] It was probably white once.
- [Jon] Yeah.
- [Si] No, I, I love that bike.
But there's something about this
that's just not screaming super nice.
- [Jon] No. Neither for me.
- Which is brutal - - It is!
- [Si] ... because it is an absolute stunner.
- Yeah.
- Is it nice, Jon? - It's a nice bike
it's a nice bike. - It's a nice,
I'm sorry, I'm sorry, but the bell is remaining unrung.
- Right.
- Oooh.
- Grega Preserin from Slovenia, check out that back drop!
- Yeah! Snowy! - Snowy indeed.
- [Si] A new S-Works SL6 by the look of it.
- [Jon] Yeah, I believe so, yeah.
He's got S-Works cranks, with
the Quarq power meter on there as well.
- [Si] Yeah, is that Dura Ace DI2?
- [Jon] I think it is.
- [Si] That, yeah, Roval wheels, valves lined up,
crank's at 3 o'clock, that is good.
And there's something about the snow bank that I like.
- [Jon] Even the saddle bag looks good on that.
I mean, I don't think saddle bags necessarily look bad,
but it looks good on that bike.
- [Si] But what are we gonna say, mate?
What are you thinkin'?
- [Jon] Well, the snow apparently was
between three and four meters deep there.
- [Si] Alright, it's a super nice!
(bell rings)
- [Jon] Super nice.
- That was the only thing missing
was some form of info about the back drop.
- Of like, craziness.
The boy's absolutely right.
Uh, Yasper from Belgium, this is his first real road bike.
- [Si] Wow, Yasper!
- [Jon] Now first up, that is not Belgium
as we know it, is it?
- [Si] No, that looks like Dubai.
- [Jon] Yeah, but it certainly does not look like Belgium.
It could be though, it could be
Ostend or De Panne, who knows?
- [Si] I love that shot, though, that's a great shot.
And the bike is pearler, isn't it?
- [Jon] Just the decos and the bottle,
the way that they just pop out from the image, I like it.
- [Si] Yeah, cheeky little sunset in the background -
- [Jon] Yeah, a couple of people sat down
as well enjoying the sunset, too.
- All I say is - - Photo bombing.
- [Si] ... take those cranks to 3 o'clock and it's perfect.
But do you know what, I'm tempted to say
that's a super nice.
- [Jon] Yeah, I think it's super nice as well.
- [Si] That image sings to me.
- [Jon] Yeah.
- [Si] Lovely bike, lovely location.
- Yeah, spot on. - You agree?
- [Jon] Go on. (bell ringing)
- Super nice!
Nice one, Yasper.
- Right. Matthew Langston of Iowa -
- Wow! - ... and this is at
the Grand Canyon, that's his Masi.
- [Si] Too right, it's at the Grand Canyon, look at that!
- [Jon] Check out that view! Whoa!
- [Si] Fair play, that looks like an amazing place -
- [Jon] Yeah.
- [Si] ... to start mid-ride.
That is a pearler.
And the bike is a lovely bike as well.
- [Jon] Nice looking bike there.
- [Si] Yeah, what have we got on there, Jon?
I can't see it.
- [Jon] We've got FSA chainset,
it looks like 105 shifters in mex, some conti tires,
yeah, Camleback bottles.
That's one of those bottles that it keeps,
like one of the ice cold ones as well?
- [Si] Yeah.
- [Jon] It's gonna get hot out there, Grand Canyon.
- [Si] Yeah. Do you know what?
I love the backdrop, I love the bike,
but there's something about it that's
not quite working for me.
I mean the bike, it's not even in the big ring.
- [Jon] That's what it is.
- [Si] Can you, do you mind going back up
to the Grand Canyon and just doing that all over again,
but maybe put the bike in a big ring, and -
- [Jon] Get rid of that tree on the left.
- [Si] Yeah, and also the shadow on the right.
I think the steering tube needs to be cut down
before it gets to super nice.
- [Jon] We're not being too fussy, are we?
- No, but you know - - No, I think Matthew,
to be fair - - Everyone's got an aim,
it's all about goals, isn't it - Exactly.
It's all about super nice.
- And if, Matthew, you get to go back to the Grand Canyon
to take your photo again, you're not gonna complain.
- Yeah, blame it on us.
- Yeah, anyway, that is a nice bike.
- Nice looking bike, Matthew. - Very nice bike.
- Right. Finally, Reece Edwards of Edinburgh Road Club,
up in there Scotland, apparently he's training
for a Perry-Roubaix ride.
- [Si] Wow, cool!
- [Jon] In late May, so he's been taking
to the cobbles there in Edinburgh.
There's a lot of cobbles in Edinburgh.
- [Si] There are, yeah.
So let me get this straight, that's a cyclocross bike,
by the look of the cantees, with wambi -
- [Jon] Yeah.
- [Si] But a Shimano wambi, so he's got a -
- [Jon] It's like the front mech cap thing isn't it?
- [Si] Yeah.
- [Jon] Guide fendy.
- [Si] Great vintage of cranks there.
I like that a lot, Jon.
I really really like that.
- [Jon] Gumwall tires.
- [Si] Very cool.
- [Jon] Yeah. And he's risked it, hasn't he?
You know, that is a road, and he's
just put his bike there, taking a picture.
Stick, as well.
- [Si] Zipp 303 firecrest.
That's a rude bit of kit, isn't it?
- [Jon] Reece is a lucky man, isn't he?
- [Si] Isn't he?
Tell you what, Jon -
- [Jon] Yeah, go ahead, ring it.
- [Si] That's a super nice for me.
- [Jon] Super nice, super nice.
(bell ringing)
- Best of luck in your Perry-Roubaix ride.
- Yeah, all the best for that.
Now remember, as well, to submit
your photos to the bike vault.
Using the email address on the screen right now
and include a little bit about the bike,
maybe the location, too.
Cuz we wanna give you a big old shout out.
- We're getting towards the end of the show now,
but Jon, what is coming up on the channel this week?
- Well, on Saturday I get to check out the bike
of TJ Van Garderen, a very nice BMC indeed.
- Oh, I do like that.
- Then on Sunday, we get to watch you look at titanium
and what's so special about it, in Seven Things
You Should Know about Titanium.
- That's right, finally completing
the material sciences course, it is with titanium.
Then Monday, Jon, you hit the work shop don't you?
Because it is maintenance mistakes that we all make.
How many times have you lost the skin off your knuckles?
- Happens to the best of us.
- And then, of course, Wednesday is a GCN Tech clinic,
so make sure you get your questions in for that
and Jon will answer them.
- Yeah, and now before you go, remember to check out
the GCN shop at shop.globalcyclingnetwork.com
where you can buy a very fetching pink t-shirt like this.
- That's right, limited edition t-shirts -
- Look at that one - ... for the month of May.
This one is brand spanker as well.
- Yeah, I do like that.
- And then, haha, we featured this yesterday.
In the tech show, in the GNC show.
This is -
- Nice bit of tech!
- Yeah, it's like a, what are they called?
- Phone stand.
- Well, it's a phone stand, but also, it's good for selfies.
- Oh yeah.
- Uh, be warned though, be warned if you buy one of these,
you will spend your entire time fiddling with it
absent-mindedly because it's incredibly satisfying.
- It's like one of those fidget spinners.
That's the new fidget spinner.
- Yeah, it's like suspension. - Job done.
- Anyway, there we go.
I think that's kinda cool.
- Now for another great video, how about clicking
down here for Emma's geek edition of that bike fit video.
I'm interested in that one, being a geek and all.
Would you stop that?
- I told you mate, you can't stop.
- It's like Pringles.
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