Been riding the previous version Ventum NS1 for several months. Incredible riding characteristics, acceleration, and handling. I have a Canyon Aeroad, Supersix EVO, and Canyon Ultimate-they’re all great for different reasons but the NS1 seems to top them as an all rounder. Great customer service too, my bike arrived with a cosmetically damaged etap front derailleur from shipping and they promptly sent me a replacement one. If you’re on the fence then I highly highly recommend.
The Ventum NS1 is not an open-mold, we have a team of engineers that are dedicated to designing our bikes. We'd be happy to answer any other questions you may have about the brand!
Ventum your missing a XXS size. Your Xs Is really a small. Short people need bikes too. Pinarello is the only company that truly makes bikes for short people
I hearing all the time light weight race bikes 7.2 - 7.6 kg's with out pedals and price over $ 10.000 USA . I have last model R5 Cervelo with rim brakes 6.4 kg for 10.000 Australia dollars.
It's a real shame living this modern times pal...Lightweight rim brakes bikes are almost gone in now. The standar for modern Lightweight disc brakes is now in the range of 7.5 kgs...
7.7kg - some pro bikes (albeit with pedals and mounts etc) are coming in around that or even more and that’s with 25-28mm tyres. Not too bad for a modern disc brake mid range machine.
Had the gen 1. It was very fast but heavy and material seems cheap. It was chalky and paint chipped easily. I felt it was open mold Chinese frame with an insane mark up. I cut my lost and sold the frameset to TPC got a Factor O2 instead.
Ritz Chea yea I had the regular Aethos. But at the time I wasn't riding much and sold it. Now I have been riding all spring and summer, and am considering one again. It was a wonderful bike
Interested to know if you get a professional bike fit for each bike you review? I'd think that's a necessity to do a proper review, but would be very expensive!
Seems to tick off all my boxes and for a decent price. Really think all bikes that come with a one piece cockpit should allow you to choose width/stem length
@@GrouEEf The Ventum NS1 is not an open-mold, we have a team of engineers that are dedicated to designing our bikes. We'd be happy to answer any other questions you may have about the brand!
No doubt it is good value compared to the big names. But you can get the same spec'd Time ADH or ADHX if you want more tire clearance (it is more a road than gravel) for similar price. At least in the Dura Ace 303 Firecrest build I compared. Time is definitely higher quality.
Nice looking bike and great to be able to spec it, can't see why anyone in the state's would buy a Vitus that are now selling over there when you could have this
I've owned the now old NS1, and I must say it is a great bike; I'm glad they changed to threaded BB; their customer service is beyond what any other brand would desire.
Please please test out the Fezzari Veyo. I think that bike built in Utah is a much better value at $4999 for Ultegra di2 12-speed groupset + $700 for Zipp 303s wheel set or $1300 for 404 Firecrest
It looks like a great bike... But the one thing that's a sticking point for companies like this is resale. I know most cyclists will have a bike for a while, but if for whatever reason you need to sell this bike on, it's much harder to do so because less people know about them or are searching for them than any of the big manufacturers... which normally means the losses are bigger to shift it.
Everything is a “tarmac SL7 killer” even the new Allez. The SL7 is almost 4 years old releasing July 2020. Is the SL7 benchmark or something? Yes, it’s 9k because you have to pay for the name and branding.
Can any owners comment on the seatpost clamp/bolt design? I’m trying to convince myself to not buy this and this is the only area of the bike that gives me pause.
It's a Fabric Gripper cage, one I had lying around. Works really well, good water bottle retention, looks smart, doesn't weigh much :) fabric.cc/products/hydration/gripper-cage/
We have our own mold - we have a dedicated team of engineers who design our bikes. We are happy to answer any further questions you have about the brand!
I actually really love Ventum. My very close friend works for George Hincapie's hotel and their bike tours are now equipped with Ventum bikes. I think (but can't confirm) Hincapie even worked with Ventum on the NS1.
Our line of bikes are not an open-mold, we have a team of engineers that are dedicated to designing our bikes. We'd be happy to answer any other questions you may have about the brand!
David as a layman I'm struggling to see how that is an aero bike, I love my resto mods, the beauty of steel with modern groupsets but always been told how the round tubes are not aero, my TT bike is a Boardman Air, the tubes are like wings, looks so aero...... Then I see that bike with severely squared off back ends to the tubes, the back of the heatube looks like a 2 inch slab, the seat tube is almost square...... Could someone please explain to me how that is aero? PS, this is not a criticism, I genuinely want to know.
It's all about Kamm tail, or kammback, which is an aero profile with the rear section chopped off - it offers good aerodynamic properties whilst providing weight and other benefits. Probably not as outright aero as the wing profiles on your Boardman but helps to make a lighter bike. It's become the big trend over the last few years and you see it on lots of bikes like this
@@mickchaganis6607 The wing profile is fantastic if the wind only comes exactly from the front. But in real life situations that's far from the case. Cutting them off creates a more stable and faster bike from all sides, and creating turbulence behind the tubes wich is actually really good for speed too.
It does look like an open mold frame. If it truly is or not, I do not know. I have ridden with a couple of guys who use their gravel frame. They are extremely experienced and very fast. They like the frame pretty well.
@@DaveCM @chrissinclair6086 Our line of bikes are not open mold. We have a team of engineers that design our bikes. We are happy to answer anymore questions you have about the brand!
I considered one. I got a Quintana Roo SRSix, because it cost less and had t47. They have a better handlebar solution, the SRSix uses the fsa acr front hose through the steer tube.
I bought an NS1. Heaviest bike I ever bought. They said I couldn't return it after calling them the same day it was delivered. Worst bike company out there. They pay ppl to give them old reviews and content. Also seatpost is worst thing I've ever seen. Cheap Chinese carbon frame with a good paint job
Have the now "old" NS1, fantastic bike! Highly recommend. Their customer service is fantastic as well, super responsive and great warranty if needed.
Been riding the previous version Ventum NS1 for several months. Incredible riding characteristics, acceleration, and handling. I have a Canyon Aeroad, Supersix EVO, and Canyon Ultimate-they’re all great for different reasons but the NS1 seems to top them as an all rounder. Great customer service too, my bike arrived with a cosmetically damaged etap front derailleur from shipping and they promptly sent me a replacement one. If you’re on the fence then I highly highly recommend.
LoL I wonder which Chinese open-mold frame this is. And this is coming from a person who owns about 8 different open-mold Chinese frames 😀
Hey Pat ❤
@@abedfo88 Yooooo!
Hello Patrick, nice to see You here. Was wondering the same, I have definitely seen this frame somewhere already…
@@jevgeniardassov I will uncover the mystery haha. By and large Ventum is a marketing company not a bike manufacturer.
The Ventum NS1 is not an open-mold, we have a team of engineers that are dedicated to designing our bikes. We'd be happy to answer any other questions you may have about the brand!
Wow there are some knobs in cycling commenting on open mold etc. They are far from open mold bikes and I just ordered mine !!! Cannot wait.
I really like that you can choose handlebar width, crankset length, and stem length!
God damn, this one looks like my dream bike.
Amazing looks, clean front and tire clearance for 35mm..
And it’s not even that expensive.
Ventum your missing a XXS size. Your Xs Is really a small. Short people need bikes too. Pinarello is the only company that truly makes bikes for short people
I hearing all the time light weight race bikes 7.2 - 7.6 kg's with out pedals and price over $ 10.000 USA . I have last model R5 Cervelo with rim brakes 6.4 kg for 10.000 Australia dollars.
It's a real shame living this modern times pal...Lightweight rim brakes bikes are almost gone in now. The standar for modern Lightweight disc brakes is now in the range of 7.5 kgs...
David, can you please review the Cervelo Soloist Ultegra Di2?
Never heard of them to be honest.
$5000 +import duty+VAT? probably end up £7000 in the UK
7.7kg - some pro bikes (albeit with pedals and mounts etc) are coming in around that or even more and that’s with 25-28mm tyres. Not too bad for a modern disc brake mid range machine.
Had the gen 1. It was very fast but heavy and material seems cheap. It was chalky and paint chipped easily. I felt it was open mold Chinese frame with an insane mark up. I cut my lost and sold the frameset to TPC got a Factor O2 instead.
no one has ever cut their losses by selling to TPC 😂
How you liking the 02? These are all on my radar, including the Cervelo soloist
@@kellrockets101 I no longer have it. Have you considered an Aethos over the O2?
Ritz Chea yea I had the regular Aethos. But at the time I wasn't riding much and sold it. Now I have been riding all spring and summer, and am considering one again. It was a wonderful bike
Interested to know if you get a professional bike fit for each bike you review? I'd think that's a necessity to do a proper review, but would be very expensive!
Seems to tick off all my boxes and for a decent price. Really think all bikes that come with a one piece cockpit should allow you to choose width/stem length
Nice looking bike... 🚴♂️
They all look similar because they are open moulds from China. That's not a knock !
Was suspecting it... Do you know which model this is based on?
@GrouEEf not sure but I bet I could find it.
@@GrouEEf The Ventum NS1 is not an open-mold, we have a team of engineers that are dedicated to designing our bikes. We'd be happy to answer any other questions you may have about the brand!
No doubt it is good value compared to the big names. But you can get the same spec'd Time ADH or ADHX if you want more tire clearance (it is more a road than gravel) for similar price. At least in the Dura Ace 303 Firecrest build I compared. Time is definitely higher quality.
Nice looking bike and great to be able to spec it, can't see why anyone in the state's would buy a Vitus that are now selling over there when you could have this
I've owned the now old NS1, and I must say it is a great bike; I'm glad they changed to threaded BB; their customer service is beyond what any other brand would desire.
From an engineer's perspective, the reversion to threaded bottom brackets in so many new models is just sad.
@@shibaburn7725 Why?
@@shibaburn7725 All the engineers in the bike industry couldn't make an effective pressfit bb, so good riddance
Please review the New Bianchi Oltre PRO
Please please test out the Fezzari Veyo. I think that bike built in Utah is a much better value at $4999 for Ultegra di2 12-speed groupset + $700 for Zipp 303s wheel set or $1300 for 404 Firecrest
It looks like a great bike... But the one thing that's a sticking point for companies like this is resale. I know most cyclists will have a bike for a while, but if for whatever reason you need to sell this bike on, it's much harder to do so because less people know about them or are searching for them than any of the big manufacturers... which normally means the losses are bigger to shift it.
I almost bought a Ventum NS1 last year. It was a good deal and the bike is good looking but ended up getting a Trek Emonda.
Thumbs down.
@Veganpotter Thevegan since you do see a lot of service work I assume...what are you favorite carbon road frames with quality and durability in mind?
excellent video David
Many thanks!
The bottom bracket is supposed to make the bike easy to maintain for the home mechanic, yet all the cabling is internal????
Your point? It has wireless shifting and hydraulic hoses. You anticipating regularly changing your hydraulic hoses for some reason?
Love your videos. Keep them coming.
Thank you! Will do!
Everything is a “tarmac SL7 killer” even the new Allez. The SL7 is almost 4 years old releasing July 2020. Is the SL7 benchmark or something? Yes, it’s 9k because you have to pay for the name and branding.
That's a bit of a stretch
Can any owners comment on the seatpost clamp/bolt design? I’m trying to convince myself to not buy this and this is the only area of the bike that gives me pause.
David, how does it compare to a C68?
What are the importbfees into the UK. Any chance of a mechanical group set.
solid gravel bike
Anyone had a pair of Zipp 303 s for a while and able to comment on the hub performance?
To Rich for my blood
Interesting option but I wish it had nicer colours available. I wouldn't buy any of the 4 options 🤢
What color option would you prefer?
Did Ventum let you keep the bike?
No it went back like all test bikes do
Interested bottle cages. What are they?
It's a Fabric Gripper cage, one I had lying around. Works really well, good water bottle retention, looks smart, doesn't weigh much :)
fabric.cc/products/hydration/gripper-cage/
Never heard of it but if I can get a gravel bike for only 4K Aud I’ll have to look into it
Why the front wheel disk was not turning at all by 6:00 minutes ?
Must be some optical trick or compression artefacts from GoPro to YT
Difference is. Down the range SL7 will sell for 5-6k in 3 years and Ventum will sell for 2k at best… so overall…
only if Ventum isn't going to make a name for itself. Else you're right.
I’ll have to keep an eye out for one in three years then.
So you loose around 3k on both brands.
Looking like a BMC teammachine or sl7? Is this a copy? What do they call it when they use the same mold?
We have our own mold - we have a dedicated team of engineers who design our bikes. We are happy to answer any further questions you have about the brand!
Seriously all the bike look like sl7 clones now
As long as it can fit wide tyres... (yawn)
How do I attach my light to the bottom of that mount?
Of course it's better than a SL7, a sack barrow with 2 busted tyre's would be better than the Specialized!
I actually really love Ventum. My very close friend works for George Hincapie's hotel and their bike tours are now equipped with Ventum bikes. I think (but can't confirm) Hincapie even worked with Ventum on the NS1.
Lance Armstrong and Hincapie are pushing these bikes heavily in their podcasts. are they principle investors?
@@bigwave_dave8468 It seems that way, yes.
This frame open mold, seen Iisted for sale under another brand and
Our line of bikes are not an open-mold, we have a team of engineers that are dedicated to designing our bikes. We'd be happy to answer any other questions you may have about the brand!
David as a layman I'm struggling to see how that is an aero bike, I love my resto mods, the beauty of steel with modern groupsets but always been told how the round tubes are not aero, my TT bike is a Boardman Air, the tubes are like wings, looks so aero...... Then I see that bike with severely squared off back ends to the tubes, the back of the heatube looks like a 2 inch slab, the seat tube is almost square...... Could someone please explain to me how that is aero?
PS, this is not a criticism, I genuinely want to know.
It's all about Kamm tail, or kammback, which is an aero profile with the rear section chopped off - it offers good aerodynamic properties whilst providing weight and other benefits. Probably not as outright aero as the wing profiles on your Boardman but helps to make a lighter bike. It's become the big trend over the last few years and you see it on lots of bikes like this
@@davidarthur thank you for your reply, that does kind of make sense, my Mercix San Remo had the back squared off, not as severely as that bike.
@@mickchaganis6607 This San Remo? road.cc/content/review/132852-eddy-merckx-sanremo76-road-bike Loved that bike!
@@mickchaganis6607 The wing profile is fantastic if the wind only comes exactly from the front. But in real life situations that's far from the case. Cutting them off creates a more stable and faster bike from all sides, and creating turbulence behind the tubes wich is actually really good for speed too.
More like wallet killer 💵😄
why the rival FD?
Which brand is it identical to then? Given it has almost certainly come out of the same mold as another big brand.. maybe a BMC 🤔
This looks like a replica of SL7. You can buy a Chinese replica for 700 USD.
is this available in the UK?
Yes they will ship to the UK
They will ship to the UK but you need to account for import tax and VAT which could add quite a bit to the cost.
Positive I’ve seen that Ventum frame design elsewhere.
looks just like a Super Six and nearly every other "aero" bike
It does look like an open mold frame. If it truly is or not, I do not know. I have ridden with a couple of guys who use their gravel frame. They are extremely experienced and very fast. They like the frame pretty well.
@@DaveCM @chrissinclair6086 Our line of bikes are not open mold. We have a team of engineers that design our bikes. We are happy to answer anymore questions you have about the brand!
all the bikes link the same
I considered one. I got a Quintana Roo SRSix, because it cost less and had t47. They have a better handlebar solution, the SRSix uses the fsa acr front hose through the steer tube.
Chinese bike with a UCI sticker… 🤔… iS ThE sTiCKeR rEaL? 😂😂😂
just more of the same carbon-design, just a new brand trying to get a chuck of the carbonbike-market
I bought an NS1. Heaviest bike I ever bought. They said I couldn't return it after calling them the same day it was delivered.
Worst bike company out there.
They pay ppl to give them old reviews and content.
Also seatpost is worst thing I've ever seen.
Cheap Chinese carbon frame with a good paint job
LA is an investor.... F it
Your going to have to stop riding in Ubers then…
@Jonathan Z I don't
Entry lvl wheels, yikes.
They supply hincapie and liestrong...I will never even consider their products.
Love these faster far east carbon frames brands.
Looks like a cheap Chinese copy to me. Besides, who would buy a bike from an autocratic country that supports war criminals?