I remember the time you can get a Standert frame for 1200€. Now it’s nearly 2000€ (of course with internal cable routing etc.). Even with inflation etc. that is ridiculous in my eyes!
Standert is providing jobs for Italian citizens. Would you prefer Standert send those jobs to China? Also I don’t see the welds on the frame like l see on other aluminum frames which probably cost Standert more money. I’m not saying that your comment isn’t legitimate. But with the rise of Chinese brands, Standert is probably selling less bikes and have the raised prices to cover operational cost.
I just got mine on sale under $1200, but it was only when on sale would we see this price, I do hope these clearance sale comes more often.😄 - Happy Standert Keessige owner
The French pronunciation (cressage) of the Standert bike model's name made me smile. 🤣 Kreissäge is a German word meaning circular saw and pronounced more like crice sagre with a harsh emphasis on the first R and omitting the second. Naturally cressage sounds much nicer.
My garmin heart strap is sweat proof. I’ve been using it for 4.5 years. Also, I don’t want a rechargeable heart rate strap. The current battery system works just fine.
My Raleigh 20 used to have 2 gears in the rear hub that shifted with a backpedal and only use one chain. That bike just makes more parts to be replaced. That was over 40 years ago.
My Suunto HRM still works after 10 years and it was the first one which works in Triathlon. Nowadays I use Coros it goes on your upper arm works much better than on your wrist and is definitely more comfortable then a torso belt.
I think the easiest and most effective method to increase safety is environmental factors… Ensure the route don’t have odd bottle necks, do a better job keeping fans from encroaching into the road, mark areas for the riders to warn of hazards..and on the tech side, i make the tire width a minimum of 30c to ensure better grip on slippery surfaces and bumpy roads.
I rinse my Polar H10 every time. No problems since I think 8 years. I just changed the belt a few months ago. And I’m sweating massively. And I think rechargeable won’t come so fast from the top brands. It’s because of the sweat I think. You can’t close rechargeable HR so good as you can with battery. And my HR least about 8-10 months with battery, recharge it after nearly every ride would be a mess to me.
I have a wahoo that I have been wearing every day for the past 2 years. A couple of time it accidentally went through the wash. Still works! I replaced the battery twice.
Popping in on that first talking point about bike tech and safety: the big things I took away from watching last years road season, route layout and motored traffic segregation followed by rider crash protection. There's a reason in Japanese Keirin racing they have mountain bike shoulder, back, and hip pads under their jerseys and bibs. In regards to route planning and route segregation, there's a reason why tiny local crits get fully blocked off, and while something like a grand tour makes that more difficult given the vast distances having designated set of rolling cordons barring intersections along the race route to keep the roads semi closed as the riders go through might be far more manageable and get less push back than fully barring off whole stretches. On route lay out I'm sure we all remember that big crash during the spring classics where a storm drain culvert was left uncovered and not blocked off, leaving a remarkably dangerous drop off that took several big contenders out for a large part of the early and mid season due to serious injuries. Basically, keep non even traffic off the event track, bar off and put up catch fences as the most dangerous of spots on route, and take the aero hit to wear better crash protection than a few micron thick skinsuit.
I agree with you 100 percent! The only people I see riding Standert bikes are Instagram “influencers” who get them for free. Leaves me wondering who is actually buying these bikes.
Allez sprint size 56 is 2.18kg the Kreissage RS size 56 is 1.92kg. The Standard frame is 1949€ The Allez Sprint frame is 1650€ So if you compere the production costs of frame made and painted in Taiwan to frame which is completely made and painted in Italy you will understand the 300€ difference 😉
My first HR monitor was a sealed Polar. When the battery died, you threw it out! I've been using the same Wahoo Tickr since 2017 and replaced thje strap once,
Question #1 - are there REALLY more crashes? More crashes when people get hurt? Injuries worse than before? Define the problem before proposing solutions. I bought an electronic pump since mini's take way more pumping than I wanna do on-the-road and my bike wouldn't take a proper, full-length frame pump and I refuse to use CO2 cartridges. You just reminded me to check the charge on mine, thanks! My wife's had good results with a cheap arm-band HR unit vs the chest things. Rechargeable battery too.
Gearing argument is quite similar with the ban on supertuck, that was a big flop as well, there were no crashes around supertuck, crashes commonly happened in the bunch, maybe they should ban racing in a bunch, what about that for safety?
Crashes are gonna happen but the severity of the crash on the riders can be improved if everyone were required to wear more padding like knee, elbow, shin pads and full face cycling helmets.... Protection technology has come a long way and it much more streamlined and lighter. And since everybody so worried about speed....Pads may slow you down a little lol!
I would only get one of those digital mini pumps to get my pressures accurate. Running latex and other tubes it would be handy, but largely an unesccessary bit of kit really.
Limiting gears meant for speed will mainly only hurt non-climbers while allowing pure climbers to dominate the GC race even more without worrying about any competition from all-rounders. They'd be able to rest even more during flat/rolling stages and limit time losses while blowing up the gap during hilly/mountain stages. The GC race would be even more unbalanced than it is now.
Safer clothing might help? Clothing weaved with UHMWPE (ie motorcycle jeans follow this principle) may help riders slide down the road with less injuries. Castelli Free Unlimited Bib Shorts think has similiar material.
it's the abrupt braking by disk brakes, not the gear ratio which causes crashes .. of course no one would admit that for fear of loss of commissions from manufacturers 😢😮😅
@@eteokles3 Strong community: I agree. Respected in the racing scene: sure. Diverse: I beg to differ. It's a very defined aesthetic and vibe that, imo, appeals to cyclists that specifically want to fit into that mold. Do they all look like I described? Of course not. Will you find more MAAP/Pas/Rapha kits and POC helmets than in any other ride in town? Yes.
taking economics and marketing to one side. Im a darn side sure that, that Standart will ride considerably better than say an Allez Sprint. Sometimes what you pay for can not be seen with the eye.
CO2, how many of those to make up the cost of 1 e-pump ? The same 16g co2 on 21mm / 23mm tyre is 120psi, but what about the tyre size now which usually 28mm and beyond? still 120psi ? e pump is a costly solution for non existence problem. marketing marketing marketing
My standert. is steel comfortable ,fast and stiff. Handles very well. It’s just a great all around quality bike that will last a lifetime. Plus it’s beautiful .
What's the problem with using CO2 on tubeless? Used it many times with no problem. You can modulate how much you release with just about every CO2 inflator.
Allez sprint size 56 is 2.18kg the Kreissage RS size 56 is 1.92kg. The Standard frame is 1949€ The Allez Sprint frame is 1650€ So if you compere the production costs of frame made and painted in Taiwan to frame which is completely made and painted in Italy you will understand the 300€ difference 😉
Electronic pumps: For cyclists with zero upper body strength? Don't we ride bikes to get exercise? A mini pump requires no batteries, takes little time or effort to pump-up a tubeless tire, and easily fits in most on-bike storage. The only disadvantage is that a mini pump might not have a gauge.
There are cyclists who don't don lycra and a road bike, and these electric pumps are awesome. I have a cycplus one and it fits in my small sling bag with a small adjustable spanner, some allen keys, tyre levers and a puncture repair kit. Because being stranded isn't an option when you ride your bike to work.
That Standert frame is made of Scandium but it must be pretty low grade. Eddy Merckx SC was much lighter and made of scandium. That was 10 years ago. My Fastrax RSC lite was scandium and weighed 1050 grams.
@@eteokles3 Scandium frames aren't noodles, at least that's what the data shows. Standert needs to benchmark against CAAD12 disc which is at 1182 grams. Standert claims 1360 for their frame.
Re: the Standert. Once a brand becomes associated with the “fashion” set it’s doomed. Short term success and exposure soon turns into “passé last years fad” with those guys. They’ll suck you in and spit you out without a second thought.
As a racer for over 30yrs, I can tell you it's not the speed that we're racing at. It's always the rider and how you ride in a group, etc. attacking tech and suggesting we slow down will not solve this crash problem. It's has to start and end with the riders, how we train, we race in group, etc. It's attitudes, preparation, and awareness.
Gear ratio is hard bcs of the power pro’s push nowadays. Making slower bikes is an option… but how? Steel, skinnier tires, no aero shapes, minimum bar width… but that would also ruin amateur cycling
Going full gas for longer periods is probably 80% of the reason ppl crash, you simply can't think clearly when red lining urself. I would love to see more protective gear, what about knee/shoulder protection for road racing? Speed would go down a bit too. It's there for off road, why not on road? Leatt, fox, poc etc you guys hear me? There's a market for super minimalistic protective gear. Maybe introduce a new CE rating like CE 0.5. Speak to UCI about making races where CE 0.5 is mandatory and boom, the sport is safer and ppl like me might actually give road racing a try...#my2centz after watching the first 4 minutes.
You guys JUST talked about charging that electronic pump, but now say the new Garmin HRM should be rechargeable? NOOOOO. We already have WAY too many things to charge. I like having a discrete battery in my HRM please.
I've owned a Kreissage RS which i bought in late 2023 for about 1400 euro as a frameset. At that time it was the same price as Allez sprint frame. Personally i think the price is steep but I honestly If I had spare money or space for another bike, I would buy that bike again. It felt similar to a restomodded car, not really superb in comfort, aero or speed but absolute joy to ride.
Actually, the Co2 would be much better at seating a tubelss tire because it releases a lot more air at once, and if you use a 12oz Co2 on a 28 wide tire, thats only about 80 psi. Those mini electric pumps would never seat a tubeless tire. I'm sure you're gonna have a bunch of comments from those with huge balls, who never have to use them in a real pro race, in a tight pack, at high speeds, but are gonna tell everybody else how to race. Also, my Wahoo heart rate strap is 3 yesrs old and it basically looks new. I just insure it's rised off after evey ride..
Imposing gearing won't help safety, and will just punish strong low cadence riders, however, I think imposing 40mm tires, 180mm rotors, and wider handlebars, would go a long way to increasing safety. Also, as a MTBer, I find road cyclists aversion to using modern lightweight knee and elbow pads truly baffling. Using modern tech it could even make you more aero.
9:40 rechargeable sucks, the battery dies, your device dies with it, I much rather have replaceable batteries, or at least, easily replaceable rechargeable batteries.
I can only wonder why, with over a century of quality mass-produced bikes, a sturdy English bike with a three-speed hub didn't become the standard for bicycle transport in Africa decades ago. Or something from other bike-producing nations and there were lots of them a long time ago. And I have nothing but applause for Buffalo Bikes and a few charities which send used bicycles to nations in need of them. It is just that I wonder why those nations have lacked basic bikes for everyday needs.
That bike costs more money and weighs more than two pounds more built up- you'd be nuts to buy this over the Specialized. Especially at that price point.
Your pronunciation of the German word "Kreissäge" is quite funny. In original it sounds almost like "cries say gay" and it is translated as table saw or as circular handsaw.
in a sprint, if jasper is there well he will take you out you will be dead anyways. all else situations, road furniture is just not taken into account and that is quite difficult to deal with, especially if you got 100 riders in a group
I really don't get the electronic pump trend. Why make an extremely simple and basic device more complicated and much more exposed to failure is beyond me. It provides no advantages on a mini pump, but instead is bulkier and prone to fail. My topeak micro rocket has been flawless, fits right under the saddle in between the rails with a custom carrier, and I'm pretty confident that it can inflate a 23c tire in about 25 seconds. As for the tubeless matter, I have all my bikes setup tubeless, I just carry a lightweight tpu tube wrapped with the multitool. It's tiny, lightweight, enough to get me home and perfectly suited for the task. There is no way that electronic pump can pop a tubeless setup while struggling to pump up 23c, which by the way is really far from the standard tire size nowadays. Let alone inflate a 40-45c gravel tire .. Thanks but no thanks
Why do you have such issues with HRM’s? I find your comment about how poorly they function or last a little ridiculous. I have had the same HRM for years. Granted I have gone through the straps but at a rate of 3 in over a decade. Seems like you are trying to create drama.
In my experience, heart rate straps don't work particularly well on the indoor trainer. The electrical measurement is disturbed if you sweat as much as you normally do on the indoor trainer. If I ride on the indoor trainer, I use an optical sensor (Polar OH1+). This works very well.
buy a Giant Propel Advanced Pro Hands down the best made bikes on the market. All hand laid carbon, no other brand does this By hand, over 200sheets of carbon hand laid before it's sent to the epoxy heat mould process. Giant for me is the best brand you can buy before you pay brand tax on your purchase.
Gearing is - by far - the best way to accomplish a speed reduction. Anything you do to the bike via aerodynamics or weight is going to be forced onto the entire cycling world via "UCI approved" framesets. And I also believe that going slower will, in fact, decrease the number of accidents. Whether or not that is an acceptable thing, I can't answer. But, it is extremely depressing how often races and entire seasons get ruined by crashes.
But limited gears also require a change in race design. The sprinters use their 54-11 or even 55 in a flat sprint already so them sprinting with 50-11 or so would not only look stupid but them spinning at 150 rpm is just as unsafe
@ The sprints would obviously be slower. And the sprinters would definitely spin out. But sprints are one of those high speed situations that are extremely dangerous. I don’t know that the trade off of lower speed is worth the safety. But spinning out isn’t inherently dangerous. You’d just have the sprinters all working very hard to go not as fast.
13:54 My german ears bleed. Kreissäge is not pronounced as you said, its not french! :D Try more something like this: Kreis - Crise (like in crisis) and säge - sayga (g pronounced like in bug). Together: Kreissäge - crisesayga. Thanks! ;)
@ It wasn‘t about criticizing them for a mistake, but giving them a hint for future videos. And my quotation marks are set automatically by the German autocorrection;)
Re HR monitors and their longevity, the rule is simple: if you look after your sht, your sht will look after you. As for rechargeable batteries in lieu of replaceable ones, you must be joking.
Why does everyone want to carry shit in their back pockets? I don't even want back pockets, I want the bike to carry the shit for me. Instead of carrying a brick in the back pocket, why not integrate a small pump like the Lezyne Pocket Drive into these gawdy (sorry 'aero') handlebars?
Wow. That bloke has absolutely no idea how alloys work. That commentary on the Standert frames lets you look like fool. Not to even mention the weight quoted for that Allez would be ground breaking for mass produced aluminum frames. I guess cycling "journalism" is not so different from the usual every day bs we read on the web anyway...
I remember the time you can get a Standert frame for 1200€. Now it’s nearly 2000€ (of course with internal cable routing etc.). Even with inflation etc. that is ridiculous in my eyes!
Standert is providing jobs for Italian citizens. Would you prefer Standert send those jobs to China? Also I don’t see the welds on the frame like l see on other aluminum frames which probably cost Standert more money. I’m not saying that your comment isn’t legitimate. But with the rise of Chinese brands, Standert is probably selling less bikes and have the raised prices to cover operational cost.
For a fking bike lol
I just got mine on sale under $1200, but it was only when on sale would we see this price, I do hope these clearance sale comes more often.😄 - Happy Standert Keessige owner
@@Lifesurfer001-iq7nf it's not the Italian labour cast that made the price go from 1200eur to 2000eur. It's the greedflation.
The French pronunciation (cressage) of the Standert bike model's name made me smile. 🤣 Kreissäge is a German word meaning circular saw and pronounced more like crice sagre with a harsh emphasis on the first R and omitting the second. Naturally cressage sounds much nicer.
Thank You !!!! 🙏 👌
I know that German is not the prettiest Language and really hard to pronounce.
But his Cressage was pure Violence in my Ears 😂
I'm yet to here a German, or Frenchie come to that, pronounce a single word of English correctly. But, hey-ho!
@@LegSpinna And your comment is testament to the difficulty of the English language?
My garmin heart strap is sweat proof. I’ve been using it for 4.5 years. Also, I don’t want a rechargeable heart rate strap. The current battery system works just fine.
As a wahoo chest strap user that gets a warranty replacement each year i needed to hear this 👍🏼
My Raleigh 20 used to have 2 gears in the rear hub that shifted with a backpedal and only use one chain. That bike just makes more parts to be replaced. That was over 40 years ago.
I rinse my Garmin heart rate monitor after every ride and it lasted 10 years.
Just like is printed in the instructions on the strap itself?
My Suunto HRM still works after 10 years and it was the first one which works in Triathlon.
Nowadays I use Coros it goes on your upper arm works much better than on your wrist and is definitely more comfortable then a torso belt.
If you limit gears.. Elite riders will train to pedal 300rpm within weeks
Yep, they'll all start riding 150mm cranks too
🤣😅🤣😂😅🤣😂
300 is a bit unrealistic but 200 or 220 it's not only possible but also quite easy to achieve.
@@ReinhardSchuster I've learned to stop under estimating the Elites... They are endlessly redefining what's possible
@@adadinthelifeofacyclist Quite the opposite. If you limit the gears, the crank length will go UP
I think the easiest and most effective method to increase safety is environmental factors…
Ensure the route don’t have odd bottle necks, do a better job keeping fans from encroaching into the road, mark areas for the riders to warn of hazards..and on the tech side, i make the tire width a minimum of 30c to ensure better grip on slippery surfaces and bumpy roads.
Don't forget the motorbikes with cameras, they've been the cause of several serious crashes.
Trying to avoid physical activity pumping up a flat when you are out doing physical activity on a bike. Something wrong there...
I rinse my Polar H10 every time. No problems since I think 8 years. I just changed the belt a few months ago. And I’m sweating massively.
And I think rechargeable won’t come so fast from the top brands. It’s because of the sweat I think. You can’t close rechargeable HR so good as you can with battery. And my HR least about 8-10 months with battery, recharge it after nearly every ride would be a mess to me.
You make a really good point about the heart rate monitors. I think they just like selling more to make money instead of fixing the problem.
Absolutely no way an electric mini pump seats a tubeless tire.
Make all the finish line on an uphill climb, reduce speed achieved.
I have a wahoo that I have been wearing every day for the past 2 years. A couple of time it accidentally went through the wash. Still works! I replaced the battery twice.
Popping in on that first talking point about bike tech and safety: the big things I took away from watching last years road season, route layout and motored traffic segregation followed by rider crash protection. There's a reason in Japanese Keirin racing they have mountain bike shoulder, back, and hip pads under their jerseys and bibs. In regards to route planning and route segregation, there's a reason why tiny local crits get fully blocked off, and while something like a grand tour makes that more difficult given the vast distances having designated set of rolling cordons barring intersections along the race route to keep the roads semi closed as the riders go through might be far more manageable and get less push back than fully barring off whole stretches. On route lay out I'm sure we all remember that big crash during the spring classics where a storm drain culvert was left uncovered and not blocked off, leaving a remarkably dangerous drop off that took several big contenders out for a large part of the early and mid season due to serious injuries.
Basically, keep non even traffic off the event track, bar off and put up catch fences as the most dangerous of spots on route, and take the aero hit to wear better crash protection than a few micron thick skinsuit.
I agree with you 100 percent! The only people I see riding Standert bikes are Instagram “influencers” who get them for free. Leaves me wondering who is actually buying these bikes.
Reducing pack sizes and creating certain pack etiquette would have a much larger impact than trying to limit the speed through gearing.
Is Allez Sprint frame weight really just 1200g? At least two cycling websites quote the weight at 1500g-ish.
Allez sprint size 56 is 2.18kg the Kreissage RS size 56 is 1.92kg.
The Standard frame is 1949€
The Allez Sprint frame is 1650€
So if you compere the production costs of frame made and painted in Taiwan to frame which is completely made and painted in Italy you will understand the 300€ difference 😉
Kinesis Aithein is half the price of even the Allez Sprint, with external cables!
My first HR monitor was a sealed Polar. When the battery died, you threw it out! I've been using the same Wahoo Tickr since 2017 and replaced thje strap once,
Question #1 - are there REALLY more crashes? More crashes when people get hurt? Injuries worse than before? Define the problem before proposing solutions. I bought an electronic pump since mini's take way more pumping than I wanna do on-the-road and my bike wouldn't take a proper, full-length frame pump and I refuse to use CO2 cartridges. You just reminded me to check the charge on mine, thanks! My wife's had good results with a cheap arm-band HR unit vs the chest things. Rechargeable battery too.
I had some cheap he monitors fail but my garmin has been going strong, heavy use for over a year no issues
Gearing argument is quite similar with the ban on supertuck, that was a big flop as well, there were no crashes around supertuck, crashes commonly happened in the bunch, maybe they should ban racing in a bunch, what about that for safety?
Over the last 15 years, I have never had a heart monitor strap have problems related to sweat.
Crashes are gonna happen but the severity of the crash on the riders can be improved if everyone were required to wear more padding like knee, elbow, shin pads and full face cycling helmets.... Protection technology has come a long way and it much more streamlined and lighter. And since everybody so worried about speed....Pads may slow you down a little lol!
I would only get one of those digital mini pumps to get my pressures accurate. Running latex and other tubes it would be handy, but largely an unesccessary bit of kit really.
Limiting gears meant for speed will mainly only hurt non-climbers while allowing pure climbers to dominate the GC race even more without worrying about any competition from all-rounders. They'd be able to rest even more during flat/rolling stages and limit time losses while blowing up the gap during hilly/mountain stages. The GC race would be even more unbalanced than it is now.
Safer clothing might help? Clothing weaved with UHMWPE (ie motorcycle jeans follow this principle) may help riders slide down the road with less injuries. Castelli Free Unlimited Bib Shorts think has similiar material.
it's the abrupt braking by disk brakes, not the gear ratio which causes crashes .. of course no one would admit that for fear of loss of commissions from manufacturers 😢😮😅
I live in Berlin: you just voiced what everyone without a moustache and a Pas Normal kit thinks about Standert 🤣
Quite the opposite actually. They have a pretty strong and diverse community going and they, are well respected in the racing scene.
@@eteokles3 Strong community: I agree. Respected in the racing scene: sure. Diverse: I beg to differ. It's a very defined aesthetic and vibe that, imo, appeals to cyclists that specifically want to fit into that mold. Do they all look like I described? Of course not. Will you find more MAAP/Pas/Rapha kits and POC helmets than in any other ride in town? Yes.
taking economics and marketing to one side. Im a darn side sure that, that Standart will ride considerably better than say an Allez Sprint. Sometimes what you pay for can not be seen with the eye.
CO2, how many of those to make up the cost of 1 e-pump ? The same 16g co2 on 21mm / 23mm tyre is 120psi, but what about the tyre size now which usually 28mm and beyond? still 120psi ? e pump is a costly solution for non existence problem. marketing marketing marketing
My standert. is steel comfortable ,fast and stiff.
Handles very well. It’s just a great all around quality bike that will last a lifetime.
Plus it’s beautiful .
What's the problem with using CO2 on tubeless? Used it many times with no problem. You can modulate how much you release with just about every CO2 inflator.
Allez sprint size 56 is 2.18kg the Kreissage RS size 56 is 1.92kg.
The Standard frame is 1949€
The Allez Sprint frame is 1650€
So if you compere the production costs of frame made and painted in Taiwan to frame which is completely made and painted in Italy you will understand the 300€ difference 😉
Electronic pumps: For cyclists with zero upper body strength? Don't we ride bikes to get exercise? A mini pump requires no batteries, takes little time or effort to pump-up a tubeless tire, and easily fits in most on-bike storage. The only disadvantage is that a mini pump might not have a gauge.
The electric pump pretty much has to be carried in the jersey pocket. I'd really rather not do that
Strength in the arms is not aero and not light. Not good for cyclists. Noob.
There are cyclists who don't don lycra and a road bike, and these electric pumps are awesome. I have a cycplus one and it fits in my small sling bag with a small adjustable spanner, some allen keys, tyre levers and a puncture repair kit. Because being stranded isn't an option when you ride your bike to work.
@@MylesHSG For commuting it would be great.
That Standert frame is made of Scandium but it must be pretty low grade. Eddy Merckx SC was much lighter and made of scandium. That was 10 years ago. My Fastrax RSC lite was scandium and weighed 1050 grams.
...and probably rode like a noodle. Ever compared carbon frames of 10 years ago? Disc brakes and modern specs just made things heavier.
@@eteokles3 Scandium frames aren't noodles, at least that's what the data shows. Standert needs to benchmark against CAAD12 disc which is at 1182 grams. Standert claims 1360 for their frame.
the only garmin hrm that leas in time is the hrm pro plus, sweat and water proof
The thing is the crashes arn't really happening at top speed so gearing really isnt going to help anything.
Old all plastic Garmin ones last longest. All my ald ANT only ones still work. New dual ones last 1 year
The total system weight is 105 kilo ... if I sit on it, maybe... Else: 10.5 what you're looking for?
hmm.. dumb presenters.. they meant with a rider.. because actually 8.5kg
Re: the Standert. Once a brand becomes associated with the “fashion” set it’s doomed. Short term success and exposure soon turns into “passé last years fad” with those guys. They’ll suck you in and spit you out without a second thought.
I considered a Standert before I went custom. Doing comparisons, they have nice paint and IG. That's all they have.
As a racer for over 30yrs, I can tell you it's not the speed that we're racing at. It's always the rider and how you ride in a group, etc. attacking tech and suggesting we slow down will not solve this crash problem. It's has to start and end with the riders, how we train, we race in group, etc. It's attitudes, preparation, and awareness.
Gear ratio is hard bcs of the power pro’s push nowadays. Making slower bikes is an option… but how? Steel, skinnier tires, no aero shapes, minimum bar width… but that would also ruin amateur cycling
Going full gas for longer periods is probably 80% of the reason ppl crash, you simply can't think clearly when red lining urself.
I would love to see more protective gear, what about knee/shoulder protection for road racing? Speed would go down a bit too. It's there for off road, why not on road? Leatt, fox, poc etc you guys hear me? There's a market for super minimalistic protective gear. Maybe introduce a new CE rating like CE 0.5. Speak to UCI about making races where CE 0.5 is mandatory and boom, the sport is safer and ppl like me might actually give road racing a try...#my2centz after watching the first 4 minutes.
My Scoche hr rate monitor goes on my bicep and is rechargeable and DC Rainmaker rates it above Garmin
How about three testicle, it's more aero, the idea is that air flows around the outer two and under the saddle producing less drag.
16:25 that’s not true. The Frame weight is over 1,60kg!
Buy the Polar H10 heart rate monitor for the Garmin Computer instead!
You guys JUST talked about charging that electronic pump, but now say the new Garmin HRM should be rechargeable? NOOOOO. We already have WAY too many things to charge. I like having a discrete battery in my HRM please.
I am sure we used to have restrictions on gearing when I was racing as a junior ? In the UK
50x15 is junior gear restriction
No descents is the only logical safety discussion , but that'll kill off cycling races
Y’all wear out hrm? I don’t ever need one until the rustic finally gives out after years and years.
Upon hearing Sram got involved into Buffalo bikes, my heart sunk.
Back to rim brakes perhaps?
Um... If you are seeing that bike on influencer postings then you are watching influencer postings. That says more about you than the bike.
I've owned a Kreissage RS which i bought in late 2023 for about 1400 euro as a frameset. At that time it was the same price as Allez sprint frame. Personally i think the price is steep but I honestly If I had spare money or space for another bike, I would buy that bike again. It felt similar to a restomodded car, not really superb in comfort, aero or speed but absolute joy to ride.
I think the solution is to increase the distance space) between bikes and riders.
Why does the new buffalo bike have rim brakes, I find it need to change mine every 600 miles! Should be drums like the old one.
Actually, the Co2 would be much better at seating a tubelss tire because it releases a lot more air at once, and if you use a 12oz Co2 on a 28 wide tire, thats only about 80 psi. Those mini electric pumps would never seat a tubeless tire. I'm sure you're gonna have a bunch of comments from those with huge balls, who never have to use them in a real pro race, in a tight pack, at high speeds, but are gonna tell everybody else how to race. Also, my Wahoo heart rate strap is 3 yesrs old and it basically looks new. I just insure it's rised off after evey ride..
Imposing gearing won't help safety, and will just punish strong low cadence riders, however, I think imposing 40mm tires, 180mm rotors, and wider handlebars, would go a long way to increasing safety.
Also, as a MTBer, I find road cyclists aversion to using modern lightweight knee and elbow pads truly baffling. Using modern tech it could even make you more aero.
9:40 rechargeable sucks, the battery dies, your device dies with it, I much rather have replaceable batteries, or at least, easily replaceable rechargeable batteries.
The handlebars are narrower nowadays.
I can only wonder why, with over a century of quality mass-produced bikes, a sturdy English bike with a three-speed hub didn't become the standard for bicycle transport in Africa decades ago. Or something from other bike-producing nations and there were lots of them a long time ago. And I have nothing but applause for Buffalo Bikes and a few charities which send used bicycles to nations in need of them. It is just that I wonder why those nations have lacked basic bikes for everyday needs.
how do you transport the inflation tool? in your back pocket when it is 30+ degrees and maybe 50+ in the direct sun?
That bike costs more money and weighs more than two pounds more built up- you'd be nuts to buy this over the Specialized. Especially at that price point.
6k EU for this metal bike is just insane!
Made in italy with high quality scandium. That‘s why it‘s expensive. Carbon is produced much cheaper in China and sold for even more money.
Weight limits like that I'd expect to be more exotic! Without water, without lights, me & the bike are already over the limit! Sounds worthless to me!
Reduce professional team size to just a quartet and put them on fixed-gear surries. Problem solved.
Your pronunciation of the German word "Kreissäge" is quite funny. In original it sounds almost like "cries say gay" and it is translated as table saw or as circular handsaw.
Limiting gearing is stupid. Would be better to make everyone run mavic open pro rims and round tube frames
in a sprint, if jasper is there well he will take you out you will be dead anyways. all else situations, road furniture is just not taken into account and that is quite difficult to deal with, especially if you got 100 riders in a group
I really don't get the electronic pump trend. Why make an extremely simple and basic device more complicated and much more exposed to failure is beyond me. It provides no advantages on a mini pump, but instead is bulkier and prone to fail. My topeak micro rocket has been flawless, fits right under the saddle in between the rails with a custom carrier, and I'm pretty confident that it can inflate a 23c tire in about 25 seconds. As for the tubeless matter, I have all my bikes setup tubeless, I just carry a lightweight tpu tube wrapped with the multitool. It's tiny, lightweight, enough to get me home and perfectly suited for the task. There is no way that electronic pump can pop a tubeless setup while struggling to pump up 23c, which by the way is really far from the standard tire size nowadays. Let alone inflate a 40-45c gravel tire .. Thanks but no thanks
The original bikes were toys for toffs, only later did ones get built for work.
Polar heart rate monitors are teh only ones to buy- they last forever.
Give them a few years, and they'll rediscover the Sturmey Archer 3-speed hub.
Is there an IP rating for resisting sweat? 💦
I think the solution is simple... Just put everybody on a basic non aero bike similar to Japanese Keirin...
Standert went the same route as Rapha. First a nich and than for the gallery cyclist… too bad
Muhehehe 🤣🤣
Why do you have such issues with HRM’s? I find your comment about how poorly they function or last a little ridiculous. I have had the same HRM for years. Granted I have gone through the straps but at a rate of 3 in over a decade. Seems like you are trying to create drama.
Full integration on a metal bike? No thanks!
So increased training for longer rides will make it safer
In my experience, heart rate straps don't work particularly well on the indoor trainer. The electrical measurement is disturbed if you sweat as much as you normally do on the indoor trainer. If I ride on the indoor trainer, I use an optical sensor (Polar OH1+). This works very well.
2000€ for an aluminum framset!!! Have you lost your mind ?!!
That bike looks like something from the 90s, and cheaply made. Its both heavy and non aero.
buy a Giant Propel Advanced Pro Hands down the best made bikes on the market.
All hand laid carbon, no other brand does this By hand, over 200sheets of carbon hand laid before it's sent to the epoxy heat mould process.
Giant for me is the best brand you can buy before you pay brand tax on your purchase.
Parle rz7 does this and rides better - have ridden both. Agree, rare but not unique and agree that the giant is nice, the Parlee is simply nicer.
Gearing is - by far - the best way to accomplish a speed reduction. Anything you do to the bike via aerodynamics or weight is going to be forced onto the entire cycling world via "UCI approved" framesets. And I also believe that going slower will, in fact, decrease the number of accidents. Whether or not that is an acceptable thing, I can't answer. But, it is extremely depressing how often races and entire seasons get ruined by crashes.
But limited gears also require a change in race design. The sprinters use their 54-11 or even 55 in a flat sprint already so them sprinting with 50-11 or so would not only look stupid but them spinning at 150 rpm is just as unsafe
@ The sprints would obviously be slower. And the sprinters would definitely spin out. But sprints are one of those high speed situations that are extremely dangerous. I don’t know that the trade off of lower speed is worth the safety. But spinning out isn’t inherently dangerous. You’d just have the sprinters all working very hard to go not as fast.
13:54 My german ears bleed. Kreissäge is not pronounced as you said, its not french! :D Try more something like this: Kreis - Crise (like in crisis) and säge - sayga (g pronounced like in bug). Together: Kreissäge - crisesayga. Thanks! ;)
This bike is not pronounced like „cressage“. It‘s German for circular saw. Let Google Translation read it out to you;) Cheers
They really should know better. I don't expect a 100% accurate pronunciation but please just even try do it.
winced at the pronounciation as well
@ It wasn‘t about criticizing them for a mistake, but giving them a hint for future videos. And my quotation marks are set automatically by the German autocorrection;)
i was certainly surprised how he pronounced Kreissäge
If the TDF racers had to dress like downhill mountain bikers, that would slow them down and provide some protection when they crash. Seriously. 😳
Re HR monitors and their longevity, the rule is simple: if you look after your sht, your sht will look after you. As for rechargeable batteries in lieu of replaceable ones, you must be joking.
Why does everyone want to carry shit in their back pockets? I don't even want back pockets, I want the bike to carry the shit for me. Instead of carrying a brick in the back pocket, why not integrate a small pump like the Lezyne Pocket Drive into these gawdy (sorry 'aero') handlebars?
Get the barriers up to set the public some distance away from racing cyclists.
Drugs?
Wow. That bloke has absolutely no idea how alloys work. That commentary on the Standert frames lets you look like fool. Not to even mention the weight quoted for that Allez would be ground breaking for mass produced aluminum frames. I guess cycling "journalism" is not so different from the usual every day bs we read on the web anyway...
2050 UCI race is made to be in home sleeping for sake safety rider wear device reading their dream and people can enjoy the virtual race.
Learn how to say Kreissäge correctly , ist peinlich zu hören 🤦🏼♂️🙄
Please do your homework. Scandium has been around for a long time.
Thanks kids