Those bikes… ugh. Reminds me of the Michelle Pfeiffer line in Scarface: “I wouldn’t be caught dead in that thing” (canary yellow ‘63 Caddy with tiger stripe seats). Maybe an art bike instead of nouveau Miami Vice geometric patterns?
Visma are obliged to change their kit for the Tour de France, as are EF for the Giro, because of the clash with the leader's jersey. For the last few years, they've had a kit with more black, but never a total transformation like this year. I believe all teams are allowed a change-out kit once a season - I notice Alpecin Deceuninck have gone grey for this year's race to promote a shampoo that, ironically, gets rid of grey
I thought this was the case, too. Also, the yellow in their jersey was from the Jumbo branding which they are not using anymore. It's kinda weird that they still kept it for most of the season so far, but I guess announcing stuff around the TdF generates more buzz.
Yes Emily is correct, they have to change the kit for the Tour because the Yellow is too contrasting. That's why last year they had the more "black/grungy" looking kit. Jimmy talking nonsense :D
Re: that shimano patent: bosch already has ABS for bikes (derived from their motorcycle systems), eletronic braking isn't about ultimate power (a cargo bike with 200+ rotors can already lock both wheels p easily), it's about (maintaining) control during emergency braking. If shimano's system isn't ABS/stability control oriented there's literally no point. The UK have fewer commuting/cargo ebikes because your drivers and infrastructure are insane, not because the rules are different. Pedelecs are 250w everywhere.
As someone recently diagnosed with Parkinson's (yay tremors and muscle stiffness) I adore boa fasteners. Much faster for me than lacing, more secure fit than velco. I'm with Francis on this!
The reason Cube bikes are insanely common in Germany is because they have absolutely nailed building a vast dealer network in Germany to a tee. Go into virtually any unbranded bike shop here and 2/3 of the bikes there will be Cubes. In a lot of shops, a Cube bike is basically the only option if your budget is above hardware store bike and below boutique brand bike. Canyon, Rose, Stevens, Focus or dozens of more artisanal brands are also popular among enthusiasts, but the average German consumer never even comes in contact with them in the first place.
Hi Guys, First of all - love the podcast, keep up the great quality. Regarding the Cervélo & Focus bikes in the UK - I am a semi-professional bike builder from the Netherlands with the focus on building custom S5's and I actually get all my parts from the UK PON Bike distributor "Jungle Products" in North Yorkshire. It does look now however that they pulled the "Focus" brand from the UK.
The paint job gestapo are getting out of hand. That Orbea is beautiful. Always advocate for less branding bollocks on frames, simple graphics that flow with the shape of the frame and compliment the rider's kit.
But also. What a great show. Not this episode, every one. Really relatable, personable, humorous, sarcy. I definitely don’t agree with a lot of what you say; that Enve bike was proper meh, but I feel like I could do an hour of Wild Ones most nights. Thanks.
@Emily: You are a top-shelf Producer. Jimmy mentioned in the last video he does "Jimmy Adjustments" to bikes. This would be a perfect segment to show what else around the shop, the house, the car and such where he applies "Jimmy Adjustments" and hilarity ensues, Cheers from central Texas.
The Fizik saddle is expensive for sure, but is £400 really only for the super rich? Bike fit James charges £500 for a fit and you don’t seem to complain about how his services are reserved for the super rich. Love the show, just think the politically correct fixation on price is getting out of hand lately. If you were to make a custom, one-off Attacus jersey, you’d also charge more given the amount of resources it would require.
Thanks for the comprehensive answer to my question 👍👍I now have to change my chain set because you've said so ☺️. Thanks Jimmy for saying that the hills are brutal round here, they are and now I feel validated. Just to say also that I've since discovered that the bike was advertised with the chain set I bought, I just didn't know what it meant back then. The spec on 99 spokes is different. Also if you guys and Emily are ever in Snowdonia again, check out Marchlyn Mawr reservoir, brilliant tarmac traffic free hill climb above Llanberis! Hoping I'll be doing it faster soon with my new chain set!🎉🚴♀️🚴♀️ Oh and to answer your question, I wasn't keeping up with my friends before, I have got stronger and faster, but so have they and my 17 year old daughter...I do not have a chance😅
The results on those bike ratings PROVE how different people see things! To me those plain black bikes look truly awful, the Cube is really nice and WAY better than the Cervelo. The Bianchi looks more Ali Express than that Dare, what were they thinking?? 🤯
Love the pod guys, World Tour teams can swap their kit 3 (!) times in a season from start of 2024 which is madness as it costs a fortune each time you do it as you generally have to swap helmets, bikes etc so I don't think many teams will be doing that. Big boss man Jim loves our kit so much this season that we decided to not swap for the Tour. (INEOS Grenadiers designer - Dave Eck)
If you've noticed in the first two days of the current TdF, some of the spare bikes for Visma are still yellow and black. Some changes take more time, I guess.
@@popgunandy I hadn't spotted that. I'd say overall Visma have done a good job of branding up most of the assets in TDF colours but yeah, stuff like 1st, 2nd and 3rd bikes for each rider can just be a step too far.
1. Colnago 2. Look 3. The rest 4. Enve (because it looks like a sit up and beg bike with the length of that head tube. You’d have to make a -30 stem for anyone vaguely athletic to fit on it).
I've spent about $500 in the pursuit of a saddle I can ride for more than 2-3 hours. I finally found a NOS "touring " saddle from the 1990s and bought 5 of them. Also have a box of lightly used rejects If this actually works, it's a bargain.
@domestique3954 The mew ones are Avocet gel TouringW saddles. The most recent rejects SMP womens touring. I have very wide sit bones for a man. And I also have a nerve on the medial side of my left sit bone. I have to aim the nose 15 degrees to the right.
Local to you guys, up until a couple of years ago (shop purchased by Specialized) Infinity Cycles in Durham had a separate Cube store and they were very popular. They also stocked Focus and Orbea over the years 👍
Hi Team, Six axis IMU will be the norm very soon. Trickle down from motorcycles. Sensors for everything😂 As for brake by wire concept,i can tell you that in the infancy of ride by wire throttles on motorcycles. They did suffer from lack of feel and loss of connection. As a cable throttle ,you feel what the engine was doing underneath you,More responsive. As for the Dare bike,the weird head stem is where the motor lives 🤣 Im looking forward to seeing the daily updates. As ever keep up the stella work 🙏
You three rock! Always look forward to the show/podcast! Also, electric brakes….on a bicycle. Pass. I couldn’t imagine the terror of me flying down a hill/mountain going 30-40mph and my “brake” battery dying or malfunctioning. Haha nope nope.
re: Electronic brakes on cars ... nah they're still mostly hydraulic. Sure, ABS and Stability Control are computer driven systems to modulate the brakes and keep the car under control, but the pedal is still typically a lever that is directly operating the hydraulics of the brake via the brake booster (a hydraulic amplifier). F1 has 'brake by wire' however (without ABS or stability control systems which are banned), and probably some really high end cars too. But most cars aren't. Some 4WDs have in-cabin tyre pressure adjustment for when you move off the road onto soft dirt and back.
100% Emily is right. That Enve is waaay overrated. It’s just a black bike! And i cannot believe the love for these cheap faux marble finishes that were briefly popular for cabinet refinishing projects in the 90s (exhibit 1: that horrendous Wilier)
Cube now sponsors Lucy Charles Barclay, the pro triathlete and reigning IM World Champion. She is from the U.K. So maybe you will see them more and want to cover them? And yes, the Trek is the Madone...as it just dropped today to replace the outgoing Madone and the Emonda.
Whenever someone mentions e-bikes in the UK, most (non-cyclist) people can only think of illegally modded Deliveroo riders doing 40mph on £50 Carrera frames. Current e-bike legislation cannot change without stronger enforcement of these riders and better public education of what an e-bike actually is.
try Bacopa and Creatine(Just 2-2.5 grams. Fk taking 5 grams at a time) before you doods do a podcast. It improves cognition and memory recall. Im the one who recommended Chloroseptic when you crossed the U.S.
The line between motorcyles and ebikes is virtually gone. Let's just call all 2 wheel motorized vehicles motorcycles. And what we call bicycles are truly bicycles. In the year 5555 Your arms hangin' limp at your sides Your legs got nothin' to do Some machine's doin' that for you
What world does Jimmy live in - nowhere in the world is a track pump £10. If it does cost that much it will be single use… My SKS track pump has lasted over 20 years - cost me €80 but worth every penny
Kudos to Jimmy for his commentary around EF. I feel like the the Red Bull bike is going to do a similar job, but EF has been the only team injecting thought, design, marketing prowess - overall life - into the sport, that can connect outside of cycling.
Hang on! Shrinking through the day isn’t ’a theory’! We all do it. Also, Boa on the watch! Yes! I need that. Career soldier, disaster responder, freak out when my watch is slightly too tight. See also uncomfortable socks!
Maybe you're all too young to remember when Slipstream Sports was founded by Jonathan Vaughters, but you should understand his motives in creating the team ethos back in the day before criticizing him. Vaughters spoke openly that the Postal team created an environment where young riders felt compelled to participate in doping if they wanted to ride the Pro Tour. At the same time, he had to abandon the TdF because of a bee sting and the UCI wouldn't even let him use an antihistamine to recover from the allergic reaction. He, Tyler Hamilton, and Lloyd Flandis spoke openly (for what it's worth) about the pressured environment and Vaughters wanted to create a team that was openly the opposite. I remember an interview with Andy Hampsten about him realizing one year the peloton was unexplainably 3 mph faster than it had ever been...he chose to retire.
Okay, so your pick for the best (looking) bikes of the pro peloton consists of two super uninspired suicide-black bikes and a clown bike? You just lost all credibility, certainly in the aesthetics sector. As the saying goes "can't argue about taste ... one has it or one doesn't". Appears Emily is the only one who does. :p
Re Cube: Love my Cube Ciclocross bike and my 12 year old Orbea Alma! And on the subject of Cervelo. Do pro riders pay attention to bikes colours in the heat of battle? In which case there needs to be a rule (like football or rugby) where kits are deliberately different to save confusion.
6:14 I think that this behavior, can be found in any kind of (competitive) amateur professional sport, and its kind of toxic. You have to EARN your gains through "blood, sweat and tears" > no pain = no gain/recognition. Like a battle wound/war injury, you can show to other warriors/athletes as proof of credibility/athleticism. Only a real cyclist can tell you about, how it is on a bike with a sore buttock on a "regular" shaped saddle. Otherwise, real cyclists will look at you, as you would have thought that Chamois Butter is a fancy spread for a baguette.
In your car if you're rolling without the ignition on and you try and steer or stop you will feel how useful systems like electronically assisted braking are when they're available. ABS is already a thing for bikes. Bosch do it. Also, come to Australia if you want a Cube, Focus or Orbea. Readily available.
If you think that you will get fewer cars because of ebike, you are very wrong. I come from the Netherlands and here everything and everyone, including youth, rides ebikes and guess what happens. They become fat and lazy. Ebikes are a curse for the youth. Ebikes should only be available for people with disabilities or the elderly and ban that crap.
Regarding lace-up shoes Laces are more aero if you are into that sort of thing I find them more comfortable than pad due to having various points of contact that secure your foot, as opposed to 1 or 2 with boas. Now regarding the need to tighten or loosen. I race laces ups for MTB, gravel, road, CX and TT, I have never felt the need to tighten or loosen my laces. Get them right and then forget they are there. Laces expand and contract with your foot, something boas do not do. Boas tend to loosen when you pull on them, this happens more with off road cycling than road, so of course you have to tighten them. And unlike laces, they don’t expand with your foot as they swell. As we have seen with MVP at road worlds, various MTB, and CX races, boas break, laces don’t. Went laced and never looked back.
Brake hacking might be a thing in the dopingless future. Imagine putting a guy with an EMP device on the downhill, breaking the wireless connection between levers and brakes... They can also give riders mario cart perks. 'Banana peel' another rider in the sprint...
your scoring is kind of weird... should be 10/10 and their opinions should be added and divided by 2 for average score.... both guys say 2 out of 10 then you are saying 4/20 hahaha thats not proper math mates.
Bike rating - Producer Emily is bang on about the ENVE scheme being boring. Though I agree with the logos (reflectors in my case) being split in thirds.
Auto mechanic here 🖐️ they don’t use electronics/motors as a primary braking system in cars. It’s exactly the same as hydraulic disc bikes, just transferring pressure using fluid. The antilock system is there to relieve pressure once the cpu sees the wheels locked up by pulsing solenoids, which relieve pressure to allow the tire to spin so you can steer. Zero percent chance I’d trust a wireless braking system. Also, I hate painted stems. Please make them stop doing that.
Jimmy : electronic brakes don't necessarily mean wireless brakes. Problem with wireless brakes is will connection be reliable. Maybe it will be wired system, like current one with hoses. Keeping battery near brakes maybe is not smart. But for electric bikes, to get power for brakes from main battery is not that hard. Or, for road bikes and mtb's without electric motor, battery for brakes might be housed in levers or any other place. Wireless brakes would be bit iffy, imho, if you keep everything at the brake place. Wireless receiver, some sort of motor for brakes, servo...
you need to look at the UAE Colnagoedition this year again... blue and gold looks nice, also the flowers are a nice touch.. serialized... impossible to buy probably but sure looks nice
1st Tour De France episode should be Emily’s rating of all of the team bikes! I feel like she completely disagreed with so many of the rating so I want to know her thoughts. 😂
Imagine if they'll start making magnetic brakes for bikes. They could develop a new hub System that can get rid of the disk brake and use eddy current brakes instead. Then we would have the possibility to have bikes without either cables nor disks showing.
The humvee can air up and down while driving. Only thing I’ve seen that can do it. Can’t imagine how you’d remove a wheel to fix a flat with that kind of system. Tubeless with goo, I guess?
Emily is absolutely correct @25:30 when discussing why Visma do a special kit for the Tour de France and the other presenters are wrong. Visma needs new kits for the Tour and have done so in the past because the yellow is too similar to the yellow jersey. Also why EF do it at the Giro, because pink jersey.
wireless brakes have been done awhile ago. Researchers lead by Dr Holgar Hermanns of Germany’s Saarland University have developed a wireless bike brake with a claimed fail rate of just three times in a trillion braking attempts.
Ugh, plain black bike is an instant 0/10 for me, don't care if it's Enve or aliexpress. I am deeply disappointed, but at least Emily tried to save the day 😄
The automatic pressure adjust for car tires already exists afaik. Can be found on specific offroad vehicles. There you can just adjust tire pressure without leaving the driver's seat to fit the surface you're driving on.
@emily See i you can find some Aloe Vera plant for the desert American south west, maybe in a health food shop. The worse the burn the more effective it is. PS the Brooks B17 become custom fitted as you use them.
As an Enve owner… I completely agree that it’s a 10. 😅 Also… if you look a little closer at the team bike, there’s some beautiful colour details (it’s not all black)
Up in Edinburgh you see a lot of CUBE bikes as there are some cool smaller dealers for them,but you see nothing as much as Genesis bikes, especially the Croix de Fer. It’d be cool to see some videos on these!
half of these paintjobs were from last year's tour. the new silver TCR from jayco alula or the white/red/blue wilier verticale from DSM are beautiful bikes
So all bike companies have to do to get the Jimmi seal of approval is, ditch any innovation, design a very traditional looking bike, paint it black, and put 3 logos on the wheels. In other words, boring.
Am I the only one that thinks the Bianchi Oltre looks pretty much like the Cervelo S5 but with a top tube that’s more parallel to the ground? Surprised they gave the bianchi such a bad score and then the Cervelo a medium score
Would the Arkea Bianchi rated higher if you looked at the Specialissima RC they use rather than the very ugly Oltre? Other teams you mentioned the climbing versus aero bikes they used (no mention of the time trial bikes) but you didn't mention Arkea uses two different Bianchi's and definitely chose the ugliest one to rate.
ALL HAIL EMILY!!!
Not letting the boys off with the ENVE bike
Well done Emily, enve bike is worst looking on the list, looks like an Ali express bike
They need to kick Emily off the show women shouldn’t have an opinions
@@fukotrack what? If you're joking its not very funny
@@fukotrack what a gross thing to say
I'm hyped for the Wild Ones Pro-Show!
Those bikes… ugh. Reminds me of the Michelle Pfeiffer line in Scarface: “I wouldn’t be caught dead in that thing” (canary yellow ‘63 Caddy with tiger stripe seats).
Maybe an art bike instead of nouveau Miami Vice geometric patterns?
Cube produce a great cross bikes. Go to any uk event and youll see loads.
Wednesday: Nero Show
Thursday: Wild Ones
Love these days.
Every day: Suchomimus
Friday: Bonk Bros
39:06 The voice of reason. The boys were fanboying hard.
Visma are obliged to change their kit for the Tour de France, as are EF for the Giro, because of the clash with the leader's jersey. For the last few years, they've had a kit with more black, but never a total transformation like this year. I believe all teams are allowed a change-out kit once a season - I notice Alpecin Deceuninck have gone grey for this year's race to promote a shampoo that, ironically, gets rid of grey
I thought this was the case, too. Also, the yellow in their jersey was from the Jumbo branding which they are not using anymore. It's kinda weird that they still kept it for most of the season so far, but I guess announcing stuff around the TdF generates more buzz.
@@jonaspietsch161 Maybe it's because (speaking of buzz) they're the 'Killer Bees'!
Yes Emily is correct, they have to change the kit for the Tour because the Yellow is too contrasting. That's why last year they had the more "black/grungy" looking kit. Jimmy talking nonsense :D
@@PaintMixa Their lack on knowledge of pro cycling is going to make the next 3 weeks a bit of a struggle if I’m honest 🫣
Yeah and EF changed from pink for the Giro
Love you gave the Cervelos a bad grade for the audacity but holy smokes that Enve ain‘t a ten in whatever parallel universe there is
like why the fuck would that astana paintjob look boring from a distance???
Acuity. Physics. HTH
Re: that shimano patent: bosch already has ABS for bikes (derived from their motorcycle systems), eletronic braking isn't about ultimate power (a cargo bike with 200+ rotors can already lock both wheels p easily), it's about (maintaining) control during emergency braking. If shimano's system isn't ABS/stability control oriented there's literally no point.
The UK have fewer commuting/cargo ebikes because your drivers and infrastructure are insane, not because the rules are different. Pedelecs are 250w everywhere.
Also to add to this Bosch ABS developed with Magura brakes for E cargo bikes, newer system more compact for ebike mtb's
@@norgtube German drivers are insane too but most people riding bikes in big cities are as well.
For each TDF race day show, we need Fluff Up of the day from the race.
In Germany I feel like 50% of the gravel bikes you see around are cubes
I think it highly depends on the area. In Hamburg people are much more into brands.
Isn't cube a brand 😅@@nicolas2838
It is a German brand after all based in the south of Germany.
@@nicolas2838 Cube is a big brand
@@Jules-ne9em cube is a big brand in Germany and internationally now.
I’m very excited about the daily pro show, thanks y’all!
The offroad world of cars have that, a tire pressure regulator to in/deflate the tires according to the terrain.
As someone recently diagnosed with Parkinson's (yay tremors and muscle stiffness) I adore boa fasteners. Much faster for me than lacing, more secure fit than velco. I'm with Francis on this!
The reason Cube bikes are insanely common in Germany is because they have absolutely nailed building a vast dealer network in Germany to a tee. Go into virtually any unbranded bike shop here and 2/3 of the bikes there will be Cubes. In a lot of shops, a Cube bike is basically the only option if your budget is above hardware store bike and below boutique brand bike. Canyon, Rose, Stevens, Focus or dozens of more artisanal brands are also popular among enthusiasts, but the average German consumer never even comes in contact with them in the first place.
Meanwhile in the US, try and find an unbranded bike shop. I don't think there's more than one or two within 50 miles of me.
before fizik decided to do custom 3d printed saddles - Czech brand posedla had been doing this for a couple of years now but also pricy af
Everytime you say roasting you never roast , it's very timid.
CUBE is a very popular brand in Germany, they produce almost every type of bike aswell as for every price point, Greetings from Berlin.
Rose (brand) bikes also seem very nice. A couple I looked at last year were decently priced, but they weren't easily attainable here in the USA.
@@malcontent_1Rose is basically Canyon without all those unnecessary proprietary stuff. I’d get one if they actually ship to where I live. 😊
@@ariffau thanks for clarifying
This absolutely got me: Emily - "What is it you don't like about it?" Francis - "Bike"
Hi Guys,
First of all - love the podcast, keep up the great quality. Regarding the Cervélo & Focus bikes in the UK - I am a semi-professional bike builder from the Netherlands with the focus on building custom S5's and I actually get all my parts from the UK PON Bike distributor "Jungle Products" in North Yorkshire. It does look now however that they pulled the "Focus" brand from the UK.
The paint job gestapo are getting out of hand. That Orbea is beautiful. Always advocate for less branding bollocks on frames, simple graphics that flow with the shape of the frame and compliment the rider's kit.
But also.
What a great show. Not this episode, every one. Really relatable, personable, humorous, sarcy.
I definitely don’t agree with a lot of what you say; that Enve bike was proper meh, but I feel like I could do an hour of Wild Ones most nights. Thanks.
@Emily: You are a top-shelf Producer. Jimmy mentioned in the last video he does "Jimmy Adjustments" to bikes. This would be a perfect segment to show what else around the shop, the house, the car and such where he applies "Jimmy Adjustments" and hilarity ensues, Cheers from central Texas.
The Fizik saddle is expensive for sure, but is £400 really only for the super rich? Bike fit James charges £500 for a fit and you don’t seem to complain about how his services are reserved for the super rich. Love the show, just think the politically correct fixation on price is getting out of hand lately. If you were to make a custom, one-off Attacus jersey, you’d also charge more given the amount of resources it would require.
Thanks for the comprehensive answer to my question 👍👍I now have to change my chain set because you've said so ☺️. Thanks Jimmy for saying that the hills are brutal round here, they are and now I feel validated. Just to say also that I've since discovered that the bike was advertised with the chain set I bought, I just didn't know what it meant back then. The spec on 99 spokes is different. Also if you guys and Emily are ever in Snowdonia again, check out Marchlyn Mawr reservoir, brilliant tarmac traffic free hill climb above Llanberis! Hoping I'll be doing it faster soon with my new chain set!🎉🚴♀️🚴♀️
Oh and to answer your question, I wasn't keeping up with my friends before, I have got stronger and faster, but so have they and my 17 year old daughter...I do not have a chance😅
The results on those bike ratings PROVE how different people see things! To me those plain black bikes look truly awful, the Cube is really nice and WAY better than the Cervelo. The Bianchi looks more Ali Express than that Dare, what were they thinking?? 🤯
Custom 3D printed saddles aren't going to get cheaper. WTF do you guys not understand manufacturing?
GMBN made their own wireless brakes
Mate has a Cube. Not seen anyone else in UK on one. Nice bike though. We went to Mallorca: everyone rides a Cube
Love the pod guys, World Tour teams can swap their kit 3 (!) times in a season from start of 2024 which is madness as it costs a fortune each time you do it as you generally have to swap helmets, bikes etc so I don't think many teams will be doing that. Big boss man Jim loves our kit so much this season that we decided to not swap for the Tour. (INEOS Grenadiers designer - Dave Eck)
If you've noticed in the first two days of the current TdF, some of the spare bikes for Visma are still yellow and black. Some changes take more time, I guess.
@@popgunandy I hadn't spotted that. I'd say overall Visma have done a good job of branding up most of the assets in TDF colours but yeah, stuff like 1st, 2nd and 3rd bikes for each rider can just be a step too far.
I've got a Cube a gravel bike and a Focus road bike.....both brilliant
1. Colnago
2. Look
3. The rest
4. Enve (because it looks like a sit up and beg bike with the length of that head tube. You’d have to make a -30 stem for anyone vaguely athletic to fit on it).
i love my Cube bike, bought it on a ride to work scheme because it was rated to take my hefty weight.
I've spent about $500 in the pursuit of a saddle I can ride for more than 2-3 hours. I finally found a NOS "touring " saddle from the 1990s and bought 5 of them.
Also have a box of lightly used rejects
If this actually works, it's a bargain.
Out of curiosity: Which saddle are you talking about?
The Flite?
The Turbo?
Or the San Marco i just mounted on my titanium bike?
@domestique3954 The mew ones are Avocet gel TouringW saddles. The most recent rejects SMP womens touring. I have very wide sit bones for a man. And I also have a nerve on the medial side of my left sit bone. I have to aim the nose 15 degrees to the right.
23:41 Visma-Lease a colour way 😂
IIRC, the Hummer H1 can inflate/deflate its tires.
ENVE is UGGGGGLLLLLLEEEEEE……Bianchi and DARE are UGGGGGGLLLLLEEEEEEEEERRRRRR
Boa is underrating people don't remembre How hard was to fix your shoe 10 years ago it's was a nightmare for your feet now it's so much confort.
i miss boa. undoubtedly going back to them on my next pair of bike shoes
These guys have the most boring taste...
yea i get to 3d scan my butt Finally
I’ll 100% be watching your Tour show daily, can’t wait!
Local to you guys, up until a couple of years ago (shop purchased by Specialized) Infinity Cycles in Durham had a separate Cube store and they were very popular. They also stocked Focus and Orbea over the years 👍
The colour choice is so close, dumb move. It's a pain in the arse trying to pick riders out on tv already
Good luck trying to pick out Wout wearing blue and a redbull helmet now with the whole redbull bora team 😂
@@logojones96 ha, very good point. Hopefully the riders mistake others for their team mates and it makes for really interesting racing 😂
12:25 best argument
My ALL BLAKK ENVE Melee just got a 10/10 from Jimmy 🥲🥲🥲 Bike Check Video coming soon 😁
Uh, Zipp wheels have 3 logos, look sweet, and ENVE actually copied them.
Just wondering would be possible to ride bike with hands off handlebars on this saddle???
Hi Team,
Six axis IMU will be the norm very soon.
Trickle down from motorcycles.
Sensors for everything😂
As for brake by wire concept,i can tell you that in the infancy of ride by wire throttles on motorcycles.
They did suffer from lack of feel and loss of connection.
As a cable throttle ,you feel what the engine was doing underneath you,More responsive.
As for the Dare bike,the weird head stem is where the motor lives 🤣
Im looking forward to seeing the daily updates.
As ever keep up the stella work 🙏
Colnago, Scott, Merida, Canyon (MS) boring paint jobs...... Enve no discernible paint job SICK
You three rock! Always look forward to the show/podcast! Also, electric brakes….on a bicycle. Pass. I couldn’t imagine the terror of me flying down a hill/mountain going 30-40mph and my “brake” battery dying or malfunctioning. Haha nope nope.
You both gave that Enve a 10???
Are both of you blind (or paid off?)???
BTW, the Factor looks like Movistar Pinarello, not the Sky Pinarello.
re: Electronic brakes on cars ... nah they're still mostly hydraulic. Sure, ABS and Stability Control are computer driven systems to modulate the brakes and keep the car under control, but the pedal is still typically a lever that is directly operating the hydraulics of the brake via the brake booster (a hydraulic amplifier). F1 has 'brake by wire' however (without ABS or stability control systems which are banned), and probably some really high end cars too. But most cars aren't.
Some 4WDs have in-cabin tyre pressure adjustment for when you move off the road onto soft dirt and back.
100% Emily is right. That Enve is waaay overrated. It’s just a black bike! And i cannot believe the love for these cheap faux marble finishes that were briefly popular for cabinet refinishing projects in the 90s (exhibit 1: that horrendous Wilier)
Cube now sponsors Lucy Charles Barclay, the pro triathlete and reigning IM World Champion. She is from the U.K. So maybe you will see them more and want to cover them? And yes, the Trek is the Madone...as it just dropped today to replace the outgoing Madone and the Emonda.
Whenever someone mentions e-bikes in the UK, most (non-cyclist) people can only think of illegally modded Deliveroo riders doing 40mph on £50 Carrera frames. Current e-bike legislation cannot change without stronger enforcement of these riders and better public education of what an e-bike actually is.
try Bacopa and Creatine(Just 2-2.5 grams. Fk taking 5 grams at a time) before you doods do a podcast. It improves cognition and memory recall.
Im the one who recommended Chloroseptic when you crossed the U.S.
The line between motorcyles and ebikes is virtually gone. Let's just call all 2 wheel motorized vehicles motorcycles. And what we call bicycles are truly bicycles.
In the year 5555
Your arms hangin' limp at your sides
Your legs got nothin' to do
Some machine's doin' that for you
What world does Jimmy live in - nowhere in the world is a track pump £10. If it does cost that much it will be single use…
My SKS track pump has lasted over 20 years - cost me €80 but worth every penny
Kudos to Jimmy for his commentary around EF. I feel like the the Red Bull bike is going to do a similar job, but EF has been the only team injecting thought, design, marketing prowess - overall life - into the sport, that can connect outside of cycling.
Hang on!
Shrinking through the day isn’t ’a theory’! We all do it.
Also, Boa on the watch! Yes! I need that. Career soldier, disaster responder, freak out when my watch is slightly too tight. See also uncomfortable socks!
Maybe you're all too young to remember when Slipstream Sports was founded by Jonathan Vaughters, but you should understand his motives in creating the team ethos back in the day before criticizing him. Vaughters spoke openly that the Postal team created an environment where young riders felt compelled to participate in doping if they wanted to ride the Pro Tour. At the same time, he had to abandon the TdF because of a bee sting and the UCI wouldn't even let him use an antihistamine to recover from the allergic reaction.
He, Tyler Hamilton, and Lloyd Flandis spoke openly (for what it's worth) about the pressured environment and Vaughters wanted to create a team that was openly the opposite. I remember an interview with Andy Hampsten about him realizing one year the peloton was unexplainably 3 mph faster than it had ever been...he chose to retire.
Okay, so your pick for the best (looking) bikes of the pro peloton consists of two super uninspired suicide-black bikes and a clown bike? You just lost all credibility, certainly in the aesthetics sector. As the saying goes "can't argue about taste ... one has it or one doesn't". Appears Emily is the only one who does. :p
Re Cube: Love my Cube Ciclocross bike and my 12 year old Orbea Alma! And on the subject of Cervelo. Do pro riders pay attention to bikes colours in the heat of battle? In which case there needs to be a rule (like football or rugby) where kits are deliberately different to save confusion.
6:14
I think that this behavior, can be found in any kind of (competitive) amateur professional sport, and its kind of toxic.
You have to EARN your gains through "blood, sweat and tears" > no pain = no gain/recognition.
Like a battle wound/war injury, you can show to other warriors/athletes as proof of credibility/athleticism.
Only a real cyclist can tell you about, how it is on a bike with a sore buttock on a "regular" shaped saddle.
Otherwise, real cyclists will look at you, as you would have thought that Chamois Butter is a fancy spread for a baguette.
In your car if you're rolling without the ignition on and you try and steer or stop you will feel how useful systems like electronically assisted braking are when they're available. ABS is already a thing for bikes. Bosch do it. Also, come to Australia if you want a Cube, Focus or Orbea. Readily available.
If you think that you will get fewer cars because of ebike, you are very wrong. I come from the Netherlands and here everything and everyone, including youth, rides ebikes and guess what happens. They become fat and lazy. Ebikes are a curse for the youth. Ebikes should only be available for people with disabilities or the elderly and ban that crap.
Regarding lace-up shoes
Laces are more aero if you are into that sort of thing
I find them more comfortable than pad due to having various points of contact that secure your foot, as opposed to 1 or 2 with boas.
Now regarding the need to tighten or loosen.
I race laces ups for MTB, gravel, road, CX and TT, I have never felt the need to tighten or loosen my laces. Get them right and then forget they are there.
Laces expand and contract with your foot, something boas do not do.
Boas tend to loosen when you pull on them, this happens more with off road cycling than road, so of course you have to tighten them. And unlike laces, they don’t expand with your foot as they swell.
As we have seen with MVP at road worlds, various MTB, and CX races, boas break, laces don’t.
Went laced and never looked back.
Unfortunately doesn't exist anymore but I think formé would have been up your street. Similar pricing to decathlon and a UK based company.
Brake hacking might be a thing in the dopingless future. Imagine putting a guy with an EMP device on the downhill, breaking the wireless connection between levers and brakes... They can also give riders mario cart perks. 'Banana peel' another rider in the sprint...
your scoring is kind of weird... should be 10/10 and their opinions should be added and divided by 2 for average score.... both guys say 2 out of 10 then you are saying 4/20 hahaha thats not proper math mates.
what's the one bit you don't like?
Bike!
I laughed loud. :D
The 52/46 is obviously a typo - it’s going to be 52/36.
I have both - when I ride the (2 or 3%) higher gears up the same hill I’m just faster.
Bike rating - Producer Emily is bang on about the ENVE scheme being boring. Though I agree with the logos (reflectors in my case) being split in thirds.
2 guys that like PURE BLACK bikes judging collorfull bikes xD
Auto mechanic here 🖐️ they don’t use electronics/motors as a primary braking system in cars. It’s exactly the same as hydraulic disc bikes, just transferring pressure using fluid. The antilock system is there to relieve pressure once the cpu sees the wheels locked up by pulsing solenoids, which relieve pressure to allow the tire to spin so you can steer. Zero percent chance I’d trust a wireless braking system. Also, I hate painted stems. Please make them stop doing that.
52/42 is an odd combination. If you like the 52 big, get a 36 small and keep the 11-34. This should be the best of both worlds for you.
Jimmy : electronic brakes don't necessarily mean wireless brakes. Problem with wireless brakes is will connection be reliable. Maybe it will be wired system, like current one with hoses. Keeping battery near brakes maybe is not smart. But for electric bikes, to get power for brakes from main battery is not that hard. Or, for road bikes and mtb's without electric motor, battery for brakes might be housed in levers or any other place. Wireless brakes would be bit iffy, imho, if you keep everything at the brake place. Wireless receiver, some sort of motor for brakes, servo...
you need to look at the UAE Colnagoedition this year again... blue and gold looks nice, also the flowers are a nice touch.. serialized... impossible to buy probably but sure looks nice
1st Tour De France episode should be Emily’s rating of all of the team bikes! I feel like she completely disagreed with so many of the rating so I want to know her thoughts. 😂
Imagine if they'll start making magnetic brakes for bikes. They could develop a new hub System that can get rid of the disk brake and use eddy current brakes instead. Then we would have the possibility to have bikes without either cables nor disks showing.
The humvee can air up and down while driving. Only thing I’ve seen that can do it. Can’t imagine how you’d remove a wheel to fix a flat with that kind of system. Tubeless with goo, I guess?
Emily is absolutely correct @25:30 when discussing why Visma do a special kit for the Tour de France and the other presenters are wrong. Visma needs new kits for the Tour and have done so in the past because the yellow is too similar to the yellow jersey. Also why EF do it at the Giro, because pink jersey.
change the small chainring, so it becomes 52/36. or even go smaller and make it a 52/34, it's no problem. and it's way cheaper
wireless brakes have been done awhile ago. Researchers lead by Dr Holgar Hermanns of Germany’s Saarland University have developed a wireless bike brake with a claimed fail rate of just three times in a trillion braking attempts.
The ENVE is actually not completely black. The inside of the triangle between seat tube, down tube and top tube is actually yellow.
Ugh, plain black bike is an instant 0/10 for me, don't care if it's Enve or aliexpress. I am deeply disappointed, but at least Emily tried to save the day 😄
The automatic pressure adjust for car tires already exists afaik. Can be found on specific offroad vehicles. There you can just adjust tire pressure without leaving the driver's seat to fit the surface you're driving on.
@emily See i you can find some Aloe Vera plant for the desert American south west, maybe in a health food shop. The worse the burn the more effective it is.
PS the Brooks B17 become custom fitted as you use them.
As an Enve owner… I completely agree that it’s a 10.
😅
Also… if you look a little closer at the team bike, there’s some beautiful colour details (it’s not all black)
Best you come to Dereham in Norfolk we have Cube and Orbea independent retailers just a few hundred metres apart.
And yes I own 2 Cube's.
Francis plays guitar and I believe Jimmi plays the drums... I wanna see a jam one week... maybe give Mary a call and see if she will join you
Up in Edinburgh you see a lot of CUBE bikes as there are some cool smaller dealers for them,but you see nothing as much as Genesis bikes, especially the Croix de Fer. It’d be cool to see some videos on these!
half of these paintjobs were from last year's tour. the new silver TCR from jayco alula or the white/red/blue wilier verticale from DSM are beautiful bikes
So all bike companies have to do to get the Jimmi seal of approval is, ditch any innovation, design a very traditional looking bike, paint it black, and put 3 logos on the wheels. In other words, boring.
Am I the only one that thinks the Bianchi Oltre looks pretty much like the Cervelo S5 but with a top tube that’s more parallel to the ground? Surprised they gave the bianchi such a bad score and then the Cervelo a medium score
Interested to see how these TdF shows will go considering Jimmy apparently knows next to nothing about pro cycling lol.
Omfg you guys know nothing about pro cycling! You are smart enough to have an expert guest every day though. I will watch it.
Would the Arkea Bianchi rated higher if you looked at the Specialissima RC they use rather than the very ugly Oltre? Other teams you mentioned the climbing versus aero bikes they used (no mention of the time trial bikes) but you didn't mention Arkea uses two different Bianchi's and definitely chose the ugliest one to rate.
Cube and Orbea have a massive presence in Ireland funnily enough - must be since Irish bike shops use EU distributors now instead of UK