Great guy and awesome bike. It is always interesting that so many people need a couple of years to adapt to new looks. I remember how people hated the Cervelo P3 when it came out or the Plasma with the integrated hydration system. Funny.
any videos with Tim Don are appreciated and is the only reason i clicked the video. however, this bike is an eyesore. it's been about a decade since any major design changes to the Shiv and this is what they come up with? it's like someone tried to mate an old steel road bike with the front end of a spaceship. no bento box? Tim doesn't even utilize most of the features of this bike which makes me think Specialized just pushed a new bike before Kona just for show. does it come with tape to keep the hydration lid on? Tim - buy your own Canyon and save yourself the grief - well worth it.
I want to think that this bike is beneficial, but like you I can't see it, i have the 'old' shiv and it is so difficult to make adjustments, this one looks just as bad. If it were worth the money then Tim Don and Lucy Charles would both not be using after market parts on them. I bet they were thinking at the start of 2018 it's time for a quick cash grab... lol
Tim rides a S size of Shiv and he's 1,73m height. Would be an S size be good for me being 1,77m height? I have the chance to buy one in S and I think that it's better a smaller one to fit bette in the cockpit. Any recommendation?
No way that is an 11-25 cassette! Looks like 11-30, count the teeth in one side. Then count how many cogs skip 2 teeth before a closer cluster. That's at least 11-28. I'm impressed that, cadence being such an important thing, he might not know and not notice having an extra gap between cogs in the middle of the block.
Yes these $20,000 bikes on a great day give the riders those sub 4:15 splits or faster , but they still have $200 pair of running shoes and not many run under 2:45 let alone 2:40 in Kona , in the sport since 1985 . And when the wind comes back to Kona those would rode 4:16 will again ride 4:26 . Funny thing the pros dont buy them ,nether can 80% of the age groupers
If it is ugly, who cares if it is fast. It is so ugly that no one would actually buy it and ride. A bike is only fast if there is someone actually riding it.
The lowered seat stays are becoming more common on road and tri bikes mainly for two things. First it makes that rear triangle a lot more ridged in the chain stays making power transfer better. Second, it allows the seattube above the seat stays to flex a fair amount more improving comfort considerably.
This configuration induces stresses in the frame normally not present in a diamond shape. Seems to be a compromise and tries to emulate the Softride frames. The Ventrum One, Lotus 108 or 110, Zipp 2001 all represent no compromise solutions which are much better looking.
I see Tim Don - I upvote
Natural presenter Fraser, great job
Tim Don is a legend. Incredible human being mentally and physically.
I really like it. This is the future of road bikes too... should probably put the front tyre on the right way round though.
what a legend the Don is mate!
Great guy and awesome bike. It is always interesting that so many people need a couple of years to adapt to new looks. I remember how people hated the Cervelo P3 when it came out or the Plasma with the integrated hydration system. Funny.
Go Tim. Kick booty this year in Kona👊🏼
Interesting to see if any fuel cell updates are made for the rear hydration, seeing as Lucy Charles dropped a bottle trying to refill it in Kona.
I like. this. bike
My knees would still be recovering after squatting for that long
any videos with Tim Don are appreciated and is the only reason i clicked the video. however, this bike is an eyesore. it's been about a decade since any major design changes to the Shiv and this is what they come up with? it's like someone tried to mate an old steel road bike with the front end of a spaceship. no bento box? Tim doesn't even utilize most of the features of this bike which makes me think Specialized just pushed a new bike before Kona just for show. does it come with tape to keep the hydration lid on? Tim - buy your own Canyon and save yourself the grief - well worth it.
I want to think that this bike is beneficial, but like you I can't see it, i have the 'old' shiv and it is so difficult to make adjustments, this one looks just as bad. If it were worth the money then Tim Don and Lucy Charles would both not be using after market parts on them. I bet they were thinking at the start of 2018 it's time for a quick cash grab... lol
what a top guy
I saw a pro training on a S works shiv disc last June at IM Austria 🇦🇹
lighting for this video is shocking
Tim rides a S size of Shiv and he's 1,73m height. Would be an S size be good for me being 1,77m height? I have the chance to buy one in S and I think that it's better a smaller one to fit bette in the cockpit. Any recommendation?
Why the lowered seat stays? Rider compliance and aero?
Haha he threw that hydration thing away.
Slightly less ugly without the water reservoir on the back. But I have to say, nothing on it I like... Apart from the Don himself... legend.
So, Tim Don next GTN presenter or what?
When interviewing someone with disc brakes, sure wish you’d ask them about feel, any rubbing, and weight/power gains and losses.
No way that is an 11-25 cassette! Looks like 11-30, count the teeth in one side. Then count how many cogs skip 2 teeth before a closer cluster. That's at least 11-28.
I'm impressed that, cadence being such an important thing, he might not know and not notice having an extra gap between cogs in the middle of the block.
@Fraser Cartmell Check again at 7:00, lowest cog skips 3t, then you have 6 times 2t skips and then close ratio. Thats 11-28, so... He doesn't notice.
mechanic disc brake or hydro?
Yes these $20,000 bikes on a great day give the riders those sub 4:15 splits or faster , but they still have $200 pair of running shoes and not many run under 2:45 let alone 2:40 in Kona , in the sport since 1985 . And when the wind comes back to Kona those would rode 4:16 will again ride 4:26 . Funny thing the pros dont buy them ,nether can 80% of the age groupers
Lew Ironman 1995 $20k? No man... it’s ONLY $14k .... 😂
@@EatMyPropwash Still just little more than their running shoes :)
Двухкоронная вилка на шоссере... Теперь я видел всё!
😳😳😳
I for got what to write, facing this magnificent fugliness :(
F*** u iphone auto correction!
Frame geometry to me looks ugly. But hey, if it's fast who cares 😀
If it is ugly, who cares if it is fast. It is so ugly that no one would actually buy it and ride.
A bike is only fast if there is someone actually riding it.
Caraca que bike feia.
E a sua bike e bonitona, pena que nao tenha um motor como o Tim.
@@pilantra2000 ninguém ta falando do Tim Don, mas se quer falar, blz ele é um excelente atleta. Mas a Bike continua sendo feia que dói.
Skream chameleon anyone?
Nah... rim break
Horrible looking bike
Front looks like dh bike but more ugly
Feiura de $20.000 dollars
Tim Don is great but this bike looks awful.
Awful bike 😣 amazing athlete
such an ugly bike
What an ugly bike...man!! Brrrrrr ...get da hell out of my sight !
this is juan ugly bike specialized came out with
Never mentioned the strange location of the rear seat stay. What advantage does this unconventional frame configuration give you.
Probably reduces the amount of surface area that's perpendicular to the airflow.
The lowered seat stays are becoming more common on road and tri bikes mainly for two things. First it makes that rear triangle a lot more ridged in the chain stays making power transfer better. Second, it allows the seattube above the seat stays to flex a fair amount more improving comfort considerably.
This configuration induces stresses in the frame normally not present in a diamond shape. Seems to be a compromise and tries to emulate the Softride frames. The Ventrum One, Lotus 108 or 110, Zipp 2001 all represent no compromise solutions which are much better looking.
And this is how the Shiv was named - th-cam.com/video/6hcoT6yxFoU/w-d-xo.html