The FASTEST Gravel Tech At The World Championships
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 9 ต.ค. 2024
- The UCI Gravel World Championships see riders adopting a wide range of approaches to their bike setup.
We were on the ground in Leuven, Belgium to speak to the top riders, including Marianne Vos, Mathieu van der Poel, Connor Swift, Valtteri Bottas, Matej Mohoric and Matt Holmes.
So here is the fastest gravel tech in the world.
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What's your favourite bit of pro gravel tech? 👇
Can you ask your editors/journalists which modern road bike is the most exciting/fun to ride regardless of performance?
The tiny phone was the best.
This video shows the amount of marketing involved in gravel. Get ready to pay 10k for a gravel bike 😂
Haha we’re already there..
Is that with or without the €4k for a built in pump?
Literally
That’s cheap
Hell yeah show me all the new bikes.
Think we'll ever have a chance to see a UCI Gravel Worlds hosted in North America? yeah, this one was a bit 'more' than previous but still seemed kinda weak, even compared to general euro gravel events that I've watched (Finland, Spain, Iceland). Almost felt like Strada Bianche is still more 'gravel' than this event.
I hope this comment ages like milk, but no I doubt it. I’d love to see what the cyclocross legends could do with a course like unbound. I think it would be spectacular. I think they could also perform very well, and simultaneously open up the other half of the world to how gnarly gravel can be.
The butt phone, I hope he didn't buy it used
In few years coming, gravel bike is just 29er XC setup tech with tyre upto 2.25.. im coming from the future to tell you guys
XC with gravel geometry, smaller travel suspension - lightweight, dropbar, and aero. I would like to see such configuration, and to buy that 😆
@@sim999 dont forget bout 4pot brake ans softail at the back rear
@@hamdithahrir and dropper seatpost
UCI knows how to F up everything.
UCI sanctioned gravel feels so uninspiring. It's just all a bit boring at this point. No grassroots vibe, no chaos, no atmosphere...and a 4000 euro tire pressure system?! Wtf This is Sunday school racing for rich kids.
thrilled to see the Pinarello x. I've been riding an x7 for several months and have been curious about taking on some light gravel...
I'm sure Swift would endorse this fully
As a gravel cyclist, it feels like the actual gravel at these championships was modest at best, certainly nothing to challenge the cyclists who almost never ride it. Nonetheless, glad to see it getting this sort of high-level attention, which can only help grow this genre of cycling!
Having ridden the course I roundly reject this armchair know nothing North American trope. The course ran around trails, paths and tracks I have used for 30 years - I used to ride a hardtail on them in the mid '90s, then used a full sus (Scott Strike Gzero Pro) in the naughties, and now ride them on my Trek Checkpoint. The course is most definitely Gravel. Dry, but still gravel. Had it been more typical Belgian October weather then many sectors would have been real mud fests and no one would have dared ride even semi-slicks.
I also spectated at a corner at the entrance to the Forest de soignes (before the TV coverage began) and saw (minor) crashes in many groups so its also not true that everyone rode it without issues....
@@wayne5741 I don't agree that "Belgium doesn't have the 'gravel" roads/paths/trails that other countries have" is any reason to either denigrate the course or not run the championship in Belgium. the fact is that all countries have different gravel and even different types of off road surfaces in different parts of the country. This course gave a fantastic mix of different types of off road surfaces and included several sectors I studiously avoid riding as they are in fact rather challenging. Not that they were covered on the TV - as they were in the first part of the course before Tervuren.
That the course was short and had a loop in Halle and Leuven is, however, not a reflection of the course that could have been run through the same area over a longer route and more interesting trails. That I'm sure of from riding here for so long.
The European country I'd like to see the race run in is Denmark (after bikepaking there a few times) - especially the west coast of Jutland. The problem with that is the logistics of getting such a large race with so many participants there (especially hotel space) though.
It can't be too challenging, as they won't get the top road pros, and the UCI need them to 'sell' the sport/event.
and yet cyclocross world champions won on this course...for both men and women. Surely those riders know a thing or two about riding off-road and winning a sprint.
I hate that gravel is now being sucked into this pro / commercial bubble, basically just an extension for road pros.
We'll see how the courses progress. If they become fully self supported, 300 mile events on chunky gravel we'd probably see very different winners
@@bikeradar we were there until UCI came in said: hey, that's mine now.
you can still enjoy riding your gravel bike, why all the hate?
@@l.d.t.6327 because the pro peloton sucks all the air out of the room, and the bicycle companies shift every product toward what works for exactly one kind of riding. Everything once again tends to hyper-expensive, overly stiff, survive a race and replace it gear.
@@ericpmoss but as always, the market decides, and as always, the majority of the market is maybe not the smartest in terms of what they prefer vs what they think they need because they see it in races, but it’s the majority. The ones that know exactly what they want will always find a niche frame builder etc.
For me Gravel is road bike with big tyres, not mtb with thin tyres. With that in mind , and with the poor technology offered by a road bike compared to a mtb, how can prices be so high?
Great coverage of the tech, was about to subscribe to the channel except for the spoilers at the end. Was about to watch the race off the back of this video but alas.
Like a the look of that Lapierre. 👍🏻
lol what is Valtteri Bottas doing there?! 😂
He qualified for the age group race
Hahahah Matt Holmes' phone is incredible
Mathieu had the Sahmu Sword tubeless plugs in his handlebars, cool to see!
Fantastic spot. I completely missed them. Liam
The color of Mathieu van der Poe's Grail is just 😋
I’ve been riding gravel roads for 25 years now. Best bike for it? 26 inch GT Zaskar with dropbars, hydraulic Magura hs33 rim brakes, 2.10 (slick) tires. Way ahead of time!
This video would have been much better without the focus on the stars. These folks ride whatever their teams tell them to.
Why does the shifter in the thumbnail on MVDPs bike look so weird? I clicked expecting to see that weird thing but it was all lies apparently!
We A/B test thumbnails so for a time, you may see a different one to everyone else. TH-cam then picks the one people like the most. I think you've seen the picture of Matej Mohoric's bike. That's the lever for his dropper post.
In my thumbnail is a canyon grail. The hood looks like a whole different shifter, like a new product. Probably because the hand holding the bike up was photoshopped out?
They photoshopped the dura ace shifters to act like that was the new tech. A new low for clickbait, thats a shame...
@@bikeradarDownvoted video and stopped watching for poor integrity.
@@woutervanderdoes5163 We know what you mean now - and yes, you're right, we photoshopped out a hand that was holding up the bike for our pictures. Not our best work, but we wanted to get the video out ASAP. We certainly weren't intending to trick anyone / make clickbait. Cheers for watching!
MVDP terreno zero, the best ! perfect choice Mat :) fast rolling , but side grip. ( ps : 38 , You cant get better for a race like this )
UCI: "Gravel World Championships!:
UCI: "Oops! We forgot the gravel!"
UCI: "Paris-Tours 2024 stole all the gravel"
Having ridden the course I roundly reject this armchair know nothing North American trope. The course ran around trails, paths and tracks I have used for 30 years - I used to ride a hardtail on them in the mid '90s, then used a full sus (Scott Strike Gzero Pro) in the naughties, and now ride them on my Trek Checkpoint. The course is most definitely Gravel.
"cycle path" WC -
could have ridden 38mm Slicks
@@frazergoodwin4945 If UCI said "Oops" who are you?
@@czeckson74 "21mm tubulars"
Surprising me for one, that MVDP uses a shimano power meter. Sponsorship is more important than power numbers that mean something I guess.
Luke Lamperti is a great young rider from my neck of the woods and I hope he does well!
Cadenas enceradas por todos lados siiii🎉🎉🎉
My boy really said Jumbo Visma about .02 seconds into the video.
Old habits haha. Liam
How did 2.2 MTB tires do on this track? Wider is better? Right?
I'm not sure MTB tires are faster on bike lanes.
Seems like this course required neither the volume of MTB tires nor increased puncture protection, so from rolling resistance perspective, some of the fastest gravel/road tires (likes of Challenge Strade Bianca Pro, Schwalbe G-One RS or Schwalbe Pro One) would be a small amount faster even compared to Schwalbe Thunder Burt or Continental Race King Protection. However, likes of van der Poel completed the course with an average speed of over 37 (maybe even 38) kph, so aerodynamic plays a significant role and the narrower tires would likely have the edge there even if they rolled a bit slower on a drum.
No it's not. Wider tires are heavier and make no sense on bikes not ridden in extreme terrain.
mathieu did't use dura ace wheels, but what did he use?
FYI, "tread" is the rubber on the tire designed to be in contact with the road, trail, gravel, etc. Tread can be slick, grooved, knobby, or anywhere in between.
No checkmate at the race?
These tires “look wider than what they are” is the cycling equivalent of “This amplifier goes to 11.” 🤦♂️
Jumbo visma is back!
They never died in my heart. Liam
Give MVDP a full aero road bike, the Aeroad with wider tyres, and he will still smoke all. How come if the gravel bikes are so good, not a single rider uses them at the Robaix?
A Zoolander phone! 😂
VDP tyres are 38c which means 40mm wide.
Depends on the rims they sit on, but Alpecin were letting me nowhere near his tyres with callipers haha
Yes, you can see the sidewall says at 2:13 under the 38c it says under it really small 40-622. I run these tires as well and they are 40mm
The wheels of Van der Poel are actually not Shimano. Probably Dt Swiss Grc...
The hubs were Dura-Ace but I was wondering about the rims. I suggest in my written tech gallery that they could be from the GRX line. DT is a great shout tho. Liam
Gravel worlds should be in the US. That’s where all the specialists ride and they can make a course that truly separates it from a road classic. My opinion.
for your information :
1- bike racing started in Europe more than a century ago when a lot of roads were dirt. The 1910 TdF included a gravel climb up the Galibier.
2- The men and women winners are both 6 times WCh of Cyclocross which basically is wet gravel racing on a loop.
The new trend is coming from the US but gravel is nothing more than bike path trekking with an "Insta/Rapha/Strava" rebranding.
this tire pressure system is mad! 4000 for this one function? 😳👎🏻 And MV's title doesn't mean that is worked - she simply was the strongest rider. The Industry is getting more and more ridiculous!
Funny that bicycles get electronic tire pressure systems and this is not available on most motorbikes…
38mm tires, 3.5bar tire pressure, slick tires, some racers on road bikes and road bike groupsets.. All point to a pathetically easy course .. not what a world championship course should be.
They didn't need the auto pressure system on that course
You don't need it on any course. The time you might gain because of it is most likely not more that the time you lose by having to focus on which buttons to push to adjust pressure.
Afterall it is just a marketing show driven by the sponsors 😁
Canyon is paying MVDP too much money to let him ride a road bike.
Claims were made (much later) that the Rockshox used to "win" Paris-Roubaix back-in-the-day had the lockout engaged...and never disengaged. How long before we find out Vos never bothered to fiddle with the silly tire inflator gizmo? MVdP's bike - how do you KNOW those are Shimano wheels? FYI- ALL tires have tread unless it's worn away and it's time to replace 'em. What you refer to is tread PATTERN, something molded-in like knobs, sipes, etc. which MVdP's tires had - they weren't slicks like you'd see on a MOTOGP machine, HTF does an F1 driver qualify to race gravel worlds? The Finnish National Team is lacking for riders?
Maybe he asked a mechanic what brand the wheels were? Not everything's a conspiracy.
The wheels had Dura-Ace hubs but you're right to point out the unmarked rims. I suggest in my written tech gallery that they could be from Shimano's gravel range, but it's not something I spotted while filming. To be clear, I didn't ask the team, so the rims could be anything
Bottas qualified in the same way that all other riders did. He rode qualifying events and has even won an event in his age group.
Soon gravel bike gonna faster than Roadbike and more expensive 🎉
Gravel bike are not gonna be* faster than roadbikes*, at least not on paved roads.
Ya but will anyone carry them in 650b :(
More expensive then a car 😂
I guess they’ve reinvented gravel again, because that’s definitely not the gravel I know.
This is 2024 gravel. The 2025 vintage will be totally different
All this tech just to ride on the dirt, I can see it coming here comes all the powder puff posers riders saying of sh*t I just got to have this stuff! Nuts!
Bet Vos didn't touch it once. Only on her bike for the ££££
Yes, you clickbaited me, and I fell for it. The message in the thumbnail is nonsense! On the road, a road bike is still faster than a gravel bike! Period. And that pressure monitoring system is a solution to a problem nobody every had. Wonder if champion Marianne Vos actually ever used it or just took the money from the sponsorship and rather paid attention to going as fast as possible. There might be very few occasions where you can gain a few seconds when you can change tire pressure on the go, and only in a race. For most racers and all recreational riders, who have to pay for their bikes and parts from their own pockets, 4000 bucks/quid are better spent elsewhere than on a system that still requires an unpunctured tire to work properly.
I made a great decision buying a gravel bike and have road wheels and gravels.
Too bad it wasn't a gravel race.
They should try actually using gravel for a change.
1:00 Poor girl probably doesn’t even know where these very ‘useful’ tech sponsors put the buttons for that tire pressure nonsense.
That 'poor' girl is Marianne Vos and besides she used this to win the race and become WC, she'd drop you on any terrain.
I’ve never seen a better example of Dunning-Kruger syndrome
@@l.d.t.6327 That’s what I’m talking about. She never needed this built-in pump to win. If anything, it was just extra weight added to the bike to prove her dominance. 😁
@@IvanMalechko Well, she used it, on about every gravel sector. Maybe it didn't help her winning but it didn't slow her down either.
@@l.d.t.6327 Agreed, but the way she talked about it was kind of funny :) (Not for 'Graava' management :)). Who knows, maybe in a few years we'll all be routinely using it the same way as dropper posts.
How is this a “gravel” race?
Why aren't mountain bike races ever on mountains?
Fill diferences.
The gravel course at The World Champs is a joke - some of the tamest no-skill terrain to ride.
Did you ride it? The TV coverage didn't do it justice IMO. Liam
@bikeradar No I didn't, I went off the footage. Basically none of the course looked like bike handling skill would be a prevailing factor in speed. Like road cycling, it's almost entirely all power based.
Obviously, it's "all opinion", but IMO a different discipline = courses should be showcasing proper different skill sets. Look at the US Lifetime Grand Prix, it still is power focused but at least there is variety in courses e.g. Leadville where people timing their power output to jostle for singletrack positions etc. Riding all types of terrain.
Look at modern XC courses, there's a reason why they're objectively better now. Because MTB handling skills are an actual necessity to finish the course. Courses in the early to mid 2000s were essentially road cyclists on MTB. Now those same roadies would be walking half the features.
@@lenolenoleno some of the Lifetime courses have basically 0 corners. No skills required at all. This course required a lot of skill.
@@jameseastwood402 Didn't say all of the Lifetime Grand Prix courses are great (a few of them are as bland as this course) but at least the overall winner is determined by a number of stages where it's more skill based.
This course did not require "a lot of skill". A cyclocross course requires "a lot of skill". This was far from it. The gravel roads in the highlights reel is smoother than many of the roads on my commute to work. Combined with almost no elevation gain = bland. In fairness, it's flat Belgium so what are you going to do.
However it was loads better than the World Champs of years prior which were tamer than a Sunday morning retiree rail trail course.
Why dont they just use MTBs??? I dont get the necessity of gravel bikes
Gravel bikes are not a necessity and you can definitely race gravel on a MTB, however if you have ever raced gravel near the front of the field you would realize why racers choose gravel bikes over MTB, they are just faster mainly due to the ability to hold a more aero position for longer (disregarding the gearing limitations of MTB's).