Hey Nick, I've been following your channel from early days (sort of) and have to say how nice it is to see how things have developed from both the technical side (your builds) but also from the aspect of Melbourne cycling culture. Delightful. Congratulations. Always look forward to your posts.
G'day Mike, thank you so much for your support. Consider myself pretty lucky to live in Melbourne and get to know some amazing people in the cycling world. Stay safe🙌
In Trinidad and Tobago the most southerly island of the Caribbean. The local expression used to describe someone who's very good at what he does is "yuh know yuh onions." Keep those videos coming.
Oh yea what a nice Christmas gift 👍 thx Shane for the video, really enjoyed watching and listening zzzzzzzzzzzzzippppppppp 👍 great music by the way. Stay safe and ride on!
Lol. soooo noice. Liked your lightsaber thang. Clever boy. Amazing to get a gravel bike under 8kg with not a particularly light frame and fork, and a kg of rubber. Are 303s the right rims to be smashing off road though???? Though suppose Shane is almost bantamweight.
hello, I'm building a gravel mullet, my question is about the size of the chain, is the original sram eagle xx1 chain the correct length for a 44 teeth ratio at the front and with a 10/52 cassette? Thanks
The frame is not the lightest but very fast and agile for a solid cross bike. love my aspero - the xxl bb is so stiff very nice for climbing and sprint...
Hey I want to build an affordable bike, not sure if it will be carbon because it's for urban use; also for urban environment, I want a Minivelo (more agile on corners). Is a Minivelo frame lighter? Or is it the same weight? Intuition would say it is lighter, but so far, the ones that I've seen lean towards the heavy side.
Maybe you have an advise for me. I build up the same only different is the Sram force 1 crankset. I’m not able to adjust the setup of the chain not to touching on the first 4 gears the next bigger one. So I think I have some problems withdraw chainline, but this is given by the frame/crankset.
Howdy, recently discovered your channel. The builds are really cool and especially have a question about GPLama's Aspero build. Is there a way to run the brake hose thru the stem down the steer tube into the frame. With and AXS build it would give it an extra clean look. Thanks and look forward to seeing more of your work.
hey Tony, welcome. I would say maybe not, from factory the frame needs to be designed in a way that the there are room for the cable to go around the steerer and hide inside the headset bearings if that makes any sense, have a look at my Venge, Colnago and Giant propel build videos you would probably have a better idea how it works!
@@thedropcycling hey thanks for the quick reply. Ok I figured I might be expecting too much but 1 exposed hose isn’t too bad. I’ll check out your the colnago and giant builds.
Did I hear a little birthday song during the chain install? 😂. This video is so awesome! Stoked I have the same bike coming (not same build sadly 😢) I'm so excited though as the color is so awesome!!! Worth the extra month and half wait! Who would've thought I'd buy a bike that isn't available for almost two months... 😩😜
@thedropcycling is this build running and XD free hub body or XDR with spacer? Doing a similar build and the XD hubs for my wheels cannot be found due to supply shortage, but XDR is in stock.
🔥🔥🔥👍🏻. Great build! Only thing I noticed (and I'm NOT a bike mechanic, so this is not critique:)) - I always wear a mask cutting full carbon steerers.. is that not recommend? If so I'll stop doing that ;)))
@@thedropcycling really? What does it mean “doing it right”? A 5mm spacer on top is all you need. I would not take the risk, especially not with a gravel bike
Wow love this bike, I am in the process of changing my Gravel bike and this is great!. Do you know how much was the total cost? Thanks. Also this is the first video I see in your Channel, Love it!
This bike was really easy to assemble th-cam.com/users/postUgkxMesz3KOGEmwmvyKQfLfrRSUXLFzfVHZA 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.
Nice bike, nice video - what’s not to like. With that said, I would prefer that bikes are presented and weighted with pedals on. I know, old discussion. But pedals are an essential and personal part on a bike, just as the saddle, handlebar etc. - so why not make a habit of installing the pedals as well.
The pedals are actually showing in the video, they are the powermeter pedals but because the bike came with the latest Quarq powermeter Shane might do a powermeter comparison down the track but ultimately he might put on a normal set of pedals. Anyways yeah thanks for the comment mate👍
It's the "industry way" to strip the bike of almost almost everything before weighing it. The 303 Firecrest claimed weight is without valves, rim tape, rotors, cassette, etc. There's a lot of variance with most of those depending on what you choose, same for pedals, I guess.
Your attention to detail is second to none! Exactly what this bike deserved. Thanks again for the build (and the video!). Sub 8kgs! Woohoo! 🚲✨
My pleasure brother. Glad you love it👊
Great Christmas Present Lama, you have set the standard high, I like it!!!
17:45 Happy bikeday to Shane! Happy bikeday to Shane!
Ride footage soon please! Less than 8kg for the whole bike and with that massive plate of a cassette made me cry happy tears! :'))
Its a dream bike for many haha😄
I’m so confused upon what I just stumbled onto...but...it gives me warm fuzzies. So I’m staying.
Hahahaha yes sir. Thanks for commenting mate. Hopefully one day will meet you 👍🙌
Here hear.
Beautiful work, beautiful bike! ✨
Ohhhh maaaaaate. Love your channel, welcome mate😄😄👊👊
Hey Nick, I've been following your channel from early days (sort of) and have to say how nice it is to see how things have developed from both the technical side (your builds) but also from the aspect of Melbourne cycling culture. Delightful. Congratulations. Always look forward to your posts.
G'day Mike, thank you so much for your support. Consider myself pretty lucky to live in Melbourne and get to know some amazing people in the cycling world. Stay safe🙌
What a bike !!! Thing of beauty. You are a happy man, Shane :) I can't wait to see your next VDOs featuring this bike.
Can't wait😄
Never seen a bike shop fitting protective tape on a bike before in my area, that’s A plus finishing touch👌🏾
Agree
that 52 on the back looks insane
I agree
In Trinidad and Tobago the most southerly island of the Caribbean. The local expression used to describe someone who's very good at what he does is "yuh know yuh onions." Keep those videos coming.
Thanks mate
Beautiful! I just got my Aspero frame and am building it up to a similar spec - 3.4 AR, Ultegra/GRX di2, ENVE cockpit. Let the gravel racing begin!
damn that's an awesome build. well done mate
LOL gullible fool.
The master at work! Beautiful bike, great choice of components. You know it’s a serious build when brand new gloves come out!👌
Oh mate, you know me so well😄👍
54 will fit like a glove Shane. That’s 800 grams lighter than mine,a beast!
🧤
I know I’ll rewatch this again and again ... so great
Thanks Paul
The force is strong with this one! What a beauty!
You sensed it too?😄
Great video. Such skill. Something very therapeutic about watching a skilled craftsman at work building a thing of beauty.
Thanks Chris👍
Excellent video, lovely looking bike too. GPLama will be happy.👏👏👏
The Sram Eagle cassette is just crazy beautiful. That should be the gravel standard :D
Omg please don't make thid standard haha start saving up people😄🤣
Best bike build video I have seen to date ! Awesome thank you for sharing 👍
Hey mate thank you thank you. That's too kind👍
My wife was in another room in the house and thought I was watching a mucky film!
#SexyMusic
You were🤣🤣
Well his name is “Woody” 😮
Bikeporn.
@@GottfriedLee it's legal😄
The way the grease was applied to the BB was quite erotic.
This is my favorite! 😍😍😍 Matte grey, rainbow chain and cassette are hotttt! Great build!
Yay thanks Shelly😄🙌
So good Nick! I bet that will be a joy to spin around on. Under 8kg and what a dinner plate!!! Well done.
Thanks Luke. Yeah it turned out an awesome build👍
Great product- worked perfectly, no issues.
Master builder Zhang 🔥👍and what a bike!!
Thanks Dave as always😄
Can name all the part in this bike. Thanks
Shane has good taste. Nice job!
Agree. Thanks Ariel
Again, your videos never fail to satisfy me.
Thanks Nelson👍🙏
Can’t believe it was sub 8 kg pretty good with that rear cassette and what was the bar tape.? 😊👍
Hey Dave, me either, it's stupidly light for a gravel bike hey. Bar tap is Zipp as well, gotta be matchy matchy🤗
More like just stupid for a gravel bike. Just another cookie cutter CF piece of junk. 😆
Oh yea what a nice Christmas gift 👍 thx Shane for the video, really enjoyed watching and listening zzzzzzzzzzzzzippppppppp 👍 great music by the way. Stay safe and ride on!
Thanks mate for the comment. Love the bike, very smart choice. Turned out an awesome bike. 🙌 stay safe
From 17:45 you can hear «Happy bikeday, to Shane. Happy bikeday to Shane»
Hahahahhaha, brilliant
I am glad I was not the only one to hear this
Hahaha
Lol. soooo noice.
Liked your lightsaber thang. Clever boy.
Amazing to get a gravel bike under 8kg with not a particularly light frame and fork, and a kg of rubber.
Are 303s the right rims to be smashing off road though???? Though suppose Shane is almost bantamweight.
Funny guy, easy listening song, pretty bike.
Please do more!
no problem
Beautiful. Love my Aspero, but that build is something else 👏🏼
Thanks mate
Local Bike Shop, three great words same as TLC when you get the bike. 👍
Cheers Mark
Beautiful bike, fantastic build. 👊
Thanks Davis😄
The Maestro at work again...nice looking bike.
Thanks mate haha
hello, I'm building a gravel mullet, my question is about the size of the chain, is the original sram eagle xx1 chain the correct length for a 44 teeth ratio at the front and with a 10/52 cassette? Thanks
The color is so great👍
Love it haha thanks Pham
I'm gonna need this guy to build all my bikes
That is one smart looking bike! 👍🏻🤩
Exactly. Thanks for commenting
Yeah, for low IQ gullible idiots that is. 😀
I think you just cost me 12G! Happy bike day Shane 🤤
Dope build! Is that just a press fit dub bottom bracket? I have this bike with a shimano GRX but want to swap in a rival axs 1x… thanks in advance!
Yes I found the standard dub bb are already quite good👍
Nice bike for GPLama
He looked like a little kid when he first saw the bike, its AWESOME😄
@@thedropcycling Fantastic, well done
Thx Coen👍
What grease did you use on the headset and bb? What spray did you use to clean the oil from the hoods? great video and build!
Hey matt, it's called Raceline premium grease I think. To get rid of the oil, any alcohol based cleaning product will do the trick
Increíble build and video. So relaxing and pleasant to watch :)
It’s so much easier to work with great tool 👍 great set up
Thank you beautiful people
Anyone else want that crank to spin more?!? (You got yourself a sub! Great channel sir!)
Welcome
@GPLama great choices!
👌🏼
Sir, you are certainly in a class all by yourself... 👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽
too kind Me. Cee. thank youuuu!
that frame has such a beautiful finish and tone to it, its really quite sexy.
thank you
Loved the build and the music, Happy birthday was played oh the irony
Thanks Lan😄
Great build for Lama, what is the name of the white color grease used? thanks
thanks, Race line premium I think
@@thedropcycling thanks! guess you meant Finish Line Premium.
@@Cyclingchoice haha yes
Drop dead georgeous build!
Thank you
The frame is not the lightest but very fast and agile for a solid cross bike. love my aspero - the xxl bb is so stiff very nice for climbing and sprint...
Thanks for sharing
The music. The music reminds me of Charlie Brown's Christmas. I love it.
haha thanks mate!
Nick - keep this up and you will need a bigger workshop, "if you build it, they will come" Cheers
Thanks Clifford. Do my best👍
Beautiful work !! what kind of expander do you use for this build?
Hey I want to build an affordable bike, not sure if it will be carbon because it's for urban use; also for urban environment, I want a Minivelo (more agile on corners). Is a Minivelo frame lighter? Or is it the same weight? Intuition would say it is lighter, but so far, the ones that I've seen lean towards the heavy side.
Hi I am actually not familiar with it wish I could help
Maybe you have an advise for me. I build up the same only different is the Sram force 1 crankset. I’m not able to adjust the setup of the chain not to touching on the first 4 gears the next bigger one. So I think I have some problems withdraw chainline, but this is given by the frame/crankset.
that sounds weird, not sure what the problem is maybe bring it to a shop
Happy Birthday !
My lord that's a beautiful bike! I had to type this comment with one hand.
Hahahahha thanks
Howdy, recently discovered your channel. The builds are really cool and especially have a question about GPLama's Aspero build. Is there a way to run the brake hose thru the stem down the steer tube into the frame. With and AXS build it would give it an extra clean look. Thanks and look forward to seeing more of your work.
hey Tony, welcome. I would say maybe not, from factory the frame needs to be designed in a way that the there are room for the cable to go around the steerer and hide inside the headset bearings if that makes any sense, have a look at my Venge, Colnago and Giant propel build videos you would probably have a better idea how it works!
@@thedropcycling hey thanks for the quick reply. Ok I figured I might be expecting too much but 1 exposed hose isn’t too bad. I’ll check out your the colnago and giant builds.
Welcome to Jazz Club...nice!
Thanks Mikk👍
Beautiful job Nick, now what ever you do, don't let him put that on an indoor trainer!
haahhaha roger that!!!!!
Did I hear a little birthday song during the chain install? 😂. This video is so awesome! Stoked I have the same bike coming (not same build sadly 😢) I'm so excited though as the color is so awesome!!! Worth the extra month and half wait! Who would've thought I'd buy a bike that isn't available for almost two months... 😩😜
Haha good work mate. It's an awesome frame, very well designed and the build quality is👌 definitely worth the wait👍
Is this the bike wout van aert gonna ride next year maybe
@thedropcycling is this build running and XD free hub body or XDR with spacer? Doing a similar build and the XD hubs for my wheels cannot be found due to supply shortage, but XDR is in stock.
Pretty sure xdr with spacer
🔥🔥🔥👍🏻. Great build! Only thing I noticed (and I'm NOT a bike mechanic, so this is not critique:)) - I always wear a mask cutting full carbon steerers.. is that not recommend? If so I'll stop doing that ;)))
yes, you don't want to inhale carbon dust
You should wear a mask or spray some soapy water to stop the dust float in the air
@@Rob-fx5yn you are correct
Love the frame colour. Why doesnt Cannondale come up with these colour combinations?
I knooooowwwwwww
Can I ask why didn’t you grease the headset out of interest? I always do this but isn’t it required/best practices?
Sorry comment made to early..you were just sizing it up!
19.40 - that's how professionals work
Haha thanks Rollo, just a little bit more patience here and there will do it
Amazing build and bike !! Great job . How much would this cost ?
I think rrp is around $12k AUD
LOL
Are there any drain holes on those rims for water?
Have a feeling this bike is worth way more than my car.
yeah boi :D great build!
Thanks brooooo!
Хомут подседельного штыря поставил прорезью вперед. А на раме прорезь сзади... В остальном понравилось)
thanks
Beautiful build 👍🏻. Quick question, what’s the yellow grease you use on the axels?
Butter 👍🏿
1st time I see your videos and I love it!!!. Could you provide us with the list of all components? I don’t even own a bike and I want that so bad!!
Cervelo aspero frame
Sram red Etap Axs groupset
Zipp 303 firecrest tubeless wheels
Zipp seatpost, handlebars and stem
Pro stealth saddle
Zen of bike building! 🧎♂️
🙏
Satisfying to watch ✨
what is the white grease in the area of the steering tube bearings?
What a shop!!!🙏
Haha thanks Matt
The three people who gave a thumbs down also hate puppies.
Yes sir haha, hater and lovers all welcome to this channel haha. Thanks for backing me up legend👍 love puppies🤣
Beautiful video
shouldn't you always put a spacer on top of the stem with a carbon steerer to avoid the top edge of the step clamping on the end of the steerer?
If you do it right you can avoid it
@@thedropcycling really? What does it mean “doing it right”? A 5mm spacer on top is all you need. I would not take the risk, especially not with a gravel bike
Beautiful machine
Tolerances look a bit loose on steerer bearings?
I torqued it right I think
Incredible!!!!!
Thanks Wali
Bondhus. The choice of champions :-)
Wow love this bike, I am in the process of changing my Gravel bike and this is great!. Do you know how much was the total cost? Thanks. Also this is the first video I see in your Channel, Love it!
hi welcome. I would say around $12k mark.
@@thedropcycling thanks for ur reply... Wow too high for me hehehehe
Sweet build
Thanks brett
Is that grease you put on under the cassette and centrelock discs? Did not know I was meant to do that (very basic home mechanic here)
@@brettoau84 yeah you don't need to put a lot
I'm in a zen state after watching this...
Hahaha👍😄
Perfect Gravel!😍👍🇧🇷
LOL
Wonderful build! The intermittent HBD tune though..... 🤣
Hahaha I love it
Wow ustedes son los mejores arman super máquinas
I need a scotch to watch this masterpiece
Oh mad invite😑😑😊
I'm having one. Slainte! It rounded out two of my other favorites, jazz and bikes.
@@mellowcat42 😄😄👍
@@thedropcycling haha! Didn't think you drank! #MrNatural
This bike was really easy to assemble th-cam.com/users/postUgkxMesz3KOGEmwmvyKQfLfrRSUXLFzfVHZA 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.
Hello, can you provide the name of the grease for the bb you used?
raceline preium grease
What the total cost
Hello. What white grease did you use for assembling?
Raceline premium
Porque não sonhar, os sonhos não envelhecem....
Nice bike, nice video - what’s not to like. With that said, I would prefer that bikes are presented and weighted with pedals on. I know, old discussion. But pedals are an essential and personal part on a bike, just as the saddle, handlebar etc. - so why not make a habit of installing the pedals as well.
The pedals are actually showing in the video, they are the powermeter pedals but because the bike came with the latest Quarq powermeter Shane might do a powermeter comparison down the track but ultimately he might put on a normal set of pedals. Anyways yeah thanks for the comment mate👍
It's the "industry way" to strip the bike of almost almost everything before weighing it. The 303 Firecrest claimed weight is without valves, rim tape, rotors, cassette, etc. There's a lot of variance with most of those depending on what you choose, same for pedals, I guess.
when I was building my bike few months back I was wondering why would the factory leave the steerer so fucking long?
😍😍😍😍
😁😁