Top 5 | Weird Ways a Pro's Bike Is Different To Yours

[@ValleyoftheRogue]

The most significant difference is the pro's bike is paid for by the sponsor, while you have to buy your own bike.

[@weebig]

Bikes* lol They get multiple, and the GC contenders have 5+ Including TT

[@joseppedaia3673]

@@weebig but they don't own most of the Bikes- unless they buy them for themselves

[@brandenalexander6038]

Not only that they pay the pros to ride the bike 😂

[@avuci]

They don't own the bikes though

[@javipipes5124]

They always look perfect. Clean, new handlebar tape, fresh tires. Perfectly tuned. I'm thrilled if I can get my chain reasonably clean.

[@petepoulain1872]

Bike mechanics. Pros have perfectly tuned bikes all the time

[@whatsfordinner1695]

Average bike has 1 less 0 at the end of the price

[@littlemessi3490]

No about 4

[@multiverse439]

@Saudade yes 4 is reaching but depending on the use aka race it could go up 2 zeros. Some bikes going for $10,000 compared to average bike that's merely in the $300 - $600 range.

[@operamatthew]

6. they are clean

[@jarnozondag694]

mine is too, so should yours

[@lucacycles8623]

Nice

[@richardmalcolm878]

mine's not

[@cameronking1872]

I give my bike a thorough and detailed wash once monthly. No point of buying something only to let the wear and tear beat it up

[@hexonatapeloop]

Jarno Zondag his post was funny, so should yours

[@alicangul2603]

Average rider doesn't have a bike lighter than 6.8 kg.

[@xmxu7779]

A Canyon Ultimate CF 8.0 weighs 7.0 kg and costs 2200 EUR, should have sufficed.

[@LordVilmore]

@@xmxu7779 So still not lighter than 6.8 kg, also that is without pedals, bottle cages and computer mount. I have yet to see an off the shelf bike in an average size that is below 6.8 kg when you add pedals.

[@1afterthep]

@@xmxu7779 never gonna happen. not even in size xtra small

[@valhalla2062]

Alican Gül I'm way below average ... Lol have a Focus lzalco max... And I'm still crap lol

[@valhalla2062]

Izalco max 6.3kg and still crap lol

[@dutypaidrock]

Forgot the big one. I've been reliably informed that if you think the frames are the exact same frames as the ones you can go into a shop and buy, you are mistaken. Any frame going to a pro team has been so meticulously checked over for faults in the carbon layup, scanned and QC'd to within an inch of its life, it could actually be considered a different product. This is why buying ex-pro team bikes is a really good idea.

[@fredericom2650]

I have a Team used Trek Madone, I paid a little under $2,000 for it and it came with carbon wheels and full sram red.

[@gustavorincon1640]

The 6.8kg rule is not for safety reasons only, but also to ensure there's a standard that allows time comparisons across the years and events to be somewhat accurate, if the rule went away or down, any new record set after that can't be compared with old ones and it will be view with skepticism and immediately pinned down to the lower weight. This weight is the only thing that connects current generation with the past

[@l.d.t.6327]

The most important standard actually is not the time comparisons, but creating a level playfield in e.g. the youth categories. You don't want the richest kid win on a weightweenie bike just because his dad could pay for an uberexpensive frame / wheels / groupset.

[@andyhaochizhang]

L. D.T. True, this is much less relevant for top pros because everyone can get sub 6.8kg bikes anyway. But for junior events where the riders probably grow out of frames every few years it’s much more important.

[@stevek8829]

Every year the race routes change anyway. Road surfaces change as well, as do other features on bikes beside weight-gears, shifters, brakes and tires. It all changes. Claiming weight minimums are for archival posterity seems somewhat tenuous.

[@andrewcharlton4053]

@@andyhaochizhang you could have the weight step down as you move up the categories though.

[@wsbull78]

#6 They all go faster than when I’m riding them.

[@bikeradar]

lol

[@robbeelsas]

The concern about (wireless) electronic shifting was completely legitimate. Some 20 years before Di2, Mavic launched their "Zap" groupset into the pro peleton, which became famous for ... you guessed it, not shifting because of wireless signal interference

[@crypto_que]

Joe you did it right & we love your Trek Emonda Hill Climb bike to bits!

[@MiataBRG]

They always have neat and clean bar tape :)

[@dtshifter]

Common mortals always get greasy hands on the very next ride after replacing the tape. Ya know that is the one time in three months that your chain wraps around your rear derailleur during a ride.

[@junkandcrapamen]

Man those 2020 AG2R Merckx's are freaking gorgeous.

[@petedandy3521]

It's a Ridley Helium SLX, Ridley had bought Merckx.

[@thebelly925]

The most beautiful of Ridley’s Helium SLX line. LoL

[@einundsiebenziger5488]

@@petedandy3521 The owner of Ridley bought Merckx. They are now sister brands under one roof. So just like the various car brands owned by VW share parts, both brands use the same frames.

[@pablojaramillovg]

20 hours training week, for TDF good luck jajajaja

[@robbchastain3036]

Thanks, Joe, and all of those bikes are weird and wonderful, just ten more years on my paper route and it'll be all mine. And I grin as happily we can actually buy most of that, used if not new.

[@c.initiative2705]

Please keep up the good work for us cyclists!

[@stepforward1605]

Love these top 5 videos. One of my favorites

[@brandonunknown7396]

"And hey, its new, we are suspicious of new things" - I cant stop laughing

[@quantumleap4023]

Exept when it comes to controlled world lockdown. No one seems at all doubtful of alternative motives.

[@Maccaroney]

One thing this video needed were side-by-side comparisons.

[@LarsRR]

Regarding 6.8kg rule: 90% of high end bikes these days are 7kg plus, even in super high end builds, once you are in size 56 and up and clincher tires. Pinarello F12, Canyon Ultimate (not Evo), new SuperSix, Scott Addict, Willier Zero etc. are all around 7kg, even with 1300g wheels and SRAM Red AXS.

[@rochester212]

Has anyone else noticed that the paint job on the pro`s bike is almost never available on the production model? But at the same time they tell us to spend $5-10000 on the bike that supposedly won X races, but no matter how much you spend, you don`t actually get that bike, you get a similar bike with a worse paint job and probably worse CQ. Where i come from, that`s called a scam.

[@donpuer]

Bit of a letdown there is no BAAAAYYYIIII at the end. I loved BAAAAAYYYIII.

[@bikeradar]

hahaha, watch the next one, we'll do the biggest BAAAAYYYYIIII you've ever heard! Thanks for watching from your friends at BikeRadar.

[@charliedillon1400]

Sorry I won't be going 100km/h on any bike that weighs less than 6.8 kg. I don't have enough faith in something that thin.

[@TheDbtom]

4:09 no, you'll just have the god awful brakes to set up instead XD

[@jds6206]

Back in the mid-80s, when I was a good 30 years younger and living in San Diego County, California, USA.....you 1) had a 5,6, or 7 speed FREEWHEEL 2) used a freewheel described as a "corn cob" because the gears were often separated by 1 tooth. 3) used a Cinelli deep drop handlebar....the deeper the better 4) pushed the handlebar stem down as far as it would go into the steerer tube 5) probably had your saddle a tick too high Because this (1-5) is what the "Pros" did.

[@geg_otmopo3]

Don’t forget 54-44 combo

[@mrtonod]

Its not the bike that makes one go faster, its the riding kit you're wearing.

[@KoenMiseur]

If u are really lucky u get SRAM AXS, not true though, it's a fact that Shimano DI2 shifts better, is easier to change out for a new wheel from the neutral cars and like u said before, they don't need to do the bike-setup so they don't care how easy it is, in fact for the mechanics it's alot easier to recharge 1 battery/bike that 2!

[@matthewlewis2072]

Being a pro mechanic, you know this for a fact?

[@KoenMiseur]

@@matthewlewis2072 No but if u think about it, it seems obvious that charging 1 battery is easier than 2. And yeah most neutral cars still have more 11-speed wheels than 12-speed. And about the better shifting, yes I'm sure, it's what I read in alot of reviews about bikes with AXS.

[@mahiru20ten]

How about Campy EPS?

[@KoenMiseur]

@@mahiru20ten no experience with it, but Campagnolo mostly has good shifting and it works the same as DI2 (sort of). But very few teams use it.

[@vojtaklemperer2997]

4:17 Laughs in 12,5Kg steel bike

[@jashmodi]

My $300 MTB with steel road bike rims weighs 21 KGs. We buy MTBs and Hybrids because the roads are terrible here. It’s not a trail rated MTB btw.

[@johnm91326]

I swear this list is regurgitated once every few months by one channel of another

[@multiverse439]

That's how things work across the board. With sports, fashion etc etc you name it.

[@Scrib3d]

Lol at "lucky mechanics" SRAM famously hated by pro's and their mechanics with a firey passion.

[@ezramullen4551]

And anyone that's worked as a mechanic.

[@thisandthat1233]

Really? Sram is unreliable?

[@jelleducheyne]

Shimano ftw

[@MyDemon32]

@@jelleducheyne fuck shimano, campa all the way

[@gabrieljohannson6777]

LOL still laughing at the "we all know the bike makes a difference" quote.

[@l.d.t.6327]

UCI races also apply to youth categories. You wouldn't want your junior son or daughter having to compete in a hilly race with a Lightweight Urgestalt + Lightweight wheels bike around 5kgs and +10K dollars/euros if you can 'only' afford a 2000 dollar 7kgs bike. That 2kg of difference will actually make a real world difference. So that weight limit is there for a reason that has more to do with levelling the playfield these days, than with safety in mind.

[@settrigh8310]

you forgot the parts of a bike that are only exclusive for pro usage

[@willl5250]

Way #1: they didn't have to pay for theirs.

[@johngretton8543]

You didn't mention tubular tyres,

[@mrvwbug4423]

A lot are riding tubeless now

[@mahiru20ten]

@@mrvwbug4423 EF recently won a TT event with a tubeless setup, which could mean something.

[@julmeissonnier]

@@mrvwbug4423 Very few are starting to ride tubeless (mostly for TT). With a tubular a pro will keep riding flat until the spare wheel shows up and get a spare 1minute behind the peloton, with a tire or tubeless you cannot ride flat and the pro will get a wheel 2 to 3 minutes behind the peloton that can be the difference between chasing 10Km or 30 km, or not even seeing the head of the race ever again in a classic... That's a much bigger difference than the few Watts claimed advantages of tubeless.

[@your_average_cultured_dude]

@@julmeissonnier "with tubeless a pro can't ride flat" that's because with tubeless if you get a flat it will seal itself and you barely lose any pressure in the tires so you don't need a spare wheel. That's literally the point of tubeless. To not get flats.

[@julmeissonnier]

@@your_average_cultured_dude Just do a search for "Alexander Kristoff" Paris Roubaix tubeless tires and see his experience from last year...

[@rockford016]

#6 - Pros have an identical spare bike. Regular KZbin viewer - 1 bike and still struggling with the upgrades. :D

[@barakbacharach9491]

2:23 glamorous? It's one of the most grueling jobs in existence...

[@inthesPhila]

Saw and enjoyed this video a few days ago. Hey, the pros must be filing off those front fork nubs that were "invented" because people didn't comprehend how a quick release works.

[@rickybobby8224]

6. They may have a motor inside deed

[@neilo2323]

Thanks for showing some bikes with Campagnolo. It appears to be banned by that cycling channel with 3 letters for its name.

[@evelasq1]

Riding so low all the time with a slammed stem is not a good thing to do for someone’s back due to back strain. My bike setup is for endurance and yes I can slam body in an aero position when I am going downhill in my bike and go over twenty miles and hour. I still have the option of being in a relax position so I don’t strain my back. My bike weighs twenty one pounds and she performs very well on the S turns.

[@joangregg4378]

Great eye candy!

[@biketoolandmultitoolkevinh7014]

GOOD JOB

[@heinz-dieteroelmann9960]

we always had lighter bikes than the pros... even in the 90s... we tried to get our alloy bikes lighter than 8k, when the pros still went on steal... :=)))

[@Wlodek1410]

Cool video

[@martbaischful]

Some more big differences: almost all are on tubs (for now), all have power meters, none are on steel or titanium bikes

[@gadsden472]

Wasn't there a couple steel bikes in the last stage of the 2019 tdf? Willier?

[@richardharris8538]

Steel isn't totally absent - www.cyclingnews.com/features/tour-de-france-bikes-oliver-naesens-steel-eddy-merckx-corsa/

[@Bendersnatchling]

@@richardharris8538 Well, the last stage is flat and it's not about racing anymore. At least not attacking the yellow jersey. I don't think you are competitive on a steel bike. But if you like the look of steel frames, by all means: Ride what you prefer.

[@richardharris8538]

@@Bendersnatchling Madison Genesis in the Continental level of professional cycling is using steel. stories.worldsteel.org/innovation/steel-returns-to-professional-cycling/ I've owned steel, aluminum, and carbon. I've gone back to steel - a 1980's chromoloy frame. It feels almost like a living entitiy, and I enjoy riding it. It reminds me of fifty years ago when my bike felt like a part of me. I didn't get that with carbon or aluminum.

[@mihpop9733]

What should be the #1, their carbon products are meticulously made as best as possible. Your version of the bike will be of less quality for the "same" product.

[@jannickbamler6378]

All parts should be available to public

[@michaelobrien2190]

I really appreciate your video length. GCN would do the same thing but do it in 25 minutes with a lot of fluff that wasn't useful at all.

[@user-jt1jv8vl9r]

I remember my dad saying football players used to so the same with their boots years ago. I.e. wearing non sponsored boots and doctoring them to hide the fact.

[@matthewlewis2072]

They're clean

[@thephotoyak]

The sponsors probably want the weight limit to stay. Weight limit goes down you'll see many switching back to rim brakes due to the weight advantage. The sponsors want to sell disc brake bikes.

[@davidtydeman1434]

sillyak, I understand your point however the latest bikes with disk brakes are as light as the rim brake models. Nairo Quintana just set the climbing record up Mt Ventoux on a disk brake bike.

[@thephotoyak]

@@davidtydeman1434 there are no disc brake setups lighter than the equivalent rim sets. A few manufacturers have put out disc bikes that are "lighter" than the rim version, and they put heavier/cheaper seat posts and such components on the the rim version. The pros will ride what they are paid to ride and the UCI limit is what it is. I'm not against discs, but they are heavier and the bike companies are pushing it so they have something new to sell.

[@davidtydeman1434]

@@thephotoyak I don't want an argument but the product manager for Cannondale said that their disk brake bikes are now lighter than their rim brake bikes. I am a convert to disk brakes after trying to stop in the rain and experiencing wheel wobble on high speed descents with rim brakes. You are entitled to choose what type of bike you ride but I predict it will become very rare to see new high end rim brake bikes in a few years time.

[@investireocaminho33]

Great

[@natejc93]

Also: pros get the highest quality parts. Manufacturers provide pros with frames and components that go through more QA testing and analysis. Our frames and parts just come off the line and are not “the best of the lot”. Even if you have the same exact bike and components as Sagan, the material quality will not be the same.

[@natejc93]

An example of this is bottom brackets and carbon frame tolerance in the bottom bracket.

[@richr0b375]

I agree, but, Bora has made all their riders use disc brakes, and the wheels (I heard) are just converted rim brake rims

[@jonathanzappala]

If every team is on electric, then technically none of the mechanics are routing internal “gear cables” ;)

[@richardmalcolm878]

Jonathan Zappala ? Di2 cables all internal connecting one battery and one junction box to shifters and derailleurs... an efficient/effective internal spiderweb...

[@jonathanzappala]

Richard Malcolm yeah duh I know that, but they are still not gear cables they are electric wires. They also only ever have to be run once in a bikes life. You want to be that picky sram still needs brake lines run it is not routing free.

[@einundsiebenziger5488]

@@jonathanzappala Aren't the words "wire" and "cable" sometimes used interchageably? The "fly-by-wire" system in aircraft connects steering and rudders with electric cables, and the steel cable artists in the circus are balancing on is called a high "wire".

[@Thiaspeed]

There's not a lot of bikes that weight less than 6.8kg with pedals, bottle cages, computer + mount...

[@einundsiebenziger5488]

There are* not a lot of bikes ...

[@Thiaspeed]

@@einundsiebenziger5488 my bad

[@songmingi]

I still bought Tarmac cause Sagan rides it. Does it matter if he had choice he would go for a different bike? Its about brand image and how I feel and look like riding it for me.

[@13ig13oots]

I am a fat bugger at 20st and am trying to lose weight through cycling. Crazy thing is I am still incredibly flexible and my saddle to bar drop would make most people quite uncomfortable.

[@hexonatapeloop]

13ig 13oots can you breath though??

[@greedfox7842]

"weird ways" ...yo I ride a 13 year old second hand trek road bike. >:/

[@miepmaster25]

My roadbike is like 45 years old though

[@dalezapple2493]

If the gearing is wireless the signal can be jammed by a bigger signal on the same frequency

[@stevesmart170]

Thanks. Now my entire body hurts just from looking at their position.

[@KronicNitron]

Ehh ill just leep my specialized allez sprint, its aluminum but like only 7kg with carbon wheels, its good enough lol without breakin my bank, disc breaks its whatever shimano 105, ill be fine😂

[@barefootdogwalker1402]

3:04 the mech hangers are longer so they can use a bigger cassette not too make them stronger

[@slowfg2550]

barefoot dog walker no sir :/ Those hangers are made to be stronger and get the derailleur out of the way for faster wheel changes. The new gen of derailleurs allow for a easy enough gear for pros

[@billmartinez2253]

Not with the addition of disc bikes Bikes are now heavier

[@IXIskarfaceIXI]

Not at all.

[@davidtydeman1434]

Bill, early disk brake bikes were significantly heavier than the rim brake model. In 2020 there is no weight difference on many models.

[@shinrips]

I guess "mech" is so much easier than "derailleur".

[@connorjd54]

But derailleur makes you sound like you know more about bikes

[@grimreaper3526]

Do pros always like their sponsors stuff or do many do it for the MONEY?

[@S.Prestage]

It's in their contract so they get paid to ride stuff. Sometimes they're lucky and ride what they like and sometimes they don't

[@matthewlewis2072]

The AquaBlue team are a good example. There were stories of riders hating their bikes.

[@lj2616]

Sometimes they just don't have a choice

[@chadbutler2287]

I've bought bikes off of pro teams before. One rider offered me a different derailleur than what the bike was supplied with by the team. I declined, wanting it to be authentic as they rode it, and the rider backpeddaled a bit, saying that the sponsor brand had previously had it's challenges but that they'd turned the corner by listening to the riders and making improvements based on their feedback. I don't know how much that quenched his distaste of that gruppo, but it was obvious that he was trying to represent his sponsor well.

[@1afterthep]

@@S.Prestage I bet they can choose what chamois they want in their bibs or ride any particular brand

[@Jaburu]

I don't think that an agressive position is that hard to use. it's just that the bike fit norm doesn't allow one. to have an agressive position you need a frame a number smaller then what your average bike fit shows you and get a longer stem.

[@einundsiebenziger5488]

... smaller than* ...

[@thedownunderverse]

I switched off when you said eTap = really, really lucky. First, pro’s are complaining about the inefficiency of the gearing, second the pro’s don’t need to deal with internal wires... or any mech work at all.

[@iracarlisle]

I'm curious about the hubs on pro bikes. How do the riders weigh so little yet hit speeds of 60mph on downhill?

[@sbccbc7471]

It's on the bearings and tires too and no, you don't need ceramic bearings to ride satisfyingly fast.

[@G-man45444]

...... yah.... this is more like a list of things I want ..... I’ll sell a kidney to pay

[@chrispalmer3096]

Wasn't the minimum weight brought in because of the very thin walled aluminium frames?

[@thomasr1872]

Agree we have to buy our bikes

[@MilesCobbett]

New road bikes are so ugly compared to 60's -70's race bikes like Eddie Merycx rode

[@dtshifter]

All components were mirror finish polished aluminum, paint was bright and glossy who can forget the sparkle of new spokes on a sunny day with prismatic rainbows glistening off each one. Could make one break away singing Italian Opera just thinking about it.

[@brankododig1585]

Bike with pedals, bottle cages and computer mount below 6.8kg? In the 10000 Euro plus segment, with rim brakes, yeah.

[@johnyg8183]

#6. They don't have to clean their own bikes!

[@Usafpararescue96]

I like those water bottles

[@prithviraj2354]

When am cycling and Stop pedaling RD & Chain comes forward

[@hubster4477]

What? Pros bikes are different? Pro race cars are different than ours? Pros houses are different than ours? Who the fuck would've thought!

[@thijsvandenbroek5333]

I ride the same positions. I also work a lot on my core and i also spends lots of time training and racing

[@damianloya7645]

One way a pro’s bike is different than mine... it exists :/

[@JJH-jc1fg]

Damian Loya I’m still saving for my first 😩

[@attybong]

sponsors in fact force diskbrakes upon the pro peloton not because it's better than rimbrakes but purely for marketing purposes ..

[@ratoneJR]

never knew most of this.

[@strbskepleso]

1. no misaligned bb and headset

[@plantpoweredpedaller6264]

2. 100% checked for voids

[@ernestoechevers4741]

Electronic gears are not better is just because the sponsor wants them in the bike if the teams would pay for them and their battery fails etc. It would be different not a marketing show on wheels

[@vanrobinett3309]

They don’t have to pay the outrageous prices we do

[@RyonBeachner]

Van Robinett You also don’t have to ride your bike 25+ hours a week regardless of weather condition, and be away from family and friends for extended periods of time multiple times a year. You also likely make more money than they do.

[@einundsiebenziger5488]

You don't have to either. Buy a cheap bike, there are plenty of choices out there, and have fun riding it.

[@k3nnyfoster]

nvm the road bulls i have a pro's old jump bike. The "Is Chris playing out" one its also on my channel with me on it

[@nateoldfield8600]

k3nnyfoster nobody asked

[@paulhowell7103]

pro bikes engineered totally different to yours example froomes or bernal F12 engineering on another level to the F12 you own

[@einundsiebenziger5488]

But no matter if pro or amateur version, both are so ugly you just want to punch the designer for this insult to one's eyes.

[@Chris-yt1nu]

How much are they? I don't understand most of what he says.

[@molsky13]

Is that they didn't buy them from halfords?

[@thijsvandenbroek5333]

I also have a custom mech hanger

[@thebelly925]

@2:12 This isn’t hard to change and you can actually feel the difference. Get a direct mount mech hanger!!

[@wasupwitdat1mofiki94]

My bike is metal, Titanium. Their bikes are fragile like plastic and held together with glue. That just seems weird to me. My bike can fall over and not hurt it but their bikes can't do that. Weight is not what's important to me but safety and reliability is.

[@sbccbc7471]

Mine's made out of aluminium (now weighs 9 kg when no accessories are on). During my last event ride last year (78 km on a highway at night with a few climbs my bike can handle), my bike's starting weight exceeds 11 kg since it had two bidons, a top tube bag (no longer in use), an action camera (and a power bank), a fully-loaded saddle bag and lights. This showed how little I cared about a bike's weight, as long as I can ride sufficiently fast on my own, nothing else matters. When I told the customers I served about this, some of them were quite dumbfound.

[@einundsiebenziger5488]

You obviously never rode a carbon bike. And glueing can be one of the most reliable ways to connect parts to each other, as proven in thousands of large passenger planes that safely get millions of people from A to B on a daily basis. I once even crashed with a carbon frame, the result was a little dent in the top tube, but it could easily be repaired. It was good as new after, and I have put on 25.000 km on the frame since then without any problem.

[@wasupwitdat1mofiki94]

@@einundsiebenziger5488 You obviously don't know squat about me. I've owned several carbon bikes. I had a Scott Spark mountain bike that simply fell onto it's side and put a crack in the seat stay of the rear sus triangle. Could not get it replaced because Scott production design had changed and that part was no longer in stock. Also the painted finish on the carbon road bikes would lift, chip, and peel not long after owning the bike. I've seen so many carbon bikes that look like shit because the finishes don't stick. It doesn't matter what you say Titanium is the better choice if you are going to spend thousands of dollars for a bike.

[@joerenner8334]

Costs 55000 times more than mine as well

[@marekkozub8957]

Disc brakes. Pro riders and mechanics hate them, but they are forced to use them.

[@11robotics]

Thankfully, we are not forced to use them yet, because as our own mechanics and sponsors we can buy whatever the hell we can afford to buy.

[@julmeissonnier]

@@11robotics Until the next time you go to the store and every semi-decent bike has disk brakes... But I do not care, I'll keep buying top-notch rim brakes-manual gear bikes for 20% of the new price from people that must have the fancy new stuff!!!

[@11robotics]

@@julmeissonnier that's the spirit!

[@davidlard8490]

Mainly the motor.

[@sharkmentality9717]

They are $10,000 more, is that weird?

[@einundsiebenziger5488]

One thing that makes my road bike different from a pro's Pinarello and 3T Strada: mine is a beauty, the P and the 3T are vomit-inducing ugly.

[@szaka9395]

Theyu use di2 because sponsors want to, not beacuse its better lol. You just said it 3 minutes earlier xD

[@einundsiebenziger5488]

... because* ...

[@niletechnologiespvt.ltd.4081]

The pro's themselves weigh 55-65kg. What about guys like us who weigh 75-78 Kg. How good it would be spending '000's of $ to shave a kg off the bike. Rather eat less junk, save money and shave 5-7kgs off your weight...

[@Bendersnatchling]

I never noticed that the pros with the most extreme positions on the bike do particularly well. So I wonder if they do it for peace of mind because they are convinced it helps. I'd guess that a position as we see in the video is not helpful at all in those hour long rides. Maybe in a 15 min all-out effort, but didn't everyone switch to wider tyres because of comfort?

[@gianmarcocostanzo1380]

They are jet washed every day.

[@autohmae]

In competition and some training by a mechanic, but they train most at home and need to do that part themselves too