- Virtually every professional cyclist
wants their bike to be matching the UCI's minimum
weight limit of 6.8 kilos,
especially with something like that ahead of them in a race.
Jebel Hafeet here at the UAE tour.
So, I'm gonna go and ask them just before they tackle
this stage how much their bike weighs.
Come on.
- Seven.
- Seven, seven on the dot?
- I'm afraid too much.
- You're afraid too much!
- Hopefully less than other bikes, but above the limit.
- 7.38.
(light techno music)
- Right Adam, I've not rigged the scales, I promise you.
Do you know how much your bike weighs?
- Yeah.
- Right, go on. - Between
seven and eight kilos.
(both laughing)
I think 7.3.
- Alright, let's have a go.
(soft techno music)
Tell you what,
7.15.
- Mega, mate.
- 7.15, you're happy with that aren't you?
- That's good, innit?
- Yeah.
- Gotta climb today.
- Yeah, exactly, I filled you with a load of confidence.
Nothing less than a win, today.
- Mate, jog on.
It's uphill, you mad?
- Go on, get on with it.
- So with the 50s I think it's just over
maybe 6.8 and 1/2.
- Okay. - But with the Velon device
I'm not so sure, so. - Oh yeah.
And a transponder as well.
Should we give it a weigh?
- We should.
- Yeah, we'll give it a weigh.
I've just weighed one of your teammates,
I made his day, actually.
Bit lighter than he thought.
Right.
You ready?
- What is it?
- 6.8.
- 6.8 with the...
- With all of that!
With all of it! - Yeah baby!
(both laughing)
Spot on.
- Do you know how much your bike weighs?
- 6.8.
- Yeah, should we go and check?
- Yeah, go on.
- Come on, let's have a look.
- Do you not trust me?
(both laughing)
Do you want me to hold the microphone?
- Yeah you hold that.
You hold that.
Right, let's weigh it in.
(upbeat techno music)
- Ah.
I guess 6.9.
I lied.
- This is fairly accurate.
- Not bad.
- It could be, I wonder if your mechanics
have put anything extra on it,
since I weighed it just now and it was less.
- Was it?
- Yeah, 6.83.
- Could've put more air in the tires.
- Yeah there we are.
- More air in the tires.
Brilliant.
And it's got disc breaks on it as well.
- Exactly.
And 12 gears.
- Yeah?
Smaller chain rings, though.
- Exactly.
- Yeah.
Alex, what does your bike weigh?
- Hopefully less than other bikes.
But above the limit.
- Yeah.
- Seven point something.
- Any more specific, or not?
- Seven point something more specific
than seven point something.
- [Man] What's that?
- 7.38.
- 500 grams off.
Right, Marco, you were giving Alex a fair bit of abuse then
about his bike, cause well, he didn't know the weight of it.
He's got a different bike, hasn't he?
He's got the ultimate.
You've got the arrow.
- Yes. - What do you reckon
yours weighs?
- Should be slightly above his.
- Yeah.
- Let's say 200 grams.
- About 200 grams more, wo what was his, 6.3?
Was it?
- 6.3,
7.38.
- That's it, yeah, not 6.3.
- So it was seven and a half?
- Yeah.
Right, let's give it a go then.
You're pretty happy with that, I reckon.
- That's interesting.
- Yeah.
- That's interesting.
Didn't see that coming.
- Go on, tell the viewers.
What does it weigh?
- 7.34.
- 7.34,
and it's an arrow bike. - There we go.
- Right, I've just seen you weighing yourself
on, well, some scales there,
but do you know how much your bike weighs?
- I guess 7.8.
- Yeah, 7.8?
- Yeah, you can try it.
- Let's give it a go.
Come on, where is it?
Here we are? - This bike,
no, this one over here.
- Right.
Let's have a look.
- It's the Arrow One.
You've got a transponder on there.
You've got your Garmin.
Alright, let's give it a go.
7.85, happy with that? - Yeah, 7.8, 7.9 like I said.
- Yeah exactly.
Not wrong there.
(Reinardt laughs)
Just in the middle, perfect.
- Yeah.
- He knew his stuff.
- Well with the big Garmin,
Velon box on, I would suppose like 7.4?
- 7.4?
Let's give it a go.
Fairly deep wheels as well.
- Yeah.
- Let's have a look.
Make sure it's nice and accurate.
7.6.
- Low.
- Yeah.
- When I eat one banana less it'll be all the same.
(laughing)
- I'm afraid too much.
- You're afraid too much!
New bike this year, innit?
- Yeah. - Let's have a weigh,
shall we? - Yeah.
- Have a guess, or not?
You gonna have a guess?
- Seven one.
- 7.1, okay.
- With the,
oh yeah with the Sigma. - Ah yeah, with the Sigma,
and the Velon. - Seven two.
- Alright let's have a look.
I just need to reset it.
Okay.
(upbeat techno music)
I'll tell ya what,
I'm gonna be your most favorite person today.
7.1.
- Yeah, that's not good.
- Ah it's pretty good.
Cause that's 200 grams,
that's probably, what 50, do you reckon, 60?
- No, no more.
- Yeah, so there we are, 7.1.
- Seven!
- Seven?
Seven on the dot?
- Yes.
- Okay, this has been out
in the sun for a while, like I have.
But.
(soft techno music)
6.98.
(beep)
If you can pick the lottery numbers,
I'm gonna ring you up, because well
you've got it spot on there.
- Yep.
- Just 20 grams out.
- Okay, good.
- That's good innit?
- Yes.
- You happy?
- Yes. - Good.
- Yes I am.
- Careful with this.
(laughing)
- David!
- Maybe-wait, hold on, move it like this, there.
- Yeah, let's have a look.
- (speaking foreign language)
- Oh wow, yeah, 6.91.
- Okay now you need to weigh mine!
(laughing)
- Larry, how much is your bike gonna weigh?
- Well I just saw his, so now I'm gonna guess mine's
gonna be
6.93.
- 6.93, okay, let's have a go.
Right, what'd you think it is?
- I said 6.93.
- 6.91.
- Damn, okay.
- See that.
- I mean I saw his,
I saw his, so. - Six nine one.
7.13.
- Alright.
(upbeat techno music)
- This has created all sorts of havoc among the team now.
So there we are!
Some of the weights of bikes in the World Tour,
and I really enjoyed that because well,
I nearly caused a fight between Alex Dowsett and
Marco Haller.
And well, AG2R La Mondiale, they virtually mobbed me
and I had to stop there before things got out of hand,
because it started to turn a little bit rowdy.
Nonetheless, what's the weight of your bike?
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