Weighing Peoples Bikes at a UK Hill Climb
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 20 ก.ย. 2024
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Love the GCN cameo. I hope you can do colabs! Is always nice when there are good spirits in the community c:
Gcn is all about the ££££££££££££
@@the.communist who cares. Its great entertainment
@@the.communist Nowadays, it's hard enough to continuously make content about cycling without sponsorships/ads due to the massive rise in prices of everything + cost of sustaining businesses, so I can understand them having to... uhm... "shill" sometimes. Viewers can just watch the documentary-style and budget-friendly content if that's all your after, and just skip all the "long ads"/showcase videos if you don't want those. I personally stick around to watch their challenges, builds/projects, adventures, etc. cause some of those are still really good.
@@the.communist Basically all the content creators on youtube that have some kind of sponsorship. Having income doing what they enjoyed.
@@the.communist So their 1,000 dollar hill climb bike series they are doing right now is considered them chasing after the money? I'd say they are very aware of the general consumer and create videos to caster to such an audience.
But you are somewhat right that every other video seem to be labelled with an ad mark which is just too much for my liking. It is okay to have some to show off the latest and greatest tech but it is just weird seeing that ad tag on every video.
Me with a 999kg fixed gear practically made out of sewer piping: "Ooohh 7kg not bad, could do better"
Mine was built by plumbers and blacksmiths...
A sewer pipe bike would be awesome. If bike jousting were a thing, that'd be the bike to use...
woah 6:10
I live in Africa and my bike is made of wood we push it with feet. It's the chukudu model with wood wheels it and it weigh more than adult man.
Interesting to see that a lot of people genuinely don't care how much their bikes weigh
I really like this for demystifying that. I always thought it was sawn off drop bars on Cannondales, great to see normal people and normal bikes
Yeah that was interesting
More like lots of people don't have the money to build a bike that weighs below the UCI limit. I'm a hill climber (not by choice, I literally live beside a bunch of mountains) and my bike weighs like 10kg because I'm a third world peasant lol
@@KILLTHEREDDITOR either way, this visibility makes hill climbing feel more accessible
@@KILLTHEREDDITOR don't forget a pervert too
Woohoo! Heaviest bike! And to think, I'm doing loads of hills on that old thing (though it is bloody lovely to ride). Nice to meet you, and congrats to the winners of the hill climb - great event.
Alex Paton “disc brakes…were they good for the climb?” LOL
Man that guy at the end just absolutely demolished that mint cake.
Didn't even touch the sides!!!
love that my brother is on the thumbnail! 😂
"I put half of the brake fluid in" cracked me up.
I've built up a 8kg single speed thing to go up big hills near Berlin. I don't even have bar tape so I look authentic despite my 12 Watts total output blatantly giving the game away. Blessings from a Brit in Berlin. ❤️
Why go single speed in hilly terrain?
@@nickfirst7249 mate this was banter. But I do participate in niche single speed cyclocross races on a custom steel bike which weights 8kg this can grind up most hills when I'm training around Berlin/Potsdam. ❤️
Dogma F with Millensteins is just insane
Nice preview of what we’re gonna see on the GCN series
Off-the-chart lunacy and fun these UK hill climbs seem to be when seen from far across the pond! Thanks for being our street reporter, Francis, and getting the weights of all those bikes and, woohoo, showing us Alex and Ollie in the wild as actual cyclists, not just pretty puppets pontificating about tech and aero in a television studio. And I echo other comments in calling for a collaboration video, not just one but a whole series of rides and coffee-shop chats after Ollie fakes being tired and getting dropped, yet again. 😀
Wish there was a "Bloody love this" button. The absolute insanity of the event and the participants. Wonderful. Thanks.
Thanks David!
That bloody car everyone was booing overtook me while climbing, but I caught it & had to slow on the downhill section before the steepest part right before the finish. If it wasn't for that, I would have had the fastest time of the day 😉
How did the GCN guys do? They seemed decently fast.
Here's to hoping you guys get to do some collab/cross over episode sometime in the future!
You’ll have to watch there video to find out 👀
@@Cade_Media their*
@@Cade_Media Any chance you will do this climb next? 👀
@@Cade_Media Keeping the times for the GCN video, respect!
GCN will ruin the steeze. The guys are nice but the constant selling........
What a day on the struggle!🚵♀️ Great video ( Team Francis & Daisy!) You captured the atmosphere! GCN presenters on video, nice one ! Chris's Attacus aero suit looked stealthy 😎
Holy crap, i would really like to know who sponsors that young chap on the Pina F.. That is a friggin serious setup. Thats like 15K€ for the bike, and maybe another 5K€ for the wheels.
Nice to see the Ollie and Alex doing the GCN battle. 😁 Well done Chris for getting up I think Francis should have had a go 😁 my be next year 🤔
Only good thing about the struggle is the pub at the top. Good to see Ollie and Alex from GCN.
omg thats the GCN budget bike, stoked to see them here! but thankfully you didnt spoil the bet that Alex vs Ollie have for the uphill climb
You are all bonkers!
Loved it! Brilliant stuff Francis. Wasn't it great to see kids getting really involved too? 👏👏👏👏👍👍👍😊
So good!
Maximum respect to hill climbers, they're the real heros
This is why I love the hillclimb scene in the UK - it's all a bit mad! Hope some more people feel inspired to take part in future years, especially seeing people writing it on 'normal' weight bikes and not just the carbon weenies.
Something I haven't seen since living down under.
The atmosphere seems amazing ! It's basically like if you were climbing Alpes d'Huez on the Tour de France but you don't have to be pro lol
Gotta add this to my to-do list
Haha you got footage of ollie not getting dropped
👀
@@Cade_Media congrats! 🍾
Fantastic video Francis. Lovely meeting you and Daisy at the HQ for the climb. Thanks for the photo. Best regards Martin and Anne
ive watch multiple videos about this event. but this video really brings close to how it feels like to be there. my legs are pumping watching these people.
Such a great atmosphere, I was grinning all the time watching the video. I ha... I mean - *I mildly dislike* - hard climbs, but I would definitely come just to participate, even if it kills my old knees.
Great day in the hills watching awesome people putting on the pain face, even managed a background cameo cheering on Chris 😂
Certainly won’t be last hill climb event I’m attending, can’t wait for the Nationals next month 🐮 🛎️ 🎉
Mate this was the most exciting video you ever posted. Editing was off the charts. Way better than those GCN guys ;)
Lol wow this looked like fun. Only done the struggle a couple of times, you think your done after leaving Ambleside where it flattens off - only to be faced with that (double?) hairpin at the end leading up to the kirkstone pass. Hard to tell, but looks like the hill climb cuts short the the hairpin. Would love to return to the Lake District and give Hardknott a bash again... and at the same time climb up the kirkstone pass this time. Maybe next year now!
What an amazing atmosphere! A shared experience of utterly needless pain bringing a soggy, lycra-clad rabble together 😁
I'd love to see a Gcn-Francis Cade collab. A "Spice Girls meets Radiohead" kind of thing 😆
Are you saying that gcn are more radiohead? 🤔
@@glennoc8585 spice girls.
That looked a lot of fun, apart from the riding up hill bit. Must of been tricky sprinting and filming, good to see Tobes up and about. Great effort from Chris after previous days gravel race.👍
Came here from the comments on the GCN hill climb video. Love seeing the honest weigh ins on what people actually rode (accessories and all). Good to see a Trek Emonda representing too 💪
Thanks for bleeping all the large amount of swears that came out of my mouth 😅
Don't really understand the GCN boys saying it weighed X without pedals. You can't ride the bike without pedals.
I bet you can
Slowly
@@Cade_Media I bet I can without a seat post or saddle too but we weigh with them on🤣
@@Cade_Media "this week on GCN Tech, can you cycle without pedals?"
@@alexpatonGCN 😀Make it happen!
This was a treat to watch. I want to join a hill climb race one day
Well done to Chris for giving it beans...as for you Cade...cough cough ;)
hahahaha
Thought about having a crack at this, of course that was only until I sobered up, remembered I weigh 115kg without the lycra, and would in all likelihood suffer a heart explosion after the first 100 yards.
Fair enough to all those who had a proper go at it though!
Great video. We used to spend Christmas at Patterdale YHA regularly and we usually ended up riding down the Struggle to Ambleside but came back over Kirkstone the 'easy' way via Troutbeck :) As it was winter I was usually on my HIggins trike which made the descent into Patterdale exciting!
Cold Dark North rides - where it’s at! Such a good community vibe
Thanks Francis and Daisy. That looked like a blast !
And. I missed it. Daisy is the Symbol of American justice
I own a couple of road bikes. But just out of curiosity, I 'lightened' my S-Works Venge (2020). It normally weighed 6.9 kilos (Ultegra rim brake setup with 404's). What did I do? I installed shallow-depth Zipp 202's (conti TT's tires 190 gr) and a very light 11-25 cassette and hollow chain. I also removed the small chain ring & front mech (I used the Paul chain keeper for the front mech replacement). Put on this ridiculously light 95 gram carbon saddle. Removed all bike tape. Removed bottle holders. The bike now weighs 5.8 kilos. Most weight-savings was from the wheel swap & drive-train. But every little detail adds up to some nice weight-savings. Bike feels very fast but I do not prefer the saddle. It has no padding and is torturous. A little 'boggy' too because of the gear setup.
That was a seriously legit prize, I'd even sit down and watch GCN for a block of it like that.
Great event. Great cause. Shame I couldn't make it up at the weekend. Had other plans.
Big shout out to the South Cumbria peeps ✌️🤟🥵
Great to meet you both yesterday 🚲🚲👌
And you Nick!
Great video. Hill climbs are usually at the end of the time trial season, the one at Matlock was bonkers one year. Amazing how light bikes are today.
This is a great video!
Great people and atmosphere at this event.
Ollie and Alex, so great to see them :)!
(Insert DiCaprio meme - when I realized on the bike in black that is Ollie :D)
A great show Francis, do more of these, weighing the bikes was good too
You guys make great videos, thanks.
Cool vid! Good to see not everyone's on 5.6kg bikes. Mine at 7.7kgs is not too bad then!
Awesome! More hill climb content please 🙏
Eurgh now I want to do a hill climb
THANKS FRANCIS THANKS
ps great to see Tobes in such good form
in Portugal, we had a hill climb contest in the center of lisbon,the bigest problem is that the road is in cobles all the way , you have to be extra carefull because of the transportation rails and the oil of the electric car that take you to the top,its 300 meters but very very hard to do it,average 18 to 22%.
your videos are great,thank you, and GCN.
Thats a great video, interesting to see other people bike weights. A nice change to the channel. Good to see the GCN boys take part too. I wonder if they asked for your autography!
How fun! What a scene! Funny to see those other guys here on your channel.
What a fantastic video!!! Dont stop the other stuff, but this was a great change of pace.
I love GCN so fun to see a mashup
Daisy!🌼. Fun video. Thanks team.
5.12 kilo is bonkers what a light bike!
I've had back wheels that weigh more than that.
What great fun! Thank you! 🎉🎉🎉
This looks like so much fun. Vrry good video. Ill bring my 16 lb caad 9 next year.
These videos always blow my mind, my mountain bike is like 14.5kg or so, and that feels so light to me. 😂
Eh, my adventure bike sits over 200kg when it's got all the stuff on it.
Class video Francis. Always good to see such great atmospheres at those types of events. I’m absolutely useless at hills so not a chance I’d embarrass myself on one. How come you didn’t give it a go? 😂
Would love to see something like this up our neck of the woods, just outside Glasgow there are 2 killer climbs, the Tak & the Crow..
Great video!! Love the hillclimb scene in the UK.
That Engage stem looks super similar to an Uno stem at half the price 🤣🤣
Great atmosphere up there yesterday. Well worth riding up Kirkstone to see the suffering. Cracking effort to run it. Happy not to be racing it.
Ace video sair. Fabulous to see our Tobes too ❤❤❤
Awesome you got hold of Ollie & Alex from GCN!!! They should invite you over on their Tech Show
Legit best bike vid in ages
Love the GCN appearance
Love the gcn crossover!
The Dogma F was good until you get to the Cannondale Evo 6.
Funny how everyone on TH-cam and the internet in general are super obsessed with the weight of everything, but when you go to a real event where regular people are actually doing the things, few of them care and are just having fun (or having fun not having fun).
Great atmosphere up there, great audience members.
That looks like fun!*
*In a totally unfun way
Love cycling😕
🤣😂🤣
@@allanfoster6965 The very definition of 'Type 2 Fun' "miserable while it's happening, but fun in retrospect"
Brilliant vid, great idea, love the energy and sense of slight anarchy at the event. More please! Why was Jimmy not riding his super lightweight?
Great vid lol love these events , every event should have catchers lol
was wondering if you got to weigh the GCN by at the beginning of the video?...and viola you did!!!
Best vlog in a very long time…
That looked fun
Big day out! 👏
lmao the gcn dude: oh disc brakes, were they good for the climb? ahahaha
Great content sir. Very entertaining as always. 👍
Bugger, we are just down the road on holiday, would have been there if we had known. Only ever done 1 hill climb, never been so wrecked !!
Hahaha nice, less break fluid to save some weight. What a nerd, love it!
My road bike is a 22yo Airborne zeppelin, imagine my excitement with that Valkyrie
This makes me so happy. I love seeing people enjoying the sport I love so much. Thank you for this amazing content.
This was a great video. Fair play, and the event looked mint
Where is the 4.5 on your thumbnail?
Next video is bringing Ollie to get bike fitted by James so Ollie wouldn't get dropped anymore.
6.4kg Domga F on rim brakes. Yet Ineos still decided to go disk brakes this 2022. Just imagine what other components they could have installed on the bike that is slightly heavy but still meet the 6.8kg UCI weight limit.
Next time, the youngest rider with the heaviest bike should also win a prize
Great video, I love how the British Hill Climb scene is gaining so much exposure! One question WHAT BIKE WAS OLLIE RIDING!?
Looked like the new canyon ultimate cfr
After watching this vid, if I ever try a hill climb, I'll have the extra weight of earplugs.
Literally watched eppy 3 of the budget bike build as the video before this one, what a surprise aha
Loved the vid guys brilliant
You should come to the Scottish championship, my friend is racing and his only target is to have the lightest bike there. Currently around 5kg I think.
6:39 That seemed to be so unstable I was affraid it's gonna be dropped! The bike's owner seemed like doesn't like being dropped. Sorry for my english.
Awesome video idea, good vibes all around, cool event