What was your favourite tech nugget from the race? We would definitely like a go on Rane's bike 🤑🤑Let us know what you think in the comments 👇

This is far more interesting than looking at tech at the Tour de France with all the vastly different set ups and the whole jerry riggedness of it.

Would have liked the video better if Rane Roatta was left out of it. Someone who rides in a car for part of a race (Unbound) and then later rides across the finish line doesn't sit well with me. No problem with the riding in the car to get your bike fixed at a checkpoint but crossing the finish line (acting like you completed the whole race) turns you into a cheater no matter how much you say it turned into a training ride after the mechanical.

@jasperponjee

9 ай бұрын

That guy Rane didn't even compete with the elites but in the Gran Fondo category M19-34. And not very fast judging from the results... no surprise with such a dangerous setup 😱 Safe to say he didn't take a taxi 😉

@ipodgolfer13

9 ай бұрын

I’m ignorant on this subject but fill me in or point in a direction of an article about it if you have a second.

This is my new favorite cycling discipline

I use nearly all, what pros use on a gravel bike: road groupset and pedals, Schwalbe Overland tires, but I prefer an aero belly over pro 🪒 legs.

@bikeradar

9 ай бұрын

Aero belly is next level terminology. Love it🫄

I use the Schwalbe Ones, even at 700x35 they take an amazing amount of abuse and seem pretty fast. I've had no punctures since switching to them a year ago.

I love the pathfinders , but they weren't in stock at the local shop last month and I tried some of the Sawtooths in 700x 42 's and they are great too , super fast and grippy

Great video. Delving into tech for any race is great, I hope you could do something similar for XCO MTB as well. This gravel track was better imo.

@bikeradar

9 ай бұрын

Thanks for the kind comments. We're hoping to do loads more, but if you missed it, here's one from Lenzerheide - kzread.info/dash/bejne/mqCuuNSihpnVnrw.html

@Simte

9 ай бұрын

@@bikeradar Oh nice, I somehow missed it! Good stuff. Ty.

pulling out my best rice cakes for this one

I use a compact groupset and a cassette withe the lowest gear on my gravel bike. I don't race, but it gives me all the gears needed for all roads and terrain

Those narrow bars much be super twitchy.

@fpeter01

9 ай бұрын

I put on 38 cm wide handlebars on a road/gravel/city (pick one) bike and it has way less leverage than a 42. For good steering abilities a 42 cm is a must for gravel paths. And at least 32 mm tires. 28 just don't give you enough support in loose turns.

Great vid; I'm actually contemplating now switching pedals on my gravel bike from mtb to road, so this is helpful!

@festerofest4374

9 ай бұрын

I stick with SPD so I can get gravel shoes to be able to comfortably walk in! If you're racing that's different, of course, but I don't want road shoes to be off the bike with.

@bikeradar

9 ай бұрын

It really depends on where you ride. The majority of racers will likely remain clipped in from start to finish and conditions were perfectly dry. If you'll do any walking/pushing or conditions are muddy then MTB pedals and shoes will likely serve you better

I Rode with Pathfinder 42 s-works 😅😅 on this race

They will invent stumpjumper in 10 years

@bikeradar

9 ай бұрын

Watch this space 👀😂

Some nice gravel bling in there.

@bikeradar

9 ай бұрын

We do love a bit of gravel bling

Does anyone know the Storm bike model on 0:11 ? thank you

3:15 what are those bolt holes for? Can't think of anything that'd mount there other than a cafe lock lol

Worth noting that when sated 1X groupset at 6:33 that this 11s GRX has been swapped with a Garbaruk cassette & derailleur cage/jockey wheels to get better gear range

@serpadu

9 ай бұрын

I wonder if the 'old' Di2 grx is really superior than the new 12v mechanical, since they choose the older one.

I ride an ultegra 11 speed with 50-34 front and 11-40 (forty) in the back. 33 mm schwalbe x-one speed tires and deore xt xc pedals. Smooth and easy.

Pathfinder Pros or Trigger Pros would be my go to for this terrain

Niewiadoma schould sound like knee via doma. Thx for great video.

@bikeradar

9 ай бұрын

Have to say the two I really struggle with are this one and Toms Skujiņš. I would wish that they never featured in races, but they're both lovely people so I want them to do well 😂 Liam

I’ve been very happy with my Tufo Thundero tyres they seem as tuff as my old Pathfinders but faster and cheaper

@festerofest4374

9 ай бұрын

I hadn't heard of them. Looking at their site they have a nice looking lineup of gravel tires.

@moongoosee

9 ай бұрын

@@festerofest4374 great tyres, one of the fastest. Old european brand.

❤😊

That 23-cm bar is ridiculous. It contradicts the concept of a gravel bike where you have normal-size drop, bar with a flare for better stability and control. How much stability and control gives this almost TT-narrow bar?

Schwalbe G-One R up front, G-One RS in the back

cortina is valverdes former teammate not mohorics

@madmonkeycycling9098

9 ай бұрын

He also used to ride for Bahrein, he has been teammate of both

Did I also see a lot of Specialized Cruxes instead of the diverge in the video?

@RowdyHonzo

9 ай бұрын

I don't think anyone at the sharp end of gravel racing is on the Diverge really as of now

@bikeradar

9 ай бұрын

Yea it seems to be the choice for this race. But the pros often just want whatever is lightest

It is amazing how easily people fall for the marketing trap!

@fpeter01

9 ай бұрын

Most people are getting brainwashed if they follow any media.

Most of it makes sense. I think the pedals are a matter of habit. Not sure if the power transfer is better.

@bikeradar

9 ай бұрын

My wording of that might have been a tad off. Likely that the pro road riders prefer the stability and float that they're used to with their road pedals. When you're putting out that much power for 5 hours, it matters...I guess 😂 Liam

@bocksteinbikes

9 ай бұрын

I am sure it does. I think I might actually wanna try too someday. I just find it practical to have one system for all bikes and walking with SPD-SL is unsexy at the very least. Regarding btires I wonder wether WVA choice might have affected his puncture: 35mm Terreno Zero probably had too much pressure for this kind of course. Just my 2c.@@bikeradar

Any Classified setups?

@bikeradar

9 ай бұрын

Not that we saw, but they are sometimes tricky to spot, especially at the end of a race with dust-coated components

Giant Revolt...ing

garcia isn't a teamate of mohoric

Where did the sinful looking bars/ banana guy end up? He wasnt even on the race results?

@Avioto

9 ай бұрын

He was in a completely different category than the pros

Aren’t those 23cm wide bars now UCI illegal? Why were they allowed to race?

Front g one r. Back g one rs

Crazy how they make all the same design mistakes that MTB did in the 90’s

@bikeradar

9 ай бұрын

Time is just a flat circle and fashion always comes back around

Since when Mohirc’s teammate is Ivan Garcia Cortina 🙄

Is it just me or does the presenters t-shirt make him look like an extra from a movie set in an american prison...?

@bikeradar

9 ай бұрын

This is so specific 😂

How can you say Rane Roatta is your favorite rider when he is a cheat? 😂

Anything more pointless than multiple ‘aero’ tweaks to the nth degree then slapping on hundreds of pointless tiny wind sails that travel at multiples of your speed INTO the wind?

Considering it was a road race, I’d choose gp5000 s tr 32mm

@vodkawasser

9 ай бұрын

did you ride the track ? i did and would definetly go with a 40mm tire with profile ;)

@jonathanzappala

9 ай бұрын

@@vodkawasser yeah I thought about it after, I’d probably want a Pirelli pzero race tlr in a 40 that they say they make but isn’t for sale anywhere.

@bikeradar

9 ай бұрын

Was gonna say, that'd be brave 😂

Yeah maybe don’t highlight a guy that DNFs another race but skipping checkpoints but still crosses the finish line pretending like he did?

Gravel racing is for mountainbikers without proper technique

Ah yes, gravel racing. They all make the same mistakes MTBers have made since the 90's.

@kramer450

9 ай бұрын

What mistakes?

@kiltymacbagpipe

9 ай бұрын

Given how different today’s mountain bikes are from the ones in the 90’s it’s hard to say those mistakes have been happening since the 90’s.

@jasonhendrickson2289

9 ай бұрын

Spoken like someone who thinks oval chainrings and Biopace chainrings are the same thing...

@zonoskar

9 ай бұрын

@@kramer450 narrow bars, skinny tires, 72 degree head angles. We found out after 30 years of riding that those don’t work. And now gravel riders start all over again.

@cpmorgan5000

9 ай бұрын

​@Adam-cv8vi he is waiting for the 63 degree dual crown gravel

Road pedals on an off-road race is a 'No No' for me..... And the clown with those ridiculously narrow bars is having a laugh.......there is a reason MTB-ers use wide handlebars.

@franmcgowan4068

9 ай бұрын

And this wasn't a MTB race.

@Avioto

9 ай бұрын

Wrong and elitist

I’ve never seen so many ugly bicycles in one place.

@rob-c.

9 ай бұрын

Get yourself to an Iron-Man 😅

@scottcopeland7457

9 ай бұрын

@@rob-c. or the Tour de Vide

"In this video we highlight everything wrong with gravel racing and the people that are stuck up their own arse."

What was your favourite tech nugget from the race? We'd definitely like to try Rene's bike 🤑🤑 Let us know what you think in the comments 👇