Which bit of cycling tech do you think has been the biggest disappointment?
@davidmunnery6668
4 жыл бұрын
I was going to say SpeedX, but Ollie beat me to it....
@TheWaxChainFanClub
4 жыл бұрын
KZitem.
@retroonhisbikes
4 жыл бұрын
Rim brakes.
@jmax9782
4 жыл бұрын
I was a mechanic during the Mavic Mektronic era- it never worked very well. And despite many attempts no company has ever gottten carbon spoked wheels to take off. I still have a set of Topolino's (very flexy), and a set of Mavic R-SYS (very stiff brittle spokes that brake when any side-on force is applied).
@heytreacle
4 жыл бұрын
GCN Tech The plastic bags I put in my shoes last weekend 😐
@ajchaskar
4 жыл бұрын
The chemistry between these men makes the video very much entertaining 😂 Absolutely love the sense of humor of Si, Ollie, Jon and how can we miss Matt! I've been learning a lot about bikes from GCN, thanks for putting up such great informative and entertaining content 🙌🏼 Much love from India ♥️
@madmonkeycycling9098
4 жыл бұрын
Hannes, not Hans, Jon was right.
@Paddyhudson
4 жыл бұрын
When are we going to see a "GCN: Meet the Presenters" on Jon Cannings? How did he become such a bike nerd? Why doesn't he ride in videos more often? What is his story?? so many questions.
@gcntech
4 жыл бұрын
So many answers
@sturutter3378
4 жыл бұрын
He's a bit of an enigma Jon, we need more information.
@Nick-Wehmeier
4 жыл бұрын
@@gcntech It's a good point. I'm not sure we've ever seen Mr Cannings ride a bike. Can he ride a bike?
@sandrochiavaroBeerCircles
4 жыл бұрын
Nick Wehmeier John has answer my exact same question over in Instagram. He has some medical leg issues that prevent him to ride. Mystery solved.
@OslerWannabe
4 жыл бұрын
Ollie - you have a FUD (Ph.D) in something, so I'm sure you remember that almost anything can be made explosive if it's first powdered and then the dust suspended in air. I think it was 1976 that a lumber mill in Anderson, CA exploded in one of the most violent industrial accidents in American history. The air had been thick with sawdust, and one spark set it off. Leveled several acres. As I recall 35 people were killed, and many were so badly burned and pulverized that even dental remains weren't helpful. Flour and almost any metal will explode if aerosolized. Sodium and magnesium don't even need to be powdered, they're so reactive. So I'll skip the magnesium frame, and go straight to a Semtex frame - apparently very light and lively.
@Billhatestheinternet
4 жыл бұрын
Actually, magnesium is one of the lead reasons the wreck at the 1955 24 Hours of Le Mans was so horrible. The Mercedes SLR 300 that crashed into the stands was made almost of magnesium alloy (unheard of at the time). The car caught fire upon crashing (the bonnet/hood launched into the crowd like a bloody guillotine). The fire brigade had no idea of what they were dealing with, let alone the equipment to deal with it. The fire burned for over 6 hours. Motor racing of all forms was banned in Europe until safety measures were implemented (for the most part, 1956). It is still to this day banned in Switzerland expressly due to this race.
@MandoLarian007
4 жыл бұрын
I like that GCN dude with the red sweat shirt. Dude looks cool and so laid back while presenting and looking like he got cold and just woke up out of bed--all at the same time.
@larifari_das
4 жыл бұрын
when even a wood bike is lighter than my aluminum bike ...
@paulloovis440
4 жыл бұрын
Love you guys! I happen to own a couple of neoprene bottle covers, but I use them to keep water cold, not hot. In fact, if you soak the outside with water, the evaporation will make warm water cold.
@peterbaskind9872
4 жыл бұрын
The lawyer in me was amused by the obviously after-thought insert about Allight frames. Someone was trying to avoid a lawsuit.
@PKownzthem
4 жыл бұрын
Peter Baskind Was thinking the same thing - although I don‘t think there would be any determinable damage for Allight right? Then again I‘m only about to attempt law state exams in germany and don‘t know anything about anglo-saxon common law
@peterbaskind9872
4 жыл бұрын
PKownzu Oh, it would be very hard to make a silly claim like that stick under American law. I’m betting British law is similar. They were just covering their rear ends. But it made me smile.
@SR77SR
4 жыл бұрын
I feel sorry for the guy with the gravel bike. He's done such an amazing job and any other week he would win surely, but so far it seems he's got no chance this week.
@babygerald4645
4 жыл бұрын
Right? Poor Hew did an amazing job resurrecting a bike most would consider scrap. And spent six months to do so. I love the wooden bike, but it's technically more of a build than an upgrade. Unless we say it was a tree upgraded to a bicycle. But great job to both- enjoy your rides!
@mrichardsonmobile
4 жыл бұрын
I struggled... but ultimately went for the wooden bike.
@danl2294
4 жыл бұрын
The owner of the 1st bike must have been heartbroken when hannes bike appeared. Great effort but hes not going to beat that wooden bike.
@jonburnell532
4 жыл бұрын
Cant wait for GCN Tech After Dark to drop 🤗
@C00ltronix
3 жыл бұрын
Hannes' wood bike looks cool. Just one question, wouldn't bamboo not be the logical material for tubes? It's already hollow, very rigid and does not really snap-break.
@NewEnglandDirtRoadie
4 жыл бұрын
you're going to complain about Campy Delta brakes and not mention word one about the abonination of internal cable routing, electronic shifting, or the general cringeworthiness of mondern-day production carbon fiber bicycles, and the pure marketing department creation of the "gravel bike" genre?
@Quevallyn
4 жыл бұрын
Christmas chemistry lesson in the 80s. Teacher: What do want to do for a fun lesson? Class: Burn magnesium tape in the Bunsen burner, Sir. Love it when Jon and Oli get properly nerdy.
@eternaloptimist2840
4 жыл бұрын
The good one was Mr. Kinsey chucking a lump of sodium in the swimming pool once a year.
@Quevallyn
4 жыл бұрын
Eternal Optimist Teacher: Kirk, what are you doing? Me: Completing the circuit, sir. Teacher: With your [dental] braces? Me: It makes my gums tingle. Teacher: 🤦🏻♂️
@rellimnitsujgmail
4 жыл бұрын
That Madone video though... hilarious! Also Ollie did some SERIOUS Googling for this episode! Great show guys.
@AllIsWellaus
4 жыл бұрын
The first failure, those brakes. I had them back when I was a courier in the 90s. They were way stronger than the traditional brakes. Sorry I'm horrible with spelling.
@ravennexusmh
4 жыл бұрын
Your bike vault insistance on cranks at 3 o'clock is breaking "THE RULES" never at 90 or 180 degrees. Acceptable practice is to use the frame tubes to hide the crank arms So front crank inline with the down tube which should hide the rear crank arm with the rear wheel. Or Rear cank arm inline with the chainstay to hide it (which would put the front crank arm at the 3:30 position which was criticized)
@zodgzod
4 жыл бұрын
I have the Recon system in my ski goggles and it’s great. Before they went bust, the software allowed control of my GoPro and reading messages from my phone. I still wear them to track my speeds, distance, vertical. Pity they got the bike version so wrong.
@Hambini
4 жыл бұрын
Trek BB90 needs to be on there
@prestachuck2867
4 жыл бұрын
Right alongside GXP and non-round chainrings. Five years from now all of these boutique ovalmetric rings will be remembered in the same light as shimano biotech and suntour ovaltech.
@brauljo
4 жыл бұрын
Pretty much all pressfit bottom brackets.
@brauljo
4 жыл бұрын
@@prestachuck2867 I like oval chainrings, helps with low cadence which eliminates the need for clipless pedals.
@danikzarubin
4 жыл бұрын
BTW, what do you think of oval chainrings? :)
@raufus
4 жыл бұрын
I got a Shimano DA crank to replace my Sram because of what you said in your video...
@JadenFeddock
4 жыл бұрын
Totally agree that in retrospect it seems so clear why these things should never work... (e.g. those brakes?? 😳) but I love that these companies keep on trying to bring cycling into the future! ;) You can’t ever get enough of cutting-edge technology! 😉
@nightsfalling
4 жыл бұрын
John's face at 17:36 "Six Months!" 😂😂😂
@rolandmg1
4 жыл бұрын
Disc brakes that are meant to be good in the wet but squeal and rub as soon as it rains or gets muddy.
@dpricketti
4 жыл бұрын
A couple of early 1980's -Shimano AX Aero groupset - crappy brakes even worse than Campy delta- levers which were very light but very fragile. Pedals with a bigger axle and a bigger hole in the crankset which were very prone to cracking and the shifting wasn't exceptional. Then there is the Cannondale mountain bike with a 24 inch rear wheel matched with a 26 front wheel
@MrTeff999
4 жыл бұрын
Note re magnesium frame. The first picture you showed was cast mag. It was an engineering exercise. It was very heavy. Mag tubing on the other hand is light, stiff, very strong and gives a wonderful ride. I know because I own a Paketa mag tandem.
@ironhanglider
4 жыл бұрын
Shimano have so many Tech flops to choose from: Biopace, Positron, 10mm pitch, AX anything except stems... And yet so many Tech wins, freehubs (not the first, but the first successful), STI, DI2, splined BBs etc...
@eternaloptimist2840
4 жыл бұрын
Early Shimano freehubs, the hub/freehub interface was splined and only held together by the axial pressure of the hub bearings. They didn't last long. I thought the AX pedals were a really nice idea.
@michaelkaye4998
4 жыл бұрын
Just a great show. Watch every week.
@gearmonkey
4 жыл бұрын
I feel like the upgrades this week was a bit of an unfair fight, Hannes (that's pronounced Han-es btw) basically built a bike from scratch. Is framebuilding an upgrade?
@paul_hd1875
4 жыл бұрын
Hahaha... Ollie that Aussie crack gave me a good laugh ... your German had me rolling 😂
@tonystrange7224
4 жыл бұрын
Ollie's hair is getting wilder and wilder 😂😂
@RichsRidesandRestorations
4 жыл бұрын
Love the wooden bike! Screw riding up grades, ride up grains!
@sandydennylives1392
4 жыл бұрын
It should go at wharp speed.
@Solarsystem50
4 жыл бұрын
Ollie is been transformed. He seem focus and determined. Probably sleeping 10 hours a day, eating only oat meal. Can't wait for the final show in the velodrome.
@endcensorship874
4 жыл бұрын
The first mountain bikes in the 80's had under the chainstay U-brakes that were so difficult to work on!
@neil_down_south
4 жыл бұрын
Alpine stars?
@dan_lazaro
4 жыл бұрын
@daAnder71 well they're direct mount brakes so they're better than those U brakes lol.
@eternaloptimist2840
4 жыл бұрын
Those weren't the first mountain bikes - all the early models had cantilever brakes. Chainstay U-brakes were an evolutionary/marketing dead-end that was never going to work well in British mud, although there were some nice bikes that had them.
@thomash9714
4 жыл бұрын
awesome bike Hannes! (and his name is pronounceed: 'hanəs not ha:ns)
@Sebasstian86
4 жыл бұрын
The Erasmus bridge is super nice indeed! I got to ride over the car lane this year during the tour de Rotterdam. That was super nice as well!
@01FozzyS
4 жыл бұрын
Jon-"That WOOD make a good pro-bike!" Olie-"Yeah it WOOD." Get it?
@lwittrock1
4 жыл бұрын
Great match up for the Tech show!!
@Cyclingmasterseller
4 жыл бұрын
Magnesium is 60% lighter than titanium and 30% lighter than aluminum. My 2007 Dogma AK61 is fantastic, and I might add the sob is super stiff and light, just beautiful, and is made with other elements which had stopped the fire hazard and doesn't rust -- I love my dog!
@chriswheeler4368
4 жыл бұрын
Single ring for road bikes
@timbobalot1837
4 жыл бұрын
Why would anyone bother to watch half an hour of this and then give it the thumbs down? One people have no taste I’m off to have a bust of myself made!
@Garadom
4 жыл бұрын
Just liking because of Ollie's knowledge of the Erasmusbrug!
@Dav-tg3wl
4 жыл бұрын
Great chemistry again Ollie.
@iainfraser1554
4 жыл бұрын
While ReckonJet glasses have clear and obvious flaws, I'm surprised you guys have missed Everysight's Raptors - or have I missed your session on them? I have been using my Raptors (true HUD, metrics, navigation, some notifications) for over a year and they are superb. If only as a safety enhancement they would be great, but the range of metrics you can have, the easy integration (to Strava and various sensors) and the navigation are just fabulous. And no, I have no links to Everysight, I'm just a slow aging cyclist and a tech nerd.
@HasanNassrallah
4 жыл бұрын
My Stubby Holders work fine in the outback for cold beers : )
@trevorhayes5414
4 жыл бұрын
Tom's bike vault - now that's horsepower!
@lukaskaciasvili9351
4 жыл бұрын
Alright, so Hannes just made me to download GCN app so I can vote for his mind-blowing wooden project. Jaw dropping result, considering that it was done at home.
@lukaskaciasvili9351
4 жыл бұрын
UPDATE: so I browsed the app from left to right, up to down and could not find how I can vote for Hannes. Spent hours in app but no success. Otherwise the app is full of great stuff.
@1989srjones
4 жыл бұрын
Flop: Shane Sutton apparently
@86mrnelson
4 жыл бұрын
Flop: Remember when Cannondale made Motorcycles for motocross?
@BuffsVintageBikes
4 жыл бұрын
Jacob Nelson LOL... I remember those, epic fail 😂
@stillshotprod
4 жыл бұрын
I need a video of Ollie explaining his PhD thesis while Everesting
@MalaMala-gq9gy
4 жыл бұрын
Nm
@neil_down_south
4 жыл бұрын
New segment of funny videos "you've been bike framed"
@andyheilmann1656
4 жыл бұрын
The bottle cover sounds like a bear coozie. Probably better at keeping bottles cold than warm
@Sills71
4 жыл бұрын
Under the chainstay U brakes... U brakes... biopace.... titanium chains... 650c wheel road bikes.... Scott drop in bars... Shimano Sante Group... Campagnolo Daytona Group... PMP L shaped cranks PMP Brevettato ... Power Cranks... Z-Torque cranks... dpardo Sickle Cranks
@chriswilkinson1766
4 жыл бұрын
In the future we will look back on Press fit bottom brackets as a big engineering flop
@robinburt5735
4 жыл бұрын
Talking about the neophrene bottle covers... Why didn't you put the bottle in the cover first before you filled it with hot stuff? Jus' sayin' :)
@jffydavy5509
4 жыл бұрын
The first generation Delta brakes had a problem binding the brake cable in the original binding anchor. The problem was that the cable could and wound pull through and you had no brakes. There is a way to get around that problem (which I use on my Delta brakes) but the Campy engineers went back to the drawing board on that binder. The head engineer 'resigned' from the company, since he was the one who approved the first design.
@dominickbrookes5103
4 жыл бұрын
Gents. The Raptor glasses are used in every TT I do. Especially helpful in TTT events, I'm the yeller on my team who has to monitor speed and scream to rotate once pace falls.
@sepg5084
3 жыл бұрын
As mentioned, "mag" wheels for cars were actually made of Magnesium alloys. Intake manifolds of some sports cars are also made of magnesium. So even if carbon fiber is lighter and maybe stiffer, magnesium alloys are still less expensive than carbon fiber and lighter than aluminum. Plus they would not operate in high temperature situations on bicycles, they can be coated to protect them from corrosion just like how they are coated for automotivr wheel and intake manifold use.
@Chasenyx
4 жыл бұрын
Jon is actually right on the pronunciation of the name Hannes. Oli would be right if there were only one "n". IPA: hɑnːes
@hannesmuller8462
4 жыл бұрын
Yes you are right👌🏼
@HolmsOnBikes
4 жыл бұрын
Ok look, in my defense with the horse video......I just started filming real quick because the horses came running over towards me......I was NOT READY FOR MY BIKE VAULT PICTURE!!!! GIVE ME A BREAK!!!!!!! lol
@HolmsOnBikes
4 жыл бұрын
And also, it was in Salem, New Jersey, USA.
@andyheilmann1656
4 жыл бұрын
If we were just rating your bike it's easily a super nice (Very expensive too)
@rellimnitsujgmail
4 жыл бұрын
Now he just needs to fit the optional animal-defense taser to his seat post. Pretty sure Bontrager makes one of those, right? (Awesome bike T-Holms.)
@glennoc8585
4 жыл бұрын
Speedx failed because they took the money and started a bike sharing biz that went t$$ts up.
@GCNuser123
4 жыл бұрын
brilliant! thanks for the vid! was hilarious
@tyrionas
4 жыл бұрын
I would like to point out that they make the MTB fork bodies out of magnesium. so if magnesium is safe and good enough to make MTB parts, maybe you shouldn't say it can't make good road bike parts (especially naming safety as the reason). For your information, the problem you have talked about come from pure magnesium and even if it can indeed burn, it's not that easy to ignite when it's a big chunk. secondly, they use a magnesium alloy which is much more stable and durable. get your fact straight guys.
@ronspencer6668
4 жыл бұрын
Super humurous episode, you two were pretty locked-in.
@mushkamusic
4 жыл бұрын
I reckon you mean 1.2g of magnesium per 1000l seawater. :)
@And-rc9yy
4 жыл бұрын
Campag SGR clipless pedals, rumour was that Campag begged stores not to return them for fear Campy would go under. Ironically they're also worth a few quid now. Could also include Mavic's attempt at electronic gearing. For Mtbiking I would include Girvin Flexstems. I got some air off a jump, the bolt broke midair causing the stem to disintegrate upon landfall.
@virtualmartijn
4 жыл бұрын
That wooden bike is great but shouldn’t be in the competition. It’s not an old bike rebuilt with upgraded parts.
@lfoster7601
4 жыл бұрын
If Delta brakes are a failure, how come they now sell for many times what they were new. And the whole difficult setup is total BS, and mine work beautifully. And I'm no mechanical genius, thread cable through, press pads in, pull cable, do up bolt, snip cable. Job done. I can turn the damn bike over it's nose with them, or drift gently to a halt, never had an issue with the stopping. We keep coming up with Delta brakes being rubbish, and it's simply a myth. Later generations were brill. Can't talk for Gen 1, mine are the last gen, bought in late '90s NOS in Geoffrey Butler sale. Best £60 I ever spent, wish I'd bought a few sets
@JonCannings
4 жыл бұрын
Exactly where I got mine from. Geoffrey Butlers!
@sandydennylives1392
4 жыл бұрын
@daAnder71 So what? For beauty we will pay.
@sandydennylives1392
4 жыл бұрын
@daAnder71 And vintage looking, but modern, e bikes and m/bikes. Car's are taking a bit longer to follow the trend, I'd love a 'modern' MG. The Petrolicious channel has some lovelies mind.
@pwood5733
3 жыл бұрын
Biggest flop is brake leavers with out the part that goes across the front of the bars like they used to have back in the day
@ger128
3 жыл бұрын
I think Ollie has a hidden talent as a chemist...
@rrrseajay
3 жыл бұрын
“Neoprene” bottle covers makes me think of my old thermal jersey.... probably that same foamy material. So cool looking at the time.
@anthonypollington3663
4 жыл бұрын
Nice! I'm a geochemist! My two favorite things: bikes and chemistry
@stillshotprod
4 жыл бұрын
You've got at least two things in common with Ollie. Dude's got a PhD in chemistry
@Bmw540M
4 жыл бұрын
You guys are hilarious ! " Hans !!! " Great video ! Keep up the great work !
@Bertos13
4 жыл бұрын
The Bianchi Roubaix bike Johan Museeuw used. It looked out of this world with those springs, but it wasn't cut for the job.
@FPLMikkel
4 жыл бұрын
I refuse to believe that you guys didn't get the n plus 1 name!
@radihaydos95
4 жыл бұрын
I was expecting the IQ squared power meters to be included. and yes I know they haven't even released yet, but their concept failed so badly they abandoned it for a standard pedal power meter, which still doesn't work properly.
@ShaneTheGeek
3 жыл бұрын
The wooden bike build is insanely rad!
@gcntech
3 жыл бұрын
Isn't it incredibly impressive
@ShaneTheGeek
3 жыл бұрын
@@gcntech Just imagining all of the time and effort put into building it is astonishing! I personally love woodworking ever since I took it in high school. Just got back into cycling and have a trainer and Zwift setup that I will start using!
@markfairchild5122
4 жыл бұрын
Was that horse “funny” or “super funny”
@94inchandy
4 жыл бұрын
DT Swiss aero blades, you spend tons of money on nice set of hubs, only to file slots in every spoke hole
@id.unknown1283
4 жыл бұрын
Have no idea why the Robocop visor failed, think of all the crime fighting one could do whilst on a training ride. You have 10 seconds to comply.
@jamethogany
4 жыл бұрын
So i just want to put in my two cents, I know it's late, but the SpeedX Leopard is a really nice bike to ride. I own one and It is nice and stiff, accelerates faster than my friends' bikes, they all hopped on for a try and thought so. If the chinese government hadn't gone after them for the debts of a different company (the CEOs of both knew each other and had formerly worked together prior to the formation of the bike rental service company that went bankrupt) then people would have gotten the Unicorn, a completely different climbing style bike. I think nearly everyone got delivery of the Leopard. It's not perfect. I mean, now that the company is gone, the software doesn't work on the app for your phone, so there's little point to the integrated computer beyond the speedo and odometer. They should have made it removable for future upgrades, which they were doing for the Unicorn.
@Twpcew
4 жыл бұрын
Well GCN after dark?! Get it on!
@silverburn55
3 жыл бұрын
Performance Motorbikes use magnesium casting for gearbox covers etc. Lots of cool sparks when someone bins it, but never really "caught fire".
@simonhall1737
4 жыл бұрын
I have Delta brakes on my TVT 92 and love them. Full Campag C Record Group Set including Sigma Pave rims hands built by Geoff Shergold. I built it as a replica of Pedro Delgados 88 tour winning bike. I still have it and it lives in my bedroom!
@SergioCristancho
4 жыл бұрын
21:47 un fair contest that wooden bike can pulloff 9 out of 10 times in a head to head challenge and the gravel proyect has a great back story is not a bad choice it would win every 7 out of 10 in my book, but not today Hew has much to be proud I would ride that bike but also I wanna have one like Hannes very badly
@Zeben84
4 жыл бұрын
How do you speak about this bridge when there is a OG-Kevin replica of Cipolini bought on aliexpress for a 1/5 of the price and performing the same ? :)
@HavardBerger
4 жыл бұрын
Maybe even Og-Evkin is Cipillini's manufacturer? 😁
@ErikRoozen
4 жыл бұрын
It was actually less, about 1/10th the price. I paid €450 for the frameset, and that includes the import duties.
@fierox88
4 жыл бұрын
@@ErikRoozen Nice bike, guess there are atleast two of them in Rotterdam then.. ae01.alicdn.com/kf/U404b27ea375e40d5a14812b42dbe57a5d.jpg
@passageweather
4 жыл бұрын
RockShox have been building their suspension fork lower tubes out of cast Magnesium since the early 90s!
@Heleninhalinda176
4 жыл бұрын
And their brake mounts are stripping easier than they should since the 90s!! But the magnesium lowers are super light tho
@passageweather
4 жыл бұрын
@@Heleninhalinda176 I've been using RockShox forks since the 90s and I've never heard of that happening... I think you're making that up... But if it's true then some people need to buy torque wrenches because brake mount bolts only need 7 N-M max, which isn't much at all!
@Heleninhalinda176
4 жыл бұрын
I'm exagerating it, but it happens a lot easier than with forks made of other materials. Especially with brakes that have planetary washers and are a little more tricky to set up.
@nathanboyle8710
4 жыл бұрын
Y bird last week, John Anderson this week. Love the off topic trip down memory lane
@unreliablenarrator6649
3 жыл бұрын
Those neoprene bottle covers were for aluminum bottles. You can still find them for metal or glass bottles, made by a French company.
@seventysevenfiji
4 жыл бұрын
Hey, they used to make beryllium bikes, the American. And they were gorgeous frames. What would make for a good flop though are Titanal frames. Once they all started splitting along the seams..... Fun!
@jmax9782
4 жыл бұрын
Damn! You guys are cold-blooded when it comes to giving out a super nice from the bike vault.
@_Digitalnative
4 жыл бұрын
Just imagine how how many pairs of Campagnolo Delta brakes you could get with $4,000,000. Perfect as a backdrop for the GCN Tech Show.
@justjordan8018
4 жыл бұрын
The 1x system with a 32 up front. Kind of slow.
@elcothelosen3621
4 жыл бұрын
sorry i have 1 thing against Campagnolo the price..i use magnesium alloy 700c rims on my bike ..it's a bit heavy but when they go...they go..i use cool stop blocks pad's (shimano!👍) on the brake's it's a grey version of normal brake black rubber pads..i enjoy the three spoke rims they are solid and fast .great tech video's guys keep it up..
@JohnMFlores
4 жыл бұрын
Suggestion-add a fill light to the background to soften/eliminate the strong shadows that Ollie casts on them
@sammo800mYT
4 жыл бұрын
"Bike tech flops" - wife bursts out laughing - thought they were doing a feature on the aftermath of long, cold winter rides 😂
@IraklyShanidze00X
4 жыл бұрын
My most favorite part of GCN Tech by far is Oliver's hairdo. It makes me think that he sits in his personal wind tunnel.
@gasolinewine801
4 жыл бұрын
I had a magnesium stem back in the 90s and it would start smoking every time I got above 500 watts.
@BenFerber
4 жыл бұрын
A note: it’s really hard to find votes featured on your various episodes in the app! You might want to add a tab specifically for in-episode polls.
@KillersFromTheWest
4 жыл бұрын
I wore a pair of those display glasses and I knew immediately that it wouldn't be popular. It was far too heavy for the front of your face, put pressure on your ears, and it obscures your vision.... and for what convenience? So you don't have to look down 10 degrees? Expensive, too large, and needs to be 1/4 of the size.
@hellopsp180
4 жыл бұрын
Is it just me or was i the only one looking at the bike when ollie was off talking about a bridge ?? @ 26:26 Also that OG Evkin Frame is a Chinese Frame you can get cheap off Ali express. Still not sure if i trust them though
@chrispalmer3096
4 жыл бұрын
I've got that frame in red. Really nice, and a set of Elite carbon wheels. In fact, it's a full on kungfu bike.
@hellopsp180
4 жыл бұрын
@@chrispalmer3096 How long have you used that OG Ekvin frame for? Also, have you had any issues with misalignment of the BB area? I hear lots of stories where Chinese frames the tolerances were crap and the BBs they installed were destroyed after a few rides because of the misalignment. I'm interested to see if anyone has one break within 1-2 yrs of purchase to help me decide if it's worth buying.
@chrispalmer3096
4 жыл бұрын
@@hellopsp180 my frame isn't built into a bike yet...not planning to built it up until Spring. However, I've built a bike for my work colleague using an identical frameset 3 months ago, and so far he's happy with it after averaging over 150 miles each month. His bike did feel stiffer than my Ribble Gran Fondo. Btw, on AliExpress, you can choose to have the frame shipped from a UK warehouse, which only took 3 days to reach me.
@hellopsp180
4 жыл бұрын
@@chrispalmer3096 I didn't even realise they had options to ship from the UK. That is fantastic as it saves nightmare import taxes. I have had a little look for other carbon road bike frames and have not even seen this option advertised. Do you know of any other brand that does this service? Also, I think I found the OG Evkin frame that ships from the UK. Scratch that I found 2 links in total but the same frame sadly. - www.aliexpress.com/item/32790235663.html?spm=a2g0o.productlist.0.0.d8ca33bdIhyWNz&algo_pvid=d5ff16b6-6dda-40bc-aac2-667a145d9854&algo_expid=d5ff16b6-6dda-40bc-aac2-667a145d9854-0&btsid=29d65ade-5a32-4688-8e7a-1ba5de7e394d&ws_ab_test=searchweb0_0,searchweb201602_5,searchweb201603_55 - www.aliexpress.com/item/32853799791.html?spm=a2g0o.productlist.0.0.3f574acc1ZRi3A&algo_pvid=491a7cb2-569f-4c40-beda-fc7fd53306cc&algo_expid=491a7cb2-569f-4c40-beda-fc7fd53306cc-17&btsid=30e98141-d656-4999-92a6-6def397067b2&ws_ab_test=searchweb0_0,searchweb201602_5,searchweb201603_55
@chrispalmer3096
4 жыл бұрын
@@hellopsp180 that is the frame I've got, from the same seller, but I can see the ship from UK option is not there anymore. Shame about that, would have saved about £50 in custom fees and quick delivery time.
@robbchastain3036
4 жыл бұрын
Schwinn not building lightweight road bikes in the Seventies and thus eventually ceding their place to upstarts like Trek and Cannondale.
@bleckandbleck
4 жыл бұрын
Robb Chastain One of the Schwinn family members infamously said when asked about lightweight bikes,”are you going to ride it or carry it”. BTW at the time a Schwinn Continental weighed 38lbs while the overseas competition was 25-29lbs.
@robbchastain3036
4 жыл бұрын
@@bleckandbleck Thanks for your reply and my, I didn't realize they were that heavy, talk about a lead sled. But I do recall the difference between Schwinn bikes and European bikes when I was an American teen--a military dependent--in Frankfurt in the middle of the Seventies. A couple of friends and I commuted by bike from the Drake-Edwards Housing Area to our high school downtown and I remember being happy with my German-made Rixie but knowing they had better bikes, one a Gitane and the other a Bianchi. But a couple of other students rode Schwinn Varsities and those seemed like Cadillacs compared to our European bikes. And then I rode a Varsity in Canton, Ohio when I got a job in radio there in October '77. And tho' I liked the paint and chrome, it was no lightweight. But in '78 I rode that bike to victory in the Stark County Celebrity Bike Race on a Saturday when the County was promoting outdoor activities for youth. And it was fun to get the win for WINW and WOOS where I was a young announcer. And it was the only time I ever got a plaque for winning a bike race.
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