Anything you buy and don't use. Speaking from experience as an artist as well, going to art supplies shop and buyings things that you never use.. I'm looking at that watercolor set sitting in my drawer....
I've never wasted a cent on cycling. I've wasted money on cars, lavish holidays, gone over the top with the kid's Christmas presents, but every cent spent on my bikes has been money well spent because it keeps me fit and happy. I've recently bought a new Specialized Roubaix, and I'm loving it. Loving the bike motivates me to cycle, and that can only be a good thing.
I like Adam Savage's guide to buying tools. Buy the (second) cheapest version of a tool you can find. If the crappy quality irks you, and you use it frequently then buy the best one you can afford. You never really know how much you're gonna use a tool until you have it, but spending the big bucks right away is a huge waste most of the time.
I went tubeless on all my bikes without having to use tubeless ready wheels. Just used the original wheels and sealed it with Gorilla tape and muc off sealant and haven't had any issues in the last 4 years
Sounds fine - until you use a tool that doesn't mesh properly with the part you are trying to install/remove and it damages that part and probably your fingers when it slips off! Or buggers the paintwork. I used to have a small work shop at home and countless times people would bring parts, frames etc that they had damaged through using crap tools and poor practice. Buy good tools from the start as you need them, not all at once - and get training on how to use them on your bike.
Based on 40 years of using tools I completely disagree. Soooo many times I've had to rescue jobs that people have started with cheap tools. Generally, buy the second dearest.
Buying my wife a bike is my biggest waste. It was just a little path/hybrid bike. She didn’t want it because it was “too fast”. That’s when I knew we would never ride together.
I’ve thought about doing this from the very first time I rode a “proper” bike. I loved it instantly and thought everyone must too. My wife wasn’t very interested, but I keep thinking, maybe if she rides a nice, light, comfortable bike it’ll stick. But I don’t think it will.
Hi GCN. I live in Halifax Nova Scotia Canada, In 1990 my father, who had ALS, was at the hospital to get fitted for an ankle brace. He tripped and fell against the corner of a counter, breaking his upper arm. None of the staff would touch him, instead they called for an ambulance. The ambulance left the emergency entrance of the same hospital, drove to the front entrance, brought in the stretcher, loaded him on it, put him in the ambulance and drove to the emergency entrance. They then sent a bill for the ambulance ride. This was when ambulance services were still private in the province. This service was owned by the hospital he was in.
I can see the appeal of getting away from traffic, especially in countries with aggressive anti-cyclist sentiment, but here in Japan a) everything has been paved or concreted anyway and b) gravel is so slippy and slidey and sucks away so much of your power.
So sorry to hear that. It's my favorite. I'm thinking about buying a road bike, but I'm afraid that I won't like Road cycling (I use my gravel bike for commuting and long touring, so I mean that fast, performative cycljng with a crew).
Biggest waste of money is not buying quality cycling clothing. I bought crap off Amazon when I started cycling, but after buying my first pair of quality (and expensive) bib shorts I knew it was money well spent.
Regarding expensive purchases, I think the crucial thing is being honest with yourself as to why you’re buying it. Don’t try and justify buying Dura-Ace or an oversized pulley wheel for performance gains as a medium-ability amateur, but if you have the means and it really makes you happy every time you ride your bike, then that’s a completely different matter.
Getting hit by an ambulance and then being charged by said ambulance is the most American thing ever. Someone please save me this place is a nightmare.
It sounds mad, but the ambulance drivers don’t get to decide who to charge. The company does, and the billing for the ambulance ride is a separate issue from the liability associated with hitting the cyclist.
@@fallbrightt9223 Not when the accident is someone else's fault. Not in the US. Usually you can get a LOT of money for things like Pain and Suffering that far outweigh the cost of your dollar value and any decent lawyer will pick up the cost from those monies. Not to mention the fact that a EMT driver is supposed to be trained not to hit civilians so they have a lot to loose in that case. If lawsuits were so expensive, then why do you think there are so many commercials for law companies on TV and streaming and on billboards. Yes, they make a lot of money, but they have to provide a service that people who are down and out can afford. Corp law is expensive... that is different.
@@litespud You may be right, but I am sure if the billing department talked to the liability department and they got together on this and decided to waive the billing fees, their total costs might end up being a little lower because they might not piss people off so much. Either the rider or the people on the jury.
The handlebar illumination hack is genius! When I regularly cycled at night I was only focused on making myself visible at all. These days when I encounter cyclists at night on the road while driving, my biggest challenge is figuring out exactly where they are on the road so I can give them the right amount of space. Shining a light on where their wheels meet the road makes this process way easier. Next time I ride at night I'm trying this too!
18:47 A most American story. Forced ambulance care, massive bills, comical insurance system costs, and eye watering litigation. Lawyers and medical insurance company will be most happy with this situation's profits.
I think my biggest waste is the gear - I'm closing on many dozens of shorts, pants, jerseys, gloves, socks, t-shirts and everything in between and all I actually wear is the same thing again and again because I like it the most.
I bought a ton of kit to be able to fully load a 8kg washing machine. So I spend probably somewhere around 1000€ if not more on kit to save about 10cents on water and 15 cents on electricity when I wash my cycling gear compared to a half load. I kind of wondering if the math is mathing ;-). A bit in my favour is that gear wears out over time and I would have to buy most of the stuff at some point anyway. I still own my first cycling shirt from Aldi though, the shirt is totally stretched out but it still works. Shirts tend to wear much slower in my opinion. It tried to spend the money somewhat reasonably; I splurged on pants and saved on shirts since my behind is way more sensitive.
My biggest waste was buying a bottom bracket facing and tapping tool. I purchased a “Cyclus” BSA tool from Germany, because it was cheaper than UK, but after paying import duty it was about £60 dearer. It took 3 weeks to arrive. So one last squeaky ride before tapping, facing and fitting a new bb. It just so happened I cleaned my £350 Lake cycle shoes with leather soap the night before. Yep you guessed it no more squeaking!!!!! It was the horrible Lake shoes all along. So that’s the best part of £1,000 down the drain. 😢
That's goofy. Facing rarely needs to be done and if you use square taper its useless. Tapping, if you can screw it in by hand it doesn't need it, rare a bike needs it nowadays.
I wish Sir Mark a happy retirement. He deserves it. Unfortunately he’ll probably see Tadej Pogacar beat his TdF stage record in the next 10 years, but there’s nothing he can do about that.
Tadej has to stay healthy; part of Cav's greatness (and luck) is that he was able to stay at the top level so long. I remember when Tiger Woods seemed like a lock to break Nicklaus's record for most wins in the major golf tournaments. But bad luck and bad choices doomed that -- and cycling is a more dangerous sport that golf.
When commuting from Harlow to north London 15 years ago, I attached a 200 lumen flashing light to my right hand drop bar. The light would flash very fast 3 times at one second intervals and was pointed a metre to my right on the tarmac. Initially done to increase visibility, but soon realised that drivers would not encroach on the pool of light. Been telling people this for years, so very nice to see it mentioned here.
Dan was hilarious this week! The comment about Si's face illuminated by his cycling lights, and teasing him about thinking cars would avoid him was pure comedy gold.
My biggest waste of money was some front forks that I had hand built. This was about 30 years ago I had a second hand Eddy Merckx, which was a beautiful bike, but it had aluminium forks which I didn't like. So I had some custom forks hand made, and they were beautiful. So initially these forks weren't a waste of money because not only did they look good but also the ride handling was just as good as you would expect from an Eddy Merckx. But then I went wide on a corner, and ended up on some gravel which my 20mm tires didn't really grip that well, and I ended up head on into a stone wall. The impact bend the brand new forks back so much that my front wheel overlapped with the down tube and I couldn't point the front wheel forwards. So I had to use force to bend my new forks back so that I could actually ride home. Then I had to go back to the same frame builder to ask him to swap out the knackered forks that he had crafted beautifully and put on the old aluminium ones. Before I destroyed them these new forks were absolutely beautiful and worth every penny, but after my encounter with a stone wall at speed, they were a waste of money.
for most of us, a super aero, high performance bike is a waste of money. Let's face it, most of us aren't racing, we ride with people that aren't dropping us, we aren't flexible to get ourselves into an aero position, etc. And do you really need to save 50g on that component if you have a few extra pounds around your waist? Put your upgrade money into things that will make you more comfortable, and you will go faster. I'm a small guy, so for me that was narrower bars, short crankset, a new saddle, and big wide tires.
The biggest waste of money for me over the years was purchasing components that were inappropriate for me (female cyclist here) too wide handlebars, too long cranks, close ratio cassettes etc etc. Things admittedly are slightly better now but only marginally. When will the cycling industry start selling bikes that aren't just imitation pro bikes.
New cycling jerseys: if you sign up for events and/or cycling holidays you often get a jersey with them, and most cycling jerseys last several years (my oldest ones that get regular use are 8-9 years old).
I'm not sure if this counts as wasting money on cycling stuff. I bought some new forks for my hardtail mountain bike. I didn't have a crown race seating tool. So I bought one. Then I bought one. Only to find out it didn't work on the 1.5" crown race on the tapered steerer. So I bought a crown race seating tool that did work with the tapered steerer. I couldn't get the crown race off the original forks. So I bought a headset that has a split design crown race. So I didn't need it after all. The first crown race tool. Will work with my road bike and hybrid. Except I don't use my road bike due the god awful rim brakes. I am also not likely to use it on my hybrid. As that bike has a Chris King headset. Which has worked perfectly since it was fitted over 10 years ago. My full suspencion bike, could fall in both useful as a ride it allthe time. But I also bought it for the custon paint job. With does nothing except make easier to find when there are alot more Orbea Rallons by mine. As I am the only person I know with an Orbea Rallon. The having a pink and green paint job does nothing to help me jump it. Skills lessons would.
Thanks for covering the subject of wasted money (or expensive bargains). I’m 69, and have “been there/done that” many times. Some examples: 3 sets of 1999 Morati one piece, titanium MTB bar stem combos, 3 different lengths, over $400 each. Broke one in a crash on a training ride, never raced any of them. 1997 Paul “Sweet Wings”, 2 piece, hollow chrome molybdenum steel, hydro-formed, welded crankset and bespoke BB. At the time, the lightest and stiffest cranks on the planet, $799, broken after 6 months while bunny-hopping off a curb in Dallas, Texas. This one is different, because it didn’t break, it was (partially) purchased at a reduced price, and I still enjoy it over 25 years later: 1998 Basso Gap, steel-framed sprint framset (French threaded BB, $425), with full Dura Ace 7700 groupset ($1,298, plus $400 for Wheelsmith built Mavic “Open Pro” rims laced onto my Dura Ace hubs), 3ttt stem, Cinenlli bar, Selle Italia Ti saddle (more $$$), and a set of Mavic Cosmic Elite 20-spoke aero wheels ($800). It has at least 20K miles on it, is still beautiful in its original “Td’F Maillot Jaune” yellow, weighs only 20.5lbs (9.3kg), and is still very fast. Moving from Dallas (very flat terrain) to the montains of west Texas (and aging from my 40’s into my 60’s) required a switch to XTR cassettes and rear derailleur, but it is otherwise a time capsule. Sadly, it will only accept tires up to 23mm: otherwise it would still be my primary road bike. These days, I let other people buy the expensive stuff, then buy it second hand a few years later for pennies on the dollar/pound/euro. Doing it this allows me to have a fleet of bikes 😮😊
My biggest waste was actually not a waste of my parents' money. In '71 I really, really wanted a Schwinn Krate, any color, but when I rode another kid's Krate, I didn't like its bouncyness and I was happy to ride the wheels off my basic String-Ray for another four years. 😀
Surely I can't be the only one giggling like a schoolboy at the bondage tape hack/bodge, especially the kinky change in sound effects. 😂😂 I believe it is similar to plumber's tape which is a silicone self-amalgamating tape. Also, the theme could have continued in to the next hack/bodge because the word "cockpit" was a 17th century nickname for the vagina.
Wasted money is usually on trying a different branded kit because it it in the sale. Love the fit of Castelli shorts for example. Tried Assos on a mate's suggestion after they had a sale and hated the fit - but he loves em. Moral - if you find a kit that fits, stick with it
Paying the increasing prices for races (that I just Ride, not race) on roads that I could ride for free before or after the event seems like a waste yet I still do it.
If you have the passion and the money, I say go for it! But also, don't look down on others who can't afford the top of the line gear...especially if you're new to the sport! Just because you ride Dura Ace doesn't make you fast!
Not surprised by Dan's take regarding frugality. I was inspired by him to make my own chain whip and it's served me wonderfully the 2 times I've used it over the last 4 years.
RE: wastes of money, I once bought a 3-bag pannier pack for bikepacking the C2C. By the time I got to Keswick, the zip holding the top bag broke and I had to bodge together a strap out of old bungee cords just to hold it together long enough to cancel the ride altogether when storm conditions blew in and made it too dangerous to go on, regardless of how secure the bungees were
For some (or many?), it may seem a waste of money: replacing all possibble steel screws by titanium screws, and now (at least with the M6 ones) replacing them by hollow-drilled M6 screws (stem/steerer clamping and the clip-on tt bar), including brake bolts (on single-pivot Campagnolo Veloce Skeleton, to shape of 3grams and come close to 100gr per brake). Another waste of money: buying lightweight parts ( in my case tires and a TT base bar), and now being to afraid of using them: a TT base bar from Aliexpress (should I really trust a 40 € Carbon fibre bar?). The tires (4) are discontinued Tufo Calibra lite (23mm/150gr), as I already made a bad experience with a 23mm Tufo Calibra Plus (180gr), it went flat by a tiny litlle piece of glass which wouldn't have had the slightest chance to flatten a 23mm Conti 4000 (the 5000 was not released at that point of time).
I agree with trying to save money by buyng a cheaper option. I bought legwarmers to wear under bib-shorts, thought it would be a good way of keeping warm in the winter. Nope. I couldn't get on with them at all - they looked awful and wouldn't stay up! I ended up buying some full length bib-tights. If only I'd spent the money on them in the first place! As my son says, "buy it cheap; buy it twice!"
I got some leg warmers from Decathlon. They fit well, but were too warm - guess I just run hot. But in fairness to Decathlon, the fit and quality for the price was excellent.
The trick is to wear them under the bib shorts - then the shorts keep them up. If you wore them under and they slid anyways - it's more your bib shorts to blame, than the warmers themselves. If you wore them over the bibs - unfortunately, you did it wrong, and yes, it will look terrible. But that's not the way they're designed to work :)
I wore them under of course. They rolled down before I could even get the shorts on - one of the perils of being female and, ahem, slightly on the large side, but short too, and having super-dry skin that the silicon doesn’t stick to!. And I couldn’t get things straight under the shorts either. I should’ve known really, everything rolls like this. That’s one of the reasons I wear bibs, rather than waist shorts, so the waist doesn’t roll down, so they’re more comfortable. 😳😳😳
@@Katcycle the bibs are always the way to go - even on skinnier cyclists the waist shorts dig into skin, and pads stick out. What's important is to keep cycling ;-)
@@dtsybulskyi That’s for sure! One thing I’ve learnt about kit, is that I’m better off buying one quality item and looking after it so it lasts , than buying several cheap versions that simply don’t perform well. That’s the key for me, and keeps me cycling.
It's great to see that Hank will be back! He adds an essential element of the cycling experience - the fun, the crazy willingness to do things that are a bit extreme. I hope the rest of you stop making fun of him, as you've mostly stopped making fun of Ollie, and perhaps he'll stay with GCN and perhaps even start doing more videos again!
Biggest waste of money was buying a rowing machine last fall. It was a 2 month wait until delivery and in that time I started watching GCN and heard about this thing called Zwift. So I got an indoor trainer, connected my bike, and had absolutely no desire to use the rower once it arrived. It sat around for a year until I sold it last week.
On the 15th of October Decathlon wrote a nice post celebrating Ben O’connors time at the team, and wishing him well in the future. Still waiting for Quickstep release on Julian Alaphilippe;)
Si, Pinarello '82, on a turbo trainer. A gift from my, since passed, father in law. Columbus and the works. Was updated in 2000 with the Campagnolo Veloce 2x9 speed gear ;D Not sure about its safety on the road anymore ;D
Bought a used bike complete for $875, and the only thing that's original now is the frame, fork, headset, brake calipers, and seat mast topper. I didn't end up spending too much on the drivetrain and cockpit and wheelset upgrades, but none of the stuff I removed is really worth much on the used market. It feels a bit wasteful in that sense, but the frameset alone would have been at least $500 so $875 for the whole bike seemed more attractive at the time of original purchase.
Biggest waste of money: Inappropriate tyres. I bought some GP 4 seasons for commuting, had loads of punctures, so went to marathon plus's, which worked wonderfully but felt horrible. Put some gravel tyres on to try and deal with wet leaves better in autumn, had 2 rides on them, got 3 punctures, which was particularly spectacular, so put the marathons back on. Basically, buy the right tools for the job.
Biggest waste of money for me was an "all the bells and whistles" Tacx Neo 2T trainer that projects the lights for your zones on the floor and vibrates to provide road feel feedback. I found those features more distracting than enjoyable at the end of the day and ended up selling it to buy two Elite trainers in its place. All they've done for the past three years is provide a straightforward training experience for me in both my homes going back and forth between continents. There's a pleasure in knowing you have what you really need, but not more
#CaptionCompetition: When the White Rabbit pulled out his pocket watch and exclaimed, “It’s TT time!”, Bardet, Girmay, and Cavendish realized that they had been dropped.
I misspoke it was a $60 bike computer. Called a Coospo something or other. Speed and heart rate updated infrequently, and appeared inaccurate compared to my Fenix 6. Cut out while under tree cover. Didn’t have any mapping. Ugly font.
Waste of money - a mid range pair of carbon wheels. Freehub let go 40km into All Points North, I was riding as a pair with my partner, who then carried on on her own. It rained most of the race. Then, a 1000km Audax in the Scottish borders, again supposed to ride with my partner, she carried on. Then in TPR a front spoke broke descending the Col du Tormalet, with 24 hours still to ride. I made the wheel as good as I could with the remaining 27 spokes, but it made the rest of the ride terrifying, especially the 40kmph aero bar run in to the finish.
'Cheap' is almost always 'expensive' (later on), but sometimes 'expensive' is outright CR@P, like 'Assos' $120 'Ultraz' winter gloves. I'll never forget that.
In the USA, the proper side to shine the "pothole" light is the left side. This could be a great topic for Dr. Olie and Alex to explore. Think of the possibilities: How many lumens are effective? How far to the traffic side of the bike is optimal? How to effectively mount the light without obstructing view, etc.
Love this episode. My biggest and most expensive mistake was buying a bike online that was not really my size because it was on sale. It was a Pegoretti Fina Estampa, beautiful bike, but it was a size bigger than my size. Big mistake. It was like wearing a shoe that is smaller than your feet. It was uncomfortable. My back hurts, buttocks, legs, arms, neck after every ride. I tried fixing the ride quality by adjusting the handlebar height, saddle height, but the frame was just too big. I ended up selling the bike at a loss after six months. Lesson learned: buy a bike or bike components/accessories that you can afford, fits you perfectly, fits your needs perfectly and you just love to ride or use. In short, it is fun and makes you happy. Don't buy anything that makes you anxious, stressed out, causes pain, and just plain miserable. Cycling is one of the most fun and positively, life transforming, joyous activity known to the human race.
Hello there, greetings from Belgium. I believe the biggest waste of money is all the "connected" equipments. I get rid of all of them. I jusr keep a very simple speedometer counting my km. Doing so you go back to the basics of cycling: enjoying the ride. Stop measuring everything: FTP, Wahoo routes, power meter, sharing you data and routes on Apps, Strava ... stop looking at your screens and enjoy the view :) :)
Captain: Unaware of what is to come upon him this off season, Biniam Girmay is having second thoughts of becoming a chimney sweep with Bardet and Cavendish!
I’m a lot like Dan, I think long and hard before I spend any amount of money on my bike, I keep things simple and don’t fall for the expensive useless bits.
The "bee in my bonnet" is about extra money spent modifying my bike because I am 5 feet tall. Cranks, handlebars, and extra accessories to make up for the fact that bikes are not made to fit smaller adults. i'm sure it's the same on the other end of the spectrum.
On the note of integrated bar and stems. Absolutely agree, they are an aftermarket piece after you have dialed in fit. But for myself, I've been healthy and fit for many years, and my bike fit isn't going anywhere, so i can confidently buy from new, and then it becomes cheaper, as I'm not buying multiple bars and stems.
Biggest waste: GoFundMe attachment to rear wheel to drive power for lights, phone. It's a waste because it's still in the box years later. Also a waste: those 21mm tires I bought on closeout, but not planning to use. Net: if it's just taking up space in the garage, it was a waste.
Mine is buying a decent portable lock. It doesn't get used anymore because I never leave a $6k bike outside without keeping an eye or hand on it, or have a friend look after it while I nip into a shop.
US style indeed. Seriously. Where else in the world can you be hit by a car while riding (avoidable unnecessary pervasive risk), have a $47,000 bill for being hurt, including an $1800 charge for the transportation in the back of a many years old ambulance a short distance within the very same city, and require an attorney to fight a hospital? And exact a million, a minimum of a third of which will go to the attorney? Sorry it happened, sorry it can happen at all, and sorry it’s not unlike countless other absurdities here. And people wonder how so and so happens…
There are zippties with metal clips and high strength nylon to even outlast those jubileeclips/hose clips, this as the metal jubileeclips can vibrate lose and rust depending on the quality.
My biggest waste of money in cycling was buying a fully MTB with 170 mm of travel only to find out that I am WAY to scared to actually use it properly. So it is heavier than it should be (14.x kg) and is exceptionally slow as I can't even lock the suspension.
My biggest single waste of money was getting a Cervelo frame. Durability is a constant worry because of the tight tyre clearances, so much so that I never ride it anymore.
This week on the UCI’s Top Chef, can Cavendish have his 36th best dish? Will Romain’s yellow pepper omelette breakaway? Or will it be Biniam’s spring greens sprinting to victory?
A point that is brought up is spending money on something that expensive, dura-ace, ceramic bearings, over-sized pulley wheels, the list is long, and smirking at the same time. I see nothing wrong with spending money on expensive things if you can afford it. It doesn't affect me the least and I would say go for it. I happen to be in the other camp. I believe everything I own is either bought used or from AliExpress (or similar). This is not to say that I haven' wasted money. Before my partner got fed up with me for hogging half of the bedroom, I had six stems, five saddles, four handlebars, three pairs of pedals and a two pairs of shoes. All this in addition to what I was actually using. You could say that this was a waste of money as some of that stuff I hardly used.
I was sued by my local Ambulance company after I called 911 when a blood clot hit my lung. Insurance said they were "Out of Network" and not covered. I guess I should have asked before I accepted the Oxygen mask.
Is there anything we missed out on that can be deemed a waste of money? 💰
Buying a vintage bike to convert into a beautiful single speed covered in gold parts...only to get it nicked in Bristol Centre a few day's ago!😢
@LooseGooseFarm oh no :-(
Every Pinarello
Every UK sportive, except maybe the Fred
Anything you buy and don't use. Speaking from experience as an artist as well, going to art supplies shop and buyings things that you never use.. I'm looking at that watercolor set sitting in my drawer....
I've never wasted a cent on cycling.
I've wasted money on cars, lavish holidays, gone over the top with the kid's Christmas presents, but every cent spent on my bikes has been money well spent because it keeps me fit and happy. I've recently bought a new Specialized Roubaix, and I'm loving it. Loving the bike motivates me to cycle, and that can only be a good thing.
Amen to that
Agreed!
Agreed 100%! Exactly my mindset.
I like Adam Savage's guide to buying tools. Buy the (second) cheapest version of a tool you can find. If the crappy quality irks you, and you use it frequently then buy the best one you can afford. You never really know how much you're gonna use a tool until you have it, but spending the big bucks right away is a huge waste most of the time.
you are talking to an obsessed tool buyer right here!
I thought it was use it until you break it, then buy the best you can afford. If you don’t break it you don’t use it enough to replace it
I went tubeless on all my bikes without having to use tubeless ready wheels. Just used the original wheels and sealed it with Gorilla tape and muc off sealant and haven't had any issues in the last 4 years
Sounds fine - until you use a tool that doesn't mesh properly with the part you are trying to install/remove and it damages that part and probably your fingers when it slips off! Or buggers the paintwork. I used to have a small work shop at home and countless times people would bring parts, frames etc that they had damaged through using crap tools and poor practice.
Buy good tools from the start as you need them, not all at once - and get training on how to use them on your bike.
Based on 40 years of using tools I completely disagree. Soooo many times I've had to rescue jobs that people have started with cheap tools. Generally, buy the second dearest.
Buying my wife a bike is my biggest waste. It was just a little path/hybrid bike. She didn’t want it because it was “too fast”. That’s when I knew we would never ride together.
I’ve thought about doing this from the very first time I rode a “proper” bike. I loved it instantly and thought everyone must too. My wife wasn’t very interested, but I keep thinking, maybe if she rides a nice, light, comfortable bike it’ll stick. But I don’t think it will.
29:44 to the editor who chose the whip crack sound effect, chef's kiss. 😂
This week the segment should have been called "Hacks and Bondage".
Hi GCN. I live in Halifax Nova Scotia Canada, In 1990 my father, who had ALS, was at the hospital to get fitted for an ankle brace. He tripped and fell against the corner of a counter, breaking his upper arm. None of the staff would touch him, instead they called for an ambulance. The ambulance left the emergency entrance of the same hospital, drove to the front entrance, brought in the stretcher, loaded him on it, put him in the ambulance and drove to the emergency entrance. They then sent a bill for the ambulance ride. This was when ambulance services were still private in the province. This service was owned by the hospital he was in.
My biggest waste was buying a gravel bike and then discovering I didn't like gravel.
Haha! This hasn’t half made me chuckle. 😂
Put some road tires on it and you have yourself a roadbike!
I can see the appeal of getting away from traffic, especially in countries with aggressive anti-cyclist sentiment, but here in Japan a) everything has been paved or concreted anyway and b) gravel is so slippy and slidey and sucks away so much of your power.
So sorry to hear that. It's my favorite. I'm thinking about buying a road bike, but I'm afraid that I won't like Road cycling (I use my gravel bike for commuting and long touring, so I mean that fast, performative cycljng with a crew).
Same but I changed my aspero to a supercommuter with road wheels and road pedals 😊
29:46 Well done to the video production team for incorporating whip cracks for the “Hack”s on the bondage tape frame protection segment.
Si and Dan have the best rapport. Don't ever leave.
Biggest waste of money is not buying quality cycling clothing. I bought crap off Amazon when I started cycling, but after buying my first pair of quality (and expensive) bib shorts I knew it was money well spent.
Don’t Go cheap on shorts! It’s the clothing which gets most stress and where u get the most comfort from
I ride in jeans 150 miles a week you are just soft. Men discover they like wearing tight lycra in public, it's a sexual thing.
The cheap saddle can be a bib destroyer too.
Regarding expensive purchases, I think the crucial thing is being honest with yourself as to why you’re buying it. Don’t try and justify buying Dura-Ace or an oversized pulley wheel for performance gains as a medium-ability amateur, but if you have the means and it really makes you happy every time you ride your bike, then that’s a completely different matter.
Getting hit by an ambulance and then being charged by said ambulance is the most American thing ever.
Someone please save me this place is a nightmare.
Nah, just sue the company and get much more money back.
It sounds mad, but the ambulance drivers don’t get to decide who to charge. The company does, and the billing for the ambulance ride is a separate issue from the liability associated with hitting the cyclist.
@@michaellynch1132 You do realise lawsuits cost money, right?
@@fallbrightt9223 Not when the accident is someone else's fault. Not in the US. Usually you can get a LOT of money for things like Pain and Suffering that far outweigh the cost of your dollar value and any decent lawyer will pick up the cost from those monies. Not to mention the fact that a EMT driver is supposed to be trained not to hit civilians so they have a lot to loose in that case. If lawsuits were so expensive, then why do you think there are so many commercials for law companies on TV and streaming and on billboards. Yes, they make a lot of money, but they have to provide a service that people who are down and out can afford. Corp law is expensive... that is different.
@@litespud You may be right, but I am sure if the billing department talked to the liability department and they got together on this and decided to waive the billing fees, their total costs might end up being a little lower because they might not piss people off so much. Either the rider or the people on the jury.
The handlebar illumination hack is genius! When I regularly cycled at night I was only focused on making myself visible at all. These days when I encounter cyclists at night on the road while driving, my biggest challenge is figuring out exactly where they are on the road so I can give them the right amount of space. Shining a light on where their wheels meet the road makes this process way easier. Next time I ride at night I'm trying this too!
Ahhhh I’m glad Hank is on an epic ride. We seem to see less and less of him and what we need is more and more of him. Brilliant lad.
18:47 A most American story. Forced ambulance care, massive bills, comical insurance system costs, and eye watering litigation. Lawyers and medical insurance company will be most happy with this situation's profits.
Yep soon no money for NATO also so you poms can pay your own defense and be worse off than what you are looking down on.
I think my biggest waste is the gear - I'm closing on many dozens of shorts, pants, jerseys, gloves, socks, t-shirts and everything in between and all I actually wear is the same thing again and again because I like it the most.
The problem is you never know up front what you will like the most.
This hits close to home.
I bought a ton of kit to be able to fully load a 8kg washing machine. So I spend probably somewhere around 1000€ if not more on kit to save about 10cents on water and 15 cents on electricity when I wash my cycling gear compared to a half load. I kind of wondering if the math is mathing ;-).
A bit in my favour is that gear wears out over time and I would have to buy most of the stuff at some point anyway. I still own my first cycling shirt from Aldi though, the shirt is totally stretched out but it still works. Shirts tend to wear much slower in my opinion.
It tried to spend the money somewhat reasonably; I splurged on pants and saved on shirts since my behind is way more sensitive.
My biggest waste was buying a bottom bracket facing and tapping tool.
I purchased a “Cyclus” BSA tool from Germany, because it was cheaper than UK, but after paying import duty it was about £60 dearer. It took 3 weeks to arrive.
So one last squeaky ride before tapping, facing and fitting a new bb. It just so happened I cleaned my £350 Lake cycle shoes with leather soap the night before.
Yep you guessed it no more squeaking!!!!!
It was the horrible Lake shoes all along. So that’s the best part of £1,000 down the drain. 😢
That's goofy. Facing rarely needs to be done and if you use square taper its useless. Tapping, if you can screw it in by hand it doesn't need it, rare a bike needs it nowadays.
Love it.
Look pedals by chance? Those things always squeaked for me so I went Shimano and solved the mystery.
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Yep, you got it in one. Thanks for the advice I’ll give it a go.
I wish Sir Mark a happy retirement. He deserves it. Unfortunately he’ll probably see Tadej Pogacar beat his TdF stage record in the next 10 years, but there’s nothing he can do about that.
Cav was also a pretty competitive 6-day racer, but that incessant schedule might have led to then getting sick a couple of years.
Tadej has to stay healthy; part of Cav's greatness (and luck) is that he was able to stay at the top level so long. I remember when Tiger Woods seemed like a lock to break Nicklaus's record for most wins in the major golf tournaments. But bad luck and bad choices doomed that -- and cycling is a more dangerous sport that golf.
When commuting from Harlow to north London 15 years ago, I attached a 200 lumen flashing light to my right hand drop bar. The light would flash very fast 3 times at one second intervals and was pointed a metre to my right on the tarmac. Initially done to increase visibility, but soon realised that drivers would not encroach on the pool of light. Been telling people this for years, so very nice to see it mentioned here.
Wouldn’t you put it on your left hand side?
@martinvera4567 not in the UK sir.😉
Dan was hilarious this week! The comment about Si's face illuminated by his cycling lights, and teasing him about thinking cars would avoid him was pure comedy gold.
Haven't even watched it yet and already know it's too late...
already spent tons of money on useless things
which is your biggest regret?!
My biggest waste of money was some front forks that I had hand built.
This was about 30 years ago I had a second hand Eddy Merckx, which was a beautiful bike, but it had aluminium forks which I didn't like. So I had some custom forks hand made, and they were beautiful.
So initially these forks weren't a waste of money because not only did they look good but also the ride handling was just as good as you would expect from an Eddy Merckx.
But then I went wide on a corner, and ended up on some gravel which my 20mm tires didn't really grip that well, and I ended up head on into a stone wall. The impact bend the brand new forks back so much that my front wheel overlapped with the down tube and I couldn't point the front wheel forwards. So I had to use force to bend my new forks back so that I could actually ride home.
Then I had to go back to the same frame builder to ask him to swap out the knackered forks that he had crafted beautifully and put on the old aluminium ones.
Before I destroyed them these new forks were absolutely beautiful and worth every penny, but after my encounter with a stone wall at speed, they were a waste of money.
A story filled with love, happiness, discovery, loss, pain, and finally acceptance. Great story-it has it all 👏
All this talk about bondage tape…looks like Si will be the first subscriber to #OnlyDans
for most of us, a super aero, high performance bike is a waste of money. Let's face it, most of us aren't racing, we ride with people that aren't dropping us, we aren't flexible to get ourselves into an aero position, etc. And do you really need to save 50g on that component if you have a few extra pounds around your waist? Put your upgrade money into things that will make you more comfortable, and you will go faster. I'm a small guy, so for me that was narrower bars, short crankset, a new saddle, and big wide tires.
The biggest waste of money for me over the years was purchasing components that were inappropriate for me (female cyclist here) too wide handlebars, too long cranks, close ratio cassettes etc etc. Things admittedly are slightly better now but only marginally. When will the cycling industry start selling bikes that aren't just imitation pro bikes.
Thanks Dan , Si and crew . Caption contest "New POC aero headgear revealed "
Caption comp: “When you’re cycling for glory but also prepared for a tea party at the finish line!”
New cycling jerseys: if you sign up for events and/or cycling holidays you often get a jersey with them, and most cycling jerseys last several years (my oldest ones that get regular use are 8-9 years old).
The banter between you two after the bondage tape reveal was absolutely priceless!
I'm not sure if this counts as wasting money on cycling stuff. I bought some new forks for my hardtail mountain bike. I didn't have a crown race seating tool. So I bought one. Then I bought one. Only to find out it didn't work on the 1.5" crown race on the tapered steerer. So I bought a crown race seating tool that did work with the tapered steerer. I couldn't get the crown race off the original forks. So I bought a headset that has a split design crown race. So I didn't need it after all. The first crown race tool. Will work with my road bike and hybrid. Except I don't use my road bike due the god awful rim brakes. I am also not likely to use it on my hybrid. As that bike has a Chris King headset. Which has worked perfectly since it was fitted over 10 years ago. My full suspencion bike, could fall in both useful as a ride it allthe time. But I also bought it for the custon paint job. With does nothing except make easier to find when there are alot more Orbea Rallons by mine. As I am the only person I know with an Orbea Rallon. The having a pink and green paint job does nothing to help me jump it. Skills lessons would.
Just get a bolt and screw one off aliexpress its like 2 dollars.
#CaptionCompetition: Romain thinking: "Still beats a Team Visma-Lease a bike helmet"
That was my first thought 😄
The bondage tape had us rolling with laughter
#CaptionCompetition "UCI: 'No aero helmets.' Mark Cavendish: 'Hold my beer.' 🎩🚴♂"
Thanks for covering the subject of wasted money (or expensive bargains). I’m 69, and have “been there/done that” many times. Some examples:
3 sets of 1999 Morati one piece, titanium MTB bar stem combos, 3 different lengths, over $400 each. Broke one in a crash on a training ride, never raced any of them.
1997 Paul “Sweet Wings”, 2 piece, hollow chrome molybdenum steel, hydro-formed, welded crankset and bespoke BB. At the time, the lightest and stiffest cranks on the planet, $799, broken after 6 months while bunny-hopping off a curb in Dallas, Texas.
This one is different, because it didn’t break, it was (partially) purchased at a reduced price, and I still enjoy it over 25 years later: 1998 Basso Gap, steel-framed sprint framset (French threaded BB, $425), with full Dura Ace 7700 groupset ($1,298, plus $400 for Wheelsmith built Mavic “Open Pro” rims laced onto my Dura Ace hubs), 3ttt stem, Cinenlli bar, Selle Italia Ti saddle (more $$$), and a set of Mavic Cosmic Elite 20-spoke aero wheels ($800). It has at least 20K miles on it, is still beautiful in its original “Td’F Maillot Jaune” yellow, weighs only 20.5lbs (9.3kg), and is still very fast. Moving from Dallas (very flat terrain) to the montains of west Texas (and aging from my 40’s into my 60’s) required a switch to XTR cassettes and rear derailleur, but it is otherwise a time capsule. Sadly, it will only accept tires up to 23mm: otherwise it would still be my primary road bike.
These days, I let other people buy the expensive stuff, then buy it second hand a few years later for pennies on the dollar/pound/euro. Doing it this allows me to have a fleet of bikes 😮😊
My biggest waste was actually not a waste of my parents' money. In '71 I really, really wanted a Schwinn Krate, any color, but when I rode another kid's Krate, I didn't like its bouncyness and I was happy to ride the wheels off my basic String-Ray for another four years. 😀
Surely I can't be the only one giggling like a schoolboy at the bondage tape hack/bodge, especially the kinky change in sound effects. 😂😂 I believe it is similar to plumber's tape which is a silicone self-amalgamating tape. Also, the theme could have continued in to the next hack/bodge because the word "cockpit" was a 17th century nickname for the vagina.
My First and only marriage, in the end ,was my biggest waste of money. Anything cycling that's makes me happy is the best way to spend money.
Wasted money is usually on trying a different branded kit because it it in the sale. Love the fit of Castelli shorts for example. Tried Assos on a mate's suggestion after they had a sale and hated the fit - but he loves em. Moral - if you find a kit that fits, stick with it
Biggest waste? A GoPro. Doesn't record long enough to make it worth while. Fortunately, it does work for SCUBA diving. So, a loss, but then a win.
I was wondering what Dan's and Simon's safe words would be: my thoughts - alcohol and ankles
I loved the comment that if you NEED Dura Ace then someone will give it to you.
Paying the increasing prices for races (that I just Ride, not race) on roads that I could ride for free before or after the event seems like a waste yet I still do it.
Riding on closed roads with hundreds if not thousands other cyclists is a very different feeling though
If you have the passion and the money, I say go for it! But also, don't look down on others who can't afford the top of the line gear...especially if you're new to the sport! Just because you ride Dura Ace doesn't make you fast!
Not surprised by Dan's take regarding frugality. I was inspired by him to make my own chain whip and it's served me wonderfully the 2 times I've used it over the last 4 years.
Kasper Asgreen actually got a proper farewell from the Wolfpack. Specifically what you said was unlikely to happen...
RE: wastes of money, I once bought a 3-bag pannier pack for bikepacking the C2C. By the time I got to Keswick, the zip holding the top bag broke and I had to bodge together a strap out of old bungee cords just to hold it together long enough to cancel the ride altogether when storm conditions blew in and made it too dangerous to go on, regardless of how secure the bungees were
For some (or many?), it may seem a waste of money: replacing all possibble steel screws by titanium screws, and now (at least with the M6 ones) replacing them by hollow-drilled M6 screws (stem/steerer clamping and the clip-on tt bar), including brake bolts (on single-pivot Campagnolo Veloce Skeleton, to shape of 3grams and come close to 100gr per brake). Another waste of money: buying lightweight parts ( in my case tires and a TT base bar), and now being to afraid of using them: a TT base bar from Aliexpress (should I really trust a 40 € Carbon fibre bar?). The tires (4) are discontinued Tufo Calibra lite (23mm/150gr), as I already made a bad experience with a 23mm Tufo Calibra Plus (180gr), it went flat by a tiny litlle piece of glass which wouldn't have had the slightest chance to flatten a 23mm Conti 4000 (the 5000 was not released at that point of time).
Denver is great for biking:) I live here and enjoy my daily commute on Cherry Creak:)
The theme of the next GCN show will be "The hundred and five things Dan can do with a bondage tape" 😂
No It will be 50 shades of grey bondage tape 😂
I agree with trying to save money by buyng a cheaper option.
I bought legwarmers to wear under bib-shorts, thought it would be a good way of keeping warm in the winter. Nope. I couldn't get on with them at all - they looked awful and wouldn't stay up! I ended up buying some full length bib-tights. If only I'd spent the money on them in the first place!
As my son says, "buy it cheap; buy it twice!"
I got some leg warmers from Decathlon. They fit well, but were too warm - guess I just run hot. But in fairness to Decathlon, the fit and quality for the price was excellent.
The trick is to wear them under the bib shorts - then the shorts keep them up. If you wore them under and they slid anyways - it's more your bib shorts to blame, than the warmers themselves.
If you wore them over the bibs - unfortunately, you did it wrong, and yes, it will look terrible. But that's not the way they're designed to work :)
I wore them under of course. They rolled down before I could even get the shorts on - one of the perils of being female and, ahem, slightly on the large side, but short too, and having super-dry skin that the silicon doesn’t stick to!. And I couldn’t get things straight under the shorts either.
I should’ve known really, everything rolls like this. That’s one of the reasons I wear bibs, rather than waist shorts, so the waist doesn’t roll down, so they’re more comfortable.
😳😳😳
@@Katcycle the bibs are always the way to go - even on skinnier cyclists the waist shorts dig into skin, and pads stick out. What's important is to keep cycling ;-)
@@dtsybulskyi That’s for sure! One thing I’ve learnt about kit, is that I’m better off buying one quality item and looking after it so it lasts , than buying several cheap versions that simply don’t perform well. That’s the key for me, and keeps me cycling.
Also coming up this week, a new, black clad, and slightly shaky new table! Now the question is: would covering it in bondage tape make it more stable?
My biggest cycling purchase regret is not buying the top spec initially, also not buying a second bike when i had the money
It's great to see that Hank will be back! He adds an essential element of the cycling experience - the fun, the crazy willingness to do things that are a bit extreme. I hope the rest of you stop making fun of him, as you've mostly stopped making fun of Ollie, and perhaps he'll stay with GCN and perhaps even start doing more videos again!
Biggest waste of money was buying a rowing machine last fall. It was a 2 month wait until delivery and in that time I started watching GCN and heard about this thing called Zwift. So I got an indoor trainer, connected my bike, and had absolutely no desire to use the rower once it arrived. It sat around for a year until I sold it last week.
On the 15th of October Decathlon wrote a nice post celebrating Ben O’connors time at the team, and wishing him well in the future. Still waiting for Quickstep release on Julian Alaphilippe;)
The biggest waste of money is the ceramic headset bearings. They give you no improvement on your bike whatsoever and they cost an arm and a leg.
Si, Pinarello '82, on a turbo trainer. A gift from my, since passed, father in law. Columbus and the works. Was updated in 2000 with the Campagnolo Veloce 2x9 speed gear ;D Not sure about its safety on the road anymore ;D
Bought a used bike complete for $875, and the only thing that's original now is the frame, fork, headset, brake calipers, and seat mast topper. I didn't end up spending too much on the drivetrain and cockpit and wheelset upgrades, but none of the stuff I removed is really worth much on the used market. It feels a bit wasteful in that sense, but the frameset alone would have been at least $500 so $875 for the whole bike seemed more attractive at the time of original purchase.
Biggest waste of money: Inappropriate tyres. I bought some GP 4 seasons for commuting, had loads of punctures, so went to marathon plus's, which worked wonderfully but felt horrible. Put some gravel tyres on to try and deal with wet leaves better in autumn, had 2 rides on them, got 3 punctures, which was particularly spectacular, so put the marathons back on.
Basically, buy the right tools for the job.
Biggest waste of money for me was an "all the bells and whistles" Tacx Neo 2T trainer that projects the lights for your zones on the floor and vibrates to provide road feel feedback. I found those features more distracting than enjoyable at the end of the day and ended up selling it to buy two Elite trainers in its place. All they've done for the past three years is provide a straightforward training experience for me in both my homes going back and forth between continents. There's a pleasure in knowing you have what you really need, but not more
#CaptionCompetition: When the White Rabbit pulled out his pocket watch and exclaimed, “It’s TT time!”, Bardet, Girmay, and Cavendish realized that they had been dropped.
Mavic Ksyrium SSC SL wheels, marketed as bombproof but cracked across the threaded spoke holes in the rim
Buying a commuter bike was my best buy ever. Cheap and easy to maintain. Mudgards, rack, dynamo lights and can be parked everywhere.
Biggest regret was buying a $200 bike computer that wasn’t a Garmin or a Wahoo or a Karoo. Now I’m shopping for one that is one of those three.
What did you get and what was unacceptable with said unit?
I misspoke it was a $60 bike computer. Called a Coospo something or other. Speed and heart rate updated infrequently, and appeared inaccurate compared to my Fenix 6. Cut out while under tree cover. Didn’t have any mapping. Ugly font.
I too bought a sensible bike for commuting - called it the Cardigan Bike - then sold it a few months later and bought an Omnium cargo bike 💪🏼
Cut-corners and cheap stuff has been usually the biggest waste of money I was in my bike shop days.
#captioncompetition Chapeau to Cavendish for a great career
Si should have a light angled behind his ankles, car drivers will avoid the shadow which would look like a huge log!
New product suggestion for the GCN shop: GCN - themed bondage tape.
Caption competition: UCI, in an attempt to reduce aero benfits from traditional helmets introduce team top hats.
Bought a set of deep section carbon wheels and spent 2 years convincing myself they were faster and felt better, they just weren’t and didn’t
Waste of money - a mid range pair of carbon wheels. Freehub let go 40km into All Points North, I was riding as a pair with my partner, who then carried on on her own. It rained most of the race. Then, a 1000km Audax in the Scottish borders, again supposed to ride with my partner, she carried on. Then in TPR a front spoke broke descending the Col du Tormalet, with 24 hours still to ride. I made the wheel as good as I could with the remaining 27 spokes, but it made the rest of the ride terrifying, especially the 40kmph aero bar run in to the finish.
'Cheap' is almost always 'expensive' (later on), but sometimes 'expensive' is outright CR@P, like 'Assos' $120 'Ultraz' winter gloves. I'll never forget that.
In the USA, the proper side to shine the "pothole" light is the left side. This could be a great topic for Dr. Olie and Alex to explore. Think of the possibilities: How many lumens are effective? How far to the traffic side of the bike is optimal? How to effectively mount the light without obstructing view, etc.
Love this episode.
My biggest and most expensive mistake was buying a bike online that was not really my size because it was on sale.
It was a Pegoretti Fina Estampa, beautiful bike, but it was a size bigger than my size.
Big mistake.
It was like wearing a shoe that is smaller than your feet.
It was uncomfortable.
My back hurts, buttocks, legs, arms, neck after every ride.
I tried fixing the ride quality by adjusting the handlebar height, saddle height, but the frame was just too big.
I ended up selling the bike at a loss after six months.
Lesson learned: buy a bike or bike components/accessories that you can afford, fits you perfectly, fits your needs perfectly and you just love to ride or use.
In short, it is fun and makes you happy.
Don't buy anything that makes you anxious, stressed out, causes pain, and just plain miserable.
Cycling is one of the most fun and positively, life transforming, joyous activity known to the human race.
28:34
Dan - Ye it is cheap
Realises what he had done😳
Dan - I have no idea 😂
Hello there, greetings from Belgium. I believe the biggest waste of money is all the "connected" equipments. I get rid of all of them. I jusr keep a very simple speedometer counting my km. Doing so you go back to the basics of cycling: enjoying the ride. Stop measuring everything: FTP, Wahoo routes, power meter, sharing you data and routes on Apps, Strava ... stop looking at your screens and enjoy the view :) :)
Captain: Unaware of what is to come upon him this off season, Biniam Girmay is having second thoughts of becoming a chimney sweep with Bardet and Cavendish!
Foam inserts for tubeless tyres. Can't get the tyre on with the foam fitted. Solution was to seal the tyre properly with a good sealant.
@7:50 Love the artsy bike ad only to find out the bike is being held up by a piece of firewood
I’m a lot like Dan, I think long and hard before I spend any amount of money on my bike, I keep things simple and don’t fall for the expensive useless bits.
*GCN at it's best :*
Buy things for superficial reasons not because of the practical ones.
Go, go, Consumerism !
The "bee in my bonnet" is about extra money spent modifying my bike because I am 5 feet tall. Cranks, handlebars, and extra accessories to make up for the fact that bikes are not made to fit smaller adults. i'm sure it's the same on the other end of the spectrum.
On the note of integrated bar and stems. Absolutely agree, they are an aftermarket piece after you have dialed in fit. But for myself, I've been healthy and fit for many years, and my bike fit isn't going anywhere, so i can confidently buy from new, and then it becomes cheaper, as I'm not buying multiple bars and stems.
Biggest waste: GoFundMe attachment to rear wheel to drive power for lights, phone. It's a waste because it's still in the box years later. Also a waste: those 21mm tires I bought on closeout, but not planning to use. Net: if it's just taking up space in the garage, it was a waste.
Mine is buying a decent portable lock. It doesn't get used anymore because I never leave a $6k bike outside without keeping an eye or hand on it, or have a friend look after it while I nip into a shop.
US style indeed. Seriously. Where else in the world can you be hit by a car while riding (avoidable unnecessary pervasive risk), have a $47,000 bill for being hurt, including an $1800 charge for the transportation in the back of a many years old ambulance a short distance within the very same city, and require an attorney to fight a hospital? And exact a million, a minimum of a third of which will go to the attorney? Sorry it happened, sorry it can happen at all, and sorry it’s not unlike countless other absurdities here. And people wonder how so and so happens…
It's not about cycling is about buying cool stuff (and almost die trying to install them by yourself)
There are zippties with metal clips and high strength nylon to even outlast those jubileeclips/hose clips, this as the metal jubileeclips can vibrate lose and rust depending on the quality.
My biggest waste of money in cycling was buying a fully MTB with 170 mm of travel only to find out that I am WAY to scared to actually use it properly. So it is heavier than it should be (14.x kg) and is exceptionally slow as I can't even lock the suspension.
Oh boy, I feel you. Having trouble utilizing my 140mm trail ht's capabilities.
It looks like Si is trying to keep a small dog entertained with his left hand
My biggest single waste of money was getting a Cervelo frame. Durability is a constant worry because of the tight tyre clearances, so much so that I never ride it anymore.
Ship it to me, big dog. Why not go gravel if you want clearance?
@@SmokedHams all I ride now is a gravel bike
This week on the UCI’s Top Chef, can Cavendish have his 36th best dish? Will Romain’s yellow pepper omelette breakaway? Or will it be Biniam’s spring greens sprinting to victory?
Caption Competition - Cav is thinking, Only one more stupid hat until I can retire, which is something EF Education can't ever say
#captioncompeition: Now boys, hats off for Mark and his heroic cycling career. And remember, Mark is to cross the line first for his final hurrah.
#captioncompetition As Cav is finishing his stellar career, he signs off saying, "Hat's all folks!"
A point that is brought up is spending money on something that expensive, dura-ace, ceramic bearings, over-sized pulley wheels, the list is long, and smirking at the same time. I see nothing wrong with spending money on expensive things if you can afford it. It doesn't affect me the least and I would say go for it. I happen to be in the other camp. I believe everything I own is either bought used or from AliExpress (or similar). This is not to say that I haven' wasted money. Before my partner got fed up with me for hogging half of the bedroom, I had six stems, five saddles, four handlebars, three pairs of pedals and a two pairs of shoes. All this in addition to what I was actually using. You could say that this was a waste of money as some of that stuff I hardly used.
I was sued by my local Ambulance company after I called 911 when a blood clot hit my lung. Insurance said they were "Out of Network" and not covered. I guess I should have asked before I accepted the Oxygen mask.
Dan's face during the bondage tape talk "I will try it when I get home... after I order it." right. Sure, bud!
I had a period in my cycling odyssey where I spent a bit too much on anodized screws and a titanium crankset.