Greg Van Avermaet's BMC Team Machine SLR01 | Golden Greg's AG2R Citroën Race Bike

[@gcnracing]

Will "Golden Greg" see the top step of a podium again this season? Is it time to retire the golden paint job? Let us know in the comments below!

[@mudonsunday]

7.38kg One of the lightest out there!!! Oh Lord!

[@BFinesilver2]

It has disc earings on it.

[@philippbeckonert1678]

: That's almost 600g too heavy :D

[@bananosipedist]

You pay 15500 Euro for it, so the manufacturer tries to give you more, that's why ;-)

[@sandlouis5046]

Awesome bike! For me Ag2r team bikes are more beautiful than those of Qhubeka Assos. I prefer white colour and especially campagnolo super record group

[@Stukas_OD]

Never seen anyone get so much mileage out of a single gold medal

[@SlinnbobGames]

To be fair, Id do same if i had won olympic gold

[@RyonBeachner]

He was olympic champion in like 1938 right?

[@djdelarosa25]

True, and he can't even win a race nowadays.

[@drym3943]

@@djdelarosa25 3rd at tour des flandres is not bad ...

[@adamjd7645]

Remember Sammy Sanchez doing it for 4 years too? Seems like the done thing these days. The Rainbow Jersey that lasts 4 years...?

Campy on a pro bike, fabulous!

[@gcnracing]

A pretty rare sight, these days! Only 4 WorldTeams on it this year!

[@MrStevennator]

Tour de France was also won on Campy last year 🙏. Sram only has 2 Pro Tour teams 🙈

[@santealoise4429]

BMC + Campagnolo Super Record 12 Speed 🔝🔝🔝👏👏👏

[@aaronpostlethwaite8449]

Loving these new body positive bikes

[@chbrosz]

best looking bike in the peloton 🙌

[@RudiDwiHartanto]

"Golden Greg" is a really good nickname. Up there with "The Criminally Underrated Anthony Turgis"

[@gcnracing]

What about "...And Michael Gogl'

[@jochem1986]

@@gcnracing Who was coincidentally on the same frameset as Greg :)

[@ricardorusso1462]

I am a simple man, I see a BMC video, I click 'like'

[@Andy-sj2dv]

A beautiful bike ! Hopefully Greg may receive ( should he want them) the new Bora Ultra Tubeless wheelset which are even faster .

[@gcnracing]

He's definitely had them on at a few races so far! He just happened to have the older Bora's fitted when we got a look at the bike.

[@michaeljohl4669]

First time to see new Campy EPS Ergopower shiftpaddles.

[@tommahnke]

I am the only one the gets tired of seeing the same old Shimano equipped bikes? This was a breath of fresh air.

[@gillystyles4175]

it clearly said at 2:15 the bar and stem length. 120mm not 130mm 120mm stem 400mm width 127mm drop 77mm reach

[@dantelobue]

Mark cavendish/Fabio's tarmac would be awesome!!!!

[@sasha371]

would be nice to ad rider's stats, height/weight/shoe size/etc

[@deanfeldman6413]

Hub sounds?

[@BlueL1n3]

0:30 could they not spare to paint or powder coat that stem screw gold? or would that add too much weight? maybe they really meant it to match the bar tape...

[@fyahwerks]

This looks really good. I hated the old bmc colour scheme of red and black. This has a timeless classic look.

[@vernefits1953]

Outstanding

[@davomccranko]

So I sped video playback speed to 1.25x and now it really sounds like the Si we know and love. (I reckon GCN slowed down audio by about 15%) ☺️

[@gcnracing]

This video's narrated by our latest addition to our presenting team - Alex Paton. You can see more of Alex over on GCN Tech!

[@sasha371]

interesting but speed up Alex's voice and it really sounds like Si :))))))))))))))))

[@jean-pierosgriccia4520]

gorgeous!

[@loisverot1831]

What do you mean size M? BMC uses numbers. So is it a 54 or a 56?

[@loisverot1831]

It's a 54 if anyone cares

[@markbentley4343]

I guess that’s 7.38kg with the pedals shown?

[@tobycolin6271]

I wonder if we’ll see all the pro bikes turn up for the gcn weigh in on tubs there’s easily 500 to 600 g saving with the switch. That’s an 8kg pro bike on fat clinchers/ tubeless. Nice aero square tubes to.

[@Yojimbojoneskoko]

It's a thing of beauty 😍

[@RixtronixLAB]

Nice bike :)

[@barverme]

Greg is actually riding the new Campagnolo bora ultra WTO 45 wheels...

[@stefankucera2390]

help him nothing

[@imbarobin]

heavy

[@tsc4842]

Like you

[@itarry4]

#AskGCNTech What's he got attached to his hoods are they thumb shifters or something else?

[@lightningll2991]

Yes they are thumb shifters, Campy shifts to a higher gear with the thumb and to a lower gear with the small paddle behind the brake levers the brake levers have no side movement. I've raced my whole career on campy and would never use anything else.

[@MrStevennator]

Those are special thumb shifters which are used for their gravel group Ekar but I never saw it for public sale on a Super Record group set. Ewan also uses them. Easy to change gears while in the drops...

[@rikkiola]

What a beaaaauuuuuty 🔥

[@iamnotchinese8701]

What dies slr mean?

[@tsc4842]

Super light racing

[@bodoh_menteri7772]

I feel the Giant TCR look better than BMC teammachine SLR01 in gold paint.

[@trevorhayes5414]

No gold chain!!

[@chewiedecks584]

why isn’t he using the bmc timemachine road?

[@ricardorusso1462]

I guess the SLR is a better all-rounder

[@larsborgman3443]

even geavier, this one is 7.4 already.... did you remember the times where there was arguing as to wether the uci should have no weight limit🤦‍♂️🤦‍♂️

[@tsc4842]

@@larsborgman3443 the bmc slr01 from greg 3/4 years ago with rim weight 7.31 kg so not that much lighter.

[@gcnracing]

He barely uses the aero bike - I think there's something about the Teammachine that Greg prefers! Even when he was with BMC years ago he'd favour the Teammachine.

[@deanmc178]

nice bike ,,my bmc is a bit cheaper ,the SLR03 ,but a great bike all the same

[@samuraioodon]

UCI new standard 7.38 kg 😋 if pros can do it we can do it too!

[@francoisthomas4930]

Awesome looking bike. Only downside, the bottlecages, which look like some kind of cheap plastic packaging. Even my 20€ decathlon (van rysel) carbon fiber ones look better

[@cooperswayadventures]

🤔👍 Just got a query, are GCN sponsored by shimano? Campag is just as good and a dam sight more stunning than shimano or the dreary sram... The brain washing of shimano on newbies seems relentless.... Come on GCN give up the ghost its not all about shimano.

[@kenvelasquez1829]

Sheeeeeeeeeeeeesh

[@bananosipedist]

Unbelievable - chinese manufacturer, 15500 Euro, weights like a midrange bike from 2005, with tubular even. Why do those "reviews" anyway? When such pros like Avermaet could run Peugeot from 80' and still rocking the peloton?)) The bikes nowadays are such a nonsense, that you wouldn't even dream about having those. Such a waste of ressources

[@the.communist]

160mm rotor on a road bike. Obscenity

[@xiaoliuwu8539]

The price of the bike in the US is literally more than some new cars. As much as I like my current BMC, my next bike is not likely to be a BMC. It just doesn’t present a good value to non-racer like me.

[@BFinesilver2]

They are all overpriced at that price point. You can buy as well made and as aero from China. The frames and wheels are made by the exact same factories under OEM and in some cases ARE exactly the same if you know where to look. Same factory, engineers, same materials...but many times cheaper.

[@xiaoliuwu8539]

@@BFinesilver2 I was very skeptical about the Chinese carbon frame until I watched some Trace velo videos. Combined with my own experiences, I know that I have fallen to those marketing traps for too long. When I am getting my next bike, I am willing to give those Chinese frame a try. The only problem is that most of those frames have really aggressive geometry except for some gravel frames. I am hoping my current home Yoga exercises will improve my flexibility so that I can buy and ride those bikes 😂

[@bananosipedist]

@@xiaoliuwu8539 BMC is a chinese carbon frame.

[@lookatpalacios]

this is a clean machine but the wheels does not fit from the look!

[@dougturner2036]

NSFW!

[@jf_the_bicycle_mechanic]

Whatttttt no hub sound👎🏻👎🏻👎🏻👎🏻👎🏻

[@whatwelearned]

This is remote

[@jf_the_bicycle_mechanic]

@@whatwelearned so what

[@whatwelearned]

@@jf_the_bicycle_mechanic It's hard for Alex to do a hub check if he's not with the bike

[@jf_the_bicycle_mechanic]

@@whatwelearned bite,strike 🎣

[@tomr164]

A cheap sticker with his name on the bike. Come on. It's not 2000.

[@Marco-717]

Such a nice bike just to end up juicing...

[@marcelr.9035]

7.38kg is unacceptable for a pro, get him on a 6.8kg rim brake bike

[@simonwarmer8777]

Right! My same size teammachine slr01 RB is 7.05 kg with enve 4.5 and 6.8kg with enve 3.4 ,with pedals of course. Oh hang on, do they still produce RB wheels anymore 😳

[@tsc4842]

The rim slr01 from Greg 3 years was 7,31 kg also a gcn video and this one has deeper wheels.

[@caledfwlch]

First

[@AllahDoesNotExist]

Congratulations

[@jdokk9]

Congrats!!

[@rikkiola]

This is cool

[@ericlange1524]

ur cool

[@paulmoore6594]

Great achievement.

[@djdelarosa25]

GVA is really milking the hell out of the fact that he's an Olympic medalist, but can't win a damn race nowadays.

[@cyclingmilan]

2020 wasn't a good year for him, its true. So what?

[@klx-y]

when you think the Cervelo of vout van averment is 8.70 kg jezz

[@jessecumings4134]

Why are all these bikes so heavy

[@tsc4842]

They were never 6,8 kg 3years ago the rim slr01 from greg weight 7,31 kg also a gcn vid.

[@matthiaswuest7271]

Because on all but the most extreme gradients, aero > lightweight. Worth the 500-1000 grams for a faster all-rounder

[@bananosipedist]

@@matthiaswuest7271 But this bike is not aero, it has disc rotor and caliper at the front, it's not aero by any means.

[@bananosipedist]

Cause it costs 15500 Euro and manufacturers try to give you more for your money ;-)