- Right this week on the GCN tech show,
I'm gonna check out Cav's new Custom Kicks,
two very special edition bikes,
plus a 20th anniversary Pantani bike,
which is very cool indeed.
Not to mention, bits of custom tech
that you've been submitting for me to check out
as well as all the usual favorites.
Let's do it.
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First up this week is news from Mark Cavendish,
and specifically, some new footwear
I saw on his feet at the UAE Tour.
Now, I did say to Cav, "Nice shoes, mate."
And he did commend me on my eagle eyes for spotting them,
but at the same time did say to me,
"Keep them sealed up until Paris-Nice."
And I did Mark, so there you are,
and he did actually reveal them first
on his Instagram page.
So as you can see, they are a
knitted style upper, so similar to that
of the DMT K1 shoes that people like
Elia Viviani are using.
And what's ultra cool about them,
is that he appears to have both
a high-top and a low-top version there too.
So the picture on his Instagram page,
that's with the high-top
and while I actually managed
to snap a picture myself
sneakily of the low-top ones.
Now, all we need is for Nike
to actually release these for public sale
because I think they look absolutely cool,
and while Nike used to make cycling shoes
in the past, a great finishing touch
though I must just say, is that inside
of the Nike swoosh or swish or tick,
whatever you want to call it,
is the names of every single person
whose been involved in the production of them
along that production line.
Nice little nod to them, for I think 15 years now
they've been sponsoring Cav.
Sticking with very cool things
that can be bought is this Bianchi Specialissima.
Now it's a 20th anniversary replica
or modern-day equivalent if you like
of the Mega Pro Concept which
Marco Pantani used back in 1999.
Now what's so special about this
is it commemorate almost the stage,
stage number 15 of that year's
Giro d'Italia when Pantani lost 30 seconds,
ten kilometers to go and then went on to
actually win the stage without even realizing,
'cos he thought there were still people ahead of him.
It's certainly a featherweight, just 780 grams,
so it's nothing to be sniffed at whatsoever
'cos that is majorly light and importantly too,
I've got somewhere - one of those saddles.
I will have to dig it out
and bring it in 'cos it was so cool,
the embroidery and all of that.
Right, anyway, price wise,
'cos I know you're all keen to find out;
4,699 Euros for the frame and fork,
so it is a pretty special price
for a special edition bike.
But well, it is available right now,
and I think it looks cool.
I do love anniversary bikes.
More tech later.
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Now the subject of homemade cycling tech
and things that you could be doing
from the comfort of your own home
is very fresh in my mind
because whilst at the UAE Tour
and at the top of Jebel Hafeet,
I bumped into a GCN viewer,
Raymund Afoakwa, and he told me
that he was absolutely loving
the videos I did with Adam Hansen
and Rob Hayles, all about working
with custom carbon fiber.
And well he told me he was even planning on
making a pair of his own shoes.
Now, I have to be honest with you,
when I left you that day I thought to myself,
'That's a big tall order.'
Because well it took Adam Hansen
three years to actually develop his.
But, less than a week later,
you sent me through the first initial molds
of shoes you've been making
in the casts and stuff, so fair play to you.
You've got the bit between your teeth, I reckon,
and a fellow tech nerd out there,
because then you sent me some pictures
of a skinsuit you've been developing,
which is waterproof, windproof, and ideal
for really cold weather conditions.
So Raymond, I doff my cap to you.
And then, totally unannounced,
I had some emails from someone called
Chet Langford in Indianapolis,
over there in the United States.
And well, they've been really letting loose
with the custom airbrushing
on their girlfriend's bike,
just check out these pictures.
So Chet, well, he's painted the frame,
the forks, the wheels, the dray leer cage,
and what Chet thinks is the first pair
of custom painted Ultegra R8000 cranks
in the world...
That is mind-blowing.
I really want a pair of cranks that look like that,
although I don't know how long
it'd stay looking so shiny.
Either way, it's cool, it's custom and it's yours.
But what have you been doing
to customize your tech?
Are you like Raymund,
an adept hand with carbon fiber,
or are you like Chet,
pretty good at airbrushing?
Either way, I wanna see your custom tech.
So, make sure you use the uploader tool
down there in the description below
and upload it for us to checkout
and who knows, maybe you'll make it
onto a future episode of the Tech Show.
Plus, I must just give a quick shout out
to a new Facebook group we've got,
the link to it is in the description below -
GCN Tech Upgrades, so you can show off now
the latest project or little bit of custom
tech you're working on so the rest of us
tech nerds can well,
geek out on it.
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More tech of the week now,
an Irish bike brand, FiftyOne Bikes,
a brand which I really admire
for their designs and ideas,
have just recently announced that
they're going to be showing off
two very special bikes.
Now the first one is a modern-day remake
of this Bianchi time trial bike,
That Afgeni Berzin was using in the mid-nineties,
does have a quite similar look to it,
the Old Faithful that Graham Ovary designed,
but this one is called,
Berzin meets Brooklyn, and you can see
just why, can't you?
And I love it.
It does take a lot of guts to do
something quite so outrageous as this.
Now it's got a 12 speed, one bi-group set
on there, so you can guess
who that's come from, as well as
Bluetooth control gearing.
Apparently they even had to redesign
the frame gig in order to build this frame
because of where the different tubes were going
because it's nothing like a conventional frame.
Don't reckon they're gonna sell many,
but something they are gonna do
is turn many heads with a design like this.
And also, they've been busy making this bike
for heavyweight boxing champion, Anthony Joshua,
who, he definitely needs a custom bike 'cos
he's six foot five tall which is
just under two meters, weighs 113 kilos
and naturally he wanted some
finishing touches on there.
So he's got 25 7 apparently,
because he's well,
going the extra mile from 24 7.
He's got a custom, gold painted lion on the head tube,
and then 2.2.0.1. on the chains stay,
which stands for second to no one.
And that custom bike is built fully
out of NV composite carbon tubes.
Now these bikes will be on display
at the North American Hand built Bike Show
and we aim to get a closer look at them.
Now sadly, I can't actually go
because of some Visa problems out of my control.
But the good news is, Catherine my colleague,
she will be going over to actually check out
all the latest and greatest
of hand built tech from that show.
I'm so excited,
and I know she's chomping at the bit too.
So keep an eye on the channel,
because we're gonna have some cracking videos coming out.
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Right now, time for the part of the show
called 'Screw Riding Up Grades, Buy Upgrades'.
So the idea behind this is that you
submit pictures using the uploader tool
down there in the description,
of before and after photos of bits of tech
that you've upgraded, for the chance
of winning your very own GCN workshop apron.
The eagle-eyed of you will have noticed,
new design going on there,
designed by yours truly I must add.
Right, first up though, we need to
announce last week's winner.
It was between Sebastian and Tim,
a Pinarello versus a Hercules,
and the winner - 65% of the votes,
was Sebastian with that Pinarello.
So well done Sebastian,
I had you on the edge
of your seat there didn't I?
Get in touch with us on Facebook
to arrange delivery of your apron.
Right then, let's crack on
to this week's contenders,
are you ready?
Right first up is Jolie,
from Norfolk in England.
Jolie bought a pair of physique R1 shoes,
Jolie's cousin, whose an artist,
did the bespoke design on them, for Jolie.
There's the biggest climbs they've done,
Magthai at 7144 feet,
highest speed of 57 miles per hour.
Number of Britain's greatest climbs completed
and the KOM crams, one for every 30 KOMs they have.
Look at those, they've gone from white to well,
a pretty decorated pair, I must say.
Right Jolie, you're up
against Chris though this week,
from Banbury in Western Australia.
One of my favorite places.
(cash register bell)
Right though, Chris wanted to start riding,
so he bought a Look KG 76 frame all beaten up
with a seat post stuck in it for just
70 Australian dollars.
800 dollars later and it's a fully working,
running Ultegra, 6800 group set bike with fulcrum
three wheels and it's super light at just seven kilos.
Chris this is a beauty in a bike frame,
which I'm extremely jealous of you having.
Because you got that for just 70 dollars,
those things sell for hundreds
and hundreds of pounds normally.
I do hope you're not trying
to pull my heartstrings here
and trying to get me to vote for you.
Either way, what I'm also interested,
how on earth did you get
a 130 diameter over lock nut diameter hub
inside of a 126 millimeter
over lock nut diameter frame?
You could well be doing a bit
of damage there, but you did tell me
Chris that it is working all okay.
But who is it gonna be?
Is it gonna be Jolie and those customized shoes,
or Chris and that, well bargain-look frame, you decide.
Votes up there,
next week we'll reveal the results
and have two more battling it out here.
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Right, bike of the week time.
The part of the show where you get
to vote on your favorite bike,
out of two that we've put head to head.
And well, let's have a little recap
on last week's contenders.
First up, we have that super light Cannondale
of Dan Evans and Ollie's Orbea Orca.
And well, you'll notice that this week,
Ollie's not with me.
Presumably he's sulking, because Dan Evans' bike,
well it well and truly kicked Ollie into touch.
With 63 percent of the votes,
congratulations Dan Evans!
Right let's move on then
to this week's contenders.
Two bikes from Strada Bianchi from last week
and first up is the Scotvor RC
from Annemi Von Vleuten.
It's got full shimano dura ASDI groupset,
durace wheels, Pirelli tires, a great looking bike
it's up against the Cervelo R5
of Nicholas Roach of Team Sunweb.
Now the bike again has full shimano
dura-ace groupset, dura-ace wheels on there too
and some really nice-looking paintwork.
Whose it gonna be though?
It it gonna be the bike of Van Vleuten
or the bike of Roach, you decide,
vote up there top right hand corner,
next week the results will be announced
and two more are gonna fight it out.
(logo slamming)
Right, bike vault time,
so you know what that means,
the bell is back (loud clanging)
the bell is back,
I'm back, I'm on my own
so I don't even have to consult
with anyone else this week.
So if you want your bike to
go into the bike vault,
you know what to do by now.
If you're not well aware what to do,
simply use the uploader tool down below
and include pictures of your bike
where you're from, details about the bike.
Anything, you think can convince the judge
to give you a super nice...
Only joking.
Right, anyway, let's crack on.
The first entrant this week is Uma Mouille
from Eringenden, in Switzerland.
Now it's an Orbea Orca Aero,
what's it got on there,
Shimano DI2,
got pretty deep-sectioned wheels on there,
a nice cotton, sidewalk ties,
looks like they're specialized,
fancy goldchain, awkward, yeah
great looking bike.
The only thing,
I'm a bit hesitant about this one,
Uma Mouille is the saddle.
I know it's not really far back
on the rails but because of the drop nose of it
it's one of those Sally SMP's I think
it looks like it's really far back on the rails.
So I don't know, sorry nice bike, nice bike.
So moving on, Tom from Warwickshire,
now Tom says this is their latest pride and joy,
which Sigma sports which is a bike shop in the UK,
managed to get hold of them despite specialized
not actually releasing the team frame in the UK
so it is as you can see, it is one of those
beautiful, specialized S-works. I love that.
It looks really great
Got your over wheels on their too.
To match it nicely
Apparently S-works the helluva North
clincher tires too.
And well, Tom reckons,
this is the only one of its kind in the UK.
That is such a traditional British backdrop,
Tom from Warwickshire.
Yeah, it's gonna get it.
(Clanging)
Whoooooo!
Ring the bell!
Next up is Neil,
from Estepona in Spain.
Beautiful part of the world Neil.
Right it's a special edition 2014
Mark Cavendish specialized frame set.
Built up as a replica including custom zip 404 decals,
check that out.
We've got DI2, sick.
Rotor chain set, really cut away rings on that one.
Pedals!
I'll have to geek out a bit on this one.
Zips, stem matching.
Is that an adamo saddle with the green bits on the back too.
I like the backdrop of that too.
Yeah, do you know what?
You're gonna get, Neil, you're gonna get super nice, mate.
(bell clanging)
Congratulations.
Right, next up is Maika in Australia.
Now Maika, classic case, you need to give a bit more
description of where you're from than just Australia.
Big ol' place that,
both me and Quacker, the cameraman
we went down there for the tour down under,
we know just how big the place is.
Anyway, Scott Foil DI2.
It looks to have some old school Zip wheels on there too,
wow, they are really old in fact,
they're probably one of the first or second generations
with those logos.
It's got a skinny old chain set on there,
looks like a Campag chain set or something.
Nice graffiti in the background.
Always a big fan of graffiti as long as it's legal.
Yeah, it's a nice looking bike!
I would like to see the bars rotated a little bit more,
but I do understand that your comfort is key
so you're getting a ring of my bell.
(bell clanging) Super nice!
Right, next up is Rhead
from Rhode Island in the United States of America.
Apparently it's a 1987 Bianchi Brava.
It's got a Shimano Dura Ace 7400 group set,
I love that group set so much.
It's probably my favorite Dura Ace ever.
Apparently though, it does have the 7800 brakes
so a couple of generations on.
And that is a whopping 552 chain ring on there too.
I love those!
You know, big, full of logos,
but it's just a great looking chain ring.
We've got a downward facing stem,
looks like a Nitto one or something like that,
like an NJS style quill stem.
Quesque saddle so gone pretty modern with that.
And then we've got some
modern hunt wheels it looks like too.
So, they're gonna probably be running tubeless tires.
It's like a retro bike, but still looks absolutely bang on,
so good news, you're getting
(bell clanging) a ring of the bell!
You know what to do by now,
submit pictures of your bike using the uploader tool
down there in the description below,
and who knows, maybe just maybe you'll get
the most coveted award of them all and that is, super nice.
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Right, there we are, nearly time for the end of the show,
but don't worry, we've got heaps more content coming up!
Including, I'm going to be building up that
cheap super bike from scratch,
a video which loads of you have wanted from us
for a very long time.
Also, footage from Catharine who's out there
at the North American hand-built bicycle show.
I'm very excited to see what she's going to be sending back!
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