João Almeida’s Colnago V4RS | UAE Team Emirates Pro Bike
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 27 พ.ค. 2023
- We checked out the Colnago V4RS of Portuguese national champion and UAE Team Emirates superstar João Almeida ahead of the Giro d’Italia. João’s 2023 bike is set up with Enve wheels, the latest Shimano Dura-Ace groupset and a Prologo saddle. Ollie takes a close-up look, weighs the bike and does an all-important freehub soundcheck. Bota Lume!
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Cav’s bike please.
@@chrishophoto Astana's Wiliers are the best looking bikes in the peloton!!
Trek madone
Ollie is the best at presenting bikes!
He's just the best at presenting :) (except for interviewing his heroes)
He’s the best presenter
It's certainly his happy place! Have you seen him presenting buses? Just as happy 👉th-cam.com/video/-trrQ4bsoYg/w-d-xo.html
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As a portuguese i love it!
😉👍
You should be proud 🙌
@@gcntech I think i speak for all Portuguese people, we are proud of João, has been knocking on podium since 2020, its earned!
5:13 top cap looks backwards
4:35 the corratec rider walking by , good for the sponsorship 😂
can't stop those guys 👀
it would be enlightening to do a video about which Italian bike brands are still owned and operated by Italians compared to the ones that were swept up by billionaire investment firms.
Stunning, simply beautiful 😍
The headset top cap being 180° from the right position really bugged me
I noticed that, I think it is on backwards.
Haha I noticed the same thing, it’s backwards 🤦♂️
Thanks for the content GCN!!
You're welcome! Get those notifications on and you'll never miss a video 🙌
Love those wheels
Amazing bike.
Saw a Darimo seatpost there. Nice...
perfect one
I have that same saddle on my bikes and I ended up slamming it forward too, almost exact same measurements on my rides too. It's just where it ended up being comfy for me. Awesome bike.
interesting! Are you pushing for a more aero position? 👀
@@gcntech just a comfy position to me, but of note, I race tt as my primary activity, so it could be "normal" by accident.
Would be interesting to know which brake pads the pros are running, metal or resin
Beauty.
What a weapon!
🚀
Very smart
Great bike! thanks for sharing, but looks like that cap of the stem is on backwards?
Thanks Luis!
Ollie missed the fact that the seat post is an unmarked Darimo seat post, not made by Colnago.
That headset cap was on backwards and it's bothering me.
What a bike beautiful ❤❤❤❤❤🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥 like cipoppllini bike
Great vid, can we have an in depth look at primoz roglic 1x setup bike please???
The bike that everyone's talking about! We can't wait to get our hands on it
1:54 - "Twice on Sundays"! ;)
I have two bike bells - the one-watt toll I pay for a symmetry.
The standard team edition V4rs comes with Colnago's CC.01 integrated bar and stem. Interesting to know what Enve integrated handlebar and stem the team is using.
It's an ENVE integrated handlebar that is only possible to purchase together with an ENVE frameset. Not sold seperately.
I've seen photos where some of the riders are still riding the deda bars from before, so it must be rider preference
The new Bianchi RC would be interesting
Interesting that we don‘t see short cranks on the pro bikes very often. Why do you think is that?
Cant find that Enve handlebar anywere? dont they sell there integrated handlebars??
Beautiful bike. The Colnago is pretty much the benchmark in bikes
First name correctly spelled. don't see that often 😊😊👏👏
UNREAL bike….. one on the lightest in the Peloton I’d say 🤔 top quality bike review as I’d expect from the Top Tech Ollie 😊😂
It was a pleasure to get our hands on the bike 👀 Ollie was like a kid in sweet shop 😂
V2R or V3R rim brake were 6.8 kg, that were top models, not this tank
@@stibra101 my v3rs with disc is 6.9kg (with heavy Garmin peddles and wheels that are 1.4kg). I'd say its the wheels that are making all the bikes heavier - they weigh so much....
Oli please make a Shimano bike (blue bike) review.
Beautiful Colnago, it's almost a mortal sin not to have Campagnolo groupsets on Italian bikes. Campy will return soon. Italians do it better. Love these tech vids of specific bikes etc, well done Ollie.
Do you know why they switched to shimano this year? There is not a lot of campy in the peleton anymore :(
Hahaha there is something not quite right... although the Shimano looks pretty great! 👀
Can you get Ollie to take a detailed look at the new Campag super record electronic groups etc that's apparently out today.
Wow, they're all on choobless.
So heavy!! GCN german weighted Marc Hirschis Colnago bike and it was only 6,9kg
i prefer this over their previous campy setup
Might explain why they have so many mechanical issues.
Glad they got rid of the gold lettering. Prefer Super Record mechanical though. I wonder if Mr Colnago is still involved with the company, having sold a big portion of his shares.
What the hell the headcover on the stem is placed wrong direction???
It must be that way in order to assemble ENVE stem with V4RS?
Heavier than I expected. Was also surprised he didn't use a shallower rim on some of the big climb stages at the Giro.
It has deep wheels with disk breaks, pedals, powermeter and bottle cages included.
@@miguelstella2 Still, it's exactly a whole kg heavier than my bike, which also has deep wheels, pedals, PM and bottle cages (although not disc brakes..). Disk brakes are heavy.
@@miguelstella2 I watched the video.
@@miguelstella2 Why does a road bike need disc brakes??? I guess it prevents it going under 6.8kg hehe.
@@durianriders It doesn't, the problem is that this is the industry trend and they use what sponsors want to sell. There is the fact that light weight carbon wheels don't like the rim brakes, specially in tubeless configuration (there is always the delamination risk if it gets too hot), so in the end is a trade of between weight and aero and aero right now, looks cooler, more expensive so better to manufacturers...
T47 with a Shimano 24mm axle?
Look, it's 1996! We're gluing magnets to the frame!
Remco was riding clinchers with latex tubes
That Richard Mille sticker looks heavy!
It is a long one 😂
Frame size ?
PORTUGAL !!!!!!!!!! ❤💛💚
Its a Darimo seat post
Awesome Bike :) 7.22 KGs is mind blowing :)
That is one light bike 🪶 Would you ride this one?
@@gcntech Yep 💯
7.2 kg is crazy heavy for that small frame
Where is Froomy’s bike?
Do the pros have fewer punctures on the world tour now that they are running tubeless? I’ve been running road tubeless since 2019 and was wondering why the pros hadn’t converted earlier.
Great question Carol! One for #askgcntech perhaps 🤔 Pro teams can often be slow to take on new tech as they want 100 reliability (and cycling is certainly steeped in tradition). Their needs are very different to the daily amateur but now tubeless is so reliable and can save energy, it's becoming the go to option. We're converts 👉 th-cam.com/video/dAOl1xf3yJE/w-d-xo.html
@@gcntech In the Giro, it appeared that flats were happening ALL the time - there appeared to be no reduction in puncturing at all? They way the media reports on tubeless is that you never get punctures - but this is clearly not true for the pro riders?
Those tall and visually loud wheels don't male it for me, also prefered the Campy group.
Cmoon Ollie 54/40 is a standard in a new Shimano groupsets and you know it. So now most of the PROs uses these and not 53/39 anymore :-)
Not in big/small, just nice.
Hahahah giving Ollie a taste of his own medicine 😂
7.26kg....that is pretty light.
For a gravel bike xD
Rim brakes are great until they delaminate your carbon rims or just don’t really work at all in the rain.
or XC bike
@@freebird61885 Never ever have seen anyone with delaminating carbon rims. Those freak accidents are just that: freak accidents. I have seen plenty of discs being totally finished after one wet ride though.
@@l.d.t.6327 finished after one ride? No you haven’t.
@@freebird61885 I haven't. I'm riding rim brakes. Fellow cyclists (same club) have while doing Tour of Flanders 2023 in adverse weather.
Pretty sure he rides a size 48.5, not 51
72cm saddle height is quite low for a 1.78m rider.
Nicest bike in the peloton, but Campy would be an upgrade.
They used to run it before switching to Shimano!
7.2 for a 52?? Damn im a 58 size that bike would be in the 8 kilo range in my size, no thanks stick to my evo high mod rim job for 6.8 bang on
Less then 50 gramms of difference between frame sizes.
Portugal CARALHO! Tugas where are you??
Força aí,grande corrida do Joao,Portugal não é só futebol.os canais do estado deviam dar mais destaque ao ciclismo,como deram a muitos anos atras.Orgulho nos nos nossos ciclistas e outros atletas que nos honram de sermos Portugueses.
2:59 ". . . both in time trials and on the road . . ." I thought time trials were ALSO on the road?
4:11 We found the bike. Quiet, make sure he doesn't escape again.
Whoa…i have usd3500 with similar weight!!! I just dont have the legs and lungs like Joao
Sounds like a R45 Ck hub
Yeah i guess it could make a good grocery getter if it doesn't cost to much. Can i get one with finders and a kick stand? How bout the little bell. And some of those cool lights that light up when your tire spins. Wallmart bikes, they all come with a kickstand i mean really. Pay that much and don't even get a kickstand jeees lueeees.
Keepemcoming now ya hear.
Stick a rack on the back and you'll be sorted! 😂
@@gcntech 😂
Portugal rides Italy on behalf of UAE
The headset cap ist mounteted the wrong direction😅
The top cap isn’t in the right position! It flips me out😅😂
How much does GCN earn from these?
Old video? They use carbon-ti chainrings and discbrake rotors now
...and Darimo seatpost to save grams!!
Reasonably heavy for a 52cm bike
Crazy heavy
54/40 is absolutely bonkers.
40 is big enough for us 🤯
Jumbos 51cm R5
Really surprised to see just how dinged and scratch the bike is.
That isn't really a surprise - have you seen what Roglic's mechanic did to his spare bike when he noticed his rider rather needed a push than a new bike? 😜
Hahaha these bikes have been put through there paces for the last few weeks 😂
Ollie looks a lot like Kevin Magnussen
72cm of saddle height is pretty low for 178cm body height, no ?
João Almeida have short legal... So normal...
He added a few cm to his height who doesn't?
All that weight saving and 400grams heavier than it needs/could/should be.
It must be a mechanic in joke to hide some lead weights in the frame for Ollie's reviews.
You didn't say nothing about the bottle cages 😐
maybe watch the full video before leaving comment......8:04
Sorry, Harry, but it was mentioned at 8:04. In your de fence, though, that was a hurried [Harried] mention. I hate being your lawyer, the low pay!
Thanks Savage ! 🤣 Is the company that makes them called elite?
@@HarryTzianakisTheGodOfSpeed Yes, 'elite', strangely available to amateurs too, if not the UCI just passed a rule stating EVERYTHING must be available to all. Which means🤔🤨 we will get tons of EPO?🤭🤭🤭
@@savagepro9060 ha ha ha 🤣 and asthma spray for those with no astha
Interestingly enough, they use 28c Conti GP 5000s TR on a 25mm internal hookless wheel, which, as per ETRTO 2023, is no longer recommended and Conti has started to recommend at least 30c on rims of that width.
Apparently not for pros…
For the love of god. Teach Ollie to say his name correct 😂😂 Joâo
Can we all agree that headset cap is on backwards, and not even straight with the stem? 🙈
For me the stem and the finhising of the cockpit is very important...but im not a pro,i just like my bikes to be nices,it has a psicological efect😁
this bike is richard mille, not almeida
or it is stem model?
That’s a sponsor.. Richard Mille is a wrist watch maker.
YOU Take 0.5 watt improvement at 45kph everyday ? Your zone 2 must be 45kph average :))
It's João, not Jao...
In English the “ão” sound doesn’t exist. It is what it is
@@fabioqueiros9322 I know. But would be better to pronounce joao rather than Jao.
I'm sure you can pronounciate every single english word correctly. Give him a brake! It's hard for them.
I can't, nor claim to.
but I make an effort, and if I don't know how to, I try to learn, and I'm happy if people correct me.
It's not even a difficult word, not too dissimilar from the English word Joanna.
I'm not being hard on GCN, just giving some constructive feedback imo.
Although, some people seem to get triggered...
178cm size 52? im V confused how they managed to fit him on that
Especially his saddle height is baffling. 72cm. He must have really short legs relative to body length.
7.22 Kg? Hold on. Let me call a friend.
Hello, is this Durianrider?
Do you like listening to people whine about the same thing over and over and over?
@@rocco5466 I sure do
Easy to get it lighter with a diff set of wheels
It wasn’t supposed to have the rider name on the bike?
“I’m a big fan of hidden nipples!” - Ollie 2023
we'll put that on a t-shirt 😂
Yet again GCN don’t do their homework. 54/40 has been the default pro choice for all Shimano teams since 12 speed was introduced.
Portugaaaaaaaaaaaaal YHEAAAAAAAA
That frame color might be subtle but there's nothing subtle about all those brand logos popping out. Like, I get it, that's kind of what they want, their brand to be seen but boy does it make the bike look ugly to me. I like less contrast with my bike color and the brand logos, the smaller the logo the better. I figure, if you make good gear you don't need to be so loud about it. Right now all I see are the big brand logos on the wheels and that gigantic Colnago logo. Yikes.
It's a pro bike. You can customize your bike design in a zillion ways. Pro bikes need to be seen, logos need to be readable on TV's and in pictures. Why am I stating the obvious...Yikes.
This top cap on the stem is backward...
#FreeTheNipple
Saving weight on a Chinese disc brake bike. Welcome to 2023, where up is down and left is right. @durianriders Will love it. #clownworld
The increasing numbers of riders using the ever-increasing smaller handlebars APPEARS proportional to the increasing numbers of crashing in the peloton! Twitchy handling!
Colnago / Shimano something wrong....😢
7.2kg is light. I wish my bike was that light.
No, it is heavy for pro small size bike
@@stibra101 With pedals I find it acceptable. If it was without pedals then I'd lean on the average end. 7.2kg with pedals and Enve 4.5s is light.
@@JFomo Well, some steel bikes with pedals are around that weight :) It is light for steel, not for pro racing bike
Shimano should stop painting the crank teeth, it looks terrible after the first use. Not sure what the point is.
Cheaper to manufacture.
1:40 "im a big fan of hidden nipples"
I'm not a fan on internal nipples, unless the spoke alignment is perfect, which it isn't, you have a stress point and you are looking at premature spoke failure
I’m always in favor of foregoing that 1/2 watt savings in order the get some exposed nipples. 😉
Aren't we all 😂
looks like any generic chinese brand carbon frame. That gap between the wheel and the downtube is massive. Not very aero.
The SL7 has a tighter gap, and it makes the bike a bit twitchy on descents when going through corners with the shorter wheelbase. Both the V4RS and the new SuperSix Hi Mod have a wider wheelbase, and bigger gap, and the stability is better; they did some aero vudo with the fork to make the differences extremely marginal. I prefer the stability.