Love it. Always love these videos. I'm a rim brake fan, i wouldn't ride anything other than 25mm tyres, and the idea of a custom build surely is anyones dream.
Fantastic build ! Can attest to the supreme skills of Luigi Daccordi. I have two old steel racing frames of his. Attention to detail in every millimeter of the frame. Along with the carbon frames, he still makes Columbus steel frames of the highest caliber. If you want something different than the Italian “big 3”, I can’t recommend him enough!
Just as an FYI, you can buy directly from Daccordi as well. The Racer Rosa here is Daccordi's Fly model (which you can also get with disc brakes). They'll even tweak a few elements of the geometry to your liking FREE OF CHARGE!
Ah, a rider after my own heart! Good for you, with the wise choice of rim brakes, the mechanical shifters, and and a beautifully proportioned, traditionally configured frame. If I had the money, I would ALWAYS go for something like this over the modern monstrosities that frequent the roads today, with their clunky, heavy, appallingly noisy and clunky disc brakes and disturbingly unaesthetic staggered seat tubes. A most prudent choice. Bravo! Ride on, and be safe!!
Absolutely love it apart from the one thing you point out in the video…. a press fit bottom bracket. There are some decent solutions out there and hopefully yours won’t creak.
Specialized took a 2nd series SuperSix EVO frame and called it an Aethos reclaiming tons of old school tech (27.2 seat post tube, standard BB, raised seat stays, etc...). Also, the Aethos Expert is mechanical group compatible. The only screw up was disc brakes.
Another great option for a bike in this mold is the Time Alpe d'Huez 01. Still made in classic rim brakes, takes mechanical shifting, and Time's carbon manufacturing process is widely considered to be best in class. I recently bought one and my expectations were blown out of the water. Spec'd it with Ultegra rim brake, a standard bar/stem, and some Campy wheels. Couldn't be happier.
It's good to see a Campagnolo equipped bike with rim brakes. I'm not complaining about Shimano. I just believe that the Italian brand needs more publicity. It doesn't have the clout that it once had but should never be discounted.
I've had the pleasure of visiting Diego at RR many times when he's serviced my Campag equipped bikes. I've also had a bike fit from Giuseppe (as has my wife) and I can happily recommend RR for servicing and bike fitting. I've seen a couple of the custom bikes in the shop waiting to go to their new owners and they look fantastic (especially in the Azzurro blue colour).
Beautiful, as well as disc brakes and die sets perform, there's something so great about narrow tyres, mechanical and rim brakes. Makes a bike so light and cool
I agree with you on this bike on almost every level. However, I’m not a fan of carbon, I think even that was a mistake of the industry. So I have everything you have but in a titanium bike. A Litespeed T1SL, it’s cheaper than your carbon bike frame and it’s probably lighter (yes really) and more durable, comfortable, longer lasting and easier to maintain. I’d recommend it to anyone to go the titanium direction for the best bike you will ever own. 😍
Beautiful bike! All my road bikes are rim brake, what they call road bikes now with balloon tires and disc brakes are actually hard for me to look at, over complicated and very very hard to work on, but that was the industry’s goal $$$
Then again, on the other end of the spectrum for consumers, there are those who only look for the following: Disc brakes Integrated internal routing (or as amateurs call it, external routing) One-piece cockpits Tubeless setups
I've got a specialised Allez sprint rim brake version which I installed a Sram red wireless groupset. is a rim brake bike with internal frame cable rooting more fastes than any carbon looking version whit 10k price tag on it a bike which I will never swap for any of them
I took a risk and made my bike this year (2024), based on ELVES Falath 2022 aero frame. Rim-brake based of course. One can pick own paint scheme as well.
Some people just don't prefer external routing, but yes, they are indeed extremely easy to work with. My old frameset runs external routing, though now I'm on regular internal routing (NOT to be confused with integrated internal routing).
Pride of ownership, I envy the reviewer. Did he spend to much? That’s only for him to say. If we’re all not excited about our bike, we’ve chosen wrong.
I say 4.7k for just a frame is A LOT. But might not be much for the owner. I'm leaning toward 3k for entire bike, at most. Specially if it had to be for all the training and maybe race rides, where you don't know how it ends. We all assume positives, but sometimes s**t hits the fan. I've already lost two bikes just by being smashed by careless drivers, who didn't yield way.
As a small handed heavy-ish rider in a very hilly area, disc brakes are my only option - I do have a rim brake bike I ride on the routes with fewer descents. I can't believe that you sacrificed the bottom bracket though. £7.5K is not compromise territory.
I love this bike. And it is very expensive but I would have used a black carbon fork instead and rims with aluminum surfaces because of the braking performance. But I really adore this paintjob and the design of the seatpost.
very nice! Chorus is 3rd tier in terms of race gear but for a classic style high performance bicycle it would also be my 1st choice. i like the paintjob.
Nice bike, but to deep for my pockets. It looks a whole lot like my LOOK 555, that I just love. But my new Giant TCR Advanced Pro 1, is rim and mechanical. And I don't get dropped by anyone who's not a better cyclist, no matter their ride..
Lovely build . Finally someone is talking sence . Like you say bikes haven't needed all the so called improvements of late. I love large tyres and discs brakes on my gravel bike. But on the road still running mechanical and rim brakes. What happened to the roberts frame ? Is it up for sale ?
I was looking at Argos of Bristol recently. They offer Reynolds and Columbus. Typical custom frame £2,795 to £2,995. I doubt I will ever purchase electronic group set, disc brakes, etc. Personally I don't see the need of carbon frames, I do not enter races, I am a heavy rider. Happy with - steel, titanium, aluminium.
I had a seized bottom bracket removed and the the threads retapped by Argos on a Colango C40 that has a titanium bottom bracket sleeve bonded to the carbon. They did a brilliant job and it was ridiculously cheap. They really know what they are doing from my experience.
Would never be able to justify spending so much on a bike....so always go SH on bits. Beautiful bike though. Funnily enough find the change from my Pinarello f8 Campag Super Record summer bike....onto my Steel Ciocc Campag Record winter bike,almost unnoticeable ! In spite of doing from very light Carbon on to Steel. Slightly different ride quality,but just becomes ‘normal’ after a couple of rides!!!
Classic steel frames are the best looking for me, luckily we have single speed/Fixie frames and bikes that mimics the look, and I love them, but I would love to see the same treatment with "geared" frames, they are hard to find new and are very expensive like the Willier one.
There are loads of (mostly italian) manufacturers still building such bikes and at least some are way less expensive than the willier: Daccordi New Griffe, Tommasini Tecno, Casati Campionissimo, Condor Classico, various models from Ciöcc, Drali, Gios Torino, Chesinin, Somec, Mercian and Liotto and I could go on for some time. As for the price: Most of these frames are made to measure with steel from Columbus or Reynolds and available in many different colourways. You cannot expect to get these frames for less than at least 1500 bucks.
@@nikolausschallhart8654 not my point, are you aware of the Fuji Feather for example? It's 600€, just give me a variation of this frame for gears, not an Italian custom made frame.
I just don't know if I could get use to those Campy thumb shifters when in the drops, in which I spend a fair amount of time. I really wish the mechanical version had the same lever shape as EPS, even if meant I could only upshift 1 gear at a time. The Ekar shift lever is a bit of an eyesore, but I'd rather that than the current mechanical thumb shifter.
Sorry man, you've lost me in the first two minutes. You started stating that the bike industry is trying to fix things that ain't broke in order to sell hi price stuff then, after 20 seconds, you present a frameset for 4700quid. Are you serious?! No way ...
Nice bike. I bought a used Colnago EPS with campy super record in pristine condition. It’s exactly this bike just 3 times cheaper because it is used. How much did you pay in taxes and how long is the warranty?
In my opinion, a properly manufactured 'made to measure' frame/bike would benefit 99% of the riders/buyers much more than a 'modern' carbon, disc brake, all integrated bike off the shelf available in 4-5 sizes. However, you are right, this one is really expensive. But there are more affordable variants of this kind out there.
For a completely classical look the fork could had been a bit slimmer and not so straight... a bit bent forward to the axle had been a bit more oldschool. Maybe a more classical saddle? Your n+1 bike will be a very simple looking steel bike with modern ultra high strength steel, therefore a bit lighter, in 1980's metallic and a bent chrome shining fork, a modern saddle in leather look and 19 mm tyres. LOL
Beautiful looking bike, but call me an old cynic, but I'm dubious about the opinions of mainstream cycling media these days. The bike needs to be sent to Hambini for the full Princess blanket treatment 😃
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.
Campy mech shifting, rim brakes on a hand built, made to measure Italian masterpiece. Surely it cannot get much better than that. Just please keep power meters and head units right away from that beautiful bike.
All you said was true until you brought out the price for this bike and all credibility then fell from the sky another fine example of truth washed with a agenda to overpay for BS
Maybe the reason why the industry forced a seemingly unnecessary "modern" feature every year is because copycats company are getting better with their product quality. The top manufacturer probably feel the need to innovate just to keep the pricetag ridiculously high, and keep the rich guys sated.
"retrogrouch" lol. I'm not in the market for a £7.5k bike, but if I was that would be the kind of thing I would want. Benefit also is your money is going to cycling people, (in the main) with something like this purchase, not to the unknown shareholders who just want to make cycling more expensive for the sake of profits.
@@Stevehatesgravel aluminium is cheap garbage, its weak, fatigues to failure unlike steel or carbon, cant be repaired unlike steel or carbon, isnt light like carbon, non compliant/uncomfortable unlike steel ti or carbon, and isnt durable or strong like steel or carbon could be. the only advantage aluminium has is its cheap for poor crit racers who will throw it out after a crash. those are all facts, you pos that comes outta my arse.
@@Stevehatesgravel aluminium is cheap entry level shit which is where we see it in the market. no one ever says their aluminium bike is top tier because its not and never will be, its at the bottom for sure even steel has it beat because of its durability and repairability which makes it a good antique/ collector bike that lasts generations, aluminum will eventually deteriorate rendering it useless and worthless.
@Cycling Weekly... Rim Brakes are just stupid! Why would you want a braking systems that in function erodes the structure strength of your very expensive carbon wheels? The reason rim brakes are going away is because the bicycle industry can pay lower insurance premiums because their are less wheel failures and less liable lawsuits against them. That is the bottom line.
@@herculesrockefeller8969 I would like to know this too. I have never heard of this argument and given the brake failures at least of early disc brake versions on long descents I would highly doubt that disc brakes improved the insurance premiums of bike companies. However, what it does for sure is increasing the sales figures...
That’s why I run Hunt alloy rims, they last for years and only cost £70 to replace when they do wear down, not much more than a decent disc brake rotor. They have a 32mm aero profile, excellent braking and weigh just 1500 grams. There is no problem here.
Long live rim brakes and mechanical shifting! What a beautiful bike and build, I hope you get a lot of enjoyment out of it!
Nothing but cable shift, tubes and rim brakes for me. Bring it on.
Thank you for keeping the Rim Brakes alive.
Love it. Always love these videos. I'm a rim brake fan, i wouldn't ride anything other than 25mm tyres, and the idea of a custom build surely is anyones dream.
Fantastic build ! Can attest to the supreme skills of Luigi Daccordi. I have two old steel racing frames of his. Attention to detail in every millimeter of the frame. Along with the carbon frames, he still makes Columbus steel frames of the highest caliber. If you want something different than the Italian “big 3”, I can’t recommend him enough!
Absolutely beaut bike. Rim brake and mechanical groupset forever
Just as an FYI, you can buy directly from Daccordi as well. The Racer Rosa here is Daccordi's Fly model (which you can also get with disc brakes). They'll even tweak a few elements of the geometry to your liking FREE OF CHARGE!
Thanks to Cycling Weekly for posting the content we need while GCN posts its 20th video advertisement comparing Shimano groupsets 😆
Ah, a rider after my own heart! Good for you, with the wise choice of rim brakes, the mechanical shifters, and and a beautifully proportioned, traditionally configured frame. If I had the money, I would ALWAYS go for something like this over the modern monstrosities that frequent the roads today, with their clunky, heavy, appallingly noisy and clunky disc brakes and disturbingly unaesthetic staggered seat tubes. A most prudent choice. Bravo! Ride on, and be safe!!
Absolutely love it apart from the one thing you point out in the video…. a press fit bottom bracket. There are some decent solutions out there and hopefully yours won’t creak.
Specialized took a 2nd series SuperSix EVO frame and called it an Aethos reclaiming tons of old school tech (27.2 seat post tube, standard BB, raised seat stays, etc...). Also, the Aethos Expert is mechanical group compatible. The only screw up was disc brakes.
Yes, that frame could have been the ultimate weight weenie frame but they had to spoil it with the disc brakes.
@@DrJRMCFC Totally agree. When I first saw it, I thought it was going to replace the EVO craze for building Everesting rigs.
Another great option for a bike in this mold is the Time Alpe d'Huez 01. Still made in classic rim brakes, takes mechanical shifting, and Time's carbon manufacturing process is widely considered to be best in class. I recently bought one and my expectations were blown out of the water.
Spec'd it with Ultegra rim brake, a standard bar/stem, and some Campy wheels. Couldn't be happier.
It's good to see a Campagnolo equipped bike with rim brakes. I'm not complaining about Shimano. I just believe that the Italian brand needs more publicity. It doesn't have the clout that it once had but should never be discounted.
I've had the pleasure of visiting Diego at RR many times when he's serviced my Campag equipped bikes. I've also had a bike fit from Giuseppe (as has my wife) and I can happily recommend RR for servicing and bike fitting. I've seen a couple of the custom bikes in the shop waiting to go to their new owners and they look fantastic (especially in the Azzurro blue colour).
Beautiful, as well as disc brakes and die sets perform, there's something so great about narrow tyres, mechanical and rim brakes. Makes a bike so light and cool
Discs are a total pain in the arse
I agree with you on this bike on almost every level. However, I’m not a fan of carbon, I think even that was a mistake of the industry. So I have everything you have but in a titanium bike. A Litespeed T1SL, it’s cheaper than your carbon bike frame and it’s probably lighter (yes really) and more durable, comfortable, longer lasting and easier to maintain. I’d recommend it to anyone to go the titanium direction for the best bike you will ever own. 😍
Carbon was clearly a mistake of the industry...it'll never catch on...:;
Terrible for the environment. Can recycle it
this is a great video idea. i definitely agree about the chorus groupset. great build.
That's a nice summer bike....Classic geometery, mechanical groupset. However, for me, where I ride the roads are awful, so wide tyres are a must.
Nice to hear someone talk sense and honest in the cycling world rim brake supreme gorgeous bike.
"My brakes keep rubbing!"
[says no rim brake user ever]
Beautiful bike! All my road bikes are rim brake, what they call road bikes now with balloon tires and disc brakes are actually hard for me to look at, over complicated and very very hard to work on, but that was the industry’s goal $$$
Then again, on the other end of the spectrum for consumers, there are those who only look for the following:
Disc brakes
Integrated internal routing (or as amateurs call it, external routing)
One-piece cockpits
Tubeless setups
That is a beautiful machine. Congratulations on your dream ride!
Fantastic - just upgraded my beloved 2000 Litespeed Vortex with Chorus 12 - the business😀
I've got a specialised Allez sprint rim brake version which I installed a Sram red wireless groupset. is a rim brake bike with internal frame cable rooting more fastes than any carbon looking version whit 10k price tag on it a bike which I will never swap for any of them
very nice...keeping the tradition of rim brake...envy you...
I took a risk and made my bike this year (2024), based on ELVES Falath 2022 aero frame. Rim-brake based of course. One can pick own paint scheme as well.
I like it! Why not go all the way and route the shift cables on the outside of the downtube? No rattles, and easier to service. Now that’s retro!
Some people just don't prefer external routing, but yes, they are indeed extremely easy to work with. My old frameset runs external routing, though now I'm on regular internal routing (NOT to be confused with integrated internal routing).
ive never had a prob getting off the shelf bikes to fit
Pride of ownership, I envy the reviewer. Did he spend to much? That’s only for him to say. If we’re all not excited about our bike, we’ve chosen wrong.
I say 4.7k for just a frame is A LOT. But might not be much for the owner. I'm leaning toward 3k for entire bike, at most. Specially if it had to be for all the training and maybe race rides, where you don't know how it ends. We all assume positives, but sometimes s**t hits the fan. I've already lost two bikes just by being smashed by careless drivers, who didn't yield way.
Rim brakes for the win!
Style and simplicity, love it!
As a small handed heavy-ish rider in a very hilly area, disc brakes are my only option - I do have a rim brake bike I ride on the routes with fewer descents. I can't believe that you sacrificed the bottom bracket though. £7.5K is not compromise territory.
I love this bike. And it is very expensive but I would have used a black carbon fork instead and rims with aluminum surfaces because of the braking performance. But I really adore this paintjob and the design of the seatpost.
very nice! Chorus is 3rd tier in terms of race gear but for a classic style high performance bicycle it would also be my 1st choice. i like the paintjob.
Nice bike, but to deep for my pockets. It looks a whole lot like my LOOK 555, that I just love. But my new Giant TCR Advanced Pro 1, is rim and mechanical. And I don't get dropped by anyone who's not a better cyclist, no matter their ride..
Di2 don’t let your batteries go dead. Lmao
so smooth until your stuck somewhere . I love retro ish bikes
Lovely build . Finally someone is talking sence . Like you say bikes haven't needed all the so called improvements of late. I love large tyres and discs brakes on my gravel bike. But on the road still running mechanical and rim brakes. What happened to the roberts frame ? Is it up for sale ?
I haven’t decided what to do with the Roberts. It’s a lovely frame with an amazing respray but is too big 😢
I was looking at Argos of Bristol recently. They offer Reynolds and Columbus. Typical custom frame £2,795 to £2,995.
I doubt I will ever purchase electronic group set, disc brakes, etc.
Personally I don't see the need of carbon frames, I do not enter races, I am a heavy rider.
Happy with - steel, titanium, aluminium.
I had a seized bottom bracket removed and the the threads retapped by Argos on a Colango C40 that has a titanium bottom bracket sleeve bonded to the carbon. They did a brilliant job and it was ridiculously cheap. They really know what they are doing from my experience.
Hi gentleman, what a nice introduction and review… Congrats..!
Interested to know what size is your bike frame?
It’s custom geometry but somewhere between 55 and 56 if that helps! It’s designed to run a 130 stem.
Would never be able to justify spending so much on a bike....so always go SH on bits. Beautiful bike though. Funnily enough find the change from my Pinarello f8 Campag Super Record summer bike....onto my Steel Ciocc Campag Record winter bike,almost unnoticeable ! In spite of doing from very light Carbon on to Steel. Slightly different ride quality,but just becomes ‘normal’ after a couple of rides!!!
Great bike. But to much expensive. What is your opinion for Condor Super Accaio, Campag Chorus and Campag Zonda wheelsets?
Love it, but the is an amazing lack of thought about the logo. Touche.
Classic steel frames are the best looking for me, luckily we have single speed/Fixie frames and bikes that mimics the look, and I love them, but I would love to see the same treatment with "geared" frames, they are hard to find new and are very expensive like the Willier one.
There are loads of (mostly italian) manufacturers still building such bikes and at least some are way less expensive than the willier: Daccordi New Griffe, Tommasini Tecno, Casati Campionissimo, Condor Classico, various models from Ciöcc, Drali, Gios Torino, Chesinin, Somec, Mercian and Liotto and I could go on for some time.
As for the price: Most of these frames are made to measure with steel from Columbus or Reynolds and available in many different colourways. You cannot expect to get these frames for less than at least 1500 bucks.
@@nikolausschallhart8654 not my point, are you aware of the Fuji Feather for example? It's 600€, just give me a variation of this frame for gears, not an Italian custom made frame.
is by any chance the Robert's frame available and shippable to France :P ?
Very nice bike you got here.
I just don't know if I could get use to those Campy thumb shifters when in the drops, in which I spend a fair amount of time. I really wish the mechanical version had the same lever shape as EPS, even if meant I could only upshift 1 gear at a time. The Ekar shift lever is a bit of an eyesore, but I'd rather that than the current mechanical thumb shifter.
Obviously it is a personal choice but i find they work brilliantly from the drops, especially if you are dropping down the block on a descent.
I agree with the thumb shift. I hate it when I’m the drops on my super record. I have almost sprained my hand on occasions. Dura ace next time.
Sorry man, you've lost me in the first two minutes. You started stating that the bike industry is trying to fix things that ain't broke in order to sell hi price stuff then, after 20 seconds, you present a frameset for 4700quid. Are you serious?! No way ...
Beautiful! So what comes next, eh? ...How about retro yet futuristic Titanium?
Excellent idea - Reilly have done one!
Nice bike. I bought a used Colnago EPS with campy super record in pristine condition. It’s exactly this bike just 3 times cheaper because it is used. How much did you pay in taxes and how long is the warranty?
I like it no Need for disks really, done a good job. I have been looking at that bar and stem combo. How is it treating you, any good?
Espectacular, i love rim brakes
Should’ve fitted tan wall Pirelli P-Zeros…
Excellent!
A yesterday bike with a tomorrow tag.
Nice commercial.
In my opinion, a properly manufactured 'made to measure' frame/bike would benefit 99% of the riders/buyers much more than a 'modern' carbon, disc brake, all integrated bike off the shelf available in 4-5 sizes. However, you are right, this one is really expensive. But there are more affordable variants of this kind out there.
Why not Vittoria Corsa?
they didnt pay money for the ad placement
@@JogBird not so - I used the tyres I wanted to use.
Yeah cosrsa speed are the best 😀
My next bike gotta have totally integrated cabling with hydraulic disk breaks and a full on aero frame.
Don't go crying when you have to deal with the higher labour costs.
@@sbccbc7471 I'm looking at some new "Chinese" brands like Winspace and Yoeleo that are trying to make a name for themselves.
very nice bike
Fantastic bike.
For a completely classical look the fork could had been a bit slimmer and not so straight... a bit bent forward to the axle had been a bit more oldschool. Maybe a more classical saddle?
Your n+1 bike will be a very simple looking steel bike with modern ultra high strength steel, therefore a bit lighter, in 1980's metallic and a bent chrome shining fork, a modern saddle in leather look and 19 mm tyres. LOL
You know me too well 😂
@@simonsmythe7648 Really? 🤣
Beautiful looking bike, but call me an old cynic, but I'm dubious about the opinions of mainstream cycling media these days. The bike needs to be sent to Hambini for the full Princess blanket treatment 😃
Long live rim brakes and mechanical shifting too.
Just build up a CAAD12, CAAD10 or a 2016 SuoerSix Evo. Simple.
shhh keep it a secret bud
And...its colour scheme is similar to a Gazelle TVM team bike from the 90's
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.
Quick release levers choice is questionable. Everything looks great.
Yeah I was wondering about that. So many crashes attributed to the QR system in the 8 decades that quick release was used. What were they thinking!!
Old tech, modern price. Worst of both worlds FTW!
Hahahaha. So true & sad 😭🤣
Ikr
👌 beautiful
Campy mech shifting, rim brakes on a hand built, made to measure Italian masterpiece. Surely it cannot get much better than that. Just please keep power meters and head units right away from that beautiful bike.
I ride a 2009 Tarmac with 50mm carbon rim brake wheels and upgraded 11 speed mechanical groupset. 17 lbs. Fast as hell for me, under $2k.
Nostalgia, the bike.
All you said was true until you brought out the price for this bike and all credibility then fell from the sky another fine example of truth washed with a agenda to overpay for BS
Make Road Bikes GREAT AGAIN!!!! RIM BRAKE!!!! STRAIGHT TUBES!!!
Disgraceful amount to pay for a few carbon tubes. You are condoning the ludicrous prices we are all now expected to pay. Shame on you.
Maybe the reason why the industry forced a seemingly unnecessary "modern" feature every year is because copycats company are getting better with their product quality. The top manufacturer probably feel the need to innovate just to keep the pricetag ridiculously high, and keep the rich guys sated.
"retrogrouch" lol. I'm not in the market for a £7.5k bike, but if I was that would be the kind of thing I would want. Benefit also is your money is going to cycling people, (in the main) with something like this purchase, not to the unknown shareholders who just want to make cycling more expensive for the sake of profits.
Only thing wrong with it is the carbon frame.
Old man says old things are better... I am so surprised.
Ageist much?
I'm in my 20s and I don't prefer integrated internal routing.
Young man says new things are better...does this inherently makes more sense???
💖💖💖
4000.
Rim brake bike at that price 😂.
This is ridiculous. Just buy an old bike in mint Condition and rebuilt it. Cannondale CAAD series is a place to start.
A great bike for you for me an overpriced push bike .
aluminium is the worst
Talking out of your arse
@@Stevehatesgravel lol it's trash 🗑️🚮
@@Stevehatesgravel aluminium is cheap garbage, its weak, fatigues to failure unlike steel or carbon, cant be repaired unlike steel or carbon, isnt light like carbon, non compliant/uncomfortable unlike steel ti or carbon, and isnt durable or strong like steel or carbon could be. the only advantage aluminium has is its cheap for poor crit racers who will throw it out after a crash. those are all facts, you pos that comes outta my arse.
@@Stevehatesgravel aluminium is cheap entry level shit which is where we see it in the market. no one ever says their aluminium bike is top tier because its not and never will be, its at the bottom for sure even steel has it beat because of its durability and repairability which makes it a good antique/ collector bike that lasts generations, aluminum will eventually deteriorate rendering it useless and worthless.
The Prices are worthless
@Cycling Weekly... Rim Brakes are just stupid! Why would you want a braking systems that in function erodes the structure strength of your very expensive carbon wheels? The reason rim brakes are going away is because the bicycle industry can pay lower insurance premiums because their are less wheel failures and less liable lawsuits against them. That is the bottom line.
Any proof for your assertions?
@@herculesrockefeller8969 I would like to know this too. I have never heard of this argument and given the brake failures at least of early disc brake versions on long descents I would highly doubt that disc brakes improved the insurance premiums of bike companies. However, what it does for sure is increasing the sales figures...
That’s why I run Hunt alloy rims, they last for years and only cost £70 to replace when they do wear down, not much more than a decent disc brake rotor. They have a 32mm aero profile, excellent braking and weigh just 1500 grams. There is no problem here.
No heavy rear disc brake lock up bike here
4500k for a frame that cost about 200 pound to make