THE AERO BIKE IS FASTER

[@williampringle1790]

Chris, As a new subscriber, I am extremely impressed with the quality of your vlogs. Excellent insights into racing as well as your technical reviews. You have a very down-to-earth attitude that keeps viewers engaged. Keep up the good work. 👍

[@ChrisMillerCycling]

Thank you William! I find the review vlogs a real challenge balancing my opinions with pros and cons that are actually relevant to the viewer... without sounding preachy. Really appreciate your feedback, it means a lot!

[@lboogie3171]

Awesome videos Chris. I just ordered my 2nd Bianchi and this one I’m going straight aero XR3!

[@garybird8646]

Dude just stumbled across your channel, you're a natural. This was really engaging content, I really liked the detail on set up.

[@ChrisMillerCycling]

Oh thanks Gary, that's really kind. Thanks for stopping by and I hope you enjoy what we have planned this year

[@leonb7140]

In my opinion BIANCHI are the most beatutifull bikes and the brand the most legendary.

[@ChrisMillerCycling]

I'll second that!

[@robtankbuster5215]

Plus no ugly disc brakes, adding extra weight and drag.

[@sj6656]

Beautiful bike! Good luck for Nationals........and we all can't wait to watch:)

[@MrStevenb1990]

Di2 junction/ charging box under the tip of the saddle. Single tie wrap around the bracket of the di2 to hold it in place. Cables are then routed down through the seatpost, super neat and you can also index or get it out of crash mode whilst you’re still riding the bike.

[@MrStevenb1990]

​@@dannyroberts-clarkenerocoa5605 i had to search around for a while to find a seatpost that would be compatible (Bontrager xxx Carbon). i got the idea from seeing a couple of pro teams doing similar things (from memory mark cavendish used to hide his di2 box under the saddle, or atleast the mechanics did) i believe that they had just drilled a 5-6mm hole in the top of the seatpost to feed the cables through. i guess its easier to take that risk when its not coming out of your own pocket. i really need to stop starting sentences with i....

[@sydfin]

Thank you for the 3M tape idea. I have the same bars and I HATE the 3 screws to get to the charging. I wrote to vision asking why such a poor design to the extent that you can't even use a bar end charging port as the bars are not hollow. Their response was when they designed the bars, bar end charging wasnt an option. By the way kudos on the heat shrink on the front looks cleaner and more Aero. Loving your bike more and more with each one of your upgrades. 😀

[@ChrisMillerCycling]

Thanks for the comment Emmanuel, I find that hard to believe about the bar end charging but in the end this is a better option anyway. Rode next to Heindrick H's Merida yesterday. Yours actually looks better. 😁

[@ashleycameron7081]

Can't wait for the XPT review. I have never rode one but they look aero 😀 Good luck

[@unknownknightrider6363]

Ashley Cameron I agree!!! 🤣 it’s almost correct team colours too so looking forward to a review Chris

[@artificiallift9110]

Can't wait for the Nationals race vlog

[@brettferrari2719]

Not sure if you had this answered, yet, but you can use a Wahoo on the Garmin mount. Just turn the mounting disc 90 degrees and shave a millimeter off the mounting disc openings. The Wahoo mounting blades are a bit wider, but otherwise the mount is identical after you twist it on. I’ve done this on several bikes and it works perfectly.

[@cliffordchaperon6795]

really good insights Chris. Love it

[@paulbrownlee3144]

Awesome Chris

[@benjaminpegard6504]

Good luck mate, will be watching 👀

[@ChrisMillerCycling]

Thanks Ben👍

[@1971hammydemuck]

Happy new year and good luck for 2019

[@brendavane9148]

Good luck.

[@geehee]

Here for the bikes, but I love the use of timber in the house.

[@ChrisMillerCycling]

Oh man ... do you think the guys would mind if we did a vlog about the renovation? Love to chat about replacing those boards and keeping the Sandstone

[@geehee]

@@ChrisMillerCycling Maybe not at first, but they'll come around mate. Renovation-specific special episode?

[@HAMPT0N]

Best vlogs around! I think the camera is great but I'm not picky since all your videos are amazing

[@paulbaker9064]

Hi Chris, stumbled on your vlog & liked your work much! Camera work is good , the quality impressed at the start, was better at the last bit?? Good Luck!

[@ChrisMillerCycling]

Thanks Paul! Glad to have you on board.

[@paulg5315]

Best of luck in the Nationals Chris

[@ChrisMillerCycling]

Cheers Paul!

[@TheCjw24]

hey chris~ In your opinion, specialissima or oltre xr4?:) cheers mate

[@timw5102]

Please do more racing tips, breakdowns and tatics!

[@andressaucedo5143]

Steven Kruijswijk rode the oltre up stage 12 Alp D Huez in last years tour de france. Most of the riders from Lotto Jumbo preferred the oltre for climbing.

[@ChrisMillerCycling]

Had the same conversation with them at last year's TDU. From what I gathered they are offered the option of the specialisma for mountain stages, but never take it up. That could be a comment on the XR4, but could also simply be riders not wanting to change their bike and position for one stage.

[@anthonyfogarty7727]

Hey Chris - love your work - entertaining and a bit nerdy, I like that. How would you compare 1) the XR4 to the Noah SL and your throughs on etap v Dura ace Di2. And do the brake cables you are running improve braking - would they improve all rim brakes Cheers Anthony

[@JohnDoe-ll9uh]

How tall are you Chris ? 50cm seems small. I´m considering buying an XR4 and am 177cm and prefer smaller frames.

[@jacquesolivierv]

Wondering the same. I had a 53 on a xr3 and i m 1’76 so wondering if i stick with 53

[@mjv1967]

6.8kg vs 7.18kg is immaterial. Aero has the advantage.

[@ChrisMillerCycling]

100% agree man. Just watched a guy win the nationals road race on a 7.8kg bike. Watts are watts

[@housepfhoopz]

if i remember correctly dura ace power meter is around 695 , srm origin with dura ace ring is around 665g. so i dont think switching to dura ace power meter which cause the weight drop of 113gram.

[@theaveragecyclist5259]

So love Celeste green, the ultimate bike colour, so much so I had to get a Bianchi, great ride. Beats my Cervelo I lovingly built using bargain seconds from fleabay. Great video as always, in fact they just get better. What’s your views on tyre pressures, especially with the contis you tested?

[@ChrisMillerCycling]

TAC, it’s funny some people hate the colour, I’m certainly not one of them. Tyre pressure, I’m a 80psi man on the clinchers. I may bump the tubulars up to 100, but only when I know the surface is pretty good.

[@PeterPutz82]

Nice vid, 10mm change in seat height!?! That's huge! Bike fit in itself is a whole can of worms. I'm not suggesting jumping down that rabbit hole as it's all very personal. However I have a theory that one factor NRS riders vs average joes are far and away better (apart from minset, time, training, yadda yadda) is ability to ride with a greater tolerance in bike fit. i.e greater variance in position, like seat height +-5mm whereas some people move the seat height 1-2mm and it's like power off/on. I'd be curios if you'd ask the boys whether they have to have a position dialed to the mm, or if they can jump on any bike, get it roughly right and smash 400+ watts for 20 minutes. Cheers.

[@ChrisMillerCycling]

Awesome comment mate and I’ll put it on the list for VLOGs we will have to do this year. Anecdotally having just gone through getting the new bikes for the new riders I can tell you half of them were exact in their requests for every last detail, while the other half, I honesty reckon we could have got them a bikes 2 sizes out and they wouldn’t have noticed/cared.

[@Dvlnerocoach]

Hey John, as you say bike fit is a big can of worms. I will quickly answer a couple of questions. Bike fit is highly individual one thing that works for one person may not work for another person. So with respect to nrs riders fit compared to average Joe's. You will be hard pressed to find someone in the nrs (even more so pro peleton) with an upright position on the bike. Back end may change for comfort but everyone is decently low at the front. In the end aerodynamics is so important you just can't be catching too much wind. Generally this means a slightly smaller frame and longer stem to have a smaller head tube but still be long. With respect to changes at the back end changing watts massively, I am abealiver that this is in the riders head (if it's 1-2mm) wear to the cleats or different socks even different bibs all have different thickness which can account for a mm or 2. So you just won't notice these tiny changes. When you are getting up to half a cm to a cm of change then it can be quite significant and might change power output but usually over a week or so people will adapt to this new position (some people instantly). Moral of the story there don't stress if it's a mm out. Measurement error is probsbly more than that anyway.

[@jacobpedersen2368]

@chrismiller Would you get this bike in 2024? I have seen it around 2200 euro 2nd hand but im abit worried about the rim brakes and disc brake version is to expensive for me. also unsure about tire clearance. Would you say get this bike or go for the oltre race model that comes with the disc brake?

[@own3dv1ru5]

Can you elaborate on the shrink wrap/Jagwire solution? I'm having similar issues on my Venge with integrated cabling. Did you just have to shrink wrap the cable housing or does Jagwire have better cable housing?

[@ChrisMillerCycling]

Hey GC, so I was having issues because the bend to my front brake was so dramatic that the brake cable was actually snapping. The jagwire seems to have solved the problem because the bed is smoother if that makes sense

[@zzhughesd]

Xr4 fab. Trek Emonda x2 of 3 years kinda want an XR4

[@grahames9228]

Nothing to do with cycling, but wouldn't it be cheaper/more efficient to fly to and from Melbourne instead of spending all night on a train?

[@ChrisMillerCycling]

Cheaper, Faster, more reliable ... you name it, all the odds are in favour of the plane. even the one benefit which was I thought I’d be able to travel with the bike without bagging it ... didn’t turn out to be true. Regrets ... I’ve had few

[@MrBJPitt]

Sheldon Cooper would have gone along 😂

[@chiefrocker12]

Curious....on smaller climbs, Aero can have an advantage. You haven't considered running 50mm carbons? You should see better all round performance. You might find the 50mm say 100g heavier per wheel, but I think you will save watts and increase average speed marginally. (ummm...marginal gains right:)

[@iValenok]

Hi. You said you couldn't use brake barrel adjuster with standart cable. Can you give more details why?

[@ChrisMillerCycling]

So my cable was so short between where it came out of the Vision bars and went into the brake calliper, that getting the tension right was really difficult. I probably should have said it was something I couldn't do, rather it was something that seemed to cause more problems then it was worth .

[@marcello220394]

Ive got the same exact shades!

[@sydfin]

Hey Chris would love to know a little more about the 1cm higher saddle position on your aero. I have the scultura(climbing) and the Team-E (Aero), I love riding the Team-E so much that was thinking of selling the scully, but on climbs the Team-E just doesnt feel right (I get more power out on climbs with the scully). How did you come to the conclusion of 1cm? Did you try different heights?

[@ChrisMillerCycling]

I took some video (well actually Toby took some video) of me seated whilst climbing and it became pretty obvious what needed to happen. The interesting part was the position I have adopted while climbing on the XR4 is a little lower at the front, I don’t know why this has happened, it’s just the way my body has adapted to the bike

[@lucasb.3236]

New sub, epic video, thx bro!

[@daanlaan9954]

What watch are you wearing?

[@ChrisMillerCycling]

Tag Connected mate

[@nickhutchinson9068]

Hey man, where did you get the clear plastic sheaths for your brake cables?

[@ChrisMillerCycling]

Felice at cycling projects put them on for me. I can ask him when he is back for the new year if you like Nick.

[@iValenok]

If I understood what you need this is "jagwire liner"

[@michaelbaker3997]

what's it like travelling on the XPT with the bike?

[@freddiefuckenflintstone2623]

You said this bike will do anything you want it to do . Sorry to disappoint you it won’t finish Nationals tomorrow

[@ChrisMillerCycling]

Challenge accepted* *you are spot on, but I like the drama anyway

[@kkkwwwaaakkk]

You can mod the Di2 charger to go through a normal, round Di2 cable port. Third paragraph here: carltonbale.com/shimano-di2-everything-you-need-to-know/#chargers_pc_usb

[@ChrisMillerCycling]

Thanks for the idea mate ... then I read the word ‘solder’ #out #nochance #cyclingdad #notDYIdad 😂😂

[@matthewsully4565]

How's the train cabin?... Is it cheaper than flying?

[@ChrisMillerCycling]

More expensive Matthew, more expensive and slower ... really don’t know what I was thinking.

[@matthewsully4565]

@@ChrisMillerCycling Well I guess you can be confident the bike will not get bent by the baggage handlers .. and you can look out of the window at the amazing view ...oh yeah.. its dark :-) ... comfy bed maybe? Haha ...Hey here is my tip for your race tomorrow. Look for the bloke in the Bahrain Mehrida kit and follow him as long as possible. Heinrich looks VERY motivated to win .. so just follow him .. can't be that hard eh :-). Good luck anyways. Getting to race against Caleb and 10 Mitchelton Scott dudes and the other world tour guys will be one for the books. Word is Troy is going to be smarter this year .. and he is going like a freak at the moment. He came past us on Mt Tomewin the other day going at least twice as fast as our bunch.

[@stevewalter1888]

👍

[@troycollett8540]

What sort of warmup do you do for a road race

[@ChrisMillerCycling]

Depends on the race Troy. But as a general rule I prefer a pretty solid warm up. If it’s possible to ride to the race, I normally will. I hate starting races, especially crits cold.

[@troycollett8540]

Ah yeah just looking for tips for going racing vets this season

[@joross340]

camera is decent but you need to evolve your Melbourne crew much more

[@ChrisMillerCycling]

Thanks John, thanks for the comment and I agree 👍

[@MrIanD1]

Awesome nobody does bianchi reviews

[@benpatterson8924]

Why don't you just got Di2 Bar end charging. Just replaces the bar plugs and you can do everything from there. No brainer.

[@MaxRothFitness]

better how it is now, by putting the Di2 in the bars it adds another wire out front and will mess up the clean look. you cant even see the junction box how it is rn

[@benpatterson8924]

@@MaxRothFitness Mine doesn't have an extra cable at the front. Its all internally routed, takes 2 seconds to plug in and charge. All you are doing is replacing the junction box that is currently under the bars to one in the bar end.

[@MaxRothFitness]

@@benpatterson8924 i know what it does i added it onto one of my bikes and then returned and switched it back to the original, what bars and stem are you using because some make it all integrated IE: PRO bars and stems, Now i have a Trek Madone so i worry about wires no more :)

[@benpatterson8924]

@@MaxRothFitness I have a 2015 Venge. 3t Bars. Sl Sprint Stem. www.imgrumweb.com/post/BU3eHuehsnc .This guy has already done the conversion. Which extra cable are you talking about ?

[@papis408]

Get SRAM Etap and be done w/ all wires!!

[@MrIanD1]

I've asked hambini what he thinks but he doesn't answer.

[@derekcravenPT]

I think Phil Gaimon found his new Cannondale Aero bike was as fast , if not faster, when tested against his usual super- modified climbing bike!