Cobble Beating Bikes | 2023 Paris-Roubaix Hot Tech

[@gcntech]

What bit of tech are you most excited to see in action? Let us know in the comments 👇

[@chrisstrider]

Secret tech that we may find out about after the race

[@dankonishi]

The rubber band that secures the ETAP battery is still the same as it is now even in 2023!

[@douglasbooth6836]

I did like the fact they have something holding the battery on for the rear mech. I just use electrical tape. Never had one fall off but you never know and it also keeps the water out too.

[@cleekmaker00]

What a long way from the days of a road 'hardtail' like Duclos, Lemond and Tchmil rode! 😮

[@DoNuT_1985]

I could be mistaken but I can't recall Manon doing many hot tech videos and leaving it mostly to the GCN guys. Big mistake, these are really entertaining, right in the sweet spot between entertainment and tech geekery. Well done, more of it!

[@gcntech]

We love having Manon on the tech channel 🙌 She did this great bike check video at the UAE tour 👉kzbin.info/www/bejne/nWTVhYFvaMtra7c

[@DoNuT_1985]

@@gcntech Haha, I left a rant comment on that very video because she didn't know what Assomia pedals are. (Affordable Look/SPD-L-compatible powermeter pedals used by regular folks) 😁

[@cleekmaker00]

Manon is my heroine! 🖖😋🙂

[@philipplorenz9485]

great inside, thanks Manon! I had the chance to try out the Gravaa System at the 2021 Eurobike. the deflation worked pretty well but it took quite some while to re-inflate to "tarmac pressure"... maybe they fixed it in the last one and a half year of testing as it was a prototype back in the day.

[@gcntech]

Interesting! Would you like to see us get our hands on the tech? 👀

[@philipplorenz9485]

@@gcntech yes for sure! Betrand and Si could go off and onroad like in the Wilier Rave Challenge

[@SuperTaylor68]

Love the paint job on that Trek ❤

[@echomike8591]

Sick paint job for the Trek girls.

[@MichaelLonetto]

Two most likely outcomes for adjustable tire pressure tech: 1. Works flawlessly, DSM and Jumbo-Visma run away with the race, UCI promptly bans it or 2. Fails and costs someone a shot at the front group: back to the drawing board and trying to convince a team to use it.

[@colecoleman1499]

I was thinking the same. UCI has to ban it

[@colecoleman1499]

Why don't teams ask UCI before though. They spend so much time only to be banned

[@Finnspin_unicycles]

I'll go with number 3: Doesn't fail, but doesn't decide the race either

[@morosis82]

I doubt they'd be using it in Paris Roubaix unless it had been thoroughly tested in the team beforehand

[@gcntech]

How do you think it went? 👀

[@iconhotel182]

Really enjoyed that! The guys do a great job with bike tech videos like this of course but would love to see manon do more of these!

[@ethangodridge6833]

Thanks Manon, GCN, Trek and Ineos Grenadiers.

[@gcntech]

What did you think of these pro bikes? 🚴

[@ethangodridge6833]

@@gcntech Loved them. I prefer the Pinarello as I have a soft spot for Italian bikes.

[@davehollingworth5537]

Super interesting and really well presented insights. Thank you Manon 🎉

[@vesahurskainen7166]

Yes👌✨

[@gcntech]

Manon kills it once again ... do we expect anything else 👀

[@joeyc8546]

I like the Trek chain catcher, much tougher than the default Trek cx version!

[@alexanderdiaz8475]

The adjustable tire pressure system could be used for gravel races too when you have long stretches of tarmac in between the gravel sectors.

[@gcntech]

Do you think it's going to catch on? 👀

[@hrhbucket4268]

"Manon des sources" on new tech for Paris Roubaix. I'll get me coat ...

[@PCXMODSGR]

Manon seems to be able to cover the spot that Matt left with the bus tours and presentation in general !

[@krishnansrinivasan830]

Awesome & Thanks :)

[@YippeeSkippie426]

According to a GCN video from six years ago, the road bike was slowest over the cobbles (28 mm tyres), 'cross bike second, and MTB was fastest - by up to 10 seconds depending on the rider. However, it's hard to pin down which variable between the road bike and MTB made the biggest difference. Geometry may not be a big player, but I'm thinking that suspension on the MTB was most important aspect of getting over those cobbles faster, mainly because of having more control and confidence.

[@richchilds8173]

I would bet it was the skinny tires in vogue at that time on road bikes (usually 23 mm) and the high pressures they ran. Now the trend is toward wider tires with lower pressures, which would suit the cobblestones better making the road bike more competitive there, while still maintaining their advantage on the tarmac.

[@jonhume6051]

Over the cobbles absolutely, the bike with some form of improved suspension that lets the rider get the power down and control the bike is fastest. If race was over a larger amount of cobbles (it's about a fifth currently) would probably see teams' putting more focus on that area..

[@reinholdachleitner2069]

Awesome video,the Trek Segafredo team bike looks amazing.Most interesting tech for me would be 1x drivetrains,I wonder if any other teams are using 1x.

[@meweskl]

Jumbo Visma will also be using 1x

[@charliedillon1400]

@@meweskl Wout has been racing 1x already in some races.

[@gcntech]

There were a few 1x about. Makes sense for this sort of course. You need the raw power over those cobbles 😬

[@reinholdachleitner2069]

@@gcntech I agree.👍

[@Andy_ATB]

I'd hope to see some Shimano teams using the GRX rear mech, with the clutch system. Still ultra conservative......

[@gcntech]

Sagan has been known to choose GRX.

[@amishrider]

Adjustable tyre pressure on the move...straight out of a sci-fi film. Absolute game changer if successful

[@gcntech]

Sounds like our sort of sci-fi 👽

[@richchilds8173]

I love how Manon geeks out over small details we may not notice. It shows she's a true cyclist with passion for the sport, and not just a pretty face used to draw in viewers. Keep up the good work Manon, your videos are always informative and entertaining.

[@_LeeTurner]

The Trek paint job looks fantastic.

[@gcntech]

Best in the peloton?

[@_LeeTurner]

@@gcntech Certainly Top 3

[@BreakawayB]

🛠️ Love the races that force reality-based technical development. Marketing faff [almost] goes out the window.

[@RichardMaguire110]

Thank you for an interesting and well presented video. I normally switch off with tech details but this is lots better.

[@gcntech]

That's great to hear Richard! What was it about this video that made you stay glued?

[@RichardMaguire110]

@@gcntech A combination of things, the presentation, filming and editing is not rushed. Manon prenets in a way where she gives information on the current tech and engages interest in the next thing, she uses pauses well allowing each sentence to be interesting and understood. Manon uses irony when presenting tyre pressures, the teams know.... The content is linked well to a race where tech and bike set up are important and interesting. Also Manon uses what is called in my work "total communication" where her words, expression, posture, movement and timing work together to build a narrative including the technical content. The video works as a package.

[@vr_bob]

Must be a pain to take those bikes off the X1's roof

[@gcntech]

They are well practiced in removing the bikes 💨

[@YippeeSkippie426]

I'm here for Manon. I think she was talking about bikes or something.

[@bcatterson]

Mmmanon

[@ekm3820]

The Domane looks 🔥

[@Velo1010]

Now this is cutting edge stuff. An adjustable tire pressure system is like the Humvees have used when traversing sand. Road bikes have come a very long way.

[@mrflaxtv81]

How long til the UCI ban it? 🤔

[@Velo1010]

@@mrflaxtv81 hopefully they will adopt it like they adopted disk brakes.

[@mlee6050]

I am looking to put a seat post clamp around so as guide where to put saddle to tubular to make sure tyres stay on

[@jimmyjanssens8411]

Nice to see Manon in my home town…Bruges….😉😉👍👍👌👌

[@gcntech]

What a great place to live! You've got some great riding so close! 👀

[@zalethciano]

Great video

[@chrisstrider]

Some dream bikes ❤

[@chrisridesbicycles]

Trek have also added an extra strap for the battery on the rear mech. Seems they don‘t trust the clip mechanism a lot. Didn‘t DSM plan to use the tire pressure system last year? Let‘s see if we see them and Jumbo take it off in the last second this year.

[@brannmacfinnchad9056]

I love that diamond fade on Ganna's bike.

[@WillPower46]

There is no way that the front mech on Ganna's bike was 2mm above the large ring...let's see if he looses his chain.

[@stevemawer848]

The tension in the derailleur stops the chain from being loose. Or did you mean "loses"?

[@nathanielyoung3479]

Love my domane!!!

[@mrflaxtv81]

Give them tyres a squeeze, Manon!

[@tajulislam1522]

Those adjustable tire pressures sounds cool but I have my money on it that, they'll be outlawed by next year.

[@YippeeSkippie426]

The UCI does have a way of messing up innovation. Bunch of luddites.

[@pawelodz8050]

10:15 thx for tip. just bought carbon bike with carbon seat post. this will help :)

[@achilleslmoreaux3287]

Good afternoon, I'm from Brazil. Can someone explain to me why Paris Roubaix is called the "Hell of the North". Thanks.

[@achilleslmoreaux3287]

Thanks!

[@a1white]

I wonder how much weight the tyre inflating tech adds to the bike?

[@GaryBleck]

I do in fact have a tape marker on the post but a sticker would work better

[@Smurf_Garden]

that trek would look excellent with a La Vie Claire jersey.

[@shawnstangeland3011]

This year it is Cannondale!!! Yay 🎉

[@leeadams2413]

Trek bike looks sick. I like it Noticed Manon hugging Ganna's bike alot. Fan of the bike or Ganna :)

[@gcntech]

Why not both! 👀

[@profchaos9001]

I wonder if the adjustable tire pressure tech caused Jumbo those many punctures. Lets suppose they lower the pressure in the cobbles sections, the tire collects dirt, then they increase the pressure on the asphalt and the dirt/small stone particles are pressed into the tire and cause a puncture. Remember Sevilla's trick in Argentina with the duct tape over the tire to remove dirt?

[@melvinkizungu3997]

Aye up ! Is that a new Sram red groupset I see there!!!😅😅😅🙈🙈🙈

[@ncolt91]

Could it be that the colors on the Trekbike are the same colors used for the differend sectors at the TV coverage?

[@jessicamccarthy6429]

Love that Trek paint job!

[@gcntech]

Looks great doesn't it!

[@seansims8805]

The shifters and tire pressure set ups are just too cheat like for a purist such as myself but sounds awsome!

[@hugobrown2516]

manon is hot tech

[@Cyclingchoice]

Good idea to use 1x with a chain catcher, given sram's reputation for chain drops :)

[@tojon]

Great livery. Very homage to La Vie Claire. Here's to bringing some variety and colour back to consumer frames, rather than all black or solid earth tone frame colours.

[@madrx2]

I noticed on the trek the rear derailleur battery retainer on the sram unit has an extra strap around the back

[@aarthoor]

Does anyone know if the adjustable tyre pressure gadget worked?

[@universe-juice]

Trek is bad a#$!!! I have an sl5. Love it!

[@granmora]

What about Cannondale Lab71 that won today?

[@davepratt9909]

Was that a zip tie holding the battery on the rear mech on the women's bike?

[@gcntech]

Hahahah don't tell Si! 👀

[@miker4926]

That Trek bike is awesome. Better continue with the lottery, it's the only way I could afford one!

[@gcntech]

How about a DIY paint job? 👉kzbin.info/www/bejne/rqWoeaGkfNycpZY

[@cheesesandwich1236]

I put a double wrap on my bars and it does help.

[@gcntech]

Do you do that before tough rides? 👀

[@oreocarlton3343]

Giiirl, what tire width!??😂

[@HaveFunBikes]

tire inflation system? They certainly is testing this thing at least a year before using. Me? I'd use a Trek Supercaliber with deep wheels, 40mm GP5000 and a 100mm lefty ocho, all paired with drop bars!

[@markbooth6745]

Good video Manon, like the insight on the bikes. I think the tyre pressure system, is abit silly for cycling though.

[@HeinzPruef]

Mechanic: What bar tape do you wanna use? Ganna: The most.

[@Velodictorian]

Mechanic: How much bar tape would you like? Ganna: Yes

[@two-eyedRoy]

Am against variable tyre pressures on the fly. Boohissboo. It's all part of the gamble of racing! Take a guess/risk on Tyre pressures, Gear ratios, Wheel depth, Handlebar tape... Get it wrong? Unlucky. Get it right? Huzzah! ...still won't mean you'd win.

[@willernst8734]

What are the Cannondale bike teams using??? A lot of tech through that company over the years.

[@Eramsay121]

They'll be using CAAD4's ;) In the femmes race today it looked like they were just running the new SuperSix Evo

[@TryboBike]

Regarding the shifter position with wireless. My big-brain take is to buy the wireless shifters and use a pair of sattelite shifters on the downtube. Only the downtube.

[@FlyingPastilla]

That way you act like you're going for the bottle and BAAM surprise attack

[@senojleoj]

DSM used Scope adjustable-pressure system last year right?

[@darrengoh7825]

2:47 what are those shifters on the trek? new sram red incoming? they look stunning, would love to get those lever blades fitted to my shifters.

[@BrianMcDonald]

Those are the current Red shifters, but the pros get different looking brake levers that have SRAM logos on them instead of the ones that say "Red". The same goes for the cranks. I think they look better with the SRAM logos and wish I could get some like that. I thought we were supposed to be able to buy what the pros use? haha

[@johnsenior478]

The on the fly tire pressure adjuster looked like a solution that needed to find a problem… results at PR make that clear. It’s unnecessary tech …except maybe on a multi surface off road event where you have tarmac and gnarly single track or you are bike packing a mixed route.

[@escamunicha4276]

WVA deflated his tire. Nice tech 😂

[@mathiasfroehlich9152]

Tyre width women of course, Ganna uses 32mm

[@dereknolantan]

Are they running tubeless tires?

[@buttrumpus]

I’m fairly certain trek asked themselves “how would Dario Pegoretti have painted this frame?”, and went with that.

[@mellissanash7517]

you'd think a thicker bar tape like the Wolftooth Supple Tape at 5mm or the Lizard Skin at 4.6mm would be the preferred choice due to some dampening abilities.

[@gcntech]

How about double wrapping and gloves? 👀

[@mellissanash7517]

@@gcntech never tried it but did have the Lizard 4.6mm on my bike with gloves and it sure was thick and damped.

[@bleckb]

More than a little odd that the UCI rationale for not allowing blood glucose monitors is they could be a distraction while using a tire adjusting device is okay.

[@craigschray4486]

Technology is always progressing

[@robbieroockley3664]

Yesterday watched the Femmes and didn’t see any teams using 1 x drop a chain.

[@Carlifurafollas]

What a combo could be to use Sram chainrings with Dura-Ace wheels 😂

[@AliAdam80]

More team bikes please 😢

[@gcntech]

Maybe next time 👀

[@BARTHEZ42]

I'm pretty sure Team DSM was using adjustable tire pressure system last year.

[@roguecode2354]

Wow this technology is crazy these days

[@crypcase150]

❤deep 😴Orange 🥶Red🥶 Orange💙 bike🐕

[@chrisjong8412]

Didn't you notice the tyrap that holds the battery in the rear derailleur on the Trek ?😮😂

[@ferlikster]

I wouldn’t say there are differences between Trek and Ineos teams… just between male and female teams. I bet that men will ride Madones with 50/60mm wheels.

[@DoNuT_1985]

Am I wrong or is it due the fact that Ineos only use the Dogma (and the Bolide TT, indeed), so they have no classics/climbing bike, unlike other brands?

[@cervelo9465]

@07:50 play at 1/4 speed "I am Top Ganna"

[@PeterBozsoki]

Almost stopped watching when the video, saying hot tech in its title, started the discussion of the bike with the paint job!

[@huubmunstege3428]

Over the top money pits 🤨 ; I rode PR twice with 40 year old real steels: Gazelle CM with Shimano 600 ('85) & Gazelle CM with Suntour Superbe ('77) 😊

[@ralphc1405]

32 or 36 hole wheels? 2x or 3x? Double butted or straight gauge spokes? My MAVIC Open SUP Pro clincher wheels are 30yo and still true to this day.

[@huubmunstege3428]

​​@@ralphc1405 Mavic MA2 36 holes. And of course 2 x 6 (52×42 & 14 - 22)

[@bennetthasty7886]

The lady’s Trek bike is gorgeous ❤

[@danielnatorp1493]

32 mm tyres do fit to an dogma f? media usually tells me different.

[@jrh1704]

If I was Ganna and I walked into the service course and saw Manon tapping my carbon rims with her fingernails I'd loose it!! Lol. Keep your paws off of my Rig!!

[@gcntech]

Hahahaha luckily he was nowhere to be seen!

[@nathantoney.1501]

What width tires? Do they ever use a minimalist foam insert for damping?

[@stevemawer848]

Didn't you listen to the video - Manon said 32" on the Pinarello and 30"(?) on the Trek.

[@lee1987923]

Luckily, no assioma power meter today

[@rck812]

Trek paint job is superb.

[@edromero7985]

...more tech makes it harder to pay attention for making crucial moves during the race

[@JoaoFerreira-ch8lh]

Probably that "super duper" tyre pressure system cost Wout van Aert a chance to fight for the victory

[@gcntech]

Let's hope not!

[@telekommanda]

tire size? of the trek

[@stevemawer848]

How is that of any use? It depends on the riders' requirements.

[@sasatrifunovski]

So - UCI allows you to use tyre pressure thingy, yet you are not allowed to monitor your glucose levels?!? Honestly, who makes these decisions? You either allow it all that doesn’t give you unfair advantage or ban everything (including power data and HRM)

[@michaelsteven1090]

Yup, bike products over health products. Theres more money it.

[@YippeeSkippie426]

The UCI simply hasn't gotten around to banning the tire pressure thingies yet. They will. They hate anything that might give one rider or team the advantage over someone else. Everything. Must. Be. Exactly. The. Same. It's like stupid NASCAR in the states these days - every bloody car is so regulated that they are all the same car, only with different styled bodies. Bretty dang boring now.

[@stevemawer848]

They probably realise that the tyre pressure thing is a gimmick with no real benefit, whereas monitoring glucose levels gives a rider an advanfage.

[@michaelsteven1090]

@@YippeeSkippie426 yea and honestly, bike racing is so boring these days too..their like radioed robots. Nobody rides on there own except for a few choice riders. They only cover when their told from the car..so many good riders are being held back.

[@amjan]

Wouldn't a simple front fork suspension system be more efficient than changing tyre pressure with all that complex additional gear?

[@frankdelarosa9527]

#AskGCNTech Can GCN reach out to SRAM and have them please send out a phonetic pronunciation of their company name? I for one can't believe it's pronounced "SHRAM".

[@jugaloo5873]

One of the best bikes has slipping seat post issues????

[@stevemawer848]

It's a carbon thing ....

[@Rob-cv3vh]

I wonder if people will scoff at these innovations in 20 years like they do with Biopace et al nowadays. I would have thought that a bespoke frame engineered specifically for the Roubaix wouldn't need extra suspension, extra wide tyres, double wrapped tape and so on. Modern bikes seem just as "one size fits all" races as they did decades ago, you just used to change your cassette and swap your CXP33 rims for Nemesis tubs. I still ride my Bianchi Backstedt replica and it doubles up as a gravel bike too.

[@andrewmcalister3462]

Umm, those frames are pretty standard. And wider tires, double wrapped bar tape and chain catchers are hardly high tech solutions to the pavè. When you compare this to some of the bonkers Roubaix bikes of the past, this seems pretty mundane.

[@slowcyclist4324]

You’ve never actually ridden proper off-road before, have you? Sorry, the sand pit at your local playground doesn’t count as “rough conditions”

[@mrflaxtv81]

Ahhhh... biopace. What memories

[@mrflaxtv81]

​@@slowcyclist4324 ooo-eeoo! Raises handbag. 👜