NEW 6.3kg Factor O2 VAM // Hilliest 100km Ride In The Peak District
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- Опубліковано 29 вер 2024
- It's a new bike day and a very rare chance to put a new bike through its paces at the Band Of Climbers Hardest Hundred event in the Peak District!
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Special thanks to ViresVelo and Band of Climbers for this special weekend
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A little about Ed….
Ed is an elite cyclist, 2019 British Hill Climb Champion and former Under 23 British RR Champion. He has raced as a Continental level Professional Rider for one of the most successful British cycling teams in Japan, Korea, Australia, Canada, Azerbaijan to name a few. He is also a public speaker, coach, and founded the on/offline cycling community, Backpedal. At the start of 2021, the Discord community began, and plonked many of Ed's viewers in to a 550+ strong group of people that had many things in common. Not least wanting to explore the world and pedal their bikes faster!
Ed coaches lots of cyclists in the online community too! If you are interested, email [laverackcoaching@yahoo.com] for information on the 1-2-1 coaching package and training plans, of which there are many and flexible options to suit everyone!
Ed now prioritises having fun with my hard earned fitness and knowledge in the sport. Showcasing that maybe there is an alternative to racing for teams when you can race for yourself and your community of followers and brands. This UA-cam channel is a docu-series highlighting what it’s like to be a cyclist in today’s competitive age of sport.
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Good grief Ed, casually having a conversation up Pea Royd and not chewing your stem
I’m surprised this is the first comment to point that out😂😂
congrats on the 20k, I was there yesterday, suffering with everyone else, but also enjoying the whole event, organisation and friendly participants. Think you captured a lot of the changes of scenery and road types to give a good reflection of the event.
Thank you! Glad you enjoyed it!
20k! 🥳👏
🎉
Knew the bike would be good. Could sense it.
We need a bike tour - point out some of these features you mentioned 😊
Cracking route. I’ve done the BOC Sheffield event before. Congratulations on 20k subscribers and your KOM.
Awesome! Thank you!
Cool bike Ed, all bikes seem 2b going the same direction now, sl8 is very aero and the tcr now looks more like the new propel or maybe the other way around 😂
Good to meet you and your bike at the BoC event on Sunday. What a cracking day it was on so many levels. I’m the guy with the white and black Factor 02 who parked next to you. I really enjoyed the day and will certainly be back for more next year. 👍
Great to meet you Ian! Glad you enjoyed!
I read the title and thought you built up a 20.000 € bike 😆
I'd love to try something like this near me in Leicester. It's considered a flat county but when you're cycling around there's barely any flat. Always up or down, and usually quite sharply. Finding the most brutal 100km would be sick.
Go for it!
Lucky lad... Right, I'm away to buy a tractor 😊
Ohh van looks nice can you show us your set up please
Very nice. Well deserved
Thank you kindly
Great meeting you Ed and huuuge congrats on the 20K subscribers! Fully Deserved with the great content you've been putting out for the past few years, hopefully catch you soon.
Much appreciated! Catch you round bud!
Can’t believe the improvised road sweep did not make the cut😂
I was told to leave it out😂😂
@@edlaverack yeah probably for the best…I’m not sure if it projects a level or dedication or incompetence 😂😂
Have my Scott Foil at 6.5kg, pretty happy with that, just need your legs now to peddle 😂
Fine margins 😂
Is this the new Scott foil or the previous gen one? Both are extremely nice just wondering.
Great video, it was a pleasure to ride with you for part of this special first time event. That freehub noise is insane!! 😂
Ain’t it just!
10k quid for a bike 1kg heavier compared to Andrew Feather's bike. I still remember a video of yours when you were counting the grams of a teaspoon of jam. But you are not counting the extra kg of disc brakes. At your level 1kg of bike makes the difference between winning and being in top5 . there is no reason to use disc brakes on a pure climbing bike or on a TT bike.if performance is the goal, rim brakes are the solution. If the goal is selling expensice bikes, disc brakes are the way forward
Please see the video when I won the 2019 hill climb championship.
First of all Ed I have to say I really enjoy your videos and appreciate your work. otherwise, I would not be here. But coming back to the topic, you could win any road race on a MTB. But this not prove a MTB is the best choice for a road race. Before any race what we do as cyclists is to maximize the chances of success. that is why we train hard, optimize nutrition, recovery etc.. and we optimize the bike. We chose the bike which is most suitable to win. For a hill race the only thing that matters is the weight of the bike. You do not use the front derailleur, you take it off, you do not use two chainrings, you take one off, you do not use brakes, you put the lightest brakes out there, etc... You could win with a heavier bike, but why lower your chances of success? Because you get a free bike. If that is a good enough reason to make it harder on yourself, your choice. But we got to a point where a decent bike costs as much as a kidney, is less durable, much more difficult and expensive to maintain. The bike industry does not allow the option for affordable and durable bikes, making cycling an elitist sport, where only dentists, lawyers and sponsored athletes afford a new bike. And they do this with the help of sponsored athletes like you. If someone wants to start cycling and does not know much about bikes and follows a channel like yours, he will try to get himself a 10k E bike, because that is what his idol rides. And so the bike industry makes a huge profit selling a piece of carbon made in china which is praised by all youtubers, influencers etc... And this is not what cycling is about. Cycling should be a sport for the masses, accommodating everyone. @@edlaverack
What you were trying to say in the first message though was that it is not possible to win on a bike that is heavier than bikes that other people ride. Which obviously isn't true and I've proved it. In your second message, I may be wrong, but I think you are trying to say that I am a sell-out by riding bike from a brand that many people see as their "once in a lifetime bike." Of course these bikes are highly priced, people know this, common sense will also tell you that most people (like me) start on a borrowed 1983 Peugeot road bike, before buying a second hand bike, learning about bikes and then slowly moving up the ladder...but of course there will always be people that jump all the way to the high end bikes, that's just the way it is with iPhones, people want to buy the latest £600 model. I don't know how many times I have to say it, but I do not just do hill climbing or go for strava KOMs, I ride my bike through all sorts! I am nothing but transparent, honest and extremely grounded in the roots of this sport, elitist doesn't come anywhere near it, I host weekend rides for the local riders and have done for 8 years, I'm heavily involved in my local community. From the very start of this channel, racing as a "Pro" on a UK team and building a community and business around the idea that potentially any young rider can decide to take an alternative path now to getting to a place where I am fortunate enough to be working with brands and riding equipment that I enjoy riding and pushing myself.
Sadly there are channels out there that are literally telling you "this is the best bike, this is the best equipment, sponsored post this, sponsored that." And yet here I am just going through the process on a daily basis with videos that are generally quite low quality, not clickbait, not in your face saying you need to buy this NOW or you are not worthy and importantly this UA-cam channel is not my "job" so I don't have to force things on you to please contracts and get money...I am literally just riding my bike, sharing the journey hoping that someone will either be inspired, improve their cycling, find something funny or enter an event for the first time. There is no agenda. @@danalmasan
man i actually love all your content i'm surprised you have no more subs... do you have any plans to do more collabs with other cycling youtubers in the future? just wondering :D
Is collabs how you get more subs?🥹
not sure haha just love to see you collabs and see people get together to build the cycling community@@edlaverack
Rather you than me. Great video as always, with the weather and a new bike what more would you want 😊.
Thanks 👍
Congrats🎉🎉🎉!!!
Well signed route
Bike looks awesome. What’s the comfort on something like the Dragon Ride?
Fantastic content, keep up the good work Ed 👏🏼😉
It's good, zero complaints, a lot to be said for a god bike fit
@@edlaverack Thanks Ed, appreciated ☺️
All the best for the National Hill Climb 💪🏼
Great bike Ed, what is the colour way called?
This is the Storm Grey. The others are Chrome and Red Velvet.
I was also there on Sunday great video brings back memories especially Cold Well Hill. I was also confused was it a bike lane or a very narrow road. Enjoyed the event great scenery but brutal climbs.
Seriously cool bike. Swap the disks for rims and it could be sub 6kg ;) (I know that’s not possible on this frameset)
TVM!
Will you be riding the BOC Toughest 100 XL this year?
I haven’t entered this year
@@edlaverack too hilly for you? 😂
It was good to ride with you last year.
@@edlaverack the cycling club I ride with are organising the second ever cycling hill climb on Prescott Hill Climb. Are you interested in joining in and trying for an exclusive KOM?
Drop me an email with more details, edlaverack@yahoo.com@@W60DSC
Nice vid ed. I’ve come up with a 100k continuous loop in the north York moors which I think will be tougher. Due to ride it soon👍
Sounds great! I need to see that!
Nice one mate so deserved on the 20k. What a bike too ❤❤
Thanks a ton!
8 kg is that to much for a good climbing bike
You can go lighter of course, but will it make your cycling more enjoyable that’s the main thing
Cheesecake.
My fav
Congrats Ed - and what an amazing bike.