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- Welcome to the GCN Tech Show.
- This week we've got four bits
of bike tech that were
better back in the day.
A new hub, new shoes,
your bikes, your upgrades.
- And a whole heap more. Let's do it.
All right, let's just do it.
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- Our big news this week in the world
of tech is the release
of a new bike from Orbea, the Terra H,
which follows in the footsteps
of it's older sibling, the Terra Carbon
which was released last year.
Now, this bike is made from aluminum,
comes with a carbon fork and the idea
or the purpose behind
it is that it's suitable
for riding on all
different types of terrain.
So gravel, road, cycle La Crosse,
that kind of thing.
Because the position of it is slightly
more upright, a bit more relaxed
than the standard road racing bike.
- Something I really
like about this bike is
that it's got a whopping amount
of tire clearance,
40 millimeters, which means,
well, you can either have massive tires
or you can run mudguards and have it
as a winter bike.
I know
you're a big fan of guards.
- Yeah, I love
mudguards.
- It's also got internal cable routing
thru Axles and my favorite feature.
- Go on.
- Threaded bottom bracket.
- Oh yes, big fan of that too.
- Yeah, I love threaded bottom brackets.
And it's, well, £1,400 is the retail.
(mumbles).
- Yeah, they start at that.
Don't they?
There's a few different models available.
- Yeah.
But I think for a bike
that looks that good and that spec,
that's very competitive, isn't it?
- Yeah. It's amazing these days
how much you can get for your money.
- Yeah.
- Isn't it?
- Yeah.
- I mean,
of course, not always.
But in some cases you can.
Anyway, more tech later on.
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This week's hot topic
- Hot topic.
- is bike tech that was
better back in the day.
- Right. Before we proceed with this,
I need do make a disclaimer and that is
that myself and John are
absolutely not Luddites.
We love all tech and all innovation
and yeah, we're a big fan
of the constant inventions
and developments that happen.
- Yeah. And while
there's been some amazing
and really innovative
ideas that have come out,
are they all good?
Are there any products out there
that were better back in the olden days?
- Yeah. Is there any down pulls
of bike tech that was really good
back in the days, perhaps been left behind
and forgotten about?
We think there are.
So here are four examples
of bits of bike tech
that we think were better
back in the day.
- It's a risky one.
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So something which is probably
the most controversial, I reckon anyway,
and we're gonna start with it now,
the bottom bracket.
Specifically the threaded outboard
bearing bottom bracket as my glamorous
assistant here is displaying.
Look at that.
Now, these are still
commonly available actually
and really, really popular
in the customized frame
building communities.
And well, they have a number of advantages
over the press fit bottom
bracket, don't they?
- Yeah, but it's important to point out
that before we completely bash
press fit bottom brackets,
as a lot of people like to do,
then there are some distinct advantages
to press fits, they're not all bad.
So first thing is, is that you can have
bigger diameter spindles
and bottom brackets,
which means that you can have
within the bearings more individual
ball bearings within that bearing,
which can make them more efficient.
But also, it can mean that they
can potentially last longer,
the bearing, that is.
The other advantage is that you can
have wider spacing with a press fit,
which can potentially make
the bottom bracket area stiffer.
You can make them lighter as well
and cartridge bearings are very easy
to replace as well.
- The downside though mate,
there are so many different standards
for the press fit bottom bracket.
- Don't know what you're
on about there, mate.
There's not that many
bottom bracket standards.
I mean, there's only the BB90, BB95,
the BB30, BB3A, then you've got the PF30,
the BBRIGHT,
the BB386, BB386
Evo and the
(mumbles).
- Yeah, all right.
All right. All right. We get the point.
And probably by the time
we've finished this video,
there's gonna be a new one
released onto the market.
- Don't doubt it.
- But
also creaking and longevity,
they tend to get, well, quite a hard time
with the press fit
bottom bracket community.
- Yeah, creaking is a big issue.
And it is something that is massively
associated with press fit bottom brackets.
Because fundamentally,
it's not always optimum
and it requires very high levels of,
well, tolerances.
- Yeah, it's interference fit
after all, isn't it.
- Yeah.
- Of fitting a metal bearing,
slotting it into a carbon shell,
it can be a difficult thing to achieve.
(calming music)
- What about mechanical components then?
Because the old adage goes,
that quality components wear in
rather than wear out.
And back in the early 90s
when I first became a real bike nerd
or geek with components, well,
those parts were simply
beautiful but also,
they were built to last.
So yeah, they were quite heavy,
which also adds to their lifespan.
Because you do still see a lot
of old parts still
kicking around, don't you?
Now, setting up those parts as well
was also really, really simple
and something which I
really enjoyed doing.
- Yeah. I think a good example,
if you look at an old
Campagnolo Record downtube
shifter and rear mech,
it's like they're so simple.
There's just basically nothing
to go wrong with those components.
- No.
- I would happily take those components
apart and put them back together again
and feel confident doing so,
just because of their
mechanical simplicity.
- It's not gonna explode, is it?
When you undo it, it's not gonna be like,
ah no, there's a million bits.
It's not like a nightmare jigsaw puzzle.
- Yeah. But it is important to point out,
and this is really important,
that the quality of the shifting
on modern electronic group sets
is without question better.
It's absolutely superb.
But there is something great
about those older components
that are just so mechanically simple
and reliable.
And the fact that you would feel confident
repairing them and they can be pretty much
repaired almost anywhere if needs be,
if they do go wrong.
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Next up, we have tubular tires
with latex inner tubes,
which feel absolutely
bloody amazing to ride.
Now, in recent years
we've sene the increase
in popularity of clinchers
and tubeless ready clinchers.
And this has seen the
decline in tubular tires,
even amongst pros.
And this is for good
reason because arguably
clinchers and tubeless
tires are more practical,
they're easier to fix at the roadside
and they can also offer
lower rolling resistance.
- Now, however, the best
quality tubular tires
out there when they've been glued on,
not taped by a professional mechanic,
the rolling resistance of
that is right up there,
or down there, with the best clinchers
on the market.
They're also lighter.
There's something about them,
when you nail it through a corner,
it's oh so special,
isn't it?
- They feel so
good on the corners.
- I mean, also, heat build up,
that's not so much of a problem
if you're using carbon
rims too with tubeless.
- [Presenter] Yeah, although
we should point out,
that's completely
negated if you're running
disk breaks but that
that's another story.
- [Presenter] Oh yeah, that's
completely different.
Right and while we're on tires then,
what about narrow tires?
'Cause this one flies in the face
of the wide tire cool gang.
It seems to be a popular thing
to be in at the moment.
And even science has shown
that a 26 millimeter tire is faster
than a 25 millimeter tire.
Because, despite having slightly more
rolling resistance, is
aerodynamically faster.
- Yeah, so the tipping
point is 35K an hour.
If you're going over 35K an hour,
23, the aerodynamics
makes it faster than a 25.
- There we are.
- Just out of interest,
what was the diameter tires you rode
on your Penny Farthing
when you were at school?
I can look.
- Penny Farthings.
That was a dream when I was a kid.
Crumb, he's cheeky.
- No. But in all seriousness,
I think that despite the advantages
of riding wider tires, because there are
advantages to riding
wider tires.
- I'm not gonna
argue with that.
- I think we should be looking at
prevention rather than the cure here.
I think we should be demanding smoother,
better quality road surfaces
and then riding 23s,
rather than just riding 25s
'cause the roads we
ride on are a bit crap.
- Yeah, I agree there actually.
We should be demanding Siberian pine wood.
That's the wood that
you find on Velodromes.
And then we can ride 18 millimeter
tubular silk tires to work.
- With no puncture protection.
Lighter
- (mumbles).
as well.
- Kickstarter. Set up a Kickstarter.
- Set up a Kickstarter.
- Yeah, I mean, we're bound to make money
out of that or roads at least.
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Next up, steel frames.
Now, we love carbon fiber.
- No denying it.
- It's an amazing
material for bike frames.
There's so many advantages to it.
However, if we were faced
with an impending zombie apocalypse
and I had prior knowledge
and sufficient time
to select my bike frame material
of choice before the
undead swarms took hold
of all the local bike shops,
then my frame material of choice
would undoubtedly be steel.
Because, well, it's more rugged and,
well, it can be fixed easily.
- Yeah. Not to mention modified too.
And there was something
personally, for me,
oh so romantic about having a steel frame
that's been built by a
legendary frame maker,
an Ernesto Colnago, Ugo De Rosa,
Dario Pegoretti, Brian Rourke,
they all had these telltale signs
of their individual craftsmanship.
So Brian Rourke, for instance,
had a wrap around seat stay,
which went around the top tube
and seat tube interface.
And instantly, you knew that was Rourke
that you were riding on.
And you don't, sort of, get that feel
with a carbon bike.
You're still definitely a skilled worker
and craftsman to actually
be able to assemble it,
all those layers of carbon and such like.
But there's just something quite romantic
about having the steel frame,
knowing those hands have built thousands
and thousands of old steel
frames over the years.
- Yeah, plus if you have a steel frame,
it means we can use a
outboard threaded bottom
bracket that we spoke
about earlier as well.
- Good point, yeah.
- But I think we should
point out that this
list is
- It's tongue in
cheek. It is really tongue in cheek.
- We are for technological innovation
but I think fundamentally,
something that we're both passionate about
is sustainable design.
And the idea of buying a product
that is built to last and still be working
in 25, 50 years time
and I worry that we lose
a bit of that sometimes
with some modern products because
they're advancing so quickly.
- Yeah. And I think I'm
really, really quilty
of basically stockpiling components
and spare parts and things like that,
because I don't know when
what's currently in use
is suddenly gonna become new old stock
or retro or whatever you wanna call it.
I mean, this is probably
part of my problem,
why I've got such a vast collection
of bikes and 10 speaker sets,
nine speaker sets, things
like that lying around,
Brand new in boxes because I'm worried
when I can't buy that component anymore
to fit on my bike when it wears out.
I mean, I've got issues with that,
but that's a whole different story.
But let us know which
bits of tech on your bike
do you think were better back in the day.
We always say back in the day,
well, it could've been last week
if it's been superseded in the meantime.
But let us know which bits of those tech
you think were just better.
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It's now time for the results
of our amazing giveaway.
- What was it?
- Well, last week I unboxed the new
FSA K-Force WE groupset.
Amazing prize.
- Yes. Go on.
- So who's the winner?
- It's Michael Enns in CA.
- Is that Canada or
California?
- Yes, Canada.
Yeah, sorry, mate. Yes, Canada.
- Okay.
- So Michael Enns in California...
- Yeah, sorry. You haven't won.
- Sorry, mate.
- It's Michael Enns in Canada.
- Don't get in contact.
- Michael Enns, though,
we'll be in contact
very shortly to arrange delivery
of that fantastic prize.
Lucky lad.
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Right, shoes. I absolutely love shoes.
I've got so many pairs of casual shoes,
as well as cycling shoes.
And brand new, just been launched,
these Fizik Tempo Powerstrap R5s.
I am in love with these already.
Right, get your hands off.
- I want them.
- For the moment.
They've got a really unique
look to them, really,
'cause of the crisscross
style Velcro pattern.
And then just, wow, a
stand one across the top.
And really, thinking about it now,
this should have gone into those four bits
of tech that were better back in the day.
(Velcro sound)
Velcro, nothing can go
wrong with that, can it?
You can get your grubby
little hands on them.
- Thanks man.
Yes, talking about sustainable design,
Velcro straps, they just last ages.
But also, you probably can't see this
but this material that
the strap is made from,
it's like, well, a seatbelt material.
- Like Cordura, that kind of thing.
It's not gonna stretch at all, really.
That's really good. I really like these.
Do you know what they remind me of?
- Go on.
- My old Puma Mostros that I used
to wear Circuit 2003.
- Oh, don't tell me you
got a mullet as well
to go with them?
- Oh, yeah.
- Dear me, right.
Well, something else is new this week.
It's a new hub system.
So the 2.0 Phoenix is an interesting one
because it's a hub shell
that's split into two parts.
You got the inner shell
and the outer shell.
The inner shell is how it held
in place with a lock ring.
And you can remove that inner shell
that the cassette is fixed onto,
and then put it into another hub shell,
which is laced into another wheel,
tighten up the lock ring
and go off and ride.
Now, what's the benefit of that really?
Well, I've been having
a little look around
and it seems like it just
speeds up the process
of not having to take apart a cassette
with a cassette tool and a chain whip,
and then refit it.
Something which isn't really that much
of a hard task, to be
perfectly honest, is it?
- Yeah.
- So I
can't really see this
sort of thing taking off.
I mean, hands off to them.
It is an innovation. It is different.
And I'm sure that for
some people out there
it's gonna be of use.
But for us, I quite enjoy taking
off a cassette, really,
just giving it a good clean on the inside.
Clean up the spacers.
- Yeah. I mean, I guess...
That's a good point.
Taking off the cassette
is a great opportunity
to clean it
and I agree.
I guess the only advantage is
you don't need a chain whip and maybe
if you had the hub body part
on different sets of wheels,
you'd only have to have one cassette
and you just slot out
that into your Aero wheels
or your climbing wheels or whatever.
- Yeah. Actually, you're never gonna wear
out the cassette at a
different rate, are you?
- Yeah.
- But anyway, yeah. It is interesting.
It's good to see things
like this going on.
- This week a new AeroPod has been brought
to our attention.
Having been displayed at
the bike show, Interbike.
It's called the Velosense CdA01.
And it's the latest Sensor Pod
that claims to be able to measure
your drag coefficient in
realtime, as you ride.
Now, you may recall from
earlier in the year,
we reported on the new devices,
(mumbles) Connect and the
AeroPod from Euro Bike.
However, the makers of the Velosense
claim that this device is different.
Instead of using a Pitot tube,
as found on the afore mentioned devices
and also what airplanes tend to use.
- Is that what they use on the front,
that thing that pops out the front?
- It can be if it comes out like that
but more often than not,
big sensor thing you're thinking
of on the front of the
plane isn't a sensor,
it's usually the air-to-air
refueling nozzle.
- Oh.
- In actual fact, they're looking
to use a sensor, well,
it is using a sensor
that's derived more from Formula 1.
And the reason why they've done this
is that the makers believe this
is far more suited to the lower speeds
that you will typically encounter
while riding a bicycle.
And it also means they're able
to modify this sensor so
that it can actually measure your angles
of not just 10 degrees but wider,
up to 50 degrees, which
they believe will be
really good for their
cycling applications.
- Yeah. It's not uncommon as well, is it,
to actually have that
when you're riding along?
- Well, yes, at lower speeds.
The faster you go, the narrower your
(mumbles) effectively becomes.
But yeah, interesting stuff.
And they say that the pod will hopefully
be available in summer 2019.
- That's good news, isn't it?
I love things like this actually.
Home users can really get involved with.
Now we're gonna finish off
with a little bit of cool tech.
Now, it was Canyon Sram win the
Women's Team Time Trial
World Championships
last weekend.
What was super cool though on their bikes
were those disk wheels
with matching socks, weren't they,
in those flashy colors?
I mean, we talk about flashy colors
and this and that but actually,
it was done for a reason.
It was to celebrate
Zipp's 30th anniversary.
I can't believe that they're 30 already.
I mean, I remember the first time I saw
a Zipp disk wheel and it was in red
and it was by a Welsh lad using it.
And I was, "Oh, that is so cool."
And the wide frames and
everything like that.
Anyway, lovely touch by Zipp to do
that for those riders.
I'm sure it gave them just
that little bit of extra motivation.
- Yeah, it looked really cool.
- I'm gonna try and get one.
I'm gonna try and get one
and the socks, it'll be all right that,
wouldn't it?
- Hopefully they'll arrive in time
for the club run on Sunday.
- Yeah. Or if not,
Monday morning's commute.
- Yeah.
- Set a PB.
Anyway, more tech for you next week.
(drilling sound)
(till sound)
Now it's time for the
part of the show called
Screw Riding Upgrades, Buy Upgrades.
What on earth does that mean though?
Well, it means that you
have to submit to us,
using the upload, it's all down there,
pictures or videos, anything like that
of new bits of bling that you've bought
for your bike or your training setup,
anything like that.
And you could be in chance
of winning a workshop apron.
- Slash cape.
- Oh yeah, have you got it?
- Give me the cape.
- The caped crusader, he's back.
Right, anyway.
But first of all, we actually have
to announce a winner.
The winner from last week was
a thrilla from Manila.
It was Manuel and that
bike which he bought
for $50 and really transformed it
to look a million dollars.
So well done.
Get in touch with us on Facebook.
We will arrange the
delivery of that cape/apron,
whatever you wanna call it,
we will arrange delivery of it.
But let's crack on then
with this week's entrants.
Who have we got, mate?
- Well, actually we've
got two awesome ones.
We have got first up,
Ally, from Shiraz in Iran.
And this is their giant Escape R3,
which has been converted into a road bike.
Ally says that after riding it
about 2 kilometers,
well, 2,000 kilometers in the city
as a commuter bike last year,
he decided to have drop bars put on it.
- Right.
- You know, he bought it as this cheap
second-hand drop bar,
well, he bought a cheap
second-hand drop bar
and found an old Tiagra groupset.
- Found it, I like that.
- I know, yeah.
And now he's got a lovely road bike.
- Yeah.
- And he's still using it for his commute
but he says it's more fun to ride.
- It looks long though, doesn't it there?
- It does, yeah.
- It does look long but...
- No, it looks bloody awesome.
- I love it when people do this
because it's not as straight forward
or simple as it would
look from the offset.
- Yeah. And he's put some Ksiriums,
Mavic Ksirium wheels on as well,
which are cracking wheels.
I have had a couple of pairs of them
and they're brilliant wheels.
Love them.
I mean, we're getting quite a few
of these sent in,
aren't we?
- Yeah.
And it's got us thinking,
would you like to see a video on this?
How to convert a flat bar bike
to a drop bar bike?
- Yeah, 'cause this wasn't something
that was on our radar.
But having started this feature...
- Yeah, let us know.
- More and more people are sending it in,
so yeah.
- Anyway, Shiraz, from Iran,
he is up against Taylor from Canada.
Now, Taylor desperately wanted
to upgrade their entry level Trek 1.2
to something like a Canyon Aeroad.
But after discovering GCN a little
over a year ago,
which got Taylor back
on their bike on a regular basis,
Taylor became obsessed
with the maintenance videos.
Taylor bought themselves
a set of essential tools
and thanks to Dan, Si and Jon from GCN...
- Who are they?
- Well, hang on.
Taylor completely restored
their entry level bike
into beauty.
Taylor even did their own paint job
and left the carbon fork naked
because it looked so great.
Ultegra R8050 Di2 Groupset,
Zipp 302s and Vittoria
Calser skinwall tires.
That bike looks nothing like the original,
does it?
- That is an incredible transformation.
- I mean, for a start,
he's turned the seat post around
the correct way, Taylor.
You've treated yourself
to some Zipps as well
and a new groupset and everything
but that paint job, it looks amazing.
- When we set up this segment of the show,
I think in my head I was hoping
we'd get stuff sent in like this.
Because that is absolutely awesome.
- All right. All right.
We're at risk now
of influencing the voters, aren't we here?
So, I mean, the other bike,
Ally, your bike was an absolutely stunner
as well, mate.
But anyway, it's not up to us, is it?
- No. It's not up to us.
- So up there, you can vote.
Is it the road bike conversion
or is it that Trek conversion?
Let us know and next week
we're gonna reveal the results of that.
And wow, someone is gonna be
getting a workshop apron.
- Slash cape.
- Yeah or cape, doesn't really matter.
Send us your though, remember,
using the uploader tool.
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Right, bike of the week time.
The time where you get to vote
for your favorite bike out of two
that we put head to head.
First up though, we've gotta reveal
the results of last week's
competition or battle.
Now, it was between the
De Rosa Time Trial Bike
and the BH Time Trial Bike
at the Vuelta a España.
And this was a very,
very close battle indeed.
The winner with 52% of the votes,
the green goddess, that De Rosa.
(crowd cheering)
- I love that.
- [Man] I love
the color of it.
- Yeah, I love that.
- Right, what we got this week then?
- Well, this week it's personal.
- Oh, yeah?
- I am going head to head against
fellow GCN presenter
James Lowsley-Williams.
- Oh, gosh.
- It's my Trek Madone Disc
versus his Trek Madone Disc.
We've been arguing in the office.
- Yeah, they have.
- We need to
- It's embarrassing.
Find out who has got the best one
and you guys are gonna let us know.
Mine is fitted with the rather outrageous
Zipp 858 NSW wheels as well.
So, I mean, so obviously vote for mine.
- Yeah, however, I would
just like to bring it
to the viewers' attention
that it's gonna be really awkward
when presumably, I have
to announce the winner
to either yourself or James.
Maybe I'll get you both
in here next week actually.
That'll be a nice little battle as well,
wouldn't it?
- Yeah, it could be.
- But as ever,
you know what to do.
Vote up there, top corner.
Who are you gonna go for, Olli or James?
Who are you gonna go for, mate?
- I'm gonna go for James.
- All right, cool.
(dramatic sound)
(bell sound)
Bike Vault time.
Right, this is the moment of the show
where we rate your bikes under nice
or super nice.
But how to we get to be
able to rate them, Olli?
Tell them.
- That's really easy.
Submit your pictures of your bikes
using the uploader link
which is in the description below.
- Yeah.
And it's simple, we will get
through them eventually.
We have had, literally,
thousands submitted.
So apologies if we have
not got to you yet.
But I'm sure we will one day.
Now, first up is David from Santa Cruz
in CA, which is presumably
California this time.
- Yeah, not Canada.
- No. It's David's
specialized S-Works SL6.
It's got Ultegra Di2,
head four plus wheels.
A stages power meter and some Aero Bars.
It's a big old bike there, isn't it?
- Yeah. (mumbles) was
about 61 or something.
- I would say, yeah, 61 or a 64.
- A lot of seat post
going on there as well.
- Lots of seat post but
it's a nice looking bike,
isn't it?
- It is a nice looking bike.
Fowl's not quite lined up,
so maybe knock him off.
But I think either both
bottles or no bottles.
The one bottle thing.
- Yeah, that's true
actually, yeah.
Not too sure about that.
- Either go fully loaded
or not loaded at all.
- Yeah. It's a nice bike.
- Nice a nice bike.
- I'm not sure it's super nice.
- No. No, I think it's a nice bike.
Yeah.
- Nice bike, Dave.
- Right. Next then, it's
Guardo from Ann Arbor
in Michigan.
It's a Felt B2.
Apparently the graphics
were hand-cut vinyl,
changed to green from red.
Dura A shifters and (mumbles).
(mumbles) cranks. Easton EC90 wheels.
They got some coilovers on them too.
Selle Italia flight saddle.
He's put a Canyon integrated bar
and stem on there too,
which is quite unusual choice, isn't it?
- Yeah, that's a inch and
a half steerer as well,
so presumably that's partly why
he's done it.
- Muscleish.
- Unless you got a shimmy.
He may, probably he's got a shimmy there.
I don't know. Let us know.
Cranks he says are in a proper position.
Valves in a six o' clock position.
Matching green titanium skewers
and very pro white bar tip.
He's done a real
sales pitch actually.
- It's that gold chain
on there as well.
- Gold chain, gimme some.
Thank you.
- What's really cool
here is the B2 frame set.
- I believe that is a Time Trial frame.
- Yeah, as far as I'm aware, it is.
- So this is a modification
of a Time Trial bike
into a road bike, which is really cool.
- Yes and it's
- I really like that.
- I wonder how it runs, but yes,
a good looking bike.
And yeah, I mean, the attention to detail,
that's been done here, hasn't it?
- Yeah.
- Is it super nice?
- Nearly.
- Is it super nice (mumbles)?
- I think nearly but not quite.
- Yeah. There's something which,
I don't know, something about it
makes me say it's nice. Yeah.
- Yeah, nice.
- Okay. Right, next up then.
James from the North Downs in Kent.
And an area which we both
know very well, I imagine.
- Yeah, no I've
- Well, I do.
- Been around there
- And you do as well.
- a lot. Yeah.
It's James' specialized
S-Works Tarmac SL3.
HTC-High Road edition.
Beautiful bike. Owned it since 2011.
But a few upgrades have been put onto it.
So he's put Sram eTAP and just got a scent
of Hunt Aero race wheels.
Recently (mumbles) stem, trying it out
before I make the final cut.
Something which, well,
you definitely have to do, isn't it?
That's just why it's cut once
but also play around with that position
before you go ahead and slice down
that carbon steerer.
- It says, "We got
Speedplay Pedals on there."
Which is very nice.
- Yeah, the green color
to match the green on the frame.
Interesting location,
please do not feed these horses.
You could kill them
with misplaced kindness,
thank you.
Of course, yeah. Animal safety
is obviously key as well.
- Do you know what?
- What?
- And I know he's gonna hate me for this.
I'm sorry.
- Oh, no.
- If he cut his steerer,
once he's decided on his steerer length,
it's a super nice.
- He got a really
excited, I reckon as well.
- I've got to get in to that (mumbles).
I've got to get into that bike (mumbles).
So I'm gonna send in these images
and well, go from there.
But yeah, it's a nice bike.
Right, this next one.
(mumbles), from Mexico City.
A 1983 Benotto.
Apparently bought this old frame
that was forgotten in a warehouse
for over 30 years.
That's an absolutely beauty.
I don't care what you say.
I don't know what he's gonna say.
He's got a tub folded up
underneath the saddle.
- Retro, I like that.
- Yeah. The back tire...
- Pre-stretched, pre-stretched
at the shop as well.
- Yeah, easy to get on. No problem there.
Now, the back tire,
it has let you down a bit though,
to be honest with you.
- Yeah.
- It's green. He's gone green.
- But in terms of what we were on about
with sustainable design components
that you can fix if there's
a zombie apocalypse.
- My mate, Joe had one of these Benottos.
- That's a bike that you
flee from zombies on.
- Exactly, yeah. They
won't be chasing you.
They wouldn't even be able to.
You'd leave them for dust.
That, I don't know about you,
but mate, I think it's super nice,
just because it stood the test of time.
- Yeah, let's go for it, mate.
(bell sound)
Mexico City, super nice coming your way.
All right, final bad boy this week.
Jesse, (mumbles) Island, Okinawa in Japan,
BMC Road Machine.
Hang on, what chain's he got on there?
What chain has he got on there?
- That's a gold one.
(till sound)
- Gold one.
They know how to get in here, don't they?
I see something underneath
the saddle there.
It looks like a mount
for a saddle bag, doesn't it?
So he's taken that off for the photo.
- It does, yeah.
- Again, a bit of a nog in the steer
are popping out above there.
What a location, though.
That looks absolutely beautiful.
Do you know what I like,
if that bridge wasn't in the background.
- I like that bridge.
- I like that bridge too actually.
No, I don't know. I do like that bridge.
Big fan of bridges.
- I wanna ride along that bridge.
It's quite cool.
I don't know.
- I don't know. I'm torn on this one.
- I think it's a nice.
- I think it's a nice, yeah.
Because if it was super nice,
we'd know instantly.
- You're right. You're right.
It's a nice.
- It's a nice bike.
So that is a lovely looking bike.
Now, you know what we say,
if you wanna get into Bikeville,
just submit your photos using
the uploader (mumbles) down
there in the description
and we will do our very
best to include it.
We wanna see them from all four corners
of the globe, as well as
a nice lengthy description too.
Because we wanna know everything that's on
that bicycle so we can really try
and sell it to one another
when we go through the pictures.
Maybe you'll get a nice
or maybe you'll get
a ring of the good old bell.
(dramatic sound)
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