Honestly speaking their design is quite appealing. I honestly prefer X-Lab’s design to other pro peloton bikes. Not my favorite, but I think it’s quite sleek and neat.
@@domenstraser7326 Are you asking me? I prefer this bike’s looks over Bianchi (especially Oltre), Cannondale, Cube, Giant, and Dare. Not saying I hate these bikes though
Those are some good looking bikes. Beyond that, I wonder how the bikers would respond if it was common knowledge about how many different brands were coming out of the same factory. Knowing what does, or doesn’t, make one bike different from another when coming from the same production facility might lead to some brands losing a lot of cache.
I'm impressed, but I'm not surprised. The Chinese bike industry has been flexing for a while now. Both bikes look like they belong in the pro peloton, the aero bike especially.
well as a Chinese, I wouldn’t say the modern bikes in China is bad and it actually developed a lot since these 2 years, such as Merida, XDS, Java, Sava , Seka, etc… they were infamous and right now they are in the stages all over the world, also there are more people who are joining to cycling, these brands are producing and offering affordable and quality bikes. I hope they can get more better in the future, and the last things is, Happy New Year!!!
also we called X-Lab XiaoLaBao in China, it means you gonna sprint and to surpass others, try to speak to your friend that you’re knowing more than him lol❤
From the lessons learned, the world plz be aware that these cheap chinese knock-off brands can destory the cycling industry completely if not handled properly.
Climbing bike looks like a near identical copy of the tarmac sl5. I’m somewhat surprised that they haven’t modernized it a little more, seeing a seat post collar and entirely cylindrical tubes on a world tour team bike is definitely rare.
XDS needs to use this as a platform for other premium Chinese brands to showcase their gear eg: Cybrei Cranks, Elite Wheels etc. UAE have been sporting Chinese carbon cranks on their TT bikes branded as SRM. So it's time for those brands to not live behind a mask and flex letting the world know that they are in fact already in the tour for a few seasons.
@@markhall6026 I wasn't talking about UAE. The OP wrote that XDS needs to showcase other Chinese brands. So, I was referring to XDS-Astana. The OP simply referred to UAE as an example of a team using a Chinese brand. I just now looked and XDS-Astana are sponsored by Shimano. And I did write, "if they are sponsoring them".
XDS makes millions of bikes every year and please don't judge before you figure out where your luxury brand bikes really come from. What can they do wrong? Proud of it!
proud of xds❤my campus is just near by the xds company and they make fantastic bike. Actually Conalgo v4rs is also made near my campus by Bee bike(5 mins walking). They sell the v4rs frame with their brand and most importantly it cost only 1500 dollars!!! I don’t think Colnago’s paint job worths another 6500 dollars
I have a Chinese road bike since ‘19. Haven’t had any problems. Brand is Costelo. Company folded during the pandemic. I wanted to check out a Chinese brand for myself. They sponsored 2 continental teams. One in Brazil and another is Kosovo; so I gave them a try. Descent bike, no complaints.
It's great to see a Chinese brand represented in the pro pelaton. Even though most people know that Chinese brands offer great value compared to more well-known brands, they shy away from actually using Chinese branded bikes and parts because they're a bit embarassed by the branding. Sponsoring a world tour team goes a long way towards legitimising a budget brand.
@ I mean from a consumer point of view. Even if I knew a Winspace bike was 99.9% as fast as a Cervelo for half the price, I would pay more for the Cervelo because I don’t want to show up to the group ride on a Winspace. But if Winspace sponsored a world tour team and were photographed with some stage wins etc. that would make the bike much more appealing. It’s irrational but a lot of people think that way. High end bikes are a luxury item after all.
@@nikanj I hate to sound like a bike snob, but I do agree with you. The Winspace doesn't do anything for me aside from the name. I don't like the way it looks.
@@nikanj It’s irrational but a lot of people think that way. It's called marketing. How many women walk around with a bag made-in-Asia for pennies that they paid a big chunk of dough for...solely because of the "designer" name on it? Let's see if the retail prices of these bikes reflect the no-name brand or they figure they can get the big markup right away.
The major components on my bike are all Chinese branded except the Ultegra DI2 shift system and tires. The quality is great at a fraction of the price of branded gear, and I'm waiting for my Magene power meter crankset to swap out the Ultegra. I'm pretty stoked about my build.
@@belagajdan I have Kocevlo carbon fiber handlebars and CF saddle, Superteam CF rims, Bucklos SPD SL pedals and an IGSport BSC300 computer synced to my SEEMEE R300 taillight/radar as well as a COOSPO cadence sensor. Everything just works, and works perfectly and I'm not out thousands of dollars.
They probably already make half of the WT bikes. Coming out with their own design is a big step up. Not sure the premium brands would be happy when their supplier suddenly becomes a competitor.
Apart from the weight on the climbers bike will there be much advantage for using it in the mountains for all but the climbers in the team? They both look banging but I do like the areo more
Was interested in the initial review of XT-9; after watching and listening to all the ‘erms’, I was surprised that there was no initial comparison to the blatant copy of the Aethos frameset. No doubt this will be deduced in the coming months.
It would be interesting to see what sort of retail price they are going to sell for, and where they are going to be available. I am all for variety in the pro peloton in bikes, but ultimately, bike brands are there to get sales happening. Where is the bike going to be sold? In Australia, XDS is mostly an E-bike seller, and a parts supplier. They do not sell road bikes. Then again, Decathlon do not sell their pro peloton version bikes either here. I am not saying that we need to know all the pricing expectations around the world, but showing us an interesting new bike from a brand most of us do not know, without giving us any idea of what sort of price they might retail for, seems a bit lacking.
In China, the ad9 frame sells for 18,000 yuan, about 4,000 Australian dollars. Whole bike with Da di2 and Vision 60wheels sells for 51980yuan,about11,000 Australian dollars.You can travel to China to put the frame back, but the frame needs to be booked, it is recommended to find a Chinese person to help book in advance,lol
See what you’ve done Specialized, Cannondale, Scott! You thought we all could afford $12,000 bikes. Now we have options and options we will have! Now we need a quality groupset that doesn’t cost $3,000
I was curious about these bikes and tried to find them on the webpage of XDS and I failed. I then tried to search an official webstore and nothing (except those with bikes up to 1200$ max...). So I'm wondering, is there a UCI rule saying that the bikes in the pro peloton should be available for all? Up to now, I feel that XDS has released these bikes only for the pro...
X-Labs bikes are old only in China. Theory is that since xds is doing a lot of OEM production for western brands then they will not enter US or european markets ever. Take a look at China Cycling channel video about X-Lab ;)
In terms of looks I think the Aero bike has a brutal kind of beauty to it. Not a fan of the paint job, be interesting to see what other colour schemes they come up with. Biggest thing for me though, have they managed to come up with some good comfort and handling to go with the aero credentials?
The Chinese brands have the wheels pretty much figured out. They have a ways to go with fit/finish of their bike frames. That seat post/stem areas looks off.
I have question here. When you were doing the rear hub sound test you reached for the left brake to stop the rear wheel. I understand in Europe that riders set up their bike with Left brake - Rear wheel, Right brake - Front wheel. Here in the USA it's the opposite, Left brake - Front wheel, Right brake - Rear wheel. On team cars that are following riders in races with spare bikes I would assume they all follow they European setup so riders can just grab a bike and go if they have a crash or mechanical. My next assumption is that American riders have to learn the European setup.
Europeans ride with the front brake on left side and the rear on the right side. Only the British, Australians and a few others ride with the front brake on right side.
Euro standard is actually the same as the US, right brake is the rear wheel, left brake front. Right brake front is the UK standard, and it's also followed in some other left-hand drive countries like Ireland and Australia. It's not 100% based on side of the road driven on, but that's definitely the trend. Some European countries the change was relatively recent- Italy used be right brake front and if you look at photos of old Italian riders like Fausto Coppi and even up to Marco Pantani that is the way they have it, but they switched to left front I believe around the 90s, and newer Italian riders like Vincenzo Nibali ride left front. The ultimate source for this (according to Rene Herse) was not actually to do with the side of the road- motorcycles universally have front brake right, regardless of side of the road. It was because in France, originally bicycles only had lever brakes on the back wheel, and that was on the right (as most people are right handed). So when they added a front brake, right was occupied and they put it on the left. In the UK and Italy, bikes used coaster brakes on the rear which used pedals and didn't need a lever, and when a front brake was added, the right was free, so it went on there. Most modern pros will ride bikes set up right brake rear, as it is the most common and what anyone starting out in racing in Europe will adapt to- this includes many pros from countries where it is done the other way. Irish riders Sean Kelly and Stephen Roche, for example, both rode professionally with bikes set up left brake front, despite bikes in Ireland being set up the other way around, as both started racing in Continental Europe for European teams, and presumably they just adapted at an early stage in their careers to what everyone else around them was doing. Bradley Wiggins and Mark Cavendish are British riders who also set their brakes up in the "Euro" way, left front, despite it being the other way around in the UK (it's actually a law that bikes be sold front right in the UK). You do see some pros with the UK/Australia right brake front setup though, Cadel Evans for example raced with front brake on the right, which is the norm in Australia. I think key for the pros is really what they got used to in their formative years, as once they are at that level, they can demand it set up whichever way they like. But most, it's left front. Most non-pro riders will be used to whatever the standard was in their country; I'm Irish and I grew up with right front, never got a pro contract, so that's what I stuck with all my life. I don't live there any more and now, usually have to get bikes changed around to what I'm used to.
DO we all know the advantage of riding an aero bike over a lightweight bike on a 200km stage? If you sit in the middle of the bunch all stage, with effectively zero relative airflow there is no benefit
With a population of 1.4bn, one would think there's fairly good scope for market testing, so they ought to be good enough. Can't say I'm a fan of their looks though.
@@SichardRamuels Trek yes, Scott and Canyon as well. Never seen a Specialized carbon frame made at Giant, though - despite having visited Giant's TW factory repeatedly. Fuji-ta are rumored to build those, but as everything related to Specialized there are hard NDAs in place to avoid transparency.
the cranks are not level, and the valves are not aligned, it's just a nice although I suppose the shadow stand does elevate it to an automatic Supernice. Still Conor, as a person who does have the power of the bell you should have done better.
We use most things that are made in China on a daily basis, but when it comes cycling 🚲 a lot off, people are unsure about quality and have bad things to say about bike things from east.
The giant X-LAB lettering is just hideous. The bike might be fantastic but part of riding for me is the bike appealing to me on some emotional level and this one does the opposite. I would walk right by it.
Have to agree here. The logo itself is terrible. Not a fan of the paint job either. But would def consider buying a Chinese brand. They really need to improve on their brand names though 😂
What do you think of XDS-Astana team's new bike? 😍
Honestly speaking their design is quite appealing. I honestly prefer X-Lab’s design to other pro peloton bikes. Not my favorite, but I think it’s quite sleek and neat.
What are there other bike in peleton?
The climber looked like a kid's bike when presented by Connor!
@@domenstraser7326 Are you asking me? I prefer this bike’s looks over Bianchi (especially Oltre), Cannondale, Cube, Giant, and Dare. Not saying I hate these bikes though
@@BurndTire they say that many other bike in peleton is from this company? But I didn't found what brend of bike are they work for?
And , it looks like a kids bike with Conor holding it , sheeeeesh !
So true!
And probably still to big for me 😂
😂
Both had pretty short head tubes, so probably on the smaller side.
Those are some good looking bikes.
Beyond that, I wonder how the bikers would respond if it was common knowledge about how many different brands were coming out of the same factory. Knowing what does, or doesn’t, make one bike different from another when coming from the same production facility might lead to some brands losing a lot of cache.
Happy new year to the whole team at GCN!
It will forever be funny to see you trying to stop the rear wheel with the left. 😘
It will keep happening 😅
its on the left here in Australia
I'm impressed, but I'm not surprised. The Chinese bike industry has been flexing for a while now.
Both bikes look like they belong in the pro peloton, the aero bike especially.
well as a Chinese, I wouldn’t say the modern bikes in China is bad and it actually developed a lot since these 2 years, such as Merida, XDS, Java, Sava , Seka, etc… they were infamous and right now they are in the stages all over the world, also there are more people who are joining to cycling, these brands are producing and offering affordable and quality bikes. I hope they can get more better in the future, and the last things is, Happy New Year!!!
also we called X-Lab XiaoLaBao in China, it means you gonna sprint and to surpass others, try to speak to your friend that you’re knowing more than him lol❤
I am afraid you got the Merida's nationality wrong.
@@undefined624Merida is a brand founded in Taiwan, any problem? or I maybe got wrong, the information we got from internet are different so idk
If it’s not, I apologize for that and thank you for your noticing me!
From the lessons learned, the world plz be aware that these cheap chinese knock-off brands can destory the cycling industry completely if not handled properly.
Impressive indeed. If they can make these bikes less expensive than Van Rysel and win any grand tour stage, market success is guaranteed.
Both bikes look absolutely sick
Climbing bike looks like a near identical copy of the tarmac sl5. I’m somewhat surprised that they haven’t modernized it a little more, seeing a seat post collar and entirely cylindrical tubes on a world tour team bike is definitely rare.
Yes. It looks like a bike!
XDS needs to use this as a platform for other premium Chinese brands to showcase their gear eg: Cybrei Cranks, Elite Wheels etc. UAE have been sporting Chinese carbon cranks on their TT bikes branded as SRM. So it's time for those brands to not live behind a mask and flex letting the world know that they are in fact already in the tour for a few seasons.
Shimano wouldn't be happy with them using someone else's cranks if they are a sponsor and Vision is most likely paying them.
@@DaveCMshimano don't sponsor Uae
@@markhall6026 I wasn't talking about UAE. The OP wrote that XDS needs to showcase other Chinese brands. So, I was referring to XDS-Astana. The OP simply referred to UAE as an example of a team using a Chinese brand. I just now looked and XDS-Astana are sponsored by Shimano. And I did write, "if they are sponsoring them".
@@markhall6026 I also just checked UAE. Shimano is listed as a sponsor by the team.
Indeed, Tadej have been using Cybrei GP3 cranks. Maybe it's a even shorter crank option like 160, and Shimano simply couldn't find the stock
It looks great, the paint job is 🔥.
The look of the climbing bike is lovely.
Thank you, Hans Klopek, very cool bike!
XDS makes millions of bikes every year and please don't judge before you figure out where your luxury brand bikes really come from. What can they do wrong? Proud of it!
Hello, Mister! Thank YOu! I am so proud too! Glory to PR of China and BRICS!!!
Yet somehow you won't see a single chinaman with money riding this brand. Only poor westerners simp over chinesium frames.
Classic look of climbing bike looks great.
Connor is coming to the dark side... 😈
Very interesting, brave and "daring" decision from Astana. Only the brave conquer the TOP summits ! 💪😎✌ Wish Tham a GOOD LUCK !
proud of xds❤my campus is just near by the xds company and they make fantastic bike. Actually Conalgo v4rs is also made near my campus by Bee bike(5 mins walking). They sell the v4rs frame with their brand and most importantly it cost only 1500 dollars!!! I don’t think Colnago’s paint job worths another 6500 dollars
Where can I find that Bee bike frame?
If we can get the lesser known brands more well known, we can jack the prices up! Woohoo!!!
I have a Chinese road bike since ‘19. Haven’t had any problems. Brand is Costelo. Company folded during the pandemic. I wanted to check out a Chinese brand for myself. They sponsored 2 continental teams. One in Brazil and another is Kosovo; so I gave them a try. Descent bike, no complaints.
Badass looking bike, I love the climbing version more :)
Hope to see more Chinese products to compete with major brands.
They look great, good to see.
That climbing bike looks nice
Thanks Conor and crew, Free hubbin ! Happy New Year , be well , eh ?
It's great to see a Chinese brand represented in the pro pelaton. Even though most people know that Chinese brands offer great value compared to more well-known brands, they shy away from actually using Chinese branded bikes and parts because they're a bit embarassed by the branding. Sponsoring a world tour team goes a long way towards legitimising a budget brand.
I don't think it is an embarrassment issue but a financial one. The big brands pay the teams a lot of money to ride their bikes.
@ I mean from a consumer point of view. Even if I knew a Winspace bike was 99.9% as fast as a Cervelo for half the price, I would pay more for the Cervelo because I don’t want to show up to the group ride on a Winspace.
But if Winspace sponsored a world tour team and were photographed with some stage wins etc. that would make the bike much more appealing.
It’s irrational but a lot of people think that way. High end bikes are a luxury item after all.
@@nikanj I hate to sound like a bike snob, but I do agree with you. The Winspace doesn't do anything for me aside from the name. I don't like the way it looks.
Don't think anyone cares what brand of bike Astana uses. Some other teams, maybe.
@@nikanj It’s irrational but a lot of people think that way.
It's called marketing. How many women walk around with a bag made-in-Asia for pennies that they paid a big chunk of dough for...solely because of the "designer" name on it? Let's see if the retail prices of these bikes reflect the no-name brand or they figure they can get the big markup right away.
AD-9 is just as I like) Would definitely buy a frameset it if it is for sale.
The major components on my bike are all Chinese branded except the Ultegra DI2 shift system and tires. The quality is great at a fraction of the price of branded gear, and I'm waiting for my Magene power meter crankset to swap out the Ultegra. I'm pretty stoked about my build.
What brand did you go for. I'm getting my Winspace built up soon.
@@belagajdan I have Kocevlo carbon fiber handlebars and CF saddle, Superteam CF rims, Bucklos SPD SL pedals and an IGSport BSC300 computer synced to my SEEMEE R300 taillight/radar as well as a COOSPO cadence sensor. Everything just works, and works perfectly and I'm not out thousands of dollars.
I have three Chinese frames that I'm really happy with, especially my Yoeleo R12.
The climbing bike is a Specialized Aethos replica.
They probably make the Specialized Aethos frames 😂😂😂
Never realised just how tall Conor is until today, as he lifted that bike (back still not fully straight) and took it to the moon
4:38 Conor make this like a bike for kids 😂
Happy new year guys!
Happy new year! 🥳
looks good, how does one get one in the US?
Both bikes look amazing. Wonder how we go about ordering one.
X-lab venge looks awesome to be fair
Sublime bike!
They probably already make half of the WT bikes. Coming out with their own design is a big step up. Not sure the premium brands would be happy when their supplier suddenly becomes a competitor.
Great looking bikes
how much does it cost? i assume it would be cheaper.
I need one, right now, to complete a triathlon.. where can I catch it???
The valve placement on the aero bike was driving me nuts. 12 o'clock front and rear: practise what you preach!!!
Apart from the weight on the climbers bike will there be much advantage for using it in the mountains for all but the climbers in the team? They both look banging but I do like the areo more
Nice bike. How do you get it to stand up like that?
There’s a clear plastic stand under the left side crank
You just had to remember one thing - your scales! Doh!
Was interested in the initial review of XT-9; after watching and listening to all the ‘erms’, I was surprised that there was no initial comparison to the blatant copy of the Aethos frameset. No doubt this will be deduced in the coming months.
"The rumor is over half of the brands in the pro peleton are made by XDS carbon tech". Hmmm, I thought Giant made everyone's bikes.
Yeah, they make the other half 😂
Connor, as a taller rider would you mind sharing what width drop bar you prefer?
It would be interesting to see what sort of retail price they are going to sell for, and where they are going to be available. I am all for variety in the pro peloton in bikes, but ultimately, bike brands are there to get sales happening. Where is the bike going to be sold? In Australia, XDS is mostly an E-bike seller, and a parts supplier. They do not sell road bikes. Then again, Decathlon do not sell their pro peloton version bikes either here. I am not saying that we need to know all the pricing expectations around the world, but showing us an interesting new bike from a brand most of us do not know, without giving us any idea of what sort of price they might retail for, seems a bit lacking.
In China, the ad9 frame sells for 18,000 yuan, about 4,000 Australian dollars. Whole bike with Da di2 and Vision 60wheels sells for 51980yuan,about11,000 Australian dollars.You can travel to China to put the frame back, but the frame needs to be booked, it is recommended to find a Chinese person to help book in advance,lol
Would be interested in hearing what the Astana team think of it.
Can't find where to buy one.
From a profile look the bike look so much like a Cannondale Systemsix and super six evo!!!
I was about to write the same thing.
Nice looking bikes
A comparison test would be interesting with other world tour bikes
xds has been around for more than 10 years especially in mtb division. used by many south east asia people.
See what you’ve done Specialized, Cannondale, Scott! You thought we all could afford $12,000 bikes. Now we have options and options we will have! Now we need a quality groupset that doesn’t cost $3,000
the climbing bike looks 10 years old
Looks like an Aethos, which is a good thing. The Aethos climbs like a mountain goat.
Hardly a surprise when peak climbing bike was rim braked from around 12 years ago.
I will get to see this bike up close at tour down under
Did the climbing bike have a minor hitch in the freewheel sound at the end? It sounded like it bound up for a second.
I was curious about these bikes and tried to find them on the webpage of XDS and I failed. I then tried to search an official webstore and nothing (except those with bikes up to 1200$ max...). So I'm wondering, is there a UCI rule saying that the bikes in the pro peloton should be available for all? Up to now, I feel that XDS has released these bikes only for the pro...
X-Labs bikes are old only in China. Theory is that since xds is doing a lot of OEM production for western brands then they will not enter US or european markets ever. Take a look at China Cycling channel video about X-Lab ;)
In terms of looks I think the Aero bike has a brutal kind of beauty to it.
Not a fan of the paint job, be interesting to see what other colour schemes they come up with.
Biggest thing for me though, have they managed to come up with some good comfort and handling to go with the aero credentials?
That Aero X-Lab looks super cool - not sure they will be available in Europe for a while though.
I believe @chinacycling said that they won't be selling in the western world.
They literally make the bikes for half the world tour. They are conscientiously avoiding competing with their Clients.
Where can I buy ???
The Chinese brands have the wheels pretty much figured out. They have a ways to go with fit/finish of their bike frames. That seat post/stem areas looks off.
I have question here. When you were doing the rear hub sound test you reached for the left brake to stop the rear wheel. I understand in Europe that riders set up their bike with Left brake - Rear wheel, Right brake - Front wheel. Here in the USA it's the opposite, Left brake - Front wheel, Right brake - Rear wheel. On team cars that are following riders in races with spare bikes I would assume they all follow they European setup so riders can just grab a bike and go if they have a crash or mechanical. My next assumption is that American riders have to learn the European setup.
Europeans ride with the front brake on left side and the rear on the right side. Only the British, Australians and a few others ride with the front brake on right side.
Euro standard is actually the same as the US, right brake is the rear wheel, left brake front. Right brake front is the UK standard, and it's also followed in some other left-hand drive countries like Ireland and Australia. It's not 100% based on side of the road driven on, but that's definitely the trend. Some European countries the change was relatively recent- Italy used be right brake front and if you look at photos of old Italian riders like Fausto Coppi and even up to Marco Pantani that is the way they have it, but they switched to left front I believe around the 90s, and newer Italian riders like Vincenzo Nibali ride left front.
The ultimate source for this (according to Rene Herse) was not actually to do with the side of the road- motorcycles universally have front brake right, regardless of side of the road. It was because in France, originally bicycles only had lever brakes on the back wheel, and that was on the right (as most people are right handed). So when they added a front brake, right was occupied and they put it on the left. In the UK and Italy, bikes used coaster brakes on the rear which used pedals and didn't need a lever, and when a front brake was added, the right was free, so it went on there.
Most modern pros will ride bikes set up right brake rear, as it is the most common and what anyone starting out in racing in Europe will adapt to- this includes many pros from countries where it is done the other way. Irish riders Sean Kelly and Stephen Roche, for example, both rode professionally with bikes set up left brake front, despite bikes in Ireland being set up the other way around, as both started racing in Continental Europe for European teams, and presumably they just adapted at an early stage in their careers to what everyone else around them was doing. Bradley Wiggins and Mark Cavendish are British riders who also set their brakes up in the "Euro" way, left front, despite it being the other way around in the UK (it's actually a law that bikes be sold front right in the UK).
You do see some pros with the UK/Australia right brake front setup though, Cadel Evans for example raced with front brake on the right, which is the norm in Australia. I think key for the pros is really what they got used to in their formative years, as once they are at that level, they can demand it set up whichever way they like. But most, it's left front.
Most non-pro riders will be used to whatever the standard was in their country; I'm Irish and I grew up with right front, never got a pro contract, so that's what I stuck with all my life. I don't live there any more and now, usually have to get bikes changed around to what I'm used to.
As a motorcyclist and cyclist I've no idea why the rest of the world wants their bicycle front brake on their opposite side to their motorbike. Crazy
Proxy video , it's the channel sponsors they're really showing us,Shimano & Vision
I am seriouly thinking about buying the ad9 frameset in team color and build it myself to be my 30 year birthday present.
Are these frames available to Joe Public? Quick searching doesn't yield anything so far.
not unless you’re in china
@ but will they ship or simply no option?
@@10ktube no option from what i’ve heard from @chinacycling they plan to not sell in the west at all
DO we all know the advantage of riding an aero bike over a lightweight bike on a 200km stage? If you sit in the middle of the bunch all stage, with effectively zero relative airflow there is no benefit
XDS also make RIBBLE bikes. It's an exact replica of the Top RIBBLE Aero Bike.
Frame is exact replica including Bottom bracket & water bottle holder.
My immediate thought was "that's a Ribble Ultra", just without the wacky handlebar.
What about the TT bikes? :o
It's like a deeper/more aero Argon 18 Sum Pro.
What a beautiful
7.4 kg for the aero bike sounds a bit optimistic with the Vision wheels, but it a nice looking bike.
The bike we have never heard of and will never hear of in the west as xds is focusing on it's domestic market
With a population of 1.4bn, one would think there's fairly good scope for market testing, so they ought to be good enough. Can't say I'm a fan of their looks though.
Is there a tt version
Best part is, it comes with a years worth of your favorite PED, courtesy of Vino.
3:06 is that rust on the cassette or is that just a blemish?
Dried up lubricant?
@ Oh okay I’ve just never seen a lubricant of that color before
@@BurndTire they look like droplets. I've never seen a Shimano cassette rust.
@@nessuno5403really? They rust all the time
@@petehand7690 lookup what DuraAce is made of
First Chinese bike with a decent brand name.
and people said the new colnago was ugly but compard to this (and a lot off other bikes in world tour) it's a piece of art.
Winspace is still make by far the best Chinese carbon bikes on the market. 🤷♂️
Hehe, you've watched too many youtube influencer ad videos, that's a mediocre bike!
HELLA SICK
So XDS are making the carbon frames of half the brands in the pro peloton and, at a guess, Giant are making the other half?
Neither XDS nor Giant are making the frames of Specialized... Me think XDS is bragging a lot there.
@LaurensvanRooijen Err, except Giant do make Specialized (and Trek) frames.
@@SichardRamuels Trek yes, Scott and Canyon as well. Never seen a Specialized carbon frame made at Giant, though - despite having visited Giant's TW factory repeatedly. Fuji-ta are rumored to build those, but as everything related to Specialized there are hard NDAs in place to avoid transparency.
Happy 2026 🎉
Bloody hell, how tall are you dude?
Fully chinese? The groupset is not even chinese! Say that it's a fully chonese when you put an ltwoo groopset
The aerobike looks like a combination of my Canyon Aeroad and my Cube Litening. Would ride one, beside the terrible X-Lab logo.
Over half of the brand in the peloton is made by XDS lol 🤣. Lovely bike, they just need a better font for X Lab lol
They are otherwise also made in Asia anyway, with an EU or US premium added for good measure
There’s a Canadian bike builder called T-Lab.
the cranks are not level, and the valves are not aligned, it's just a nice although I suppose the shadow stand does elevate it to an automatic Supernice. Still Conor, as a person who does have the power of the bell you should have done better.
The RS9 seems like a great allrounder bike. If only their DTC wouldn't be China only...
We use most things that are made in China on a daily basis, but when it comes cycling 🚲 a lot off, people are unsure about quality and have bad things to say about bike things from east.
Look a lot better than dare bike
The giant X-LAB lettering is just hideous. The bike might be fantastic but part of riding for me is the bike appealing to me on some emotional level and this one does the opposite. I would walk right by it.
Have to agree here. The logo itself is terrible. Not a fan of the paint job either. But would def consider buying a Chinese brand.
They really need to improve on their brand names though 😂
They can make it even lighter, just UCI problem now , but maybe can make it more aero ?
The climbing bike sure is nice!
Climbing bike looks great! just not really feeling the logo
Chinese welcome 🙏 😅 just help us with the price, will ya
Needs a specific direct mount hanger...........
Has some CUBE DNA as well..
Great first video of 2025!! Second!
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