Of course the SL6 was an improvement and generally more modern and aero, would love to see a proper head to head of that vs the disc SL8, I haven’t seen anyone do that
I bought a tarmac sl5 with da9000 groupset in 2023 just because my idol, Alberto Contador, used to race on one of those when I started to watch cycling back in 2014 as a high school student. It was my dream bike for nearly a decade and last year I finally had the chance and ability to own it. It was amazing to realize the childhood dream, and the bike feels even lighter and stiffer than most of the modern bike. I still enjoy it till this day! I think I may never resell this bike, not only because it feels so good to ride, but also because it holds my childhood dreams.
Been a while since Feather was in a video I’d almost forgotten what a nice chap he is. And an absolute machine on the bike, glad to hear he’s taking back his local KOMs!! 👑
@@mathiasthomsen2564 his ftp is 5.55w/kg to be exactly. That means he would loose 10 minutes on every climb, and he doesn't has the power to do anything else then climbing, prove, one week ago he got destroyed by a not even average ex pro rider.
Trust cyclist to eat their own whilst claiming it's a clean sport 🙄 Feather is a great ambassador. Quiet, focused. No ego - unlike make of the keyboard warrior also rans who think he's no good, ignoring his KOMs & palmares. Jealousy is a terrible burden to bear but those afflicted cannot see it
@@mareczuczek I got it in march 2018 as a warranty replacement for my sl3 tarmac. 100k km is only 17k km a year or so. 60km a day for 5 days a week. Bikes last a long time if you maintain them.
@@pierrex3226so your saying pogacar bike is way more aero than this?. never thought his current bike is that aero. Bar deeper rim/ bigger tyres... can't say there's gonna be much in it... cables vs big disk brakes in the wind. Surely these wider clearances for tyres on frame is worse for drag🤔.
This bike is BB30. A bb30 to threaded adapter exists basically an alloy sleeve that is pressed in place of the BB30 bearings. BB30 is 68x42mm. The same width as BSA. Shimano axles are longer than the true bb30 axles back then. Either way to fit a shimano 24mm axle, you would either need to run reducers in the standard PF30 or BB30 bracket bearings or fit a wider bottom bracket. Back then fitting solutions were maybe more limited or less widely known as they are now, so they fitted a press fit to threaded adapter. I had a Ridley bike that was briefly fitted with something similar PF30 to BSA thread adapter. PF30 is like BSA a 68mm wide standard. So adding shimano cups would get you the right width to run a shimano axle. This system didn't work so well actually. Trying to unthread the BSA cups would lead to undoing the presfitt adapter as a whole. Fitted a wheels MFG thread together BB to get to the wider and smaller diameter shimano 24mm axle standard, that worked much better. Beware a thread together and this to BSA thread adapter are not at all the same thing. Nowadays most 30mm axles are longer to also accommodate wider axles standards like BB386, BSA and T47
I ride a rim brake S-Works SL6, but I’m starting to get nervous taking it out too often. It’s an absolute masterpiece, the peak of bike design. If anything happened to it, replacing it would be next to impossible these days!
I have found taking deep section rovals off and putting ksyrium sl on flys up the hills .has more kick to it .but slower most of the time if not going up hill
What I got from this video, that rim brakes rock, old dura ace 9000 is fantastic and it's mechanical, old bikes are super hipper mega stiff and light so... I am glad to keep riding my old SL6 sworks rim, mechanical and super stiff and light bike 😎😎
Great video. Lovely to have the contextual info provided about Contador and the bike's history (I do know who Contador is, but some people may not, or not yet!). And it was very well presented as usual by Si, of course - he's a great presenter.
I have a SL5 tarmac. I replaced also the press fit BB with a threaded one. I mean the cups don't thread into the frame. The left cup threads to the right cup in the middle of a tube attached to them. Also good for perfect alignment.
The hole in the frame might also have gotten slightly worn over time and a pressfit won't fit snug enough. So a thread together with retaining compound might help 🤔
I bought a Bernard Carre frame off a bike breaker in the north of England. It turned up to being built for Bernard Borreau in 1974. It was liveried Peugeot. 531 26.4mm seatpost. Stronglight headset. Stronglight French B/B. Got all the 1974 Box Deluxe parts, including Mafac 'Top 63' brake set. Stronglight 49D. Simplex Super LJ mechanisms and DT levers. Mavic Championat du Monde rims on Maillard 700 hubs. Chromed spokes. AVA bars and stem. Unicanitor saddle. 8.5 kg.
I bought a brand new bike this year and I love it. Within 5 months I've done more kilometers on this new bike than any other bike before and countless commutes to work. My commute hasn't changed. It's the same route that it was 2 years ago but I only came within 2 minutes of my record which I still hold on a 2009 Cervélo (TdF/ Paris-Roubaix winning bike). That bike holds multiple PRs. It's almost scary how good these old bikes are. I still have it and I really need to build it back up this winter
Such an awesome bike, man! In my opinion, it looks way better than the current bikes and is apparently still more than good enough for most cyclists. Thanks to everyone who sold their rim brakes in recent years… I picked them up for next to nothing!
Only "pro" riders can even come close to squeezing max performance out of any road bike--from any era. The fact that so many fools will pay such incredibly high prices for new bikes.... when there are loads of amazing bikes out there on the market--or 1/10th the price--that those same fools can't even come close to maxing out in terms of performance. I love to show up to my Saturday morning group rides on "vintage" pro-level bikes from the 80s and 90s and 00s and stomp all over guys on the newest bikes... guys that are a lot young (and a lot skinnier) than I am. :) It's been a joy of mine for years.
Just bought another one of these sworks sl5 tarmacs about 2 months ago. 6kg on the nose with pedals , mount and cage, comfortably takes 28c tires, the clx’s are tubeless ready, it’s stiff and super efficient and no road buzz. It’s as fast as my 2023 Orbea orca on the flats and climbs a lot quicker. It’s Peak bike
A pleasant sight to see!! An old bike still holding up well regardless!! A bike with such simplicity, pedaled by A. Contador surprised me. The over sized Jockey Wheels was a good addition.ln the modern world ,a bike like this would be considered old and Dated. Old bikes vs. Modern Technology. Excellent segment
There are nowadays a handful of manufacturers producing "threaded pressfit" bottom brackets: wheels manufacturing, black bearing, and moquai are examples of makers who produce pressfit cups with a connecting threaded tube; that work with pressfit frame shells. You "pressfit" one side, and then thread the other, and it prevents a lot of undisired noises
There are a tonne to press fit to threaded BB adapters. They are insets that are pressed into the BB are threaded internally and spaced to accept the applicable BB shells.
So good to see you get your hands on an S-Works, albeit of 2016 vintage. Such a refreshing change from the usual OrbaRelloYons that GCN presenters always ride. I felt Simon was reluctant to give the bike anything other than feint praise. Well done Andrew Feather
I was pleased to hear that Andrew Feather pulled back 2 of the 3 KOMs he lost on GCN's recent video. All 3 climbs are near to where I live so I'd love to know which of the 3 he got back 🤔
What a machine a proper bike, I like the sponsor compliant statement at the end. Hard narrow tyres still feel so much faster. Lower pressure always feel to squishy and slow
2016 - a new, modern bike! Actually, a symptom of how things have changed int he last 4 years... I have a 2018 Specialized Roubaix with Ultegra cable gears, just 25C tyres and, compared with today, narrow rims, bought new late 2017 and bought by me second hand at end of 2018. My Roubaix was out of date within a year as tyres and rims got wider and I missed an opportunity to get shorter cranks in the recall. I also have a 2007 Cannondale SystemSix, Ultegra, Ksyrium wheels with 23C tyres. Bought in clearance sale, 2008 as it has front half carbon, rear aluminium and out of date. The frame won the 2007 Giro and three stages of TdF - two mountain and one sprint under different riders for different teams. With supplied Vittoria Diamante Pro tyres, it was gloriously smooth over rough surfaces but, as the reviews said, the tyres only lasted 300 miles and I couldn't afford to replace at that level. Still a great bike but, surprisingly, I rode same circuit at pretty much the same speed on my first gen Tricross - but the SystemSix felt faster!
I'm on a modern aero bike. My friend on a supersix rim. Same tyres and tubes. We're basically the same height, build and weight. At 12-15kmh, same power. The moment we start to go above 25 or so, there's 20w or so. Then when we're going fast, the difference is insane. All my equipment choice is to go fast (36 bars, deep wheels, aero helmet, shaved legs, tight clothing and so on). My buddy has none of that and almost cultivates the opposite. All the so called marginal gains really aren't marginal, and I'm routinely doing 35+kmh in Z2.
I live in the PNW USA, so it’s always wet, and I think disc brakes are solid upgrade, not believing so until after a year here. That being said, I’ve always wondered what would happen if you gave these bikes 28mm clearance and new DI2. Not saying the bike would be better, but, I’d definitely ride it over my 22 TCR
You guys focus a lot on climbing but most of us enjoy the adrenaline pumping pedaling as fast as you can down hill. You should do a top speed segment soon.
That's my next bike. Sure, my current bike is great, but today I charged the powermeter, charged the batteries for the electronic shifting and charged the bike computer. Rode a few meters and noticed: I couldn't shift with the left shifter (Sram Force). Right, there are additional batteries in the shifters! Good I had a fresh CR2032.
I still ride mine, similar spec. Don't see much reason to change until its borked. The Tour de France is won on hour long climbs, for those types of climbs I'm not convinced we'd see much difference over the modern version. As a note, its easy to get these into the low 6's kg, but the big difference compared to something like an Aethos is that these are still bull stiff so potentially faster on a long climb vs something noodlier. Its comfortable 'enough' for how fast it is, on all but the worst roads.
Sadly the cycle industry are losing cash here, YES discs perform better BUT they're soo impractical in many areas... a market for rim brakes still exists - im glad Colnago brought out a rim frame
Feather! What a warrior. I was wondering why have the additional weight of water bottles on a 600m climb? Would that have made a little difference to the 2 second gain made.
Appropriate to have Feather standing on that bike, as "Bertie's" bum pretty much never touched the saddle on a climb either - go back and watch the Matt Stevens ride interview (I remember "c'mon man, you're a national champion" among other things having to do with how long can he ride out of the saddle).
Thanks, Si, and I hope Andrew survives these crumb and crown snatchers, lol. And they probably climb when he is sleeping so he has to wake up to those Strava messages. 😀
It would be interesting to know how stiff this older S-Works is compared to newer S-Works SL7 and especially to S-Works SL8 which suppose to be stiffer than SL7. Where this older S-Works set.
Why two cages with bottles for a two minute climb, particularly hot day or for the sake of TDF authenticity? Get rid of the cages/bottles, save some weight and decrease aero drag a watt or two worth, no?
Replaced my 2008 Specialized Roubaix Comp Compact with a like-new 2017 S-Works Tarmac just last year. I wanted nothing to do with these new $10k+ monstrosities.
It’s lighter. This means it’s faster uphill. You think he rode discs at the National Hill Climb out of choice or because his sponsors lined his pocket?
Why is Alberto Contador an all-time great and Lance not? Alberto was caught doping in 2010, the year proceeding his 2009 Tour De France win. The year Lance came 2nd Lance was in the same Team as Alberto..
@@pierrex3226 Lol not true at all. I work at a bike shop and I hear all the time “ Oh I don’t ride in groups with people who are on rim brakes they can’t stop” 🤯
Do you think a bike like Contador's can still perform decently, if put up against more modern bikes?
would be interesting, if in the video Andrew did a second run with his own bike.
Of course. ...
Of course the SL6 was an improvement and generally more modern and aero, would love to see a proper head to head of that vs the disc SL8, I haven’t seen anyone do that
Absolutely I have an identical bike and it's still rapid keep up with any modern bike.
Of course…the more aero designs of frames made since yield no true advantages to anything from that era
I bought a tarmac sl5 with da9000 groupset in 2023 just because my idol, Alberto Contador, used to race on one of those when I started to watch cycling back in 2014 as a high school student. It was my dream bike for nearly a decade and last year I finally had the chance and ability to own it. It was amazing to realize the childhood dream, and the bike feels even lighter and stiffer than most of the modern bike. I still enjoy it till this day! I think I may never resell this bike, not only because it feels so good to ride, but also because it holds my childhood dreams.
Yay to the vintage bike and dreams!
Happy for u, u make your dream come true.. 👍
Been a while since Feather was in a video I’d almost forgotten what a nice chap he is. And an absolute machine on the bike, glad to hear he’s taking back his local KOMs!! 👑
He was on here just a few weeks ago
Machine??He has ftp 350w !! even a lot of 15 year old riders have a higher ftp then him!!🎉😂
@@FTA38yearfreeride this is such a bad take. His FTP is properly around 6 or 7 w/kg which is elite.
@@mathiasthomsen2564 his ftp is 5.55w/kg to be exactly. That means he would loose 10 minutes on every climb, and he doesn't has the power to do anything else then climbing, prove, one week ago he got destroyed by a not even average ex pro rider.
Trust cyclist to eat their own whilst claiming it's a clean sport 🙄 Feather is a great ambassador. Quiet, focused. No ego - unlike make of the keyboard warrior also rans who think he's no good, ignoring his KOMs & palmares. Jealousy is a terrible burden to bear but those afflicted cannot see it
I still ride, and take regular KOMs on my sl5 tarmac. Close to 100,000km on the frame now and still going strong.
Now THAT is gangsta!
100k? Sheeesh
@@mareczuczek I got it in march 2018 as a warranty replacement for my sl3 tarmac. 100k km is only 17k km a year or so. 60km a day for 5 days a week. Bikes last a long time if you maintain them.
@namwens1 what happened to the SL3? And did it have as many miles?
@@tommyfreckmann6857 formed a crack in the seat stay on the drive side near the dropout. It only had ~20,000km on it when it failed
Todays bikes would struggle against this machine for climbing. I had the SL4 and it’s still the best bike I’ve ever owned
Durianrider is that you?
Aerodynamics, so no. At the speed you're going, probably. With pogacar climbing at 27kmh, aero matters a huge deal.
@@pierrex3226so your saying pogacar bike is way more aero than this?. never thought his current bike is that aero. Bar deeper rim/ bigger tyres... can't say there's gonna be much in it... cables vs big disk brakes in the wind. Surely these wider clearances for tyres on frame is worse for drag🤔.
I guess I was more thinking about it on a steep climb like this. The new stuff is definitely better if gradient is under 12%
Put aero cockpit and modern tyres on any older bike and there's hardly any difference even on flats.
This bike is BB30. A bb30 to threaded adapter exists basically an alloy sleeve that is pressed in place of the BB30 bearings. BB30 is 68x42mm. The same width as BSA. Shimano axles are longer than the true bb30 axles back then. Either way to fit a shimano 24mm axle, you would either need to run reducers in the standard PF30 or BB30 bracket bearings or fit a wider bottom bracket. Back then fitting solutions were maybe more limited or less widely known as they are now, so they fitted a press fit to threaded adapter.
I had a Ridley bike that was briefly fitted with something similar PF30 to BSA thread adapter. PF30 is like BSA a 68mm wide standard. So adding shimano cups would get you the right width to run a shimano axle. This system didn't work so well actually. Trying to unthread the BSA cups would lead to undoing the presfitt adapter as a whole. Fitted a wheels MFG thread together BB to get to the wider and smaller diameter shimano 24mm axle standard, that worked much better. Beware a thread together and this to BSA thread adapter are not at all the same thing. Nowadays most 30mm axles are longer to also accommodate wider axles standards like BB386, BSA and T47
Ceramicspeed BB30 to 24mm thread in together BB is best solution. I have BB30 frame with Shimano crank.
SRAM PressFit BB30 to BSA 68/73mm English Threaded Bottom Bracket Adapter ftw!
I ride a rim brake S-Works SL6, but I’m starting to get nervous taking it out too often. It’s an absolute masterpiece, the peak of bike design. If anything happened to it, replacing it would be next to impossible these days!
I agree, I love that bike too. Still using it to these days.
I have found taking deep section rovals off and putting ksyrium sl on flys up the hills .has more kick to it .but slower most of the time if not going up hill
Love that era of Dura Ace, gorgeous groupset
Long live king Feather! Side note: I really appreciate that GCN has finally gone to 4K in a lot of your videos. Looks great.
What I got from this video, that rim brakes rock, old dura ace 9000 is fantastic and it's mechanical, old bikes are super hipper mega stiff and light so... I am glad to keep riding my old SL6 sworks rim, mechanical and super stiff and light bike 😎😎
It's always good to see Andrew "The Mighty Twig" Feather in action.
Best era of bikes. Looks great.
When you look at the upper body muscles you wouldn't think Andrew was the hill climber :D
Great video. Lovely to have the contextual info provided about Contador and the bike's history (I do know who Contador is, but some people may not, or not yet!). And it was very well presented as usual by Si, of course - he's a great presenter.
Amazing video, loved it! Dan is the man. 2016 bikes were so great. Still are actually!
The video is even better when you realize Feather matches Contadors climbing style ❤
I have a SL5 tarmac. I replaced also the press fit BB with a threaded one. I mean the cups don't thread into the frame. The left cup threads to the right cup in the middle of a tube attached to them. Also good for perfect alignment.
The hole in the frame might also have gotten slightly worn over time and a pressfit won't fit snug enough. So a thread together with retaining compound might help 🤔
We love a bit of cycling history on the channel now and then. Beautiful bike! 👌
I bought a Bernard Carre frame off a bike breaker in the north of England.
It turned up to being built for Bernard Borreau in 1974. It was liveried Peugeot. 531 26.4mm seatpost. Stronglight headset. Stronglight French B/B.
Got all the 1974 Box Deluxe parts, including Mafac 'Top 63' brake set. Stronglight 49D. Simplex Super LJ mechanisms and DT levers. Mavic Championat du Monde rims on Maillard 700 hubs. Chromed spokes. AVA bars and stem. Unicanitor saddle. 8.5 kg.
I replaced my SL4 BB30 to Shimano 24mm with a Praxis conversion kit which is a press fit one side & threaded the other.
I bought a brand new bike this year and I love it. Within 5 months I've done more kilometers on this new bike than any other bike before and countless commutes to work. My commute hasn't changed. It's the same route that it was 2 years ago but I only came within 2 minutes of my record which I still hold on a 2009 Cervélo (TdF/ Paris-Roubaix winning bike). That bike holds multiple PRs. It's almost scary how good these old bikes are. I still have it and I really need to build it back up this winter
Such an awesome bike, man! In my opinion, it looks way better than the current bikes and is apparently still more than good enough for most cyclists. Thanks to everyone who sold their rim brakes in recent years… I picked them up for next to nothing!
Only "pro" riders can even come close to squeezing max performance out of any road bike--from any era. The fact that so many fools will pay such incredibly high prices for new bikes.... when there are loads of amazing bikes out there on the market--or 1/10th the price--that those same fools can't even come close to maxing out in terms of performance. I love to show up to my Saturday morning group rides on "vintage" pro-level bikes from the 80s and 90s and 00s and stomp all over guys on the newest bikes... guys that are a lot young (and a lot skinnier) than I am. :) It's been a joy of mine for years.
Just bought another one of these sworks sl5 tarmacs about 2 months ago. 6kg on the nose with pedals , mount and cage, comfortably takes 28c tires, the clx’s are tubeless ready, it’s stiff and super efficient and no road buzz. It’s as fast as my 2023 Orbea orca on the flats and climbs a lot quicker. It’s Peak bike
A pleasant sight to see!! An old bike still holding up well regardless!! A bike with such simplicity, pedaled by A. Contador surprised me. The over sized Jockey Wheels was a good addition.ln the modern world ,a bike like this would be considered old and Dated. Old bikes vs. Modern Technology. Excellent segment
Vintage For The Win 🤙🤙
There are nowadays a handful of manufacturers producing "threaded pressfit" bottom brackets: wheels manufacturing, black bearing, and moquai are examples of makers who produce pressfit cups with a connecting threaded tube; that work with pressfit frame shells. You "pressfit" one side, and then thread the other, and it prevents a lot of undisired noises
OMG I'm feeling old - still riding a Giant OCR 😃
There are a tonne to press fit to threaded BB adapters. They are insets that are pressed into the BB are threaded internally and spaced to accept the applicable BB shells.
So good to see you get your hands on an S-Works, albeit of 2016 vintage. Such a refreshing change from the usual OrbaRelloYons that GCN presenters always ride. I felt Simon was reluctant to give the bike anything other than feint praise. Well done Andrew Feather
I was pleased to hear that Andrew Feather pulled back 2 of the 3 KOMs he lost on GCN's recent video. All 3 climbs are near to where I live so I'd love to know which of the 3 he got back 🤔
What a machine a proper bike, I like the sponsor compliant statement at the end. Hard narrow tyres still feel so much faster. Lower pressure always feel to squishy and slow
Other conclusion would be to worry more about your fitness than your bike specs (unless you are a WT rider)
Of course the SL6 was an improvement and generally more modern and aero, would love to see a proper head to head of that vs the disc SL8
That BB will probably have something like a Praxis convertor fitted, especially for Shimano cranks. I had the same thing on my first carbon bike.
that Dura Ace Crank design and color scheme tho
You can get converters that enable a press fit BB to work with threaded BB’S
2016 - a new, modern bike!
Actually, a symptom of how things have changed int he last 4 years... I have a 2018 Specialized Roubaix with Ultegra cable gears, just 25C tyres and, compared with today, narrow rims, bought new late 2017 and bought by me second hand at end of 2018. My Roubaix was out of date within a year as tyres and rims got wider and I missed an opportunity to get shorter cranks in the recall.
I also have a 2007 Cannondale SystemSix, Ultegra, Ksyrium wheels with 23C tyres. Bought in clearance sale, 2008 as it has front half carbon, rear aluminium and out of date. The frame won the 2007 Giro and three stages of TdF - two mountain and one sprint under different riders for different teams. With supplied Vittoria Diamante Pro tyres, it was gloriously smooth over rough surfaces but, as the reviews said, the tyres only lasted 300 miles and I couldn't afford to replace at that level. Still a great bike but, surprisingly, I rode same circuit at pretty much the same speed on my first gen Tricross - but the SystemSix felt faster!
Pogačar would win the tour on this easy.
I'm on a modern aero bike. My friend on a supersix rim. Same tyres and tubes. We're basically the same height, build and weight. At 12-15kmh, same power. The moment we start to go above 25 or so, there's 20w or so. Then when we're going fast, the difference is insane. All my equipment choice is to go fast (36 bars, deep wheels, aero helmet, shaved legs, tight clothing and so on). My buddy has none of that and almost cultivates the opposite. All the so called marginal gains really aren't marginal, and I'm routinely doing 35+kmh in Z2.
I live in the PNW USA, so it’s always wet, and I think disc brakes are solid upgrade, not believing so until after a year here. That being said, I’ve always wondered what would happen if you gave these bikes 28mm clearance and new DI2. Not saying the bike would be better, but, I’d definitely ride it over my 22 TCR
You guys focus a lot on climbing but most of us enjoy the adrenaline pumping pedaling as fast as you can down hill. You should do a top speed segment soon.
This is my first road bike i ever bought. Still riding it today.
So easy to work on, adjust, maintain and transport without bubbles getting into the hydraulics! Bliss!
Si & feather - what excellent ambassadors for cycling. Though i'm not a fan of Alberto Comtadol ...
That's my next bike. Sure, my current bike is great, but today I charged the powermeter, charged the batteries for the electronic shifting and charged the bike computer. Rode a few meters and noticed: I couldn't shift with the left shifter (Sram Force). Right, there are additional batteries in the shifters! Good I had a fresh CR2032.
I still ride mine, similar spec. Don't see much reason to change until its borked. The Tour de France is won on hour long climbs, for those types of climbs I'm not convinced we'd see much difference over the modern version. As a note, its easy to get these into the low 6's kg, but the big difference compared to something like an Aethos is that these are still bull stiff so potentially faster on a long climb vs something noodlier. Its comfortable 'enough' for how fast it is, on all but the worst roads.
Sadly the cycle industry are losing cash here, YES discs perform better BUT they're soo impractical in many areas... a market for rim brakes still exists - im glad Colnago brought out a rim frame
You missed out Contador’s doping suspension in your Bio of him 💉 💊
Most people used to wrap the bar tape " in reverse"....
Any bike which was top flight in its day will ALWAYS be good.
Also a great bike for steak shopping.
"It's not about the bike" ;)
Exactly what I was thinking too.
Old Bike? Said it! Hope you hear the question again. Banesto Dyna lites recently became Old by the way.
Feather! What a warrior. I was wondering why have the additional weight of water bottles on a 600m climb? Would that have made a little difference to the 2 second gain made.
This is peak bike. Don't let the cycling industry scam you into buying "upgrades" anymore.
Why you watching gcn then?
And for shure my 30mm tubeless tires are less comfortable and slower than old 23mm tubulars with 10bar
100% New bikes are heavy and fragile
Certainly peak lightness and stiffness.
You said it.@@laurenz323
Appropriate to have Feather standing on that bike, as "Bertie's" bum pretty much never touched the saddle on a climb either - go back and watch the Matt Stevens ride interview (I remember "c'mon man, you're a national champion" among other things having to do with how long can he ride out of the saddle).
That era of Durace is still the best looking ever , ever ever
The bottom bracket is most likely a wheels manufactured bb30 adapter I’ve the same frame and use this system as it’s stiffer and no creaks
Truly the Buzzfeed of the cycling world
If the SL5 is a classic then that's fine by me. I have one and for me it goes like a rocket
I have this sworks tarmac sl5 fitted with 28mm front tires and 30mm rear tires
Great video as always. An interesting video would be an insight into what stretches/exercises you guys do off the bike to prevent injury. Thanks!
Thanks, Si, and I hope Andrew survives these crumb and crown snatchers, lol. And they probably climb when he is sleeping so he has to wake up to those Strava messages. 😀
Peak bike right there!
Just wait until Durianrider sees this one :)
Why?
Who cares. He is insignificant
Screw durianrider, vicious, lying fraud he is.
It would be interesting to know how stiff this older S-Works is compared to newer S-Works SL7 and especially to S-Works SL8 which suppose to be stiffer than SL7. Where this older S-Works set.
He was also a very big fan of beef
Just feed Andrew more meat to match Contador
Looks like 7900. The year, the "silver" died. In 2016, I was still racing on 22mm Comps. Looks like a 12-27, or 12-28.
10% hill climb 50-100kgf up tire 1
So if it looks 'super dated' that means the S-Works Aethos also looks dated? 😆
Why two cages with bottles for a two minute climb, particularly hot day or for the sake of TDF authenticity? Get rid of the cages/bottles, save some weight and decrease aero drag a watt or two worth, no?
No
The bottles actually improve arero drag that is why feather put them on there.
here for the answer to the press fit bb with threaded cups in it ? i have a specialized crux 2015 and hate the press fit! many thanks :)
I’ll take that old bike over the internal cable crap
Funny, your video editor forgot to remove the three fingers 😂
Colnago c 60 Campagnolo Record meccanico 12 v .
Sono contento 🙏🏻🇮🇹😃
Sorry..........
2016 is vintage?😊
My F. Moser 1995, that's vintage ........😁😉
I'll don't buy that justification how modern bikes are better than those peak bikes
Replaced my 2008 Specialized Roubaix Comp Compact with a like-new 2017 S-Works Tarmac just last year. I wanted nothing to do with these new $10k+ monstrosities.
Yo answer your question on the bottom bracket, could it be a White Industries adaptor?
Sounds like a thread-thru BB.
Is there a Stig v Stig 2 showdown in the works?
Me looking in my garage and seeing my 2009 Cervelo, 2010 Scott and my 2014 Giant.... did you guys know you're considered old? 😞
It’s lighter. This means it’s faster uphill. You think he rode discs at the National Hill Climb out of choice or because his sponsors lined his pocket?
It's not the bike, it's the blood.
Sworks love it
Why the water bottles 😅
So it's only 8 years old? The bike industry is ripping us off!!!!
It must have all grease removed from bearings as that's what he demanded his mechanics do.
Why is Alberto Contador an all-time great and Lance not?
Alberto was caught doping in 2010, the year proceeding his 2009 Tour De France win.
The year Lance came 2nd Lance was in the same Team as Alberto..
All the bike industry do now, is look for and sell and idea that they think you want. Now its fast and comfortable. Rather than all out fast.
Bike manufacturers would have you believe that you'd never survive on the road on a five year old bike. Rim brakes? That's dangerous!
Virtually nobody is saying rim is dangerous.
@@pierrex3226 Lol not true at all. I work at a bike shop and I hear all the time “ Oh I don’t ride in groups with people who are on rim brakes they can’t stop” 🤯
Definitely doesn't look that dated the frameset and wheels.
It doesn't look dated at all and it tells a lot about the fake "new tech" that we've been fed with the last 8 years.
tbh that bike looks actually dated to me despite only being 8years old
I mean, if it's too slow for you guys, I suppose I can take it off your hands
1:13 I like how you cropped that picture…..
I'm sure it's still fast, why would be slower than then ?. If frame is lost stiffness after all these years then that could be a one reason.
Mister ftp 350 up a molehill riding this bike !?! blasfemie!! 😂