Correction - As a few of you have pointed out, Lidl-Trek's Madone SLR 9 AXS Gen 8 can be bought for £12,500 / $13,500. In the pricing details we were given, the team model was listed as a Project One bike at the $17,000 we quoted. Sorry for this error. Liam
@michaelbauer87782 ай бұрын
Same goes actually for rb Bora habsgrohe. You can get it the tarmac sl8 for less. But with the rbbh paint job and some special SRAM paints, you pay more. Technically it’s a sl8 with red
@michaelbauer87782 ай бұрын
Oh I see, you have listed them twice. Smart
@SonnyDarvishzadeh2 ай бұрын
If you're purchasing a $10,000 bike online from the other side of the world, it would be the same price (if not cheaper) as travelling to the manufacturer, visiting their country for a week, get the right bike fit and change the components, instead of paying a $2000 import tax. You're welcome ☺
@kallewirsch79152 ай бұрын
I never paid an import tax on a bike. Living in the EU.
@reyogalino12252 ай бұрын
great idea! very realistic! and as you land at the home country you can pretty much ride and go!!!
@screaming_quagga2 ай бұрын
The look for sure
@inferno40012 ай бұрын
Best tip!! I've saved at least 15.000 euros in the last 10 years, building my own bikes with mostly discounted, but top tier frames and components...
@wj_desmond22522 ай бұрын
@@kallewirsch7915 Canada doesn't need it as well, we have the CEUT. We don't need to pay the tariff tax for bikes. For example, Canyon. However, UPS doesn't seem to understand that it is made in Germany and will then charge you the 13% duty plus all of their associated fees. So Canadian people, make sure you self-clear your package.
@biotyst.80482 ай бұрын
Comparing prices with the results of aero and rigidity tests from Tour magazin, the bike with the best quality-price ratio is by far CUBE Litening (aero or Air)
@matthewkramer86132 ай бұрын
MSRP pricing is what is suggested. These days it seems the bike industry seems on sale. Often 1k plus off. Still 12k for a bike is as much as a cheap car or motorcycle. The sweet spot for retail I believe is around 2.5-3k. The committed enthusiast may pay about 3-5k. Still it's fun to see all these high end bike get the put to the test 2with the world best cyclist. Thanks guys!
@MichaelSmith-fn1ci2 ай бұрын
Has to be Colnago for me, although I opted for the c68 over the V4RS as used in the TDF….
@cmarnold782 ай бұрын
The Trek Madone is actually showing here in the US as ONLY.... USD13,500.... I think the extra 4k would be for a custom Mads Petersen style paint job above a beyond regular team bike replica cost.
@inferno40012 ай бұрын
😂 The replica version will only cost you about 1200 euros (frameset and handlebar), shipping cost included!
@jamiefarrell64962 ай бұрын
Just bought an Ostro VAM…the Enve Melee and Giant Propel were also on my shortlist. The new Van Rysel aerobike would definitely have made the list too - that grey/marble colourway is fantastic
@talibe8012 ай бұрын
80 per cent of the frames nowadays are very similiar in geometry,the paint and the wheels makes all the diference.
@zygmuntthecacaokakistocrat65892 ай бұрын
& are made in one of half-a-dozen Chinese/Taiwanese factories.
@talibe8012 ай бұрын
@@zygmuntthecacaokakistocrat6589yes they are.
@kylewish39492 ай бұрын
I've just bought the merida team, from a tcr sl both dur ace top spec and the merida is a rocket. Double the price of tour bikes is ridiculous for tiny gains if any at all imo.
@hifoad2 ай бұрын
Agree! I have both Reacto and Scultura and they’re still the best.
@markj.a3512 ай бұрын
I still have the 2018 Reacto and it's an absolute weapon. Praying the new gen frame is coming for 2025.
@tolitsdterrible47852 ай бұрын
It would be Cervelo S-5. I think it's a good all rounder. Problem is, I don't have the money. 😊
@rodcosta23452 ай бұрын
Jayco's TCR is the one I'd get.
@jaybikes992 ай бұрын
What did Trek do to upset you? The team paint job Madone is £12,500 on their website
@AllanPhillips2 ай бұрын
I suspect they're looking at the Gen 7 prices by mistake.
@theotheroneb15482 ай бұрын
They were likely looking at the full custom project one with all of the most expensive possible components and paint.
@GoodToCU882 ай бұрын
This is some insane prices!
@npwheaties2 ай бұрын
Little bit of untruth with the Trek Madone. The stock bike they ride is about $13,500. They offer a specific Project One paint job that will jump the price up to 17K
@rideSYV2462 ай бұрын
Thanks for the video! I would say the Trek Madone SLR9 DuraAce. Test rode one, love the geometry fit!
@inferno40012 ай бұрын
But is the slr8 version still worth buying? I can buy my friends slr8 pretty cheap as he wants to get the newer version....
@smithandshortdogs2 ай бұрын
Redbull frame with Di2
@martsmarts2 ай бұрын
Giant TCR!!
@triscuitbiscuit2 ай бұрын
The Trek price is incorrect. The $17K price is for the blinged out Chrome. The team edition is "only" $13.5K.
@bikeradar2 ай бұрын
I know. pls see the pinned comment. Liam
@kjaesp2 ай бұрын
You know I have a black/dark grey bike atm but I have to say that EF cannondale is quite nice actually. UAE and VM-LAB bikes come in second for me.
@se7ensnakes2 ай бұрын
Sorry i view these bikes as all the same. It is like watching the array of today's SUV and getting excited about either
@MrSzwarz2 ай бұрын
The most ridiculous fact is, that 99.9% of the frames have the same technology, with the same components, etc. Nothing really new of breakthrough.
@bikeradar2 ай бұрын
Which bike (or paint job) is your favourite?
@justingrout80372 ай бұрын
Has to be enve, so class
@Merkaba852 ай бұрын
The correct answer to that question is - and always will be - The Colnago
@douglasbooth68362 ай бұрын
Trek.
@jEsperesence2 ай бұрын
Trek, Look and Cannondale bikes
@TheChindoboi2 ай бұрын
@@Merkaba85i second that! ❤
@ThomasZiegelbecker17 күн бұрын
Still trying to decide between * Giant Propel * Cannondale SuperSix * Van Rysel or Canyon or Canyon Aerod too many beautiful and yet too expensive bikes :D yes the Tarmac is nice too ;)
@bikeradar17 күн бұрын
All fabulous options, but the Giant does it for me. Liam
@jEsperesence2 ай бұрын
Trek Madone gen 8 (Project one) Cannondale Supersix Lab71, Look Blade, Scott Foil, Bianche Ottre RC and Dogma F. Yup if I have around $130k USfor those bikes o mentioned. 😁
@zygmuntthecacaokakistocrat65892 ай бұрын
A Winspace frame and wheel combo, for example, will set you back maybe $4K. Add groupset and build kit, and you're looking at a bike as good as any in the peloton for c. $7-8K. The extra $ for a name brand bike goes to buy the children of the boards of the western bike companies their next polo pony.
@stokesyperth2 ай бұрын
Why are Giant bikes so much cheaper in Australia?
@beanbaguk2 ай бұрын
So what we've concluded is the US manufacturer bikes are extortionate. There are some outliers but overall, US bikes are stupidly bikes. It's a shame as the Cannondale SSE Lab71 is stunning. Not that paint scheme mind, but most definitely on my fantasy list to replace my 2022 HiMod.
@dfletcher30522 ай бұрын
I'd have to stick with GIANT!!!
@dausmoithai61982 ай бұрын
Merida Reacto just fine by me
@Mr._Moose2 ай бұрын
I wish Cervelo would go back to Shimano.
@mrwhiteshorts2 ай бұрын
id have Nibalis SL4 in Remco's paint job with Super Record 80th anni groupset.
@RyonBeachner2 ай бұрын
UnoX isn’t using the VSRu, they’re on a new one called the VA, which at Eurobike they’ve quoted the frameset/bars at $5500 USD. So… Not the bargain pick any more
@brittle12 ай бұрын
whopping 20% VAT to the UK? jeez.. F brexit lol
@JonReid2 ай бұрын
Trek releasing a dud and then pricing it out it out of the market.
@ytb37482 ай бұрын
Fun fact, most those brands make 900% profit selling those bikes!
@batbawls2 ай бұрын
5:33 Let me just say that this Bianchi is absolutely hideous. Thanks, I hate it. But if money was no object, I'd go with the SuperSix or the Colnago.
@tomatokosir2 ай бұрын
Mondrin paint scheme? It's Mondrian, after painter Piet Modrian.
@anasznva1263Ай бұрын
Sl8 v4rs madone very nice
@timdennis21932 ай бұрын
When you convert these prices from pounds to AUS.. they are badically double.. what the hell... prices are just insane
@krissk772 ай бұрын
Hav seen most of the frames online without the brand names... way cheaper...if you can build... please do way cheaper than these brand names... the components are easy to come by... the frames are the main culprits 😮
@Maryam-ue3vwАй бұрын
How much is the weight of the bike?
@dom54912 ай бұрын
Giant or cannondale
@NewPolishScientist2 ай бұрын
Jack Luke please do video about your brown rim brake gravel bike.
@bikeradar2 ай бұрын
Jack, stop making burner accounts 🫠
@NewPolishScientist2 ай бұрын
@@bikeradar haha.
@vespacapetown51372 ай бұрын
cmon these prices arent that high - F1 mirror costs more than the whole bike budget for le tour...
@asmarino8882 ай бұрын
Do the bikes affect performance e.g. on sprint stage, is one bike more speedier than the other?
@e-ziscorevii25682 ай бұрын
Yep at certains watts some are faites than others
@e-ziscorevii25682 ай бұрын
Fasters*
@msraffa40002 ай бұрын
I want it all😅
@mikepearce80732 ай бұрын
I use a skin suit now. More comfortable than bib shorts and has pockets so no less practical. I think this idea will slowly replace bib shorts and jerseys as it just makes more sense. Cyclists are slow to adapt to change, so I expect it will take a while though.
@Andy_ATB2 ай бұрын
Really? You expect the average amateur cyclist to ride a skinsuit just because pros do? I don't think so....
@charlesredick94242 ай бұрын
The Trek.
@inferno40012 ай бұрын
Rediculous that they make most top bike frames for use with di2 only!
@elscruffomcscruffy83712 ай бұрын
Why so expensive for a paint job? Does it make the bike faster?
@bikeradar2 ай бұрын
Everyone knows looks = speed... 😂
@davefave43512 ай бұрын
Red ones are faster.
@HanMoP2 ай бұрын
Trek Mad1 or Mad One....
@Maryam-ue3vwАй бұрын
Specialized
@abalabal87322 ай бұрын
Redbull and enve for me
@cassior7460Ай бұрын
❤
@duartesantos35352 ай бұрын
Those stems on the Bianchi's... 🥴
@ColeHenrich2 ай бұрын
BOOO TREK BOOOO TREK BOOOOOOO TREK!
@Carlifurafollas2 ай бұрын
In Spain you can find a brand new 2024 Orca Aero with 105 Di2 for under 3000€…
@ED-gb8md2 ай бұрын
Any suggestions, website, dealers? Thank you
@albertmeyer89832 ай бұрын
Dollar price when almost nobody cycles in the US!!!Better put € prices 😂
@uheRRRRRR2 ай бұрын
Too rich for my blood
@mauort68702 ай бұрын
cannondale is the sexiest, but I hate them and would never buy it lol
@LFMC12 ай бұрын
This is totally non-sense! How come bikes with the same components and almost similar frames, can have such a disparity on prices?!?!
@bikeradar2 ай бұрын
Marketing
@zygmuntthecacaokakistocrat65892 ай бұрын
Why are the bike channels chasing this idiotic red herring? The cost arrangement that pro teams 'pay' (if any) for the bikes bears no relationship to any retail price that could be charged, per discrete bike, to ordinary schmo customers, for something that is similar. They agree on a 'service charge' per year, made up of a stated and agreed quantity of frames, groupsets, tyres, build kits and all the ancillaries, sourced from one or several manufacturers, or their Tier One distributors. I've been responsible for deals done with ProContinental teams, on behalf of manufacturers, and this sort of speculation is of no use nor accuracy, at all. Worst of all, the journos, if they are at all competent, know this; yet are acting in bad faith towards their reader/viewership, perhaps with the connivance, or blind-eye-turning, from various brands.
@rayF4rio2 ай бұрын
Didn't I see this video on GCN a few days ago??
@bikeradar2 ай бұрын
Yea Manon and Ollie beat us to it. We're checking for a mole in BikeRadar HQ ;)
@Nick-cs5yc22 күн бұрын
Still too expensive!!!
@WildernessMusic_GentleSerene2 ай бұрын
Too bad they are so ugly. I want high gloss color+clear coat. For these prices we should be able to choose are color (colors)
@marccarter13502 ай бұрын
Try telling this to the rich Wannba be pro's at the local sportive. Its never the bike you are on, its the Drugs you use to help you go longer, faster!
@abalabal87322 ай бұрын
1st
@Alimukz2 ай бұрын
All overpriced. Road bikes are simple, not a lot to them (unlike e bikes and MTBs), yet cost 5 figures lol Think of the number of components and amount of materials you'll get in a basic cheap car compared to this shit
@sirakjosАй бұрын
Trek
@amonynous9041Ай бұрын
they have to make a competition who buys the most expensive wins, what has biking come to. Dear Fred dentist technician if you're reading this, you bloody poseur, I can beat you in a 30 years old bike anytime anywhere.
@rsaric39502 ай бұрын
tax for fools!.
@hcw1992 ай бұрын
Any amateur paying that sort of money for a pushbike is a mug!
@pinoyeh2 ай бұрын
As much as would want to own one of the bike that was featured on this video, my wallet/credit card/savings account dictates me to suspend my intent. Thus, will stay with my 2023 Felt VR60 as it GETS THE JOB DONE...!
@vinekeep12 ай бұрын
my Avanti Montari hardtail mtb @ aud900 is quiet fine thank you.
@Vinch222 ай бұрын
I will stick to Specialized especially with the Rval Rapide CLX II wheels love it, love it!