I loved your aerobars and that orange cargo vest! Very nice set up! I wish we could find those here in my country! Big hug from Brazil and God Bless you!
I really like the compilation, there is a lot to learn from it. You asked if we had any other ideas to add to the kit. I would consider taking a Sun Sleeves arm. That way you would protect your arm from sunburn, plus you would be able to cool yourself better during the day if you kept it watered, and at night it would give you a little insulation. In the Balkans, you can expect extreme heat during the day. I would take a Nitecore NB1000 instead of the Anker 5000 powerbank. It has 2x the capacity but only 150 grams, very thin and strong, fits in the top tube bag. You can never run out of power, I've learned that. 😀 Albion gear is really good, especially the vest, very practical. I wish you a good trip and a great time on the TCR!
Maybe you can replace your butyl spare tube with a TPU one, saves not only weight but especially space! Even two TPU tubes are smaller and lighter than a single butyl tube.
Cannot recommend. Coming of an ultra right know it was impossible to get new spare tubes and having the TPU with no means of fixing it is a ticking time bomb. Butyl can be fixed anywhere in the world (even yourself). It's good for as long you stay in countries you know your way around. Added problem. I had Schwalbe aerothan, valve broke after 250km. Then replaced with Tubolito, lastet only 80km (probably my fault).
Yes, I did not have a good experience with TPU I prefer to carry more reliable tubes and compromise in this regard on weight because I can patch them easy, specially if I am cycling in remote areas gives me piece of mind
It is an impressively light setup, but you do also need to add the weight of the cargo vest and food etc carried in it, maybe another 2kg or so. Could be a lot more if also using the bladder.
very cool video, I see that for sleeping you don't have a duvet or mattress. for the TCR are you planning to sleep in a hotel or just with the bivy and down jacket?
Superlight set up - my gravel bike fully loaded is over 20kg .... but then again, I didn't need to remortgage my house for it .... some of that stuff is WAY too expensive .. cargo vest is cool - but £120 or whatever it is is nuts
I love these old fashioned steel bikes like yours. Nice and simple with no gadgets. If it breaks you can weld it back together again. Old fashioned 3x9 and a big rucksack on your back. Everything you need for 500 euros! 😊😊😊
Dynaplugs for sure works better. But interesting you pick it over normal plugs so you can carry more and resupply at bike stores. I guess my question is this; if you run out of dynaplugs - will you just buy normal ones?
Fantastic light weight setup, how much is the bike weight on its own? I assume this is a setup for fairly warm conditions and relatively short ultra races, as no sleeping bag or mat
i was wondering where is tent or tarp, sleep mat and sleep bag or u only doing events that have accom ,hostels bus stops along the way/ alex mcormack won highlands 550 he slept in boothy and toilet bu t then again he took 3 days i took 15 to complete that course
I'll have difficulties to beat your weight, as my empty bike is... 14kg! OK, steel frame, aerobars, Rohloff gears and Carbon belt drive, so I'll never have to set, wash or touch anything for the next 20'000km!!! But as I'm myself over 91kg and not competing, but just having fun on my bike, I really don't care about this weight.
I have a very similar setup on my Roubaix SL8 too! Figured I could give a few pointers: 3:38 your neck is clearly strained as the aerobars are too far forward for you. Perhaps the best thing to fix this is to make sure seat is slammed as far forwards as possible( could change seat posts that have forward lean) I have the same wheels but with 50mm depth, aero benefits > weight Mount your bike computer flat to reduce frontal profile Consider also dropping some stack from the bars to get more aero? Or if they dont support that go negative angled stem
sherry question ı have for orderıng shoes .;Quoc Gran Tourer XC shoes with two BOA dials; what size you had compare to daily shoe number? for exampe ı use 42 number but my shımano ıs 43 . so ı need to orrder 42 or 43 ? how dıd you get ?
@@Buzzalong.cycling thanks alot; I stoped race at day 5 at 1250Km; my partner turned someone different cant stand him anymore. My neck developed shermes neck syndrome recently also tuined my mood; I ll go solo TCR NO:11 with better bike fit and setup
Possibly, be carefull with the bears. One of them ate a hiker girl 19 years old in Romania in the beginning of July. Imagine : News of the 10th of august on TV: In Istanbul, one participant of TCR 2024 missing : abandonment ?, : no !, sick ? No ! , Lost : No ! So what : "eaten by a bear ?? What will we become without our famous Miss Sherry ? We will not be able to enjoy cycling no more ? And we will not be able to smile when Sherry calls Gereon "flat tyre, flat tyre"
Why did you buy these wheels compared for example Enve (wich is like the best in the bests in most reviews for anytype of riding for (i didin’t know enve can look cheap 😂) And why only 35mm wheels why not 40-50mm wheels? Really curoius bike set up!
my bike is 10.6kg ( scott scale 720 mtn bike) and bags about 15 to 16 kgs so 26 kgs i have to start buying albion gear and re think the whole set up to reach 15 kilos i had no idea .....
I give You a tip.For free.Never, ever keep your cell in side cargo pocket during ride.Why? Cell weight is about 250g.You do about 80/90 rpm.So it means Your leg must up about 21kg every minute.Then multiply it for an hour and You get over 1000kg. And multiply by hours a day.
So, that math is wildely inacurate. First of all, you cant just add weight like that and use it as a measurement of exertion. Secondly all the weight you need to push up on the upstroke also exists on the downstroke, thus basically pulling your leg down and negating any extra effort you put in on the upstroke. I guess you could argue that its not good to have that extra weight on only one side, but the weight is so little and high up on the leg, it creates miniscule amount of torque. I will conced the point that it puts your phone at risk during a crash, but otherwise dont sweat over carrying your phone on the leg
@@ricobohm7781 ok. Try to get extra 250g on one leg and pedal 3 days for 12H a day. Then we can talk about. You will feel then if both legs are "the" same. If I am wron why they pro cycling shoes are so light?
@@austinsnow197Im not saying wheight doesnt exist. 250g are still 250g and some people would argue that rotating weight is especially important, hence why light shoes make sense (in that way you could argue the phone adds to the inertia of the leg, but i dont think we want to go there). But in general light stuff on the bike is light because its easier to accelerate and go up hills. I wasnt trying to suggest weight is unimportant, my point is that the weight on your leg isnt any more important, than elsewhere and that you calculations where faulty or rather not applicable in this context. Otherwise you are of course free to do as you please and as the other commenter suggested, if only for the reason of protecting your phone and leg in a crash, its probably not that wise to keep your phone on your leg. :)
I don't know who you're targeting or just showing off. The endurance cyclists I know (and I live in the nordics) surely won't buy a pair of your sponsored wheels, it's as much as their entire bike setup.
