I'm loving this series because it gives me ideas for what to do with my son who loves his bike and tinkering with all things mechanical. I'm going to look around for a used Tri bike that he can build up as an engineering project that rides.
Loving these videos! As soon as the notification popped up for this it was a quick celebration, run to the kettle and now sit and watch for 15mins of comfort and head nodding as I pretend that I will soon try and replicate this haha awesome content man!
Love this series. It would be awesome to see a challenge between presenters to build a bike on a budget. Coincidentally I'm also putting new chainrings + chain on my FSA crankset today.
Lol, had a chuckle when Ollie was installing the 54t ring, just had that on my P1, I have switch it out to a 56t 1x11 set up So.far it's like I am watching myself do the same things to my P1, lol
I thought Ollie was tired or on lockdown anxiety medication, or maybe just super chill, because he was talking very slowly in this vid, then I realised he was on 0.75x playback. Changed it to 1x and he went full Ollie agasin.
How to build a TT bike on a budget: 1. Buy a TT bike that works fine 2. Spend money replacing things that didn't need to be replaced The majority of these upgrades don't make sense if you're on a budget. The plastic disc fairing, latex tubes, and Squirt lube all make sense for a budget series. The brakes, bigger chainrings, and different aerobars are way too much money for the gains you get, even if you got a good deal. Ollie, your viewers would be way better off buying a skinsuit and aero helmet than "upgrading" the aero bars.
...because every budget builder has some carbon extensions and aerocoach elbow cups just sitting around... Looking forward to how you set up the stem position, it needs some slamming! (OK, slamming is bad, it needs the correct Pad XY)
For someone who chats on alot about being a tough Yorkshire bloke a hat and jumper inside!?! Love the video series- looking to start time trailing myself and so good to get an indication of what to look at!
Cervelo f****d up even with bsa bb, gorgeous. Btw other youtubers, like bike builder's, hide this from viewers. When they install cranks, most likely builder won't spin them.
Chain length is surely better and more bespoke by putting chain on small ring and second or third smallest sprocket. Then have it as long as you can while the rear mech still takes up the slack. That way you'll have the longest possible (and least friction) chain while still able to use all gears you're likely to (never using small X small combo).
Yeah that bb needs fookin' replacin'! I think my favourite thing about these vids are the outtakes at the end. So relatable. I lost the bottom end of a compression plug down me steerer the other day and thought UGH I GOTTA GET THE STEM OFF AND THE HEADSET CAP OFF AND DROP THE FORK OUT RAAA got halfway with that before i realised i can just tip the bloody thing on its back wheel and give it a little shake. Bloody idiot...
You might want to take a look at the elbow pads again. It just looks like a lever waiting to get whacked(down, rather) out of position when you hit a pothole or or any dodgy road surface.
Whilst its great you're using old parts from your drawer - many of us don't have appropriate spare parts, and its (slightly) misleading to give a total price when parts were already available to you (particularly when an aerocoach pad set is quite expensive). However - Glad to see GCN showing more lower cost information, particularly at a time when more people are joining the sport. The 10k superbikes are nice to ogle, but so far outside anyones price range it's ridiculous!
Ha, yes, I got flashbacks to Hambini's "budget" build where everything added to the bike was bespoke custom machined. Overall I'm liking the GCN version better, more down to earth for us commoners.
True, just like the front brake he got cheaply from Xavier in the last episode. I can build a budget bike when I get all the good stuff second hand from 'my mate Tom' who happens to work for Shimano.
Building any bike on the cheap is a compromise of parts bin, garbage picking, used deals, and bikes sold for salvage. As well as using take-offs from other upgrades on another bike. Of course none of this applies if someone is just buying their first bicycle and they decided to get into this aspect first, bypassing a normal road or all-terrain bike. But in that case they'd probably be best served just getting a simple steel or alloy track fixie to learn the basics with in a velodrome. tl;dr this is an n+1 build not a beginner build
@@MrKevinWhite When Belinda gives Hambini a lemon, he makes lemonaide. The proper solution would have been to replace the fork, but there's no fun for him in that lol. I actually like his solution. Given that it's now out there it means that anyone interested in doing so (IE to keep a rare or customized fork usable) they can now have a path forward to DIY it or have a similar part made by a local machineshop.
Shoii Hui PD have ridden the bike as you bought it to give a real baseline. However probably not allowed at the time. Dang. Would have been a great comparison.
This bike was really easy to assemble ru-vid.comUgkxMesz3KOGEmwmvyKQfLfrRSUXLFzfVHZA and required very few adjustments out of the box. The wheels did not require any truing/adjustments. The frame had some small scratches, but nothing major.I did replace the seat though - the seat it came with was very uncomfortable. The tires need to be re-inflated every 4-5 days, but this appears to be quite common for the narrow 700x25 tires.Overall, in my opinion, this bike looks and rides like a much more expensive bike.
Could you do a comparison in which you ride your local 10 mile flat out on your actual TT bike, your new Cervelo and your Pinarello/Orbea with clip on aero bars. I’d enjoy seeing this to give me an idea of the times which are possible as can’t decide whether I need a TT bike or whether my venge with clips would do to be competitive. If you could go sub 20 mins on all of them for example then I’d know I can’t blame my equipment ... THANKS!! Xxx
Wow that crank! My bike is like I believe 30 years or so (of the era of downtube shifters an first gen capag super record mixed with shimano why 😂 but I guess I have to couse my wheel has a shimano hub). The cranks spinned like 30 times on one push or so. Sooo smooth. By the way I do not know the bike brand becaise I got it second hand some years ago and there was no brand on it that I could see (only a sticker with columbus tubing). And I know the wheels are hand made and maybe the frame also? (It had onece probably all campag on it I believe (besides the cassete because of the shimano hub). I would be sad with such a bad BB...
The problem i have with my tri bars is that if i have them narrow, i become incredibly unstable, and end up becoming much slower because of it. You say narrower is better, but its not, narrower is theoretically better, but its entirely down to the particular rider
@@FLMKane It's not a parameter that you'll readily find in a textbook where it's called Dinitriev number. Boeing and lockheed will their equivalent for it. I'm sorry I can't divulge more than that. I do cover it in my aerodynamics masterclass video but I'll do a bit more on how it works in the coming weeks.
BB's probably misaligned. Hambini says Cervelo BB alignment is atrocious although he used different words. "Cuntish shitbag" I think it was. LOL. But it's not necessarily so.
Love this video series but I do wish I knew what the cost of this build is? Your not saying what the parts are costing? I hope you do this in the end. Nice job!
