Congratulations on the Specialized deal and new bikes!. Knowing how nice new bike day feels, new bikeS day must be even better. Super interesting to see the Specialized office, thanks for the tour. I like the 42mm Pathfinder Pro's on my Giant XR1 commuter / makeshift gravel bike
I got the exact same SL7 in 56cm last year-- amazing bike. Being an old guy at 61, the bike made me faster. I upgraded from my old SL3- the SL7 was quite a big step-up in performance. Aero matters! Love to hear your thoughts and observations after you get your bike dialed in and ride it for awhile. Enjoy and keep up the good work on these videos.
@Alex - only tip as a complete amatuer gravel bike person is do not max out your tyre width that your frame will fit. Especially in the UK as mud clogging is very real - leave a little bit of room.
It was the best bike, the Ostro still is an extremely good bike that I would recommend to anyone. You can drive a BMW and still think a Mercedes is a good car.
Love SRAM’s AXS 1x system for cyclocross/gravel. I do ride the the road version as well, but am miffed they don’t allow 3rd party manufacturers to develop components to work with their system (cranks/chainrings). I think by opening up compatibility, it could possibly benefit them from additional r&d being done to maximize performance.
Really? They outright forbid it? Can they, actually, stop someone making a component that just happens to fit?I was wondering why there's so little 3rd party components that fit their systems, but that would explain it then.
@@Tommi462 There are some smaller boutique manufacturers that do make a few pieces, but is mostly limited to 1x chainrings. Nothing really on the road portion. When I first picked up an axs groupset, my local dealer/rep told me to refrain from trying to mix components that fall out of the SRAM/Quarq group. It was an easy way to void warranty if any failures occur. This included oversized pulley systems. Luckily though my components now fall outside warranty, so it’s less of an issue.
The handlebar on the gravel bike is something to talk about. I think there are plenty of of us multi disciplinary riders who are jumping on to gravel bikes who don’t know who to handle the bars. What is the ideal transitional bike bar for someone used to drop bars without flair etc…and for those of us who have had 125 or more drop to much shorter drop? I am trying 12 degree flair… ALEX, what are you “feeling” for your bar choice.?
Fit studio's are great, if only brands allowed shops to change / order different sized bar/stems & cranks etc so you could buy a correct fitting bike with out the extra expense of buying often proprietary hard to source parts to make a bike fit.
My bike shop recently let me do this with no issues. Had a fit and then placed the order for the bike off those fit dimensions. Plus a few "treat" bits such as wheel upgrades etc.
@Greg S it seems hit or miss. I asked it was possible at a shop selling a Venge if they could change either the stem &/or cranks and was told no, I would have to buy them separately.
So a few weeks ago you did a video with 'unbiased' opinions on the equipment in the peloton and stated Specialised riders were seen to have a bit of an advantage over other bikes........ its no surprise who the new sponsor is 😂😂😂
Wow, i’m on the same bikes as Mr Dowsett. At least for Road and Gravel! I feel oddly vindicated in my purchase decisions now. Just need a shiv to round it out. n+1 and all that.
You are lucky to have Chanel or you might be riding a banana seat Schwinn! Thanks Chanel. You already have great gravel tires on it. Those Pathfinders rock! Several Unbound winners sported those.
Try and blag yourself in to the Gravelfest weekend of Laurens ten Dam in september :o) And would be interesting to see you at a Downhill race (fort wiliam?) with the specialized team to have a look.
SL3 tarmac BLOWS the SL7 s-works out of the water. Ive ridden every version of the tarmac since 2004. The rim brake versions for sure are the fastest and most stiff.
You need to swap out the handlebars for the roval rapide and it will be perfect. The gravel tires are awesome and very durable I run the same on my crux in 42mm and actually have the roval rapide aero bars on the crux as well 👌😁
Same size SL7 as I had. I had the sworks version in purple but after the first ride put it on the market. So slow and sluggish feeling compared to my 6.2kg SL4 with sram red mechanical and tubular wheelset. Drop the fork out every 2000miles or so and check the hydro cables for any wear from the split ring spacer as if your hydro line gets a knick in it you instantly loose braking power. It has happened to a few SL7 riders if you read the forums etc.
I swear I saw a recent Alex video comments on pro riders would prefer to be on a s works . hmmmmmm? No sponsorship bias 🤣🤣🤣 there . I’ll definitely parting with 20 k to buy the pros choice 👊 🙏🐶 thank you .
Imagine if they made a computer activated motorised version of the Retul bike. So they could change the posistion from the command room and you see the changes in realtime.
make an 'unbiased' video stating how good Specialized seemingly is (backed by nothing), to then reveal that actually they are sponsoring you two weeks later. hmmm
The video in which he greatly extols the virtues of one of their major rivals (Trek). If it was a pure puff piece for Spec then I doubt he would have even mentioned Trek. He was also very complimentary of Pinarello and Colnago TT bikes too.
Specialized have a manor house showroom in England? One thing I've realised is that once you're a pro sportsperson you can pretty much guarantee your going to either get free bikes or a heavy discount post retirement.
Well they might offer up sponsor bikes made from what they get from the components from manufacturers at discount or free. Ultegra is hardly distinguishable to dura ace nowadays I can say from my experience of owning both it's not a game changer
The first and only rule of UK gravel riding... Forget everything youve ever seen about gravel and replace it with mud. Lots of mud. Insanely large disgusting amounts of mud. As for handlebars just bang some normal road bars on there 👌 unless your planning on some flannel shirts and denim shorts that would have looked outrageous in the 60s you dont need need gravel bars.
I’ve never ridden off road or a mountain bike. But I know how muddy you can get on normal wet UK roads. And I’ ve never seen any gravel on any off road tracks and paths in this country.Gravel riding is just marketing in this country.
Fair play pal , good content , but I am so so bored of the U.S. brands or the Chinese imports , covering all the youtubers, was really hoping you might do something different and figure something out with Bianchi, Colnago , Basso etc … que Sara Sara …
Can you tell more about why Specialized and why you envied the riders riding Specialized during your last years as a ProTour Pro? I enjoy my S-works a lot, but wonder what the actual difference is. I think that was the missing part in your “what the pro’s like” idea as well. Give the reason.
He's getting paid to ride the bike. This looks like the sequel to a video with a misleading title suggesting Alex was going to do a deep dive into what separates the good road bikes from the bad. Nothing interesting or revealing was said, except that Specialized are the best. Yawn. Edited to add that professional cyclists do not have a union, hence they don't get paid as much as other pros, nor do they have anything resembling a pension. So it's not surprising when ex-pros take up post cycling careers by shilling brands.
The problem is, and the problem with the previous vlog, is that my thoughts and the thoughts of pro riders I speak with about bikes is not tangible. I can’t say “it’s x amount faster in a wind tunnel, it’s x amount stiffer, or x amount lighter” because those differences between all the bikes in the pro peloton are minimal. It’s the Specialized riders *consistently* (and we’re talking over the last five or six years) saying this bike is just better. With the validation of quite consistent race wins as well. I am complimentary of other brands, and ultimately “best bike” is totally subjective to the rider and an argument I or anyone else can never win. There’s also the bike, componentry and wheels argument. What makes a good bike and can one part bring down a whole bike. I was astounded at the change in performance of my Ostro last year when I changed wheels & tyres. It’s a very good bike that was let down by wheels or tyres
@@glennoc8585 Key words: Top pro cyclists. The Sagan's, MVDP's, and Wout Van Aert's are years and years ahead of riders like Dowsett (who once held the world hour record) in terms of salary. Dowsett should be held in a higher regard, just like many pro athletes from other sports who achieved things others couldn't have dreamed of, but don't have to worry about doing commercials for a brand. They're set for life. Look at Van Aert, for example. Name a professional athlete from another sport who wears a sponsored piece of equipment that only he wears. You don't see, say, a football player wearing a different uniform than his colleagues. WVA is capitalizing on his own brand. That does not happen in other sports. Dowsett seems like a lovely person with a lovely family, and I wish the best for him. But his response posted above says nothing other than the fact he loves Specialized. Good for him. Edited to add that if riders formed a union, none of this shit would be happening.
So that video of ‘unbiased unsponsored opinion’ from a few weeks ago wasn’t exactly accurate and politically correct portions of it make absolute sense now😅
I stand by everything I said in that video. You may not ever believe me because I’m sponsored by Specialized, but there’s one thing I won’t do on this channel and that is lie. ☺️
@@AlexDowsettOfficial I never said you lied about a thing mate, been a long time subscriber and I don't subscribe to liars and shillers :) I had thought that you seemed to somewhat hold back while watching that video and said it makes more sense now, that's all I was hinting.
I went out and bought the latest sl7 sworks with dura ace as requested by my audience and put it on the market the very next day after I got to ride it. Just doesnt compare performance wise or weight wise or stiffness wise to any of my other s-works tarmacs and Ive ridden them ALL since 2004. IYKYK. Have you ridden EVERY top tier iteration of the s-works tarmac like I have?
@@durianriders 1) as I have told you many times before,in your platform , (I am the first person to respond to that video you made when you were telling the world how it flexes with your fingers….) I can also press that frame with my fingers, but just like you I have incredible strength and I can press most frames ( all natural by the way :), but unlike you I am super fat) and can easily bench press 250 pounds many times and can easily install any tire with my bear hands… as far as your tarmac sworks: it was build with mechanical group-set and a set of roval c38 wheels and a non tarmac stem but a shitty basic sl stem (from which you received that flex). The gravel feel came from the c38 wheels. I get you like mechanical group-set but since you can afford that shit you should have installed a proper di2 and clx wheel-set. Sl7 even though you can build it with mechanical, to get full experience should be di2. I think 9170 not 9270, i believe 11 speed is just as good and levers feel better for me. 2) I have build more tarmacs than probably any other human in the planet aside from people at specialized factories, from frame up, at least 100. Let me be very clear Dorian, unless you personally designed or you are the engineer who build tarmacs there is no person in the plant that has more experience about sl7 than me. I have even cut that mother fucker and compared sl7 r10 and r12, all it is paint difference… maybe less carbon but i couldn’t see a difference between two frames. Still till today I have the lightest sl7 stock 6.7kg ( like specialized sold it with Shimano) without peddles. Stock not the fucking stupid shit called Clavicula bullshit carbon fucking crap. So please don’t insult my intelligence…. To give you an idea what you are for rim brakes i am in the world on disc brakes (the secondary market… ;)) cheers mate… I like your content leave me alone… we are good. Lol Not talking about you, we all know how you don’t like Specialized, you have told us how they fucked you over. In my opinion you have the right to talk shit about them. I like them. I think they are amazing company. I am talking about some podcasters… ;) to end this rant… sl7 is the best disc brake bike… with that said I think the best bike the planet is sl6 direct mount rim brake… hope that clears things up.
Now let the master, who has way more skills than both of us when it comes to riding… tell us how this magical bike is still the best bike ever and I get to sell few more sl7 before I move to sl8 ;)
Oh and I forgot to tell you when you were selling your bike, I could have sold your frame for at least 6k to 8k frame only… as complete bike easily 16k, us not Australian. Imagine every fucking crypto “expert” with some money had to have an sl7.
The main thing about gravel tires is that you need to be able to spend hours & hours discussing them in the race parking lot 😉
Congratulations on the Specialized deal and new bikes!. Knowing how nice new bike day feels, new bikeS day must be even better. Super interesting to see the Specialized office, thanks for the tour. I like the 42mm Pathfinder Pro's on my Giant XR1 commuter / makeshift gravel bike
Congrats! That SL7 looks gorgeous with the matte and exposed 3k🤤
You need to go gravel riding with Lawrence and Francis
I don’t even watch F1 and I’m so used to memes I think you’re speaking on Lawrence Stroll
Pathfinder Pro tyres are one of the best I’ve used especially the S-Works version depending on what the terrain is like
I got the exact same SL7 in 56cm last year-- amazing bike. Being an old guy at 61, the bike made me faster. I upgraded from my old SL3- the SL7 was quite a big step-up in performance. Aero matters! Love to hear your thoughts and observations after you get your bike dialed in and ride it for awhile. Enjoy and keep up the good work on these videos.
@Alex - only tip as a complete amatuer gravel bike person is do not max out your tyre width that your frame will fit. Especially in the UK as mud clogging is very real - leave a little bit of room.
Congrats! You'll have to make a visit here to Northern California and visit the main HQ and the Specialized museum.
When you reviewed the FACTOR, saying it was the best bike you ever ridden, you forgot to say that you really wanted to be on a Specialized...
It was the best bike, the Ostro still is an extremely good bike that I would recommend to anyone. You can drive a BMW and still think a Mercedes is a good car.
Love SRAM’s AXS 1x system for cyclocross/gravel. I do ride the the road version as well, but am miffed they don’t allow 3rd party manufacturers to develop components to work with their system (cranks/chainrings). I think by opening up compatibility, it could possibly benefit them from additional r&d being done to maximize performance.
Really? They outright forbid it? Can they, actually, stop someone making a component that just happens to fit?I was wondering why there's so little 3rd party components that fit their systems, but that would explain it then.
@@Tommi462 There are some smaller boutique manufacturers that do make a few pieces, but is mostly limited to 1x chainrings. Nothing really on the road portion.
When I first picked up an axs groupset, my local dealer/rep told me to refrain from trying to mix components that fall out of the SRAM/Quarq group. It was an easy way to void warranty if any failures occur. This included oversized pulley systems. Luckily though my components now fall outside warranty, so it’s less of an issue.
congrats on the new bikes.
Got to be honest, thought that was Phil’s gaff at the start! 😁👍🚴🏻♂️
Now I know why Specialized is so expensive 💰, its the massive country estate. Enjoy the bike.
Congrats on this partnership 🤙. I guess you know have to earn some SWorks frames and the new 2023 models of the Crux-Diverge. And SL8
Who would've thought! 😯
Good luck with the gravel racing,grulloch I believe ?? And hope to see at a few soon 👍🤘🏻🇬🇧
"Unsponsored, unbiased."
The handlebar on the gravel bike is something to talk about. I think there are plenty of of us multi disciplinary riders who are jumping on to gravel bikes who don’t know who to handle the bars. What is the ideal transitional bike bar for someone used to drop bars without flair etc…and for those of us who have had 125 or more drop to much shorter drop? I am trying 12 degree flair… ALEX, what are you “feeling” for your bar choice.?
KUDOS for cycling to school!
Ultegra....."eer it's OK...."😂 I have a Tarmac SL7 on that set up. Far outstrips my ability. I hope you enjoy it as much as I do.
I sure there is a TT bike in your future as well. Start with a bare frame and build with some of the cool tech from the great UK-based companies.
With a power meter on board and computer controlled spacing the bike could change shape as you rode it to find the optimal power output.
Great shout, pedal based PM being the obvious choice
I'd love to hear a comparison of the Ostro Vam and your new Specialized road bike.
The same!
Fit studio's are great, if only brands allowed shops to change / order different sized bar/stems & cranks etc so you could buy a correct fitting bike with out the extra expense of buying often proprietary hard to source parts to make a bike fit.
My bike shop recently let me do this with no issues.
Had a fit and then placed the order for the bike off those fit dimensions. Plus a few "treat" bits such as wheel upgrades etc.
@Greg S it seems hit or miss. I asked it was possible at a shop selling a Venge if they could change either the stem &/or cranks and was told no, I would have to buy them separately.
So a few weeks ago you did a video with 'unbiased' opinions on the equipment in the peloton and stated Specialised riders were seen to have a bit of an advantage over other bikes........ its no surprise who the new sponsor is 😂😂😂
Wow, i’m on the same bikes as Mr Dowsett. At least for Road and Gravel! I feel oddly vindicated in my purchase decisions now. Just need a shiv to round it out. n+1 and all that.
You are lucky to have Chanel or you might be riding a banana seat Schwinn! Thanks Chanel.
You already have great gravel tires on it. Those Pathfinders rock! Several Unbound winners sported those.
Try and blag yourself in to the Gravelfest weekend of Laurens ten Dam in september :o) And would be interesting to see you at a Downhill race (fort wiliam?) with the specialized team to have a look.
Awesome bikes. I purchased a used Tarmac SL3 with Sram last weekend.
SL3 tarmac BLOWS the SL7 s-works out of the water. Ive ridden every version of the tarmac since 2004. The rim brake versions for sure are the fastest and most stiff.
You need to swap out the handlebars for the roval rapide and it will be perfect. The gravel tires are awesome and very durable I run the same on my crux in 42mm and actually have the roval rapide aero bars on the crux as well 👌😁
Hi Alex. Now you got your new SL7, can I get your old Factor bike please? Size 56 is good for me too 😉
Same size SL7 as I had. I had the sworks version in purple but after the first ride put it on the market. So slow and sluggish feeling compared to my 6.2kg SL4 with sram red mechanical and tubular wheelset.
Drop the fork out every 2000miles or so and check the hydro cables for any wear from the split ring spacer as if your hydro line gets a knick in it you instantly loose braking power. It has happened to a few SL7 riders if you read the forums etc.
Mr hate himself
I swear I saw a recent Alex video comments on pro riders would prefer to be on a s works . hmmmmmm? No sponsorship bias 🤣🤣🤣 there . I’ll definitely parting with 20 k to buy the pros choice 👊 🙏🐶 thank you .
See you in Scotland 😊
Now your secret „everyone wants to be on a specialized in the pro peloton) makes more sense.
The pathfinder tires are probably the best
Dust caps. I’ve lost the 1-3G of caps maybe 150 times. Never once thought. You look lovely on the valve stem
Imagine if they made a computer activated motorised version of the Retul bike. So they could change the posistion from the command room and you see the changes in realtime.
make an 'unbiased' video stating how good Specialized seemingly is (backed by nothing), to then reveal that actually they are sponsoring you two weeks later. hmmm
Harsh, he's a top man. Alex won't tell you something is good if it isn't, no matter who he's sponsored by.
As predatory as they can be as a company, Specialized makes really good stuff
The video in which he greatly extols the virtues of one of their major rivals (Trek). If it was a pure puff piece for Spec then I doubt he would have even mentioned Trek. He was also very complimentary of Pinarello and Colnago TT bikes too.
My thoughts also...
@@matt-lo8utfanboism at its finest
They like a product recall do Specialized.
Gravel King tires, give them a try, most top guys here in the USA have been using them.
Factor Ostro vs Specialized Sl7 : pros and cons?
They do nice balance bikes 😊
Specialized have a manor house showroom in England? One thing I've realised is that once you're a pro sportsperson you can pretty much guarantee your going to either get free bikes or a heavy discount post retirement.
Pathfinder pros the best all around gravel tire. I can shred the chunky Midwest roads and demolish on the tarmac.
Pathfinder pro tyres are about the best grave tyre on the market
Why didn’t they give you sworks bikes and the Roval Rapide wheels? Also surely Dura Ace?!
Well they might offer up sponsor bikes made from what they get from the components from manufacturers at discount or free. Ultegra is hardly distinguishable to dura ace nowadays I can say from my experience of owning both it's not a game changer
It’s a ghost town, is it just those two people working there? 😂
Why get rid of the dust caps?
I'm with Alex there for road, the caps don't look right
Retire from world tour +
Make a video saying Specialized is the best
= getting Specialized sponsorship
👌
The first and only rule of UK gravel riding... Forget everything youve ever seen about gravel and replace it with mud. Lots of mud. Insanely large disgusting amounts of mud. As for handlebars just bang some normal road bars on there 👌 unless your planning on some flannel shirts and denim shorts that would have looked outrageous in the 60s you dont need need gravel bars.
I’ve never ridden off road or a mountain bike. But I know how muddy you can get on normal wet UK roads. And I’ ve never seen any gravel on any off road tracks and paths in this country.Gravel riding is just marketing in this country.
@nerocoaching will like this 😅
SHOCKER
No staff. They've all been made redundant!
Wow specialized house
Why pros cover up the logos when they’re not sponsored by said brand?
Fair play pal , good content , but I am so so bored of the U.S. brands or the Chinese imports , covering all the youtubers, was really hoping you might do something different and figure something out with Bianchi, Colnago , Basso etc … que Sara Sara …
Whose Sara?😂
Need Chanel to review the gravel bike
Can you tell more about why Specialized and why you envied the riders riding Specialized during your last years as a ProTour Pro? I enjoy my S-works a lot, but wonder what the actual difference is. I think that was the missing part in your “what the pro’s like” idea as well. Give the reason.
He's getting paid to ride the bike. This looks like the sequel to a video with a misleading title suggesting Alex was going to do a deep dive into what separates the good road bikes from the bad. Nothing interesting or revealing was said, except that Specialized are the best. Yawn. Edited to add that professional cyclists do not have a union, hence they don't get paid as much as other pros, nor do they have anything resembling a pension. So it's not surprising when ex-pros take up post cycling careers by shilling brands.
The problem is, and the problem with the previous vlog, is that my thoughts and the thoughts of pro riders I speak with about bikes is not tangible. I can’t say “it’s x amount faster in a wind tunnel, it’s x amount stiffer, or x amount lighter” because those differences between all the bikes in the pro peloton are minimal. It’s the Specialized riders *consistently* (and we’re talking over the last five or six years) saying this bike is just better. With the validation of quite consistent race wins as well. I am complimentary of other brands, and ultimately “best bike” is totally subjective to the rider and an argument I or anyone else can never win.
There’s also the bike, componentry and wheels argument. What makes a good bike and can one part bring down a whole bike. I was astounded at the change in performance of my Ostro last year when I changed wheels & tyres. It’s a very good bike that was let down by wheels or tyres
@@matttilley8620 Top pro cyclists do get paid pretty well and if they invest well don't rely on shilling to the industry.
@@glennoc8585 Key words: Top pro cyclists. The Sagan's, MVDP's, and Wout Van Aert's are years and years ahead of riders like Dowsett (who once held the world hour record) in terms of salary. Dowsett should be held in a higher regard, just like many pro athletes from other sports who achieved things others couldn't have dreamed of, but don't have to worry about doing commercials for a brand. They're set for life. Look at Van Aert, for example. Name a professional athlete from another sport who wears a sponsored piece of equipment that only he wears. You don't see, say, a football player wearing a different uniform than his colleagues. WVA is capitalizing on his own brand. That does not happen in other sports. Dowsett seems like a lovely person with a lovely family, and I wish the best for him. But his response posted above says nothing other than the fact he loves Specialized. Good for him. Edited to add that if riders formed a union, none of this shit would be happening.
@@AlexDowsettOfficial which wheels and tires you changed to that were better?
Nothing screams your product is overpriced like a blinged out office with lots of toys and nobody working
Real estate investment maybe
They gave Alex Dowset the Expert models? Jesus, Specialized. Couldn’t even pony up for the Pro versions?
It shows that you don't necessarily need the top end unless you're racing world tour for marginal gain.
Are we gonna see you in that helmet?
Plus neck sock🎉
GG Chanel
I guess you have already had those bikes 'fitted' to your person....?
So that video of ‘unbiased unsponsored opinion’ from a few weeks ago wasn’t exactly accurate and politically correct portions of it make absolute sense now😅
I stand by everything I said in that video. You may not ever believe me because I’m sponsored by Specialized, but there’s one thing I won’t do on this channel and that is lie. ☺️
@@AlexDowsettOfficial I never said you lied about a thing mate, been a long time subscriber and I don't subscribe to liars and shillers :) I had thought that you seemed to somewhat hold back while watching that video and said it makes more sense now, that's all I was hinting.
Let me predict some massive hate from the cycling RUclips community… talking shit about sl7 guarantees clicks.
I went out and bought the latest sl7 sworks with dura ace as requested by my audience and put it on the market the very next day after I got to ride it.
Just doesnt compare performance wise or weight wise or stiffness wise to any of my other s-works tarmacs and Ive ridden them ALL since 2004.
IYKYK.
Have you ridden EVERY top tier iteration of the s-works tarmac like I have?
I should have said in my opinion, sl6 direct mount rim brake is the best bike ever made, disc and non disc.
@@durianriders
1) as I have told you many times before,in your platform , (I am the first person to respond to that video you made when you were telling the world how it flexes with your fingers….) I can also press that frame with my fingers, but just like you I have incredible strength and I can press most frames ( all natural by the way :), but unlike you I am super fat) and can easily bench press 250 pounds many times and can easily install any tire with my bear hands… as far as your tarmac sworks: it was build with mechanical group-set and a set of roval c38 wheels and a non tarmac stem but a shitty basic sl stem (from which you received that flex). The gravel feel came from the c38 wheels. I get you like mechanical group-set but since you can afford that shit you should have installed a proper di2 and clx wheel-set. Sl7 even though you can build it with mechanical, to get full experience should be di2. I think 9170 not 9270, i believe 11 speed is just as good and levers feel better for me.
2) I have build more tarmacs than probably any other human in the planet aside from people at specialized factories, from frame up, at least 100. Let me be very clear Dorian, unless you personally designed or you are the engineer who build tarmacs there is no person in the plant that has more experience about sl7 than me. I have even cut that mother fucker and compared sl7 r10 and r12, all it is paint difference… maybe less carbon but i couldn’t see a difference between two frames.
Still till today I have the lightest sl7 stock 6.7kg ( like specialized sold it with Shimano) without peddles. Stock not the fucking stupid shit called Clavicula bullshit carbon fucking crap. So please don’t insult my intelligence…. To give you an idea what you are for rim brakes i am in the world on disc brakes (the secondary market… ;)) cheers mate… I like your content leave me alone… we are good. Lol Not talking about you, we all know how you don’t like Specialized, you have told us how they fucked you over. In my opinion you have the right to talk shit about them. I like them. I think they are amazing company.
I am talking about some podcasters… ;) to end this rant… sl7 is the best disc brake bike… with that said I think the best bike the planet is sl6 direct mount rim brake… hope that clears things up.
Now let the master, who has way more skills than both of us when it comes to riding… tell us how this magical bike is still the best bike ever and I get to sell few more sl7 before I move to sl8 ;)
Oh and I forgot to tell you when you were selling your bike, I could have sold your frame for at least 6k to 8k frame only… as complete bike easily 16k, us not Australian. Imagine every fucking crypto “expert” with some money had to have an sl7.
well, thats 13 minutes of my life i wont get back, dull dull dull
I thought that was your new house!😂👍
I mean, he did win a stage of the Giro. Daddy Warbucks!
No wonder new bikes are no longer affordable for most riders when this multinational company has an office space like what you showed.
Lovely huge country house with nobody there.
It’s a £500m global business …and you’re worried about the impact of one building 🤷♂️ … so salty
was obivous the recommended bike is gonna be specialized or trek based on the previous "recommended bike brands" shill video :DDDD