use a brown bar tape and it is fire, when si roasted the brown saddle in the bike vault I was laughing but when I see this video I feel bad for alex and understood his reaction, he's really passionate with the dream build. use a brown bartape and this will be instant classic
The Discovery network owns something like 20 channels. They still have a lot of highly educational programming, but for some stupid reason most American cable companies don't carry that kind of content. The only way I can watch it is on European channels using an IPTV service.
@@gcntechit's beautiful🙏I have 2 of the 1999 5500 oclv pro us postal treks and they are amazing, love them, best frame ever built in my opinion, ❤ from 🇨🇮
When you're done with this, please make a comparison video between this one and a modern top of the line bikes. Like one of those A-B tests where you use the same wattage and test your time. Bike looks great. Cheers.
Like the look of the bike. If you get some brown handlebar tape it will look absolutely sick. Brown goes well with blue. Will also stand out against the classic black. Well done!
I still ride a 2008 Madone which is still a period-appropriate build except I switched out my RXLs for Enve 4.5s. I still think the 7800 Dura Ace is the peak of groupset aesthetics and the performance is still superb
I had a one piece bar and stem from Toseek. I sold the bike a few weeks ago but the bars were brilliant, they had been on for three years with no issue. They were a rip off of the Canyon ones in shape and were £65.00. I’d have them again.
There's a reason I hadn't upgraded my Trek 5500 for 22 years -- it's a great bike and a great frame (precursor to the Madone). But since I grew up and raced in the 70's and 80's, mine is all Campy. The bike is still amazing..rider not so much.
Great bike. I like the brown saddle, but I would do matching brown bar tape. You have tubulars but the brown saddle, brown tape and the pirelli brown sidewalls would look sharp if you ever switched to clinchers.
Please test your forks regularly. This generation of bontrager forks had some nasty blind delamations. Paint was so tough carbon could be in pieces and you wouldn’t know. Had an amazing customer pass after a delaminaton accident.
Great bike, great build to ride, but too many logos makes it too busy. You obviously have to keep the frame logos, but if you can get 'em off easily I'd much prefer to see the rims just nice plain black. I also agree with those suggesting brown bar tape to match the seat. Also, nail polish patches paint well.
Bike looks stunning, can't wait for the ride video. It's a shame the Giant project is just consigned to the bike rack to be used as parts donor, last winter I built one almost exactly like it that I've been riding this summer.
Hi Alex, thanks for the video, I am really enjoying it. Please, let me know if the jockey wheels you purchased worked with the derailleur? I have the exact same parts to replace. If so, where did you get them and can you provide a part number? Happy days
I like the saddle, but I don't like the saddle on that bike. I feel it would be well suited to a proper stealthy black bike with brown bar tape & tan walla but no other colour
Imagine this video filmed in 15 years. „Now it‘s 2 days later and I have finally gotten all the brake hoses and internally routed DI.2 cable horror in.“
Never, never remove or install the bottom bracket when clamping the bike on a repair stand. It requires so much torque and just thinking about how much the seatpost is bent and how hard it ts to extract the bb is painful. Just do it on the ground whith the wheels attached.
Great bike, personally I do think it's spot on but the saddle ruins it - just looks wrong and not original. Also it still bothers me that they simply erased 7 years of history when I was growing up.
While this is a stunning frame, i will never understand why ppl want gaudy huge decals on their wheels. I know taste is very much subjective, but it distracts from the frame and makes it look "too much" :)
Apart from the crappy music on all of GCN's videos (why do you think that pumping 'dance' music sh!t suits anything?) I really liked this. Allex had a dream bike and personalised it
I really said “oh no” when I heard it was a Toseek drop bars. Those are not good at all. Ive heard and seen broken toseek bars back in my country. Be careful when using them!
Yep. Mine lasted about a week. Just stepping down a curb off the footpath onto the road at walking pace and CRUNCH! Luckily it didn't brake clean off but it was snapped almost all the way through. So lucky I didn't hit a pothole or something at speed.
I have a friend that change his aluminum bars and seatpost years ago without any problems at all. I know there's shitty products out there. But, don't get in the marketing trap of big brands.
That brown saddle is very nice but doesn’t fit this beautiful frame imoo. I like to keep the amount of different colours on my bike low. But that is all a matter of taste.
Love this video from Alex, taking an older flagship model and giving it a new lease of life, on a tight budget. Would love to see how this 2004 racing model at the start of the Madone series, compares to its latest 2023 evolution. With a comparison of £ per watt gain of Alex £1000 build compared to the Madone SLR 9 at ~£13,000. However can you put a price on owning your dream bike 😉
