(whooshes)
- Welcome the 107th episode
of the GCN Tech show.
- This week we've got
more new tech coming out
at the world tour.
We've got the world's most
expensive bike, again.
We've got snacks, we've got upgrades,
we've got the bike vault.
- It's going to be great.
I love snacks to eat.
It's going to be a good episode, this.
Let's do it.
- Let's crack on.
(whooshes)
- This week, our main talking point is
looking at the most
expensive bike in the world.
Now, you may remember in
episode 36 of the GCN tech show,
myself and John endeavored to create
the most expensive bike in the world,
and we did so by hypothetically selecting
some of the most luxurious
and decadent components
available to humanity,
and the result was a very light bike
that cost $36, 573.49.
- Well remember that Ollie.
Crumbs.
- Yeah well, that has just been outdone,
because there's a new bike being launched,
and we're going to tot
up the actual prices,
but it's from a company called Vortec,
and it's this.
The WX-R.
Not to be confused, of course,
with the WRX of the Subaru,
- [Ollie] Yeah, Subaru Impreza.
- [John] But this bike
is going to be used by
Malaysian track sprinters
at the Tokyo 2020 Olympics.
- Vortec, you may remember
is a company based
at the Silverstone wind tunnel
in Northamptonshire, England,
and myself and John actually
visited the company,
and saw some of the things.
Did some aero testing and
got a 3D printed model
of my visage made.
- [John] Trying to forget
about that one, aren't we?
- Oh my god!
- Yes, but anyway.
Before we go any further
and talk about why
the WX-R is, well, the most
expensive bike in the world,
let's have a poll, okay,
and decide which Olympic Tokyo
2020 track bike is the best.
- The best?
- Yeah, the best.
- What do you mean by the best?
- Whatever people vote for
is clearly the best one.
- Like when we were seven years old?
- In the playground.
- This is the best.
Why?
'Cause it's the best.
- Yeah, 'cause it's the best one.
We're going to have the Vortec WX-R,
the Hope Lotus GV track bike,
the Pinarello Mart, the
Italians will be using,
and the Look T20, that
the French Federation
are going to be using.
- They took that name because
they love the cricket.
- They did, French cricket.
If you go down below, there's a link
that'll take you through the app,
where can vote in the poll,
and whatever you decide,
that's clearly the best one.
- I love the thought behind this, Ollie
(laughing)
- [John] So without further
ado, let's have a look then,
and see why this bike is the
most expensive we've ever seen.
There was little story, about
halfway through last year,
about a ceramic speed bike
that was said to be the
most expensive bike, ever,
but we never got a price on that.
- Don't count.
- Exactly.
We write the rules.
- Firstly, it's a track
specific frame, the WX-R,
and it means you can
only use it on the track,
or you could use it on the red Hook crit,
if you wanted.
- I'd advise if you are going
to use it in the Redhook crit,
to probably ride at the front.
- Yeah.
(ambient music)
(screams)
- Information on Vortec's
website is fairly sparse
about the new high-tech design,
but we can glean that it's available
in both a small and
medium, not a large though.
So sorry if---
- No, medium's cool.
- Yeah, me too.
What you can see is it's a
very, very smooth design.
Very integrated and it
appears to have seat stays
that kind of jut out slightly,
similar to the Hope Lotus design,
but they don't look to
be quite as pronounced.
- Certainly not as over-emphasized
as the Hope Lotus one.
This one, Ollie, it is
just a frame on its own.
So you are going to need a fork.
You are going to need a stem.
You are going to need a seat
post and everything else.
The price, tell 'em.
- 25,000 pounds, just for the frame.
Pretty expensive.
That's a starting point, but
it is important to point out
that this bike has been designed
in this incredible facility,
with what was, arguably,
an unprecedented amount
of computational fluid dynamics studies,
wind tunnel studies, and they've used
that 3D printing technology
to do rapid prototyping,
and test a variety of aerodynamic shapes,
incredibly useful for that.
It's not just useful for making faces.
- Yeah.
It's useful for things
which are actually useful.
- So, fork, right?
Check out that bad boy.
It's going to set you back
an additional five grand.
- They say that when this
is being used in combination
with the rest of the componentry,
which we are going to
come onto, don't worry,
it's said to have the lowest
frontal area possible,
whilst still retaining
excellent strength and rigidity
when under the power,
I guess you could say,
of those top-level world
class Olympic athletes.
- Yeah, not like me.
- Yeah, or me.
It's very deep and bladed too.
- We're also going to need a handlebar.
Fortunately Vortec make the
Tokyo edition Olympic handlebar.
Check this out.
It's got a really interesting
shape and design to it,
and it's quite similar
to the recent designs
we've seen on the
Pinarello Mart track bike,
and also Aero Coach has just
brought out a new handlebar
for the Olympics as well,
and what these designs are doing
are having a specially
shaped area around the drops
that shapes the air around
your your hand, your fist,
when you're holding the bar,
to make it more aerodynamic,
and this is, we're told,
giving a significant aerodynamic gain,
and that's because it's on
the leading edge of the bike,
and also, at the speeds that
Olympic track athletes go,
it becomes hugely significant,
especially when races are run
by a hundredth of a second,
or whatever, and this
particular bar, on this bike,
is just 30 centimeters wide.
It's incredibly narrow and
it costs 10,000 pounds.
- I'm sure we'll see it banned anyway.
If it makes you go faster, the
UCL like to ban these things.
Okay, so we're up to 40,000 pounds so far,
and we still don't have any wheels
The good news is that
Vortec has actually made
some special wheels for this bike.
Lets tackle the front one.
It's a four spoke.
- Okay.
- [John] And it takes a different
approach to a normal one.
So it's not a, I dunno.
Normally it's just a cross, right?
This one has taken taken a...
The pictures on the screen explain it all.
I dunno sort of shape that is.
Either way, it's got a
really interesting axle
because it uses a through
axle, so there is no axle.
It just rotates on the
actual axle inside the forks,
which is 12 millimeters in diameter,
but the width of it is ultra-narrow.
32 millimeters, so it's
seven centimeters narrower
than a normal front wheel.
- That is incredible.
- Yeah.
- How narrow that bike's going
to look front-on, is mega.
It's a shame they don't have
a picture on their website,
how narrow it is front-on.
- It would be amazing to
compare it to another one.
It reminds me when Overi was
going for his air record,
and he had a really narrow bottom bracket,
like 70 mil instead of 110.
- That frontal areas are so much smaller.
That is seriously,
seriously, seriously cool,
and it's interesting they've
gone for through axle design
on the wheels to increase
the stiffness at the axle.
That's something that I probably
wouldn't be able to feel,
but for a sprinter like Chris Hoy,
or Jason Kenny, they're going to...
- Or Wang from Malaysia.
He's going to be able to use it.
It's super cool.
And I can't believe that
no one has done it so far
on track bike; made it a through axle.
Anyway, enough of all that.
- How much is the wheel?
- Yeah, exactly.
- That's all that they're waiting for.
6,000 pounds.
A drop in the ocean.
Rear wheel.
Let's go for a disc wheel here, Ollie,
but there isn't a disc
wheel on their site,
well there is, but it's
for the front wheel.
- Yeah.
- 6,000 pounds, again.
We're going to have to have a
guesstimate, really, it's 6,000.
It should be more, rear wheels
are was always more expensive
than the front, but we'll give them
benefit of the doubt, 6,000.
- To finish off the bike
we've selected parts
that would be typical of
an Olympic track bike.
We're going to need a chain ring,
we've gone for a Pyramid Cycle
Design custom chain ring.
- [John] Nice choice.
- [Ollie] A lot of pro's like those.
120 pounds for one of those bad boys.
- [John] Seems quite cheap, really.
- We're also going to need a power meter
for our Olympian and his bike,
so we've gone for an SRM
Origin with Look carbon cranks,
a popular choice.
- Yeah.
- [Ollie] And very, very bling as well.
We saw them being made in
Tunisia, Tunisia's very nice,
and they, it's a drop
in the ocean as well,
Two grand, two grand for that.
- [John] I just hope it fits that frame,
because we don't what type of
bottom bracket standard it is.
- We don't, but we're
going to assume it does.
- Exactly, and that's a
nice crankset, actually.
- We're also going to need chain.
- Oh yeah.
- I mean, there's only one.
- Azumi, DIDs.
- I think we go for a
ceramic speed UFO chain.
120 quid.
- [John] Fair enough.
- Tires then.
Some think, again, top of the range.
So, Vittoria Pistas?
- [Ollie] Yeah, popular choice in track.
- [John] Very fast, lightweight tires.
134 pounds each.
They've got silk sidewalls on them.
- [Ollie] Last a long
time, though, on the track.
- Yeah, although there was
actually a tire, years ago.
Going to quickly digress.
That was said to only last 50 km.
There we are.
I think they were Clements or
Dugass, something like that,
they were pink ones.
Lastly, of course, we are
going to need a sprocket.
So a Dura-Ace sprocket.
That, the cheapest
thing of all: 20 pounds.
- [Ollie] Bargain.
Quick maths.
Adding all that up together
comes to 60,528 pounds.
I should replace Carol Gordon
on Countdown, shouldn't I?
- Yeah, you should.
(upbeat music)
(gong clangs)
- That, John, is utterly bonkers.
- Bonkers, for those of
you who aren't aware,
is another word for silly.
(laughing)
The reason for this price being so high;
obviously there is economy to scale,
you have to say.
There's probably about five
people who're going to have
this equipment made for them,
but the UCI actually stipulates a rule,
that's right the UCI, our
friends, get a shout out,
that all equipment being
used in competition
must be commercially available,
which means that yes, these manufacturers
have to list them on a website somewhere
so that a potential customer
could potentially buy it.
However, having tried to
buy equipment in the past
when it's been listed on websites,
you often get very lengthy lead times,
such as four or five years,
by which point that
model's been superseded,
and it goes on like that.
Obviously they're just ticking
a box, really aren't they?
But yeah 60,500 pounds.
- And also, with the
investment that comes from
the particular Olympic Federation,
they believe they're getting
a technological advantage
from this equipment,
and they don't necessarily
want anyone else
to have this equipment
and get that technological
advantage as well.
So it's in their interests for no one else
to have the equipment and, I guess,
make it prohibitively expensive.
- Yeah, crazy isn't it?
- Yes, but what else could
you buy for 60,500 pounds?
Well, you could buy a
brand-new Jaguar F type
for 54,000 pounds and
still have 6 1/2 grand
left over for a bike.
- [John] Probably a
quite nice bike as well.
- Or you could roughly buy 20
round-the-world plane tickets.
- Or you could have 10,100
GCN elite water bottles,
available at shop.bonuscyclingnetwork.com.
- Quick maths, John.
Also, that wins the award
for plug of the week.
- Oh, thanks man.
(upbeat music)
I'll have that as a prize.
- Nice.
Well, let us know in the
comments, down below,
what you would buy for 60,500 pounds.
- I've got a list as long as my arm.
(whooshes)
Hot tech now and the squad of Movistar
have made some equipment choices for 2020.
They're going to be using SRAM
group sets and zip wheels,
which is something of a change
because the team which
started its life, if you like,
as Reynolds, way back when.
- And then Banesto.
- [John] Yeah, and then Banesto.
They've had a long, a long life span
that's seen the pelaton.
37 years they've been using Campagnolo.
Now they've changed.
This has absolutely blown
my mind, to be honest,
because this is one of the few
really traditional teams still.
- [Ollie] They are very
traditionalist, that team.
- You look in the back
of the mechanics truck,
and that mechanic, well, he's
been there the last 37 years,
obviously in a different truck,
but they've got Alejandro Valverde.
I can't see him using one bike.
I can't see him using disk brakes,
but watch this space, because
I guess he's going to.
- Yes, now also, you may
remember at more hot tech.
You may remember the Look T20 track bike.
We showed it in the poll
earlier in this video,
and also it's in the
GCN Tech show last week.
Look also released some brand-new pedals.
Check these out.
These are the Look Blade carbon ceramic
track edition pedals,
and although they look quite similar
to Look's road blade pedals,
they feature a control roller,
and this is said to give a
more secure feel in the pedal,
which is essential for
big track sprinters,
but if you were unfortunate
enough to come off,
apparently your foot
is released as normal.
- [John] All the benefits, really,
of the old toe clips and straps,
but well the safety, if
you're going to come off.
- [Ollie] Yeah, nice.
- I like the idea of that.
Not willing to try it out, though,
to see how it works, but great idea.
Last year the folks at Bike Rumor,
they reckon there's a new
power meter on the way,
and this time from Campagnolo,
because while they unearth
some patents recently,
we can't actually tell
if they have been using,
when I say they, I mean
the Lotto Soudal squad,
if they've been using this yet,
because it's all hidden away
inside of the actual chain stay itself,
but the kind of giveaway thing
has to be the chain catch
which has a magnet mounted
to the bottom of it,
which of course detects the
cadence as someone rides along.
That's my thoughts, that's
Bike Rumor's thoughts,
but who knows?
But one thing for certain, Ollie,
I'm off to the Tour Down Under next week,
so I'm going to be able
to have a look around
and try and find one,
but if it's totally hidden away,
don't know how I'm going
to be able to find one.
I'll ask the UCI to
borrow that scanner thing.
- Take your detective outfit,
- Yeah.
And a magnifying glass.
- I'll lend you my Sherlock Holmes pipe.
- Thanks mate.
(suspenseful music)
More Hot Tech next week.
Can I really borrow it?
Thanks mate.
(ambient music)
(snacks crunching)
- Snacks of the week now,
and this week we've been sent snacks
all the way from Lincoln, Nebraska.
- Where's that?
- Not Lincoln in Lincolnshire,
home of the Lincoln Grand Prix.
- Lincoln, Nebraska.
- No, this is Lincoln in Nebraska.
- Show us on-screen where it is.
(propeller whirring)
- [John] Ah, that's where it is.
- These have been sent to us, very kindly,
by Chris Bowm, who tells us
that he's a big fan of GCN,
and that GCN inspired and helped him
get back into cycling
after a 30 year absence,
and helped him train to
climb Alpe d'Huez as well.
I think that's absolutely fantastic.
- Good stuff, Chris.
- Great to hear that he's been coaxed away
from riding his tractor
and back onto a bike.
- Huh?
Is he a farmer?
- Ah no, it's this thing.
In Nebraska, everyone just rides tractors.
- How do you know these things?
- It's what ii read on the internet.
- All right, anyway, what's he sent us?
- He sent us, check this out.
In a box all the way
from Lincoln, Nebraska.
- Unboxing.
- These are chocolate melt-aways.
- You're dropping everything.
- I'm dropping them.
Yes.
I've already opened them and eaten some.
- I don't really like chocolate,
but I'll give it a go.
- Can't say that.
- Chris, I'm not a big
fan, but I'll give it a go.
- I love chocolate.
It's my favorite thing in the world.
These are Baker's chocolate melt-aways,
which are made in Lincoln, Nebraska.
That's good isn't it?
And he's also sent us
The Mill Coffee and Tea,
Nebraska blend coffee,
which, I'm informed,
is the best local coffee shop in Nebraska.
- Probably the only place.
I'm just saying.
I've never even heard of it.
- It's great to get a taste of Nebraska.
Thanks very much, very kind, and awesome.
We'll enjoy that later.
Brilliant.
- That was really nice, Chris.
- Yes.
- Cheers.
- Thanks mate.
Hopefully more snacks next week.
- I won't be here, but
I'll bring you some back.
(beeps)
- That was nice.
That one's orange.
Orange, dark chocolate orange.
What's that one?
- Milk chocolate peanut butter, ugh.
- You don't like peanut
butter and chocolate?
- No.
Two things which, definitely
I don't really like anyway,
but that's not bad.
Is there anything in
there that's really bad
we can give Hank?
- Hank.
- Choccie.
- I dunno, I'd eat them all.
- Could you?
- Yeah.
- Go on then.
(electrical screwdriver whirring)
- It's time now for screw
riding upgrades, buy upgrades.
Where you submit evidence of the upgrades
that you've made to
your bikes or equipment,
or cycling life for the chance
to win the ultimate prize.
A GCN cap, or casquette if you're French.
- Cycling life.
I love that right, brilliant.
Right, okay, let's roll that.
- Just expanding it.
- I love that.
A couple of weeks ago we
had Dobbler against Robert,
and winning with 60% of the votes
with that Chinelly upgrade, with, I think,
the widest bars in the world
we ever seen; the Dobbler.
- [Ollie] Yeah, it's cool.
Very nice upgrade.
- It's like the monster truck of bicycles,
or something like that.
- I digged it.
- Digged it?
Anyway, Dobbler, get
in touch with us, mate.
On Facebook to arrange
delivery of GCN cap.
- Yes, who've we got this week?
- All right then, this week, mate.
First up is Paul O'Brien.
In 2019 Paul's dad
retired, so Paul thought
it was the perfect time
to carry out a project
as a retirement present for him.
He used to ride this bike to
work in the 90s in Dublin,
- You know Dublin so big?
- No.
- 'Cause it keeps on Dublin and Dublin.
- I knew this was going to be,
but this is OP level jokes.
OP loves puns.
Paul smuggled he bike back to London,
and went about stripping it down,
and giving everything a deep clean.
He found some nice replacement
gold decors online,
and had the frame powder
coated at Armourtex.
He then purchased some gold cable housings
at Brick Lane bikes and a Brooks saddle
at the local bike shop, who helped Paul
put it back together.
Paul managed to surprise his dad
with it just before Christmas,
and he loves it.
There it is before.
- Look at that paint job.
That's mega buck.
- This gold decor.
- Look amazing.
- I like the blue.
Blue and gold is always
a good combo, isn't it?
That Brookes saddle, very nice.
- Gum levers.
- Yeah, and they match the saddle well,
which is nice color ordination.
- Michelin tires.
- Gold chain.
- Yeah.
Ah, look at that.
I just like that.
Carlton Criterium.
My dad had a Carlton.
- It's classy, isn't it?
- Absolutely brilliant bike.
There's his dad.
- Lovin' it.
- Happy as Larry, don't
know if that's his name.
- Like a pig in a really happy place.
- A head-on.
Bang, center pole, Machaffle
one brakes, don't know.
- Its got that nice VW Beetle
in the background as well.
- I've not seen any like that.
That's the first one, isn't it?
Of the remakes.
Nice one, Paul.
Dad looks very happy.
- He does.
Happy retirement.
- It's not going to be plain sailing
- Never is.
- For Paul.
He's facing Mr. 746977,
if that's your real name.
- Sounds like a spy.
- He also lives in an unknown location.
- Definitely a spy.
- Anyway.
- What with the new Bond film
being released very shortly as well.
Who knows?
- Anyhow, Mr. 746977.
It's just what they submit to us.
- is the owner, he's the owner
of this Bridgestone MB two frame and fork,
which he got from Craigslist
in great condition.
If that is to be believed.
- Sounds like a dubious
character to me, John.
- Mr. 74697, sir.
- The owner wanted to have it
with great affordable
components to still capture
the look and feel of the
original configuration.
So he used eBay to get loads of
amazing components, apparently.
Ultegra derailleurs, 105
levers, Velo orange bars,
TRP mini V brakes, nice
custom-built wheels
onto Ultegra hubs.
- Nice.
- Nice come bearings on those.
And Sun Rhyno Lite rims.
Apparently, it rides beautifully.
- He even sent a video as well
of the cranks, spinning away.
It's in good nick, isn't it?
- That's very (mumbling).
- So Mr. 746977, let's just go up.
Got to to be in America, those vehicles?
- I'd say that's in America.
- Is that, what's that?
Is that an RX eight, that car?
- What with the rotary engine?
- Yeah.
Those doors open funny in the back.
- It appears so.
Also. Is that a big Ford
pickup thing, SUV thing?
Also, that cladding, that wooden cladding
on the side of the house,
that's typical of North America.
- We're tracking you down.
- I'm going to say Eastern
side of America as well.
- If they win, then
we'll get their address.
(chuckling)
Get involved in the app.
You know who to vote for.
- You know who to vote for.
We're going to unmask mister...
- Mr 74697.
- We're going to unmask you.
- You can't fool us.
- I think we know who's
going to win this week.
(laughing)
- Look at the pogo
stick in the background.
- Yes.
- Scott tribars---
- You also own a pogo stick.
- as used by Greg LeMond in the,
no, actually I think he
used the Mavick ones.
- Also, keen modeler.
There's a few empty sprees there.
He's also got a book on the
side 'Cycling for Dummies'.
- Yeah.
- I can see that there.
- And that cast iron radiator.
- Yes.
He's stolen that from a hospital.
- If only we had a plug, then we could,
an actual plug socket.
We could then probably identify
exactly where he's from.
Park tools, where's that?
There it is, in it's state,
and there's also a video
of the crank being spun.
Another picture of the bike.
Who's it going to be?
Mr 746977 or Paul O'Brien?
- Let's unmask him, you
know who to vote for.
- Yeah, use that link down
below in the description.
- Sorry, Paul and your dad.
- We can only hope that we unmask
this unscrupulous character, Ollie.
Battling crime.
(whooshes)
- It's time now for the bike vault,
where you submit pictures of your bikes,
and myself and John rate them.
Either nice or super nice,
and if they're super nice, then the bell
gets rung and they go into the bike vault.
Without further ado, it's
time for the first entry,
which this week comes
from Robert Thornhill.
There he is, with his giant TCR.
What do you think of that, John?
- Busy.
- Yes.
- [John] It's a busy looking bike, that.
It's very accessorized.
- [Ollie] He's got some Garmin
Vector power meter pedals
I spotted there.
I don't understand why he's
got the cadence sensor,
when the pedals automatically
work out cadence.
- [John] I also don't
understand the bottle cage
on the rear of the saddle,
for a very, very large water bottle,
but there isn't one on
the down tube of the bike,
but there is one on the seat tube.
Possibly the rivets have become worn.
No, he does---
- [Ollie] I do like that
you've got a GCN sticker,
a GCN water bottle and you've matched that
with the red on the tires
and the red of you bar tape.
That's nice color coordination,
but I have to agree does
look quite, quite busy.
- [John] One of the cooler
stickers on that bike,
other than of course the GCN one,
that goes without saying,
is the Michelin and Bibendum one there,
just on the down tube to head tube joint.
Do you see that?
- Yeah.
- [John] One of my favorite
stickers or even characters.
Fictional, there's a book all about him.
- [Ollie] Nice.
Also, You got a little Tipeak CO2 thing,
on the CO2 canister on his down tube.
That's quite neat and functional,
but I agree, it's still a little too busy.
- [John] But I'm baffled, why are you---
- [Ollie] The barbed wire fence,
I fear is going to scratch the bike.
- [John] That close, as
well, to the animals,
they'd run-off.
- Yeah. I think it's a nice.
- I think it's a nice too.
Robert, nice.
Next up is Patpal with Wilier Cento Uno.
It's the Bayern world
championship edition.
- [Ollie] Lampre team long post.
- [John] Campagnolo Super
Record 80th anniversary.
- [Ollie] Bora Ultras.
- [John] Yeah, some of the shallower ones.
35 mills, aren't they?
- [Ollie] I love that
lacing on the rear wheel.
- The 3G pattern.
- Yeah.
- [John] Not just a phone signal.
Super Kas bar tape.
- [Ollie] I like how he
has matched the bar tape,
the gold on the gold on the bike as well.
That's really cool.
- [John] You can't often
carry off gold bar tape,
on a bike, can you?
- [Ollie] Not many
bikes have gold on them.
- [John] No.
This one does.
Slight problem.
Small, small.
- [Ollie] Yes.
Small, small, small.
- [John] Gold chain though.
Could Patpal be forgiven?
- [Ollie] He's done everything else right.
- His nice, clear background
against his garage door.
- [John] Looks to be
electronically operated as well.
Doesn't look to be a handle anywhere.
- [Ollie] Do you know what?
I think that's a super nice, that one.
- [John] I think it is too.
- We're letting you off this time.
Next time make sure it's in the big ring.
(bell rings)
- Nice one, Patpal.
Beautiful looking wheels are those.
- Yes, yes.
- Next up we've Piet_82.
- [John] Whoo, look at this.
- [Ollie] I wonder if it's Piet Mondrian.
- [John] Pete, that's how you say it.
- [Ollie] Anyway.
He's got his Concord.
- [John] And I'm pretty
sure it's not Piet Mondrian.
(laughing)
- [Ollie] He's got his
Concord Shimano triple base,
with Shimano 600 triple STIs,
and Campanolo Shamal wheels.
One of our favorites.
- [John] Beautiful.
- [Ollie] I'm a little bit put off here.
I'm distracted by the fact
that he's taken off his shoes,
and sunglasses to take the photo.
- [John] That's really weird.
Why take your shoes off?
Actually, why aren't you
wearing any trousers, Ollie?
- That's one of these Mich
Supertype seat posts, as well,
but why has he taken their shoes off?
- [Ollie] Yes.
- [John] Big person as well is he, Piet?
Crank's aren't lined up.
- [Ollie] He's done that so
can get it against the step,
'cause the pedal's
resting against the step.
- [John] Which is good use of Step.
That's must be a Jorex
rear mech, actually,
not a 600.
- [Ollie] Hmm.
What are you saying to that one?
- [John] It looks to be
in good condition still,
but the rear light.
If you've taken off your
shoes and your glasses,
you could have taken off the rear light.
- [Ollie] He could've done.
I think that's a nice.
- [John] Yeah, it's a nice bike.
Next up is Phildistin.
Christmas day tide before lunch
as the weather was stunning
to take a blast on the seafront.
Anyway, this is the Giant Defy Advanced.
Where's that going to be?
Southampton, post must be Livington,
the Isle of Wight.
- [Ollie] On the Wight Link ferry service.
- [John] Powered by hybrid energy
these days, actually, Ollie.
My friend, Ben Drudge, used to work
on the Wight link ferry.
True story, Georgie
- Great, story bro.
- [John] He loves it.
Right, okay, Giant Defy Advanced.
Again, busy looking.
- [Ollie] I like his
visions, they're like mine.
Those Trimax Sport, I've got
a pair of those on my bike.
- [John] Saddle dangerously pointing down.
- [Ollie] I don't know,
I think that's within UCI rules.
- [John] Well, I don't know.
- It is.
- Is it?
Are you sure?
- 100%.
- Okay.
- [Ollie] I like that, I
think he's got biggie smalls,
He's lined up is tires,
he's lined up the valves.
- No bottles.
- [Ollie] He's de-accessorized it,
as many has failed to do this week.
He's just about got three
o'clock, it's not quite,
but he's tried.
The effort's been put there, no excess.
He's ticking the box as a super nice.
- [Jon] And the silver bar
tape actually works all right,
because the silver bit on the tube.
- [Ollie] I think that's a good one.
- [John] The only thing
that's letting it down
is that ferry.
The rusty center line through it.
- [Ollie] He could've
waited for that to move,
probably would've had a nice background.
- [John] But you know
he's trying to get us
to talk about the boat and all that.
- [Ollie] You reckon?
- Not going to happen,
not going to happen.
Not this week.
Super nice.
(bell rings)
Skin of your teeth.
Right.
- Right.
Finally, this week we have got Joshting.
Near the sea with this Colnago C50.
- [John] Near the sea.
It's kind of narrowed it down,
a little bit, where her could be from.
- [Ollie] Again, that looks...
I think that's America,
but anyway, it's a size 55 that.
2005 bike.
Campi Super Record, 11 speeds,
so he's put some more modern bits on it,
and assorted Campion and Fulcrum bits.
Massive three teeth stem on there.
- [John] Dead flat as well.
Those C50s with the B-stays look so nice.
And again, that 3G spoke pattern.
Or was it G3?
I think it might be G3.
I've got a pair.
- [Ollie] I have to say,
I've got a lot of time
for that classic Colnago C50.
Carbon look frame.
- I totally agree.
- Very nice.
- [John] There are blazingly
obvious problems here.
Of course the crank.
That's partly due to the plastic
bollard in the background,
- [Ollie] Yes.
- [John] Also, the valves,
they're not lined up.
- [Ollie] No, the whole
bike looks put precarious.
It looks like it's is
going to fall off the curb.
- [John] The photo's not that sharp.
- No.
- Is it?
It's bizarre choice of
location for a photo.
He looks like he's put a bit of effort
into taking the photo,
but at the same time is picked
a horrendous background.
- [John] Trucks in a lay-bye.
- [Ollie] It's a bunch of lorries.
- I think it's a nice.
I think it's a nice.
I would love to give it a Super Nice,
'cause I really like the bike.
- One water bottle thing going on,
and that one water bottle looks like
it's about to fall out.
- [John] If that bike was
rotated with its rear wheel
in a clockwise direction,
and put against the Armco barrier,
I think it would be a Super Nice.
- [Ollie] I think the Armco
would've been a superior choice
of photographic location.
I think it's a nice.
Nice for me.
- Nice bike.
Right, you know the drill by now,
and if you don't, get
involved, get the GCN app,
and you can upload pictures
of your pride and joy,
and while we, being photography
masters that we are,
Jedi master in fact, Ollie is,
we rate them Nice or Super
Nice, so get involved.
You know it makes sense.
I just wish they'd move that bike, mate
- Yeah.
- There we go mate, another
tech show in the bag.
Another one done and dusted.
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What are you doing now?
- Well mate, I'm going to go down under.
Off to the tour down under.
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- Okay.
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