those videos are just commercials for bike brands, the other guys did one for the trek alr. theyre pushing the narrative that 3-5k is an affordable good value. its a joke.
I've used Pirelli tpu tubes and can say they work great but cost much more than the ride now tubes of which now I use, ride now 24g, after taking your advice. Enjoyed the video!
Wow ! My steel bike has no carbon on it and weighs nine kg. His bike should weigh a lot less. Interesting video Reginald. Looking forward to your next video. All the best!
I enjoyed GCN's crit bike building series. But the cost of this bike is pretty high for someone who lives in Asia... Probably an living standard and income differences are the reason. If Alex is allowed to build without sponsorship requirements, he can build something costs half the money and still be competitive with his race.
My crit pig purchase: I bought a slightly damaged rim brake CAAD10 (Shimano 105). Cost Aud$550 1. Dented chainstay from repeated workboot strikes during previous owners commute to work 2. "Ring of death" on fork. Had to slam stem to remove affected steerer tube (caused by poorly designed super thin Cannondale stem) Update: - $25 aliexpress specialized power knock off saddle - original alu bars and tape - my oldest shimano spd pedals - sram S30Al rims (too friggin narrow) - weight 6.8kg
I saw a Specialized Allez for sale here in Auckland at a second hand place with Ultegra in with Aksium Race wheels with All Condition Armadillo. The whole bike was mint and had the aerofoil shape that the 2006 and 2007 Tarmac. It was like new and the guy wanted $600 for it
I will say having disc brakes are nice for the crits in river towns in the US, they typically have a super steep hill followed by a just as steep descent as the main feature.
I think you illustrated some of the ideal gear much better than GCN. Just like their titanium frame review, they seem to miss a lot of the most important features.
Remind me never to race a crit with you. I race at least 12 crits a year and rarely, like once a year have a crash in my race. (it took 12 years before I got taken down). I have raced crits with 400m @8% climbs and others with hot dog turns, where you race down a road, turn 180 degrees and race up the other side of the road, dual lanes roads no so bad, but single lane roads require braking skills. As far as the GCN video it is the ultimate crit bike they can build with their sponsors (Cannondale and Shimano, hence all the Pro components) products. Hence the 11-30 cassette as it is the smallest 12 speed cassette Shimano makes. I generally agree with you on what makes a good crit bike. My crit bike is 15 year old alloy Canyon, with deep carbon rims (I only win crits from breakaways, so I need all the speed I can get), running 10 speed SRAM Red, 53/39 chain rings (I do ride to races) and 11-21 cassette, total weight about 7.0kg (it was UCI illegal when running shallower carbon rims and tubulars). Though weight does not really matter and would take aero gains over weight any day for crits. The one crash I was involved in, a rider on a new Giant Propel touched the wheel of a new Pinarello Dogma, they both went down, I was directly behind them, so nowhere to go, straight into the pair, over the bars and landed on the verge. I was winded, the only damage to my bike was a scratched wheel, both the Dogma and Propel had broken top tubes.
I crashed in my very first race. I was the last rider to go down in this video. I really couldn't do anything ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-pWy7LM4S0tY.html
Hello Reginald , just checking in again . I usually have some smart ass thing to say , usually manage to pry in a Brexit thing , you get a free pass this time . I even agree with most of what you said . 😅 .
I agree that GCN didn't build the ultimate crit bike but what do you expect from them? Just par for the course. That said it's a bit unfair to compare to a used build, no doubt that can save a lot of money. And like it or not disc wheels are becoming the standard so spares and replacements are more easily available, they aren't necessary for crits but I don't find them to be a penalty. Carbon wheels do cost more and may not always save weight but man are they stiff, very nice for accelerating and sprints.
Me personally, it’s not that important. Crit races are normally short and fast and high adrenaline, so you don’t have time to worry about it. 😁 But in longer races/stages races then yes comfort is very important. In my opinion more important than aerodynamics of the bike for example.
@@reginaldscot165 Yup, that was pretty obvious question ay? 😄 Like, there's new disc version of Allez Sprint, and it seems like they are really putting their point ever so slightly on the comfort. I've known Sprint to be a absolute crit machine. Wondering, where are they taking my dear Allez to...?
Hi Reginald, mostly I agree with you, but he used Shimano 12 speed gruppo, short cage derailleur and 11-25 cassette doesn't exist anymore. In this scenario is better to use 11 speed Shimano group. Also it will be cheaper.
@@reginaldscot165well, 8 speed shifting isn't so fast and precise. In my experience, from Tiagra 10 speed and higher, you'll get the best shifting performance.
Hahaha 🤣 8.27 kg And he spent thousands of pounds! My simple aluminum SS/FIXIE with all aluminum parts,and weighty rear wheel,weighs 7.7 kg! I've spent around 400€ all together and build it myself 😊 Greetings from Croatia from Kris 😎 Great video Reggie!
A lot of crits here in the US feature very steep & punchy climbs. Agree that you don't need mountain gearing but just saying they aren't flat like you describe. Also a 50t chainring is plenty for most non-pros if you have a 10t in the rear, which many people do.
I guess it depends where in the US you live? Some places don’t have much in the way of hills. Also, generally Crit by normal definition is a race held on a flat road. But I’m not surprised to hear some, somewhere do have some hills. I think for the vast majority of people they won’t need climbing gears for Crit, but obviously if they include hills in your area then it would be sensible to add some bigger cogs. 🙂👍🏻 Safe riding! 🙏🏻
Hi Reginald. I've never raced but if I understand what a crit race is then most of what you say makes sense. I would say the rim brakes and carbon rims are not the best combination, but then you said ally rims, that works well. I've seen some of the "city centre" racing and they had some steep streets but if you need easier gears for some races then change cassette. Steel SG is 7.8 and ally is 2.45. but the ally needs to be thicker/bigger so the saving is not so great. What really struct me about Alex's build was "value for money"and that not cheap custom paint job.
@@timtaylor9590 Yes and thats fine if you only ride in the dry. I too much remember wheels with chrome plated steel rims. A bit of rain and no brakes. No fun at all. Yes theres carbon wheels with aluminium tracks, an unfortunate proximity of disimilar materials. Its no wonder theres disc brakes.
@@emmabird9745 depends on the application, for pure speed and performance, not all conditions do it all, rim brake wins. Alloy brake tracks aren't a bad compromise.
To Alex´ defence he´s not the only one weighing a bike without pedals. In my experience most manufacturers (and people) do. I agree however that it´s stupid to do so.
I kind of feel bad for the guy, he gets a lot of criticism when he seems to genuinely love what he does and wants to pump out educational content. As a collective I think we should all be a little nicer to him. In particular, we all went in HARD on his hookless video 😂
Excellent. 🙂 Well, the harder the compound the more wear on the rim but the better breaking. I find standard shimano pads have very good bite. But they do terrible damage to the rims. So I have opted to use BBB Techstop pads (BBS-23) they are a little softer, don’t seem to wear the rims at all and provide plenty of breaking power without being grabby.
For Crit? Or in general? For crit whatever you can get second hand. As stated, aluminium and rim brakes if possible. Bowman Palace R MK2 Giant TCR SL Caad 10/12 Allez Sprint Boardman Road Sport Something like that. 👍🏻
Aluminium is 30% the strength of steel so has to be 3x thicker hence a similar weight as steel. Their bike is ridiculous but your manner makes you seem like a show off. It's a nit pick yawn fest even though I agree with a lot of what you conclude. Those GCN people are out of touch with the restores with their money no object projects and insincere plugging of expensive stuff.
No need to swear. But you are also wrong. Not based on my opinion, but on scientific fact, weight matters. It affects acceleration. It’s just physics. 🤷🏻♂️
@@reginaldscot165only the inertia of the wheels! the lighter the outter rotating mass the better the acceleration. That´s why light rims, tyres and tubes are king. The weight of the rest hardly make a differance on the flat. That´s why TT Frames (9kg) are (compared to road frames 7.5kg) heavy as hell, cause the weight on flats is irrelevant. Physiks, not so hard to understand ;-)
I have never tried. But I would imagine you would get a better cut on a pizza with a rotor than a chain ring. As the chain ring has teeth and would only perforate the surface as you rolled it backwards and forwards. But I’d gladly watch a demonstration. 😁
I don’t quite understand why he said it? I mean I get it’s just marketing and I’m ok with that. He could just have said, “I think this is a really good Crit build.” Or “this is the best Crit build with new parts on offer for these brands.” But what say “I genuinely believe this is the ultimate Crit build.” That’s so far from reality! 😅
@@reginaldscot165 They did a video on motor doping where they started off calling everyone who suspected it was real "tinfoil hat conspiracy theorist flat earthers" then admitted people had been caught doing it lol. They're absolute bottom feeding shills, zero doubt they'd have defended Armstrong before he was caught, they have no morals at all.
If suggesting rim brakes, let's match them with friction shifters and 7-speed. I feel I'm missing something, though. As if there may be better modern technology we could use 🤣
is all you do now pass high and mighty judgement on other content? Opinions are like arseholes.....everybody has one. Would far rather see some of your useful tool and teardown vids
I appreciate the variety of content, and never get the feeling Reginald passes high and mighty opinions; they are fair and well constructed arguments. I have a lot of time for independent content creators that this 👍
