- Welcome to the inaugural GCN Tech Awards Show!
- Yeah, now we have been very busy,
just look at the state of us,
counting all of the votes that have been pouring in.
- Yeah, thanks to everyone who voted.
The polling booths have been full of voters.
- Yeah, as have we really enjoyed looking
through your webcams,
and seeing exactly what you've been clicking on there,
what you've been voting on.
And well, some people around here
have been trying to influence the votes, too,
which is not gone down very well I must admit.
- Don't know what you're talking about,
but I think we should just crack on with the show.
- Yeah.
- I don't think we're appropriately dressed
for an award show, though.
- No.
(snaps fingers)
Let's do it!
See what I did?
It's magic!
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- The first category is Best Tech of 2018.
There's four nominations, Jon.
What are they?
- Help yourself, Ollie.
Well the nominations were
the new Shimano 105 R7000 Groupset.
We have the Continental GP 5000.
We have the Campagnolo 12 speed.
Plus, what was our final one?
- Exakt Pedals, Look.
- That's exactly it, the SRM PowerMeter built inside
of the Look pedal.
Well, it was a pretty close fought out affair wasn't it?
- (mumbles)
- Oh, there we go.
So, I've got the winner in this bottle here.
Do you wanna do the honors, or shall I?
- Ah, let's have a look, let's see what the results are.
- Okay, I'll uh--
- I don't actually know at this point.
- I'll take the lid off, there you are.
Oh, go on get your fingers in.
Aggressive! I like it!
Right.
- Woo.
- Go on.
- Well it's quite close between the bottom three,
but an absolute landslide for the winner.
57% of the vote?
- Blimey, go on.
- Shimano 105!
- Oh congratulations Shimano, Tech of the Year,
voted for by the viewers.
- Yeah, the People's Choice.
- Yeah, the people voted.
- (exhales) They have.
Right, on to the next award.
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- Now we put five arrow bikes head to head, didn't we,
for the Bike of the Year in 2018, because--
- With disc brakes as well.
- Oh yeah, it's important to remember, because well,
really that's all we ever heard about, wasn't it?
arrow bikes with disc brakes.
- 2018, it was definitely the year
of the arrow disc brake bike.
- Yeah, and well actually, the propeller took off
finally began to use them, didn't they?
After an initial slow up-take,
now, it's a very very popular choice.
- Quick recap of the contenders in this category,
we have the Trek Madone Disc,
I've got one of those.
- (exhales) And don't we know about it.
- The BMC Timemachine TM01,
the Cervelo S5 Disc,
the new Specialized Venge,
and the Cannondale SystemSix.
- Yeah, and with no further ado then,
let's get on to those results,
because inside this bottle, it says it all.
Let's have a little gander.
Oh! If we broke the glass then, imagine that.
Right, third place was--
- What is it, what is it?
- was the Cervelo.
In second place, the Specialized.
And in first place, the Trek Madone Disc.
It's almost like Ollie created thousands of accounts
and voted for it himself.
- (laughs)
- I'm not angry.
I'm just disappointed with you Ollie.
- Time well spent.
Actually I didn't, to be honest.
That is a genuine result.
- It is a genuine result we had.
It was a very closely fought out affair, wasn't it?
- Yeah. Yeah, but the best bike won.
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Upgrade of the Year now,
and this comes from our Screw Riding Upgrades,
Buy Upgrades segment in the show,
where we have lots of amazing people sending us pictures
of their bikes and equipment that they've upgraded.
And in the five best of the year short list,
there were some, well amazing contenders, but I guess
we need to see the results. - Yeah.
Right, well, Ollie, I'm looking forward to this one
because it's been so popular actually, hasn't it,this?
In third place,
- Yep, what'do we got? What'do we got?
- We've got, Jason's Colnago,
which you may remember is that purple one,
no the yellow-turned-purple, beautiful looking thing.
- Beautiful bike, yeah.
- In second, Justin's Rally,
pile of ol' bits in a shed
turned into a lovely chrome thing.
- Yep.
- Taylor's Trek comes up top,
Ohhh! - Number one. Man.
- That was an absolute beauty wasn't it?
- Taylor's Trek was incredible.
- Yeah it was well--
- It's a deserving winner.
- Yeah it was well-thought out, wasn't it?
Paint job, wheels, gum wall tires,
if my memory serves me correctly?
- He made that bike look like it was--
- A million dollars.
- Well, like four times the price, at least,
of what it was before.
It was incredible. - Yeah, yeah.
And what's Taylor gonna get?
- Well, he's already won a capron.
- Yep.
- Okay, Taylor.
So, we think well, for the man,
or woman,
who's already got a Capron,
then, we'll give you another Capron.
- Well that's lucky, isn't it?
- Yeah. - But,
- surely we should do something special for that?
- Yeah I think-- - Should we sign it?
- Let's sign it.
- Yeah.
- But if we sign it in black pen,
he won't even know where it's been signed.
- Yeah, so Taylor we're gonna sign it in gold or silver,
something that'll last so you can't sell it on to anyone.
So you're lumbered with it.
- Well he probably could sell it.
I mean it probably would be worth less.
- Ah no, we'll address him personally,
be absolutely fine.
But congratulations,
a very worthy Upgrade of the Year award.
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- Right, now Bike of the Week, Battle of the Bike,
give me some Ollie.
This is a moment of the show
which we absolutely love, isn't it?
Because, well, we put them head to head,
and you have to vote for your favorite each and every week,
and then we picked out the five this year
that were the most popular in terms of votes.
So, let's have a quick recap, shall we?
First up, we have got Steven Rose
and the 4.28 kilo Cannondale.
Then we've got the Tifosi Mons,
which is a super light bike as well.
Not to mention the Wilier Cento10 Disc bike
of Filippo Pozzato,
the 3T Exploro,
and then one final one was the Matthew Van Der Poel
Canyon InFlite.
- Yeah.
- And well it was a closely fought affair, wasn't it?
- Yeah, well they were the most popular in terms of votes
over the course of the year,
so it was always gonna be tight.
But what were the top three?
We need to get the--
- Go on, whoa.
- Bit dramatic.
- Go on, you have a go.
- Alright okay.
- (laughs) I love this.
The bottle from above.
- (guttural sound)
- It's amazing isn't it, where it comes from.
Right then, who've we got?
- Oh man, it's just overwhelming.
It's just a domination here.
- Go on.
- Steven Rose's custom Cannondale 4.28kg
mega paper light bike.
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- We're now on to our final award of the GCN Tech Awards.
But this one, we've saved the best to last.
This is the most prestigious award of all.
- That money can't buy.
- Bike Vault Bike of the Year.
- Yeah that right, and I mean it was incredibly tough
wasn't it really, to actually go through and choose
what was gonna go in, and what wasn't, and such like.
But, well, in equal fourth place,
it was Dave's Klein and Peter's Gardin, but the results,
they're inside of that.
- Now, the winner gets a super, super nice,
- They do.
- And thanks, We should also point out,
thank you for everyone
who submitted their bikes to the Bike Vault,
and for any of the other content that we make in the show.
'Cause without you guys, it'd be nothing,
and it's amazing to have so many of you submitting things.
But, there can only be one winner.
- Sadly, must say it sadly,
because well you're all winners.
They're all winners.
- Are you gonna ring the bell?
- Maybe. Maybe I will.
Right, in second place, huh, third place sorry,
Andy's Nagasawa.
Second place, Yoso's Cannondale.
And the winner, go on, tell 'em.
- The winner is John's Cinelli, from Zurich.
- Ringing the bell!
(bell ringing)
John, we salute you.
A fine, fine award.
And the good news is John,
you've got yourself a very special prize.
- Well we said they'd win the bell.
- Yep, the Bike Vault Bell.
And well, good news.
(bell tinkling) - Here's your bell. (laughs)
- It's your bell.
John from Zurich, get in touch, because, well--
- Well you've won the bell.
- Yeah, very lucky. - The real--
Yeah.
- Look at it. It's cute that, isn't it?
- That's a nice little bell.
- I'll tell you what John, we'll even chuck it
in a bottle like that, and we'll put it in the post to you.
Get in touch with us on Facebook.
You know it makes sense, because you are this year's
Bike Vault Bike of the Year.
- And, next week, normal service resumes on the Tech Show.
So remember to keep on submitting
your Bike Vault submissions, your upgrades,
and anything else that you come across.
- Yeah, we wanna see it.
Right, there we are, at the end
of the first ever GCN Tech Awards--
- Last show of the year as well.
- Yeah, it's been a good year, though hasn't it, mate?
- Yeah, it's been a good one--
- I mean, do you know what?
I've really enjoyed having you come on board, it's been
fucking brilliant, mate. - Ah thanks man.
I've enjoyed joining.
- Yeah. Oh.
Bit awkward that was, bit of a miscommunication there.
That's how much we get on.
Right. - (laughs)
- Anyway, remember as well to like and share this video
with your friends, and also check out the GCN shop
at shop.globalcyclingnetwork.com
We got all sorts of things, don't we?
We got jumpers, like you can see here.
Hats, although not of this variety,
and well, anything for a loved one, or even a hated one.
- Yep, well, I've gotta get off now.
Got a New Year's party to get to.
- Oh. Do you--
- You can come it's all right.
- Ah thanks mate.
- Yeah, pleased.
But if you'd like to watch another video,
then why not click down here,
for Shimano 105 vs. Dura Ace,
seeing as, well, 105, it's the new 105,
was our People's Choice for Best Tech of the Year.
- Yeah.
- And see how good it really is.
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(bell tinkling)
Enjoy your bell, - Bell, John,
John, from Zurich - from Zurich.