Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale Team | Mechanics' Tour De France Truck Tour

[@gcntech]

If you had a team bus what features would you kit it out with? 👀

[@AnvilAirsoftTV]

Craft Beer Fridge, Espresso Machine & Smash Burger Maker.

[@tarnumj7319]

A good lock

[@chrisridesbicycles]

A shower that can handle people over 60kg. 😅

[@luukrutten1295]

You should visit the belgian workshop that outfits allmost all the team cars in the peloton with the roof racks. They also do truck and van interiors. So much stuff comes from them. Roof racks chantal. Also the wheel racks on show here come from there.

[@user-rs6sm1du1w]

Sono stato ospite di questo team al giro del Veneto, ragazzi gentilissimi ne ho un ricordo stupendo ancora grazie e ciao Usi🎉

[@chiefsilverback]

I have a compressor in my garage, with the hose reel mounted to the ceiling, and a coil hose hanging down by my workstand. They really are a useful tool to have, seating tubeless tires, inflating tires, drying chains, removing slide on grips on MTB and BMX etc... It's also quite handy to power my nail guns!

[@brittle1]

We all just want to listen to Ollie say 'ah gee due jerr' 😂

[@carmenplacido9479]

How about a video on what happens to the old team buses/trucks?? For years we’ve seen the new, shiny ones, curious what happens after they’re replaced.

[@TBat0431]

They are sold to auction

[@bernardo9202]

Sold to smaller teams and development ones aswell

[@veganpotterthevegan]

​@bernardo9202 anyone can buy them. Musicians, companies that rent buses to musicians and celebrities. All they need is a new wrap on the bus

[@chrisjames1924]

Possibly the most boring suggestion for a video anyone could come up with. Maybe one for Global Bus Network

[@larrylem3582]

Craigslist

[@sethchapman8001]

really love the look of the matte black bikes with the blue stripe down the front!

[@mommamooney]

Me: This is Ollie’s Christmas morning Ollie: *huge grin* I want an air compressor for Christmas!

[@user-nt8dy4xw9r]

A new look into grand tour. Enlightening!!

[@christopherandstephaniehil5782]

Reminds me of trucks that I worked on with IMSA sports cars teams! Got to have all the RIGHT STUFF 😎

[@PaperbackWriter102]

Love the Alan Partridge reference. 😂

[@TheVanself]

Yes, its an extender!

[@keithyoung7764]

Is Ollie ok he didn’t mention wax chains, maybe the counselling is working.

[@gc641]

Yesssss….big fan of Tpu

[@toshman696969]

what is the brand of the bike fitting jig that was strapped to the wall?

[@damiencelle2992]

Armirail was also in course to do Olympics Games Time Trial. We learnt last week that he is not selected (Vauquelin from Arkea is the french rider). But I think he wanted to have the bike to prepare Olympic Games. Hope Santa will offer you the air compressor this christmas.

[@johndoiron9615]

We love you too, Ollie.

[@johnstrac]

Another winner from GCN (and Ollie), not sure about strawberry & lime as a flavour though.

[@ff2e]

The strawberry lemon scratch is pretty good. I'm interested in the strawberry lime.

[@Nova-dy6fq]

@@ff2e I tried it a couple weeks ago and it's quite good. The flavors on the SiS stuff are never super strong in my opinion but they do also offer a "neutral" flavor option that I haven't tried.

[@veganpotterthevegan]

I'd quit if that was the coffee machine supplied for me and my coworkers

[@questgivercyradis8462]

Y'know Ollie could get an air compressor for home. I have one in my tiny apartment for painting. Ones like that have many purposes ;) Someone get him an air compressor!

[@argoperdana6823]

Ooohh I see one FCR 👀

[@neilmdon]

For some reason with the wide-angle lens those wheels look like 26” at most, or Ollie is bigger than BFG Dunne.

[@davidrobinson9507]

Not bragging, but i taught art to, and coached mountain biking for one young student here in canada, and he so fell in love with cycling that he went out to Oregon to learn how to be a frame builder. Then he went to Europe to lead bike tours and now he's the top mechanic for Israel Premier Tech... I'm more proud of him than almost any other student i ever taught. His parents are wonderful people. Go Derek Gee !

[@christinepeters3855]

name?

[@davidrobinson9507]

@@christinepeters3855 I'm retired now, but still hold fast to my oath of the profession ; never say names of students. But I'm sure anyone could find out. I hope to see him when the team comes to Montreal in the Fall for a race. Cheers

[@JIMMYHIBBS1]

Ollie continues to flirt with the pro teams until one offers him a contract 😂

[@DH-.]

Did you guys ever do a video on a Volkswagen van mobile home used for bike missions? If so I think that's the video that made me subscribe

[@a1white]

What is the benefit of using inner tubes on tubeless tyres, as apposed to using them on, lighter easier to fit (and cheaper), tube type tyres?

[@paulaus]

I actually thought that coffee machine was for waxing chains and thought Ollie was going to have a moment of ecstacy

[@lux-wattage]

How about a tour inside TotalEnergies truck? I'm curious how many bikes they have 😅 (note: I'm joking about it, but that theft was terrible. People need to keep their hands off things that aren't theirs. Maybe all trucks should have surveillance systems on the out- and inside.)

[@sebthibodeau2089]

Hi, anyone can tell me who makes (or where can I buy) the wall mounted arms that hold the wheels. I saw the same arms on the Lotto-Dstny and EF bus videos. If at least three teams are using them, must be good enough to have them installed in my garage. Thank you!

[@williamsylvia3962]

#askgcntech bike fit question: I tend to fall right in between 2 sizes of bikes. When ever I have test rode a bike I usually feel most comfortable on the larger bike with minimal adjustments while test riding at the LBS so that tends to be the one that I buy. However I always end up running a very short stem and pulling the seat all the way forward. Consequently this tends to limit bar and stem choices. I’ve recently been wondering would it be better to go with a shorter bike and run a really long stem and offset seat post? I worry that with this option it may close up my hip angle and cause other issues and now I have a $10,000 bike I won’t ride. Thanks in advance.

[@matthewhamon2442]

What's the name of the GCN mascot... The pet mouse on Ollie's shoulder? Will there be a feature on him? Maybe some kit inspired by the mouse too?

[@JeffreyWilliams-dr7qe]

Do these teams have a seperate doping rig? But it may be minertrazed since Lance's day?

[@Hephera]

where is the video of Vedangi Kulkarni's bike loadout? The main channel video said it would be on this channel but its nowhere to be seen

[@troycollett8540]

Does the team use kask helmets? Coz that is a kask box behind Ollie

[@lodvaessen]

TPU inner tube lower weight than tubeless? With the valve and sealent?

[@suhdud4646]

I guarantee that when I go to a Decathlon in my country to look at the Van Rysel stock that I pronounce it as it reads. The french pronounciation everytime is a little too much but I understand given the shoot is in France, do as the romans do.

[@grobbosixtyone]

A tour of the Total Energies truck would be rather bare ☹️

[@JFomo]

Is a 1.5HP air compressor enough to seat a tubeless tire? Out of curiosity I looked up air compressor and the cheapest one at my local hardware store is 1.5HP. I have no idea if that is strong or not. Shockingly, my track pump with the air blaster canister thingy cost more 😂

[@PierpaoloBagnasco]

I can inflate my GP5000 S TR tires with a normal 30 Euro track pump, so I can imagine that any compressor can do the job...

[@ff2e]

A smaller compressor should be perfectly suitable for seating a tubeless bike tire as long as its filling up a tank and isn't just a direct pump.

[@paulgrimshaw8334]

A 1.5 hp compressor would be easily enough. Keep in mind that the compressor fills a large volume tank to at least 135 psi. Easily enough to rapidly fill a tire and seat the bead on any bike tire. What Ollie shows, however, isn’t a compressor. It’s just the hose reel. The compressor and volume tank is probably hidden away in one of the side storage bins, powered by the bus generator (which will be of a considerable size because it will be driving aircon (10-20A), lighting (1A), a coffeemaker (5A), and charging stations for bike computers and shifters (10A). I have a medium sized compressor (2 hp with a 30 gallon volume tank) working at 120v @15A. It can deliver a continuous 5.7 cu ft/min at 90 psi just on the compressor alone. With the volume tank filled, I could inflate a tire, seat the bead and blow the tire into orbit if I used it without regulation. And I could keep doing that continuously as fast as I could remove the chuck and get another wheel. So 1.5 hp is easily enough. A proper oil lubricated compressor sure is nice to have but an oil less compressor will work just fine for small volume task like filling bike and motorcycle tires. But I’m a tube guy, so a floor pump is sufficient for my biking needs.

[@chrisridesbicycles]

Way good enough to do the job. It‘s more important to get a good seal around the valve which can be tricky with the adapters and the Schrader tire filler designed for cars.

[@johnwestwell2241]

As Ollie says, AG2R don’t ride tubeless, so they don’t need to seat their tyres. But other teams have a similar set up which do ride tubeless.

[@jugaloo5873]

Whats a tippex?

[@Jari1973]

How can it possibly be possible for someone to ride with inner tubes and 25 mm.. and unwaxed chains.. it shouldn't be possible???

[@hucklejoko4838]

someone it me. have had no major problems for 15k kms now, why bother changing? got into cycling around pandemic so was in the forefront of all these tech but guess this still all works.

[@emeQve]

Anyone else disappointed they don't ride fully spec'd up Triban bikes :(

[@pratajeff]

Loved the video. I have a few questions if you don't mind. Do you look at your garmin VO2 calculation and how does it compare it these lab results? I use the garmin number to track changes and was trying to see if I should put any value in the absolute number. Are you seeing your VO2 decrease at altitude and increasing at sea level and how long does it take to change? The reason I'm asking is that I use my Garmin to track VO2 improvement as a way to track fitness changes. I live at altitude (about 1,000 higher than Boulder) and when I go to sea level and train for 5 or 6 days, my VO2 increases about 3 pts and then returns to where it was when I go back to altitude after about a week. After a recent trip to sea level, I got the 3 pt bump going from 66 to 69 (take that with a grain of salt) and when I returned to altitude it dropped 1 pt but has held steady at 68 for 5 weeks now. I'm not sure how to interpret that improvement. I should really get tested in lab, but wanted to see what I can learn from my watch.

[@keithyoung7764]

No tubeless I bet Ollie was very upset 🫣😂😂😂

[@tigger314159]

What would be in the Etiquette drawer?

[@richardharris8538]

Well, if you had etiquette, you wouldn't ask. 😉

[@juliusmeyer8535]

How are we not talking about the elephant in the room

[@laterreurrouge1917]

Because Ollie is fairly well known ^^

[@juliusmeyer8535]

@@laterreurrouge1917 lol 😂😂😂

[@jeffkimble8857]

There goes Ollie lusting again for an air compressor. It’s an item that is less that $150.00…just buy one. 🤷🏻‍♂️🤷🏻‍♂️😂

[@AmvC]

8:35 _Mountain stage!_ 😮 oh ... you mean asphalt automobile car roads along a mountain. Nevermind. What's the name of the channel with the dirt, the roughness, the permanent danger and the absolute riding precision? EMBN? GMBN? Something like that?

[@jamesetheridge6224]

Casually ignoring the prototype road frame hanging on the wall...

[@son-tchori7085]

"Bidon, if you are pretentious, or French."

[@garybrown5769]

Why does Olly insist on pronouncing things like a Tard ?