I'm loving this series because it gives me ideas for what to do with my son who loves his bike and tinkering with all things mechanical. I'm going to look around for a used Tri bike that he can build up as an engineering project that rides.
Loving these videos! As soon as the notification popped up for this it was a quick celebration, run to the kettle and now sit and watch for 15mins of comfort and head nodding as I pretend that I will soon try and replicate this haha awesome content man!
Love this series. It would be awesome to see a challenge between presenters to build a bike on a budget. Coincidentally I'm also putting new chainrings + chain on my FSA crankset today.
...because every budget builder has some carbon extensions and aerocoach elbow cups just sitting around... Looking forward to how you set up the stem position, it needs some slamming! (OK, slamming is bad, it needs the correct Pad XY)
Lol, had a chuckle when Ollie was installing the 54t ring, just had that on my P1, I have switch it out to a 56t 1x11 set up So.far it's like I am watching myself do the same things to my P1, lol
I thought Ollie was tired or on lockdown anxiety medication, or maybe just super chill, because he was talking very slowly in this vid, then I realised he was on 0.75x playback. Changed it to 1x and he went full Ollie agasin.
For someone who chats on alot about being a tough Yorkshire bloke a hat and jumper inside!?! Love the video series- looking to start time trailing myself and so good to get an indication of what to look at!
Cervelo f****d up even with bsa bb, gorgeous. Btw other youtubers, like bike builder's, hide this from viewers. When they install cranks, most likely builder won't spin them.
How to build a TT bike on a budget: 1. Buy a TT bike that works fine 2. Spend money replacing things that didn't need to be replaced The majority of these upgrades don't make sense if you're on a budget. The plastic disc fairing, latex tubes, and Squirt lube all make sense for a budget series. The brakes, bigger chainrings, and different aerobars are way too much money for the gains you get, even if you got a good deal. Ollie, your viewers would be way better off buying a skinsuit and aero helmet than "upgrading" the aero bars.
Chain length is surely better and more bespoke by putting chain on small ring and second or third smallest sprocket. Then have it as long as you can while the rear mech still takes up the slack. That way you'll have the longest possible (and least friction) chain while still able to use all gears you're likely to (never using small X small combo).
You might want to take a look at the elbow pads again. It just looks like a lever waiting to get whacked(down, rather) out of position when you hit a pothole or or any dodgy road surface.
Yeah that bb needs fookin' replacin'! I think my favourite thing about these vids are the outtakes at the end. So relatable. I lost the bottom end of a compression plug down me steerer the other day and thought UGH I GOTTA GET THE STEM OFF AND THE HEADSET CAP OFF AND DROP THE FORK OUT RAAA got halfway with that before i realised i can just tip the bloody thing on its back wheel and give it a little shake. Bloody idiot...
Wow that crank! My bike is like I believe 30 years or so (of the era of downtube shifters an first gen capag super record mixed with shimano why 😂 but I guess I have to couse my wheel has a shimano hub). The cranks spinned like 30 times on one push or so. Sooo smooth. By the way I do not know the bike brand becaise I got it second hand some years ago and there was no brand on it that I could see (only a sticker with columbus tubing). And I know the wheels are hand made and maybe the frame also? (It had onece probably all campag on it I believe (besides the cassete because of the shimano hub). I would be sad with such a bad BB...
Could you do a comparison in which you ride your local 10 mile flat out on your actual TT bike, your new Cervelo and your Pinarello/Orbea with clip on aero bars. I’d enjoy seeing this to give me an idea of the times which are possible as can’t decide whether I need a TT bike or whether my venge with clips would do to be competitive. If you could go sub 20 mins on all of them for example then I’d know I can’t blame my equipment ... THANKS!! Xxx
Whilst its great you're using old parts from your drawer - many of us don't have appropriate spare parts, and its (slightly) misleading to give a total price when parts were already available to you (particularly when an aerocoach pad set is quite expensive). However - Glad to see GCN showing more lower cost information, particularly at a time when more people are joining the sport. The 10k superbikes are nice to ogle, but so far outside anyones price range it's ridiculous!
Ha, yes, I got flashbacks to Hambini's "budget" build where everything added to the bike was bespoke custom machined. Overall I'm liking the GCN version better, more down to earth for us commoners.
True, just like the front brake he got cheaply from Xavier in the last episode. I can build a budget bike when I get all the good stuff second hand from 'my mate Tom' who happens to work for Shimano.
Building any bike on the cheap is a compromise of parts bin, garbage picking, used deals, and bikes sold for salvage. As well as using take-offs from other upgrades on another bike. Of course none of this applies if someone is just buying their first bicycle and they decided to get into this aspect first, bypassing a normal road or all-terrain bike. But in that case they'd probably be best served just getting a simple steel or alloy track fixie to learn the basics with in a velodrome. tl;dr this is an n+1 build not a beginner build
@@MrKevinWhite When Belinda gives Hambini a lemon, he makes lemonaide. The proper solution would have been to replace the fork, but there's no fun for him in that lol. I actually like his solution. Given that it's now out there it means that anyone interested in doing so (IE to keep a rare or customized fork usable) they can now have a path forward to DIY it or have a similar part made by a local machineshop.
Shoii Hui PD have ridden the bike as you bought it to give a real baseline. However probably not allowed at the time. Dang. Would have been a great comparison.
Love this video series but I do wish I knew what the cost of this build is? Your not saying what the parts are costing? I hope you do this in the end. Nice job!
Spinning ok but needs some work? I'd not have that level of non-spin on any bike, that's crap that. Standard Campag Square Taper and Campag chainset should spin quickly and freely, even after 5+ years use!
I would like to ask, if it possible to create use a tt frameset with normal handalbars and use tt cockpit later. What do you think? As far as I us my bike daily, but I don't want to ride a triatlon on a rebound road bike. Thanks in advance!)
The problem i have with my tri bars is that if i have them narrow, i become incredibly unstable, and end up becoming much slower because of it. You say narrower is better, but its not, narrower is theoretically better, but its entirely down to the particular rider
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.
Ollie does a good job holding back the tears while spinning that crank
at least it's good for his core workout :)
love the shout out for Sheldon Brown, the man was a hero.
Indeed,the late Sheldon Brown was a respected figure.
Pity that we all aren't able to see him today.
And a funny guy as well!
Good for you Ollie- knowing Sheldon Brown and giving him the Shout Out! His site has helped me immensely over the years.
I'm loving this series because it gives me ideas for what to do with my son who loves his bike and tinkering with all things mechanical. I'm going to look around for a used Tri bike that he can build up as an engineering project that rides.
Loving the series chaps!
Loving these videos! As soon as the notification popped up for this it was a quick celebration, run to the kettle and now sit and watch for 15mins of comfort and head nodding as I pretend that I will soon try and replicate this haha awesome content man!
Love this series. It would be awesome to see a challenge between presenters to build a bike on a budget.
Coincidentally I'm also putting new chainrings + chain on my FSA crankset today.
Hambini Wins again.
works beautifully
As a fellow TT guy this series is awesome. Love the reference to Sheldon, he was brilliant.
HELLO HAMBINI FANS AND WELCOME!!!!!!
Threaded BB not spinning freely?????? Shocking. Shocking to even a 5 year old.
A dyslexic 5 year old french child
@@LucaBonato child is not the first c word i thought of
@@saturnioowens6546 educational and full of curse words, just as I like it.
I unsubscribed from that guy a while ago, shame I still see this crap now anyway. Deeply unprofessional.
Always amazed how much I can learn from Ollie. Even if i have a generel idea how to do things, these tricks and hacks are amazing.
I love this series, it inspired me to buy an old TT bike and do my own budget build
**most anticipated video of 2020**
Great series! Wish you had done a TT before all the mods, could’ve seen the time difference once you had finished
Glad to see my recommendation of a rotor aero front ring, nice.
...because every budget builder has some carbon extensions and aerocoach elbow cups just sitting around... Looking forward to how you set up the stem position, it needs some slamming! (OK, slamming is bad, it needs the correct Pad XY)
Lol, had a chuckle when Ollie was installing the 54t ring, just had that on my P1, I have switch it out to a 56t 1x11 set up
So.far it's like I am watching myself do the same things to my P1, lol
The best series on GCN!
Totally jealous of that giant Park toolbox full of goodies! Great series.
I love this series!!!
Fantastic Sunday viewing there Ollie!! Did you say what tooth size was your new ring and will you be showing us how to service the cranks/BB???
Would you slam the stem and get some stack extensions for the bars? Like new TT bikes setup. They are pretty cheap to make if made in aluminium
I thought Ollie was tired or on lockdown anxiety medication, or maybe just super chill, because he was talking very slowly in this vid, then I realised he was on 0.75x playback. Changed it to 1x and he went full Ollie agasin.
Good video! Since the cables are exposed, you should go 1x to save watts, it's free speed
Cables are so small that it would save less than half a watt...
Ah British summer the rain gets warmer
this is great!!! Every time I watch this remind me why do I need a $5000 bike!!! thank you
A Cervelo with tight BB bearings, who'd have thought it.
ted n ruth Hambini is having a laugh now.
Isn't it a standard 68mm threaded bearing cup though? It's not BBRight.
@@mikeymike1792 yeah, it just shows that even threaded bb is not the solution to everything...
Alloy frame, so it's likely the bb from overtightened cranks.
When he spins the cranks all I can hear is "Hellooooooooooo Hambini fans!".
I’ve never before seen someone sitting on a living room chair while doing a bikebuild 👍😉
For someone who chats on alot about being a tough Yorkshire bloke a hat and jumper inside!?! Love the video series- looking to start time trailing myself and so good to get an indication of what to look at!
My favorite tech series
"It's spinning pretty well"
Man, that thing has no inertia at all. My touring bike with a 10€ bb spins better than that.
Hahaha classic cervelo, probabaly isn't even in alignment!!!
Hambini's sitting somewhere making the "Mister Burns-Excellent" sound and tapping his fingertips.
Great stuff, Ollie. Could you give us a 'total' of what you've spent? Look forward to seeing how she performs, compared to the ultra-expensive stuff.
I’m liking this guy’s content.
Yesh, been looking forward to this one
Cervelo f****d up even with bsa bb, gorgeous.
Btw other youtubers, like bike builder's, hide this from viewers. When they install cranks, most likely builder won't spin them.
Yikes. My heart stopped as Ollie pulled internally routed cables out of the frame without leaving any sort of guide. A mistake you only make once 😢
I agree I want to see a wind tunnel rest of a standard shimano crank vs an aero crankset or shimano crank with “aero” chairing.
Loving this series of videos and the bike looks mint!
How to build a TT bike on a budget:
1. Buy a TT bike that works fine
2. Spend money replacing things that didn't need to be replaced
The majority of these upgrades don't make sense if you're on a budget. The plastic disc fairing, latex tubes, and Squirt lube all make sense for a budget series. The brakes, bigger chainrings, and different aerobars are way too much money for the gains you get, even if you got a good deal. Ollie, your viewers would be way better off buying a skinsuit and aero helmet than "upgrading" the aero bars.
Sheldon Brown has saved us all at one point hasn’t he? 🤣
Looks great! Don’t paint it. Love these videos, you learn a lot of maintenance tips and tricks along the way.
Didn’t you have to move the front mech up because of the larger ring?
Looks like he adjusts it at 4:05
Shocking BB here, on a side note my second hand carrera MTB has a square taper BB that would put Hambini's to shame
Ollie baby, you should try for another hour record, on your budget TT bike this time. I would love to see how you faire :)
Ollie Ollie Ollie Oi Oi Oi!! Nice job.
Chain length is surely better and more bespoke by putting chain on small ring and second or third smallest sprocket. Then have it as long as you can while the rear mech still takes up the slack. That way you'll have the longest possible (and least friction) chain while still able to use all gears you're likely to (never using small X small combo).
Confirmed: Ollie has a solid ring.
You might want to take a look at the elbow pads again. It just looks like a lever waiting to get whacked(down, rather) out of position when you hit a pothole or or any dodgy road surface.
Brill series this Ollie 👍🏻
Yeah that bb needs fookin' replacin'! I think my favourite thing about these vids are the outtakes at the end. So relatable. I lost the bottom end of a compression plug down me steerer the other day and thought UGH I GOTTA GET THE STEM OFF AND THE HEADSET CAP OFF AND DROP THE FORK OUT RAAA got halfway with that before i realised i can just tip the bloody thing on its back wheel and give it a little shake. Bloody idiot...
You need to get #Hambini bottom bracket :-)
There goes the budget....
I don't even have a normal Road Bike yet, but you make ne want to build my own TT on a budget
Why setup the Tri-bars, when they are connected to the base bar you’ll be replacing?
Ollie you having a bad lockdown hair day again 😉😂 Great video though loving this bike build
Wow that crank! My bike is like I believe 30 years or so (of the era of downtube shifters an first gen capag super record mixed with shimano why 😂 but I guess I have to couse my wheel has a shimano hub). The cranks spinned like 30 times on one push or so. Sooo smooth. By the way I do not know the bike brand becaise I got it second hand some years ago and there was no brand on it that I could see (only a sticker with columbus tubing). And I know the wheels are hand made and maybe the frame also? (It had onece probably all campag on it I believe (besides the cassete because of the shimano hub).
I would be sad with such a bad BB...
Could you do a comparison in which you ride your local 10 mile flat out on your actual TT bike, your new Cervelo and your Pinarello/Orbea with clip on aero bars. I’d enjoy seeing this to give me an idea of the times which are possible as can’t decide whether I need a TT bike or whether my venge with clips would do to be competitive. If you could go sub 20 mins on all of them for example then I’d know I can’t blame my equipment ... THANKS!! Xxx
Whilst its great you're using old parts from your drawer - many of us don't have appropriate spare parts, and its (slightly) misleading to give a total price when parts were already available to you (particularly when an aerocoach pad set is quite expensive).
However - Glad to see GCN showing more lower cost information, particularly at a time when more people are joining the sport. The 10k superbikes are nice to ogle, but so far outside anyones price range it's ridiculous!
Ha, yes, I got flashbacks to Hambini's "budget" build where everything added to the bike was bespoke custom machined. Overall I'm liking the GCN version better, more down to earth for us commoners.
True, just like the front brake he got cheaply from Xavier in the last episode. I can build a budget bike when I get all the good stuff second hand from 'my mate Tom' who happens to work for Shimano.
Building any bike on the cheap is a compromise of parts bin, garbage picking, used deals, and bikes sold for salvage. As well as using take-offs from other upgrades on another bike.
Of course none of this applies if someone is just buying their first bicycle and they decided to get into this aspect first, bypassing a normal road or all-terrain bike. But in that case they'd probably be best served just getting a simple steel or alloy track fixie to learn the basics with in a velodrome.
tl;dr this is an n+1 build not a beginner build
@@MrKevinWhite When Belinda gives Hambini a lemon, he makes lemonaide. The proper solution would have been to replace the fork, but there's no fun for him in that lol.
I actually like his solution. Given that it's now out there it means that anyone interested in doing so (IE to keep a rare or customized fork usable) they can now have a path forward to DIY it or have a similar part made by a local machineshop.
@Bas Bakker It's not a necessity, but at least it gives a genuine cost indication.
Shoii Hui PD have ridden the bike as you bought it to give a real baseline. However probably not allowed at the time. Dang. Would have been a great comparison.
I told you in Ep 1 that that MegaExo BB is crap. "Mega Exo" as in "Mega Expense o' Watts."
I had a quick link snap a few years back. I don’t use them anymore
Ollie is now part of the Cervélo test team!
love this videos
cool video!
olli: "just take these 120$ carbon arm rests out of your part bin.."
**me looking at my part bin full of old ultegra/xt parts, stems, alu bars etc.**
Jeez, how cold is it really in the UK?! Hoodie, beenie, gloves?! I'm over here with the A/C on sweating just looking at Ollie.
Sounds like he's got a stuffy nose too
You need loctite red thread locker on those bolts! Seriously!
You make my sundays
So will it help you beat George on the ACC Zwift evening 10?
Love it
I really like your video 😍😍😍
At this point in the presentation, I am sad that Ollie's cranks don't really spin. Hopefully, the aero gains make up for that.
Hope you’re still checking comments-did you have to adjust the front derailleur up with a larger chainring?
does that method for measuring the chain also work with oversized pully wheels or any other pully wheel?
Logic would say add another link or 2
"spinning well"??? What are you smoking? That is terrible. That would be bad even if there was a chain on the bike along with a cassette.
Cut the steerer tube a bit to many spacers
Love this video series but I do wish I knew what the cost of this build is? Your not saying what the parts are costing? I hope you do this in the end. Nice job!
Sheldon Brown fukin knows...
imagine selling your old bike online and then see it becoming a super bike
Shout out to my old friend Sheldon. RIP
You actually knew him? That's awesome
Etap etap yes yes
Spinning ok but needs some work? I'd not have that level of non-spin on any bike, that's crap that. Standard Campag Square Taper and Campag chainset should spin quickly and freely, even after 5+ years use!
Couldn't Ollie rotate the old clip-ons to put his hands in his desired location? Or do the armrests end up in the wrong angle/placement?
I would like to ask, if it possible to create use a tt frameset with normal handalbars and use tt cockpit later. What do you think? As far as I us my bike daily, but I don't want to ride a triatlon on a rebound road bike. Thanks in advance!)
Dude...Ollie
How much bigger is the new chainring? 53?
Ollie sounds a lot more Yorkshire these days!
That crank spin would be a fail for Hambini. Or in other words, the bearing’s are utter shite!!
Why not use just a single chain for a tt. Bike? More arrow without a front derailleur, and less weight.
Take a drink every time Ollie mentions his preferred hand position lol
Anyone know which tri-bars he's using. Don't think he actually said what brand they were.
it says aerocoach on the side
do you have to move the shifter thingy since you put a bigger crankset?
The problem i have with my tri bars is that if i have them narrow, i become incredibly unstable, and end up becoming much slower because of it. You say narrower is better, but its not, narrower is theoretically better, but its entirely down to the particular rider
I moved to a windier area a couple of years ago and had to widen my bar separation by several cm to ensure stability.
You should have tested it before all the upgrades and than do it again( although wind could have played a big part )
whats the teeth number on the outer and inner chainrings? looking to match an inner to a 56T outer. 40/42?
200 watt just to spin the crancks 😁
No mad scientist hair today :(
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.
Enjoyed the vid, what’s with the beanie indoors Ollie #lockdownhaircutgonewrong?