We Found The Hottest Gravel Tech At Big Sugar!
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Күн бұрынAlex is in America at the 100-mile gravel race epic, Big Sugar. Before the race, he checks out the latest gravel tech from deep-rimmed aero wheels to the new Moots E-Bike, and some colourful gravel tyres!
00:00 Intro
00:36 Hed wheels
02:00 Coloured tyres
03:12 Moots E-Bike
04:21 Otso dropper post
05:15 OBED GVR
06:01 Socks
06:30 Silca
07:20 Titanium bike
08:27 Spokes
10:25 Allied bike
11:37 BMC bike
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@gcntech 9 ай бұрын
What's your favourite bit of tech from Big Sugar? ⚙
@andrewmcalister3462 9 ай бұрын
This is one of the best Tech walkarounds yet. Some interesting new tech, and Alex and the camera crew have found some quiet places at the Expo to actually talk through the tech, rather than in the middle of all the noise of a sponsors tent. Well done @GCNTech.
@gcntech 9 ай бұрын
Thanks Andrew 🙌 We loved this shoot, some great tech to soak up over at Big Sugar! What was your favourite piece?
@xXSgtJackXx 9 ай бұрын
that ventum looks sick with the XX SL transmission, looks extremely futuristic
@cruachan1191 9 ай бұрын
How did that dog at the start get Si's glasses? 🤣 Coloured tyres are giving me serious flashbacks to the 80s and the Raleigh BMX Burners we all rode as kids.
@Rafskat 9 ай бұрын
That Hed 180 wheel, fitted on the bike strongly reminds me of bike that Tomac rode back in the day.. I love it.
@Outback10 9 ай бұрын
Didn't see your comment, The Rockshox Judy making a strong comeback as well. Good days mate 👍
@Outback10 9 ай бұрын
That HED disc! Reminds me of the MTB races back in the 1990s. Do like this retro comeback. It's like the Rockshox Judy set up, Not a beefy Fox fork but just enough to take that rattle away. Love gravel!
@samzierden5758 9 ай бұрын
Chase Wark! What a guy! Glad to see GCN giving him some air time.
@dgc-3554 9 ай бұрын
I guess the old cannondale headshok tech is now going to make a comeback on that BMC.
@gcntech 9 ай бұрын
It all comes back around 👀
@artemisxo6734 9 ай бұрын
you see it a lot on e-commuter bikes now
@ggcadc 9 ай бұрын
Eyyy Obed GVR! I have exactly that bike! It really is compliant in the right ways but still manages to put down power, really nicely balanced frame imo. And no one else im aware of will paint a bike in unicorn vomit and put cosmic hologram stickers on it. 🦄👾
@frankb.1284 9 ай бұрын
You guys are two videos away from discovering mountain bikes.
@WarHammerWH 9 ай бұрын
They have already, at GMBN!
@irockuroll60 9 ай бұрын
Hahaha. Too funny
@TheSportsman1977 9 ай бұрын
That massive Hed Jet wheel proves that John Tomac was basically 30years ahead of his time!!!
@JoseLNazario 9 ай бұрын
At 5:46 in the video, I think that’s Gravel World Champion Kasia Niewiadoma walking by 😊. Great video!
@gavinm717gkm 9 ай бұрын
I’ve got the blue gravel king tires on my orange gravel bike
@festerofest4374 9 ай бұрын
Re Athletic Brewing @ 10:12 I tried their Run Wild IPA recently, and I will say for a non alcoholic beer I was amazed how good it was. I'm an IPA snob and I didn't expect it to be so good.
@jimduyck 9 ай бұрын
Agreed.
@jasongreen6886 9 ай бұрын
Congrats Chloe and Alex. Such a great experience you got share with each other - thanks for sharing with all of us. Much love to the GCN team and crew.
@kivinprod 9 ай бұрын
OBED bikes.. kinda funny name for a bike brand, made me smile as OBED in my language means LUNCH :)
@buster.keaton 9 ай бұрын
I can't believe that there is a Silica derailleur hanger for my road bike, something I've been looking for for a long time. Thanks, GCN!
@gcntech 9 ай бұрын
No worries! Enjoy 🙌
@savagepro9060 9 ай бұрын
11:02 I like how Alex goes into Chameleon Mode when in the USA. He measures in Miles!🤭🤭🤭
@bubblesezblonde 9 ай бұрын
5:30 Finish is FIRE Felix! good vid. Glad you covered this!
@10ktube 9 ай бұрын
That was a solid freehub sound check, with no bike!
@mommamooney 9 ай бұрын
Love that Obed bike! Great tech segment
@ipodgolfer13 9 ай бұрын
I was yelling at you guys on the last turn into the finish straightaway. Nice work!
@user-np5dh8cu9p 9 ай бұрын
Love my Litespeed! Lots of cool bikes in this video, the new Litespeed, the Allied, Ventum, BMC, and the Obed - good stuff.
@alexschlesinger1458 9 ай бұрын
Shout out Chase Wark! He won the Filthy Fifty this year which was my first bike race ever! Y’all should come to Lanesboro MN next year for the Filthy Fifty, love this channel really helped me get into cycling!
@doggylover1958 9 ай бұрын
Some of those paint jobs are absolutely stunning! I love that there are so many customisable options, lots of fun to be had with all of those lovely teckie parts. I would like to see how those lightweight spokes hold up over tough terrain, it’s an incredible weight saving and if it makes things more comfortable and compliant too it could be a great option for a particular cobbled Belgian road race. It’ll be interesting to see how much gravel tech transfers across to road bikes. Great filming in a very busy environment, well done all.
@PaulTheCyclist. 9 ай бұрын
I am the only one thinking that HOT TECH for Gravel bikes is decades-old MTB Tech.
@timdixo 9 ай бұрын
When you’ve lived through both eras you’ll understand the tech is quite different.
@neilashton9459 9 ай бұрын
Ahh Bentonville….what an awesome town to visit and ride in! Perfect way to bookend the season. Oh very nice tech coverage and love the Litespeed gravel bike (I have a T1 SL road bike). Incidentally Obed come out of the same facility in Chattanooga, TN.
@markxkovacic 9 ай бұрын
Never recall seeing carbon frames, carbon wheels, 1x, hydraulic brakes, dropper seat posts, electronic shifting on decades old mountain bikes.
@hein_mcleod 9 ай бұрын
I love colours on tyres, helps you make a bike more unique without having to spend a fortune on paint!
@krishnansrinivasan830 9 ай бұрын
I really liked the Titanium Gravel bike & Ventum Gravel Bike :) Nice video & Thanks :)
@markbooth6745 9 ай бұрын
That ventum bike looks great. Good video. 😃👍
@fa1coner 9 ай бұрын
Great to meet you guys at packet pickup and check you. Looks like you guys had a great ride and awesome for Chloe to podium her age group!
@MartinezHQ 9 ай бұрын
Beautiful video. All this tech on the line and Keegan is killing it on a basic Santa Cruz with parts anyone can buy.
@soloist777 9 ай бұрын
Love the Moots E gravel bike! Looks sick!
@chrisstrider 9 ай бұрын
Awesome content Alex😊
@lifeguardk 9 ай бұрын
Great to see so many product from Minnesota there, HED, Berd, Wolf Tooth/Otso!
@01FozzyS 9 ай бұрын
Good luck today, Alex and Chloe!
@chrisbaum998 9 ай бұрын
Love the Gravel focus Hot Tech Alex!! Thanks for the Gravel Worlds in Nebraska shout out! Maybe next year you and Chloe should come to the original Gravel Worlds!!
@gcntech 9 ай бұрын
We're Searching For Gravel
@zachanderson8836 9 ай бұрын
Lots of good stuff coming out of Minnesota in this video! Woop Woop.
@cb6866 9 ай бұрын
Thanks Alex and crew....please wear more than aero socks !! Good luck , dude
@robbchastain3036 9 ай бұрын
This is a tech treat, thanks, Alex. All this gravel tech is endlessly interesting. Enjoy your ride at Big Sugar!
@gcntech 9 ай бұрын
Hahaha a tech treat is what we give Alex and Ollie on a Friday 😂
@gravelworlds 9 ай бұрын
way to represent Gravel Worlds Chase!!
@reinholdachleitner2069 9 ай бұрын
Awesome video,very similar to Sea Otter Classic event,the OBED GVR is beautiful.💯👌🏻🚴♀️
@asherchan254 9 ай бұрын
Looks so freaking good 😍😍
@paulvanreesch2493 9 ай бұрын
Man, the Walton's really have done a marvelous PR job making inequality look sexy.
@ericdoe2318 9 ай бұрын
It’s strange to me as someone that knows nothing about bikes and somehow found this Chanel because I like the new tec… and youall are from the other side of the world and now I’m watching youall do a video from just down the road from me… how youall like the Ozarks?
@uncleyemen 9 ай бұрын
I rode a gravel race recently and was in a group with a guy with pink Panaracers. They were super cool, wish I had a pair of them.
@theantichrome9842 9 ай бұрын
Cool to see Anton cruising around in my neck of the woods. Fun to see the Arkansas flag flying on a GCN video.
@lazlo2511 9 ай бұрын
Way too much eye candy, really enjoyed this excursion across the pond mate.
@emmabird9745 9 ай бұрын
Hi Alex. Altering the wheelbase by moving the axle in the front fork alters the trail of the steering which I would expect to have more effect on the steering than the change of wheelbase. Changing the rear axle position would avoid the change in trail.
@gc641 9 ай бұрын
Love the moots
@jamescaldwell5 9 ай бұрын
How do the disc brakes work on the Allied bike when you change the axle location?
@tyler123135 9 ай бұрын
Minnesota represent!
@pphaneuf 9 ай бұрын
That Ventum is very cool, but mullet setups are... pretty common?! SRAM has had them advertised on their website for a good while now!
@me-oz8re 9 ай бұрын
Alex, great video. Everything except your shorts gets a mention in the 'tagged products' - spill the beans, where'd you pick them up?
@kaltonian 9 ай бұрын
What a great place to be Alix, i have always wanted to visit Bentonville as it's just a place for bikes...awesome. you have picked out some great bikes Alix, lovin the BMC bike with the discrete suspension, yeah it's been tried before but this one looks like they got it right, i suppose we would call it a soft tail...maybe..? yeah i'm up for some coloured tyres, i bought a pair of white porcupines for my yeti, they look real nice with the infamous yeti blue, well enjoy the rest of your stay Alix.
@lincolnlu9869 9 ай бұрын
Bentonville is overrated. It's not actually as bike friendly outside of a couple corridors, feels like a company town, and so artificial.
@atlaswest 9 ай бұрын
@@lincolnlu9869 Clearly you don't live here.
@veganpotterthevegan 9 ай бұрын
@@lincolnlu9869yup, they created it out of nothing to pull in suckers. My sister lives close by and I only bring my bike on visits to stay in shape. It's not special
@davidpala7882 9 ай бұрын
The Bmc has a proper suspension fork from the Italian company Hiride
@daz_the_cyclist8961 9 ай бұрын
Them HED wheels 😍
@we1rd92 9 ай бұрын
Colored tires, i'd love some white tires for my road bike. Only ones i know are the Schwalbe pro one TT spartacus. Which are sadly a limited spezial edition.
@joebob1994 9 ай бұрын
good content
@Madmaverick101 9 ай бұрын
Some of the bikes Alex reviewed have adjustable geometry (moving the front wheel forward or backwards). My question is, is the difference in feel more attributable to change of wheelbase, or change of rake and trail?
@OGLobster 9 ай бұрын
That allied bike is super nice. Kinda scared to google it and see how much it actually costs.
@reiddryden9805 9 ай бұрын
Ya done good,Fred
@laggypirates 9 ай бұрын
5:52 That person got a corgi in their backpack
@zarabarti7146 9 ай бұрын
just to mention OBED in Slovak means LUNCH....and the bike looks yummy :)
@peterago1082 9 ай бұрын
love litespeed
@wd678 9 ай бұрын
Alloy gear hangers bend or shear in a crash. Is the silca gear hanger designed to do the same with it being a harder material?
@jamesmckenzie3532 9 ай бұрын
Thanks Alex. Looks like H.E.D. is still alive and kicking.
@larrylem3582 9 ай бұрын
Ventum fork flip chip - if you set it for a longer wheelbase (more stability), you'll be decreasing the trail (less stability). What is the net change, more stable or more lively?
@jannispohlmann 9 ай бұрын
Also: Do 5mm really make a difference?
@jahen65 9 ай бұрын
Think the MOOTS E-Gravel bike looks cool (besides the bolt mounting on the fork) and if a e-bike can get more people out riding they got a place and a purpose 😊
@shalakabooyaka1480 9 ай бұрын
You talking about the rack mounting points? Thats a big plus
@jahen65 9 ай бұрын
@@shalakabooyaka1480 I know it’s rack mountings… 👍 But I still think it’s ugly and only useful for bike packing… besides that it’s only added components, added weight and added costs. My biggest “issue” is the lack of gravel bikes without those trillions of mounting holes (at least here in Denmark) I’m not into bike packing but I like a good gravel ride… but I can’t get a gravel bike without those mounting holes 😖 so my option was a cross bike…
@gcntech 9 ай бұрын
This! E bikes are great for getting people on bikes 🙌 This one looks like it's built to be ridden hard 👌
@jahen65 9 ай бұрын
@@gcntech It sure does look awesome 🤩 like all other Moots bikes 🤗 I might had sounded a little to negative regarding the rack mountings…🫣 it’s just not my cup of tea 🤷🏻♂️
@saskhiker3935 9 ай бұрын
That head gravel wheel looks brutal in crosswinds.
@jeffv.1743 9 ай бұрын
I had not heard of OBED bikes until now. But it turns out they are owned by the same parent company as Litespeed. Litespeed used to make a mountain bike model named OBED, I have owned one for 30 years.
@tanawatleelayouva5123 9 ай бұрын
What is aero gravel wheel ? what is definition of gravel wheel ? Its triathlon wheel for sure but what its features that gravel?
@philipcarson8438 9 ай бұрын
The spirit of gravel is exploring and adventure, not racing.
@williamondrey2833 9 ай бұрын
I have both the turquoise and orange on my gravel bike right now
@veganpotterthevegan 9 ай бұрын
Crossing the pond to go to Arkansas of all places🥴
@mrpozzblizz 9 ай бұрын
What a great event! And what great bikes! Somehow the Americans always manage to put on super bike culture events! Is there anything like that in Switzerland?
@luukrutten1295 9 ай бұрын
Seriously with that HED being almost a disc Wheel gravel has gone full circle mountainbiking....
@samfeeley8529 9 ай бұрын
You need to make a video with Seth from berm peak while your in bentonville
@jwolf4204 9 ай бұрын
Point of derailleur hanger is to bend, absorbing force otherwise distributed to derailleur and frame. Why would you want one made of titanium?
@bimblingalong 9 ай бұрын
I'm sure the Spirit Of Gravel is 'It's 5 o'clock somewhere', so pour something tall & smooth and enjoy! And good luck in the race!
@fredkaboom 9 ай бұрын
I hope you wear more than just those socks to race, as aero as they may be.
@galenkehler 9 ай бұрын
Ok, if you want a "very aero" rim, why would you not just use a disc wheel? A carbon disc could be made as wide as you want without a weight penalty, and you eliminate mud buildup, spoke failures (no spokes), and clearance to the cassette/derailleur.
@cre9tivevrtwlst 9 ай бұрын
Kewl
@harshsinghforu4 9 ай бұрын
Cycling in open area or in windy day will be difficult on this wheel frame @00:41 from staring of video
@timtaylor9590 9 ай бұрын
allied made famous by hambini, so cool...
@acem82 9 ай бұрын
Shout out to Chase Wark for kicking my butt around Wisconsin in 2020. Glad to see he's as strong as I thought he was.
@kippen64 9 ай бұрын
The Moots electric gravel bike looks super cool. It would allow people of unequal capabilities to go gravel biking together. Because cycling is a mostly solo activity for me, I would opt for gearing low enough for me to cope. That's bit of a mantra of mine. I could probably crawl up a mountain on my commuting bike. Am seriously considering it just for the challenge.
@gcntech 9 ай бұрын
Bike packing on ebikes is the way to go! As the team found out 👉kzfaq.info/get/bejne/bp2jpMpjqKymg5s.html
@habbahan 9 ай бұрын
Titanium derailleur hanger! Yes! I’d rather brake my derailleur than a hanger, coz it’s such a freaking pain to find a replacement for that little stupid bit, and some people could bend 10 of those in a season
@robp3431 9 ай бұрын
Silca sealant was one of the worst "experiments" in my 15 years of riding....totally gummed up the valves and after only a few weeks had loud rolling marbles in the tires, then cleaning out the dried goop took forever....what a mess !!!
@will44bott 9 ай бұрын
It's 10 to 6? You appear to be 50minutes late for beer there Adrian.
@optic_8478 6 ай бұрын
Gravel is turning into age group triathlon.
@user-sy3gp2ub5u 9 ай бұрын
Titanium e bikes is a great combination because they can last much longer. My ebike has a hole drilled in the ehub to allow oil to get in and water to get out. the bike has many thousands of miles on it and still runs perfectly smooth because the oil seeps into the freehub and everything. The way these companies use gaskets and grease is terrible. There needs to be some oil addition ports and weephols for moisture so the insides dont have to be hermetically sealed with a long last thick lube.
@beyond8981 9 ай бұрын
Would have been nice to see more of that Trek we got a very brief glance of - looked like another stunning paint job
@EricAbbottTri 9 ай бұрын
HED is trolling us with that wheel.
@bassoon1997 9 ай бұрын
Only here because Chase Wark. the DAMN MAN!
@aageseljegard8730 9 ай бұрын
It's ten to six and it's not beer o'clock? 😳
@kaupo80 9 ай бұрын
Did I just hear correctly - riding 100 miles at the same speed and with the aero socks you save 3-5 minutes? Time equals distants divided by speed, I see no place for aero socks in this equation.
@lateworm4132 9 ай бұрын
A tube that's bent from sheet and welded is a pipe. That's the difference between a tube and a pipe.
@mikes1976 9 ай бұрын
MIssed opportunity at the Athletic Brewing Tent (10:12). They were displaying their industry leading collection of alcohol free craft beers. How about a video exploring the role of NA beer in cycling nutrition? Could it replace chocolate milk as a recovery drink?
@festerofest4374 9 ай бұрын
I made a comment earlier about how awesome I thought their IPA was. I did not expect a non alcohol IPA to be so true to a good IPA. Checking their website I see there are 2 IPA's and a couple of other styles. 65 calories for the Run Wild IPA... whereas I think most IPA's are 180+. I've been cutting back on beer because of the carb calories and it's nice to see options.
@jimduyck 9 ай бұрын
Much love for the Run Wild IPA over here, too. 🥳
@JackMott 9 ай бұрын
That JET wheel would perform fine but probably noisy as hell
@stephanetran1295 9 ай бұрын
How can the socks save 3 to 5 minutes if you're riding AT THE SAME SPEED?
@GCNalex 9 ай бұрын
I meant the same power, but good spot!
@stephanetran1295 9 ай бұрын
Ah, that makes more sense! 😂
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