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Riding an ex Team Once Giant TCR TT bike 

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Riding a Giant TCR Once bike - Team Once were one of the most powerfull pro teams of the `90`s and early 2000`s and were renown for the time trialling and team time trialling on their iconic black and yellow Giant TCR`s. Here we take a close look at and ride a real dealex team Once Giant TCR time trial bike and its a beast of a time trial bike - nothing refined about this Giant TCR, its a brute! Adapted in period by the Once team from a standard Giant TCR, its a real transformation.
**NOTE - apologies for the poor sound in some of the riding scenes - cross winds effecting the mic more than the Giant TCR!**

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18 сен 2024

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@newoldsteel
@newoldsteel Год назад
Still is better looking than anything coming out now ❤
@andypicken7848
@andypicken7848 Год назад
Thanks for the upload Richard your passion is obvious. What a contrast between the cycling in blighty and France. Hope the neck has recovered
@vintagevelos9517
@vintagevelos9517 Год назад
New I should have taken the TCR to France for this one, Dan.
@simonr8323
@simonr8323 Год назад
Blimey, you were brave taking on that stretch 😱. Great video though 👍
@vintagevelos9517
@vintagevelos9517 Год назад
Not my finest choice of route...
@rangersmith4652
@rangersmith4652 Год назад
I recently arranged a very good deal on a 2008 Kestrel TT bike , and I have just a few "test" miles on it. Haven't been fully on the extensions yet because we've had only very windy days, but I'll get brave enough soon. One small gripe for an otherwise fun video; we got only one real view of the bike, one that lasted for over five minutes. Perhaps a bit of B-roll for a visual tour of the thing?
@vintagevelos9517
@vintagevelos9517 Год назад
pop the TT bike on a turbo trainer and practice on the extentions first - helps a lot, Dan.
@rangersmith4652
@rangersmith4652 Год назад
@@vintagevelos9517 I'm not so sure. You can't lose control on a trainer, and you know it.
@vintagevelos9517
@vintagevelos9517 Год назад
@@rangersmith4652 Yep, but it helps to practice changing to both positions, Dan.
@rangersmith4652
@rangersmith4652 Год назад
@@vintagevelos9517 I'll give it a go.
@vintagevelos9517
@vintagevelos9517 Год назад
@@jbrtype8763 Probably - I like to shift position lots when riding to keep things fresh, Dan
@nickdowdell2441
@nickdowdell2441 Год назад
I still ride my Giant Team ONCE tcr . All of that aero bar weight up front hanging on a 1 inch steerer.
@vintagevelos9517
@vintagevelos9517 Год назад
Hmmm... hadn`t even thought of the pressure on the steerer... one more thing to worry about!
@brynmatton107
@brynmatton107 Год назад
The Bexley 10 by brands hatch is good, can be found on fulgaz as well 👍
@vintagevelos9517
@vintagevelos9517 Год назад
anythings better than 8 roundabouts and a stack of traffic...
@brynmatton107
@brynmatton107 Год назад
@@vintagevelos9517 I'm entering Hell of the Ashdown , possibly on battaglin or trek 5500 , will you be doing it on a retro beauty ?
@t.l.2628
@t.l.2628 Год назад
Don't you think that the welded strengthening fillets were added for aerodynamic reasons rather than for stiffness?
@vintagevelos9517
@vintagevelos9517 Год назад
Yep, had thought about that, figured they would have done more around the steerer tube to do that, but its hard to say, Dan
@1waynewonder
@1waynewonder Год назад
interesting so positive is adjustment on TCR for position over time but its a great bike to get you into TT riding it will easy perform 20 min on a 10 mile TT that is half the field gone but in perspective sub 15 is standard....pro
@vintagevelos9517
@vintagevelos9517 Год назад
Yep, seriously fast bike - let down by my choice of route... Dan
@1waynewonder
@1waynewonder Год назад
its great that your testing retro bikes spending time with people namely the late Mike Burrows back in the 90s it was interesting to get his opinion on aesthetics vs aero dynamics for the most part your increased average speed is the only time that time you gain anything for aero dynamics essentially if your daily average on endurance is 200 mile plus factor x2 mountain stages Mikes words for Basque Country riding was "Its hilly for a Norfolk Boy" lol we digress...... But the TCR triple chain set will help ....
@vintagevelos9517
@vintagevelos9517 Год назад
@@1waynewonder Burrows = genius... Dan
@breathestrongcycling3672
@breathestrongcycling3672 Год назад
does anybody know why they never used the reverse brake levers back then like they do now? they did exist and I've always thought it odd they always used the drop bar type.
@vintagevelos9517
@vintagevelos9517 Год назад
No idea why - the drop bar break levers have to be modified to fit as well! I tgink Diacompe made a dedicated lever back then that would have been better suited, Dan.
@berenicebaker7191
@berenicebaker7191 Год назад
Looks scary to me. Are all TT bikes so heavy, so ugly? I remember Primoz looking like death after a TT, if it all goes wrong it must be hell.
@vintagevelos9517
@vintagevelos9517 Год назад
Alas form and function rule when it comes to TT bikes - very few pretty ones out there as they are just to go as fast as possible - yep, Primoz suffered in that 2021 TDF time trial, felt for him...
@saulsibayan
@saulsibayan Год назад
How does the HED trispokes feel? What tire width are you using with those?
@vintagevelos9517
@vintagevelos9517 Год назад
The Hed`s are really nice and buttery smooth - a little weighty but hold speed really well once up there - 22mm Veloflex Criterium tuburlars, Dan.
@WECR
@WECR 5 месяцев назад
Is the 650c Giant?.
@vintagevelos9517
@vintagevelos9517 5 месяцев назад
Wheels are 700c, Dan
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