Racing Like it's 1999 

Mechanical forever.

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Still on a mechanical rim brake bike, this video title is hilarious lmao

I've build up two high end custom bikes in the last couple of years, both with mechanical and rim!

I'm still rocking all mechanical rim brake Campy setups, even new Record 12 on a caad13. Dude could have borrowed a set of deep Bois from a friend I guarantee

You know teenagers see rim breaks and think that's something grandpa used in 80s

The last good Edmonda they made

That Emonda ALR frame was released in 2018 as a 2019 model.

Listen from 15:58 with playback speed of 0.25x it's hilarious to hear the lack of energy

😂😂😂😂😂😂

Probably minimum pressure is so it doesn't roll off the rim

Yeah I stopped watching at that point. Duh

Also no pinch flats on clinchers with latex inner tube

So you're saying tubulars wont flat if you hit a gnarly pothole? lol

I think you are on to something.... hydrolic rim brakes....

​@@OutdoorsJustinit's been done!

Hahaha disc brakes are just another piece of metal & fluid on your bike that you don't need, BOOM 💋

rim for the win

Been saying that for a while now!

MY MAN I have one with full Record/SR shifters and deep boi carbons with challenge rubber and it screams

A CAAD4 was the best bike I ever owned.

How does a cougar corner?

@@javiercastaneda707 It depends. The ones from the Amazon rain forest? Or the 40-year-old divorcees from SoCal?

I have a CAAD 8 with FWD tubulars and a mix between Ultegra/DA 10 speed. My go to race bike.

really have to leave space in front for when dudes slam brakes, and chopping corners has to be done with a little more care! Definitely a change in technique!

Same. Got one in black, this bike is great!

Practice!

No, that's clearly riding on a steel frame with a flippable hub on fixed gear bike, wearing full wool kit

Gotta love sram aha

Flesh color bibs if you really want to stand out.

@@newttella1043 Why not? Cipollini did it in the 90's with a full anatomy skinsuit.

Tubeless > Tubular > Clincher in terms of puncture protection. biggest benefit of tubular over clincher is you can ride a flat for longer, which is important more for pros in road races who don't care about preserving their equipment, just time.

ahh ya my bad, fixed. if you bottom out a tubular it will still flat. not as easily as clinchers granted. I know because I used them for years and pinch flatted when i dinked a pothole at high speed.

@@NorCalCycling It was never a pinch flat. A pinch flat is when the tube gets pinched between the tire and the rim. That is physically impossible with a tubular.

🧐 "physically impossible"

I didn’t think I was ripping we said that equipment doesn’t really matter (at least not as much as people think) and then showed off will racing at a high level on dated technology

🤣 they have a latex tube in them, i assure you they can pinch flat. maybe not as easy as clincher with latex but both are miserable at puncture protection compared to tubeless.

@@NorCalCycling A pinch flat occurs when the hooks or wall of the rim pinch the inner tube when hitting a pot hole or something. A tubular rim doesn't have any hooks/rim wall to pinch the inner tube. (regardless of inner tube material)

you're right

I love the way tubulars ride and you can ride them on a flat if necessary. But tubeless are more affordable in most cases and easier to install.

Not gonna lie, I maybe see 20 percent people riding rim brakes where I live, nearly everyone is on carbon frame and disc brakes nowadays

Cycling is a pretty rich sport from what I can see. Almost everyone I see is on disc brakes with electronic shifting.

sicccckkk i have a rim-brake mech bike and love it too even though i rarely ride it. the old tech is much simpler and nostalgic for me. it's like comparing an old muscle car to a high end modern race car.

not sure where you're from but in general this isn't the case. I get sent a lot of race footage and seeing majority electronic/tubeless even in lower categories. Nothing wrong with the old tech though, like we said in the video it's not preventing anybody from winning crits.

Personally I built up a used 2018 Giant Propel frame with 105 R7000 in 2020 on a much smaller budget with a pair of 50mm Prime carbon wheels (RIP Wiggle). Spent just under £2000/$2500 all-in and my god is it fast. Would absolutely recommend that frameset.Only change I would make is to put in disc brakes so the wheel rim isn't a wear item, but such are the trade-offs of hunting ebay for the right opportunity. I definitely think most modern framesets are very good, and it can be splitting hairs for meaningful differences between frames which can have a huge price difference. You are better saving the money by getting a good condition used frameset without the huge name of the SL7 (what about a used TCR if you are looking lightweight?) and spending the money you save on wheels? I assure you, the bike won't be the limiting factor unless you're planning on TTing with it.

The BEST handbuilts were the Mavic SSC. For clinchers it was the Mavic SUP Open welded at the seams. My SUP clinchers are still going strong 💪

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@@NorCalCycling hahah I know, but hey, everybody's doping at the top, so it's fair game heheh

They certainly not matter uphill

@@musclelessfitness2045 At the time there was no test available for EPO, so they were filling themselves up to the ear with it. Blood doping, too. There is a test for EPO and its successors now.

​@@musclelessfitness2045 not all doping is equal, that much should be obvious.

Thanks I realized that too but it’s just the first part

you're right, but the model was released in 2015, with technology from 1999 ;)

@@williamrhardin yeah certainly similar to the original emonda alu, but several differences: tube shape changed, direct mount brakes, internal housing

😂 There’s no money in the sport other than what the riders bring. Of course they folded.

Fitted with Tufo tubular clinchers

It’s more than good enough. Sure, a little fatter tubular would be nice, but, definitely not a dealbreaker. While everyone in that field is faster than many, a 1999 bike is still sufficient.

The first part of the video it's not synced but we get back on track for the most of the video.

we didn't diss them. but disc is clearly better overall 😅

@@NorCalCycling I have one of each, I think I like the rim brakes slightly more. Hard to say what you mean by "overall", but the rim brake bike (Tarmac SL) is a lot cheaper and lighter - like, over a pound lighter - than the disc (Emonda SL). I know weight doesn't make the biggest difference in speed but you can definitely feel the difference in just ride feel. Most of the time the bottle neck in stopping distance for both isn't really the brakes at all, it's the tires. Like with both of them I never just grab the brakes as hard as I can because I'd skid all over the place, so having more braking power doesn't really matter. You can fit bigger tires with the discs to help with this, but they also make rim brakes with more clearance, I'm just not running them. The rim brakes are just easier to work on, cheaper to maintenance, and lighter. Idk, it seems situation-dependent at best if discs are better, I'm kind of disappointed more bike reviewer/influencers/whatever are so one-sided on it, I think it'd be really nice for there to be more high-end rim-brake options because I think there's still a lot of people who would find them a better option. Even Poggi was using them in the mountains when he had the choice. Could be an interesting video topic for you in the future.

@@tylertruksa1378agreed

@@NorCalCycling I will say I like not having to worry about rim wear in mucky conditions and that I can choose what size disc to use/switch it up front and back so there's definitely some reasons to go disc. I'm definitely not arguing they should just go away, just that there should be more options.

rim brakes are good, just not as good as disc. lol at the crash comment

I ride both. Hydro Discs are terrible when you grab at the brakes in a panic, which we all do when something happens in front of us. Look at the crash in the Tour de basque that took everyone out. Hydro discs really didn't help there everyone slid out or had to go straight on and end up in the concrete ditch. I love the vids man. Made me a better rider. I just don't get the thing where we have to be for rim of disc. Rims in the dry are far better when you grab them. Discs are just a little bit too good when grab them both in a panic.