Kasper Asgreen, the tech geek of the peloton
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- Опубликовано: 21 июл 2023
- I'm guessing that Kasper Asgreen is the only rider on the Soudal-Quick Step team who is fearless in walking past team general manager Patrick Lefevere. Asgreen has arguably single-handily saved the Belgian squad's Tour. Stage 18 saw Asgreen take a nail-biting win, and then today, in just nail-biting fashion, we saw him nearly repeat the feat, only losing the stage to Matej Mohorič by the narrowest of margins. A split-second throw of that bike earlier or later could have instantly changed the result.
But I'm not here to introduce a video about Asgreen's results at the Tour; no, I'm here to introduce a bit of Tour tech geekery.
There are a few people you hear rumours about from manufacturers, stories about how tech-savvy such and such ride is. How their input into products is regarded in the highest esteem, or at least listened to ahead of the rest of the rider's input. And one name that has cropped up time and time again is that of Kasper Asgreen. That's right, the Dane is a manufactures dream rider, or so I'm told by Ben Edwards, Specialized's global brand manager. Kasper knows his stuff, and as chance would have it, we bumped into him before the Tour rolled out. There he was, hiding behind one of the many team mechanics' trucks, Allan key in hand, tape measure ready, tinkering with his bike.
While at the Soudal-Quick Step teams hotel, it seemed rude to focus our time on Kasper and his tool tinkering; he's a lovely guy, but the bike tech was calling. So included in this video are a few bike delights, Julian Alaphilippe's Tarmac SL7 and current European road cycling champion Fabio Jakobsen.
But that's not all; luckily, I'd put my glasses on that day and spotted a few Project Black items, as Specialized call them. Items that aren't available or "exist" yet. This time around, Kasper had a new set of tires on his bike, Turbo Wet and a new saddle. We delve into both in the video.
And if you're wondering why it's taken a while to post this gold, firstly, I apologize, secondly Cav wasn't the only person who was at the Tour who was forced to rest due to injuries, but heck, it's perfect timing isn't it, a stage win and a close second. Enjoy
Cheers
Shoddy Dave 
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Shoddy, glad to find you again on the new channel. Keep up the exceptional work. You always know the right queries to pose!
Cheers Mate, Pjw
Much appreciated! Thanks for the kind words. - dave
Yet another banger. And of course we want to see Kasper's workshop!
I'll keep nagging him. Would be awesome. - dave
Brilliant video!! Asking all the right questions…. Despite the lack of answers 😂 serious frame/dropped chain damage there on a frame 🤷🏼♂️😬
New saddle! it looks smoother on the sides. the 3D coating was his abrasive with the bib shorts
Kasper a HUGE fan of rim brakes and would use them if he was allowed.
Roval rapide cockpit goes up to 135mm stem
The Garmin mount??
K-Edge ????
Another Specialized advertisement, every cycling media sold to the brand, incredible
Would like to see a closeup to the paint job of Jacobson bike
When/is shoddy Dave joining the Escape Collective?
Nice video!!
Engineering and everything, but if you stop the video at 2:38 minute you will see the chain was installed opposite to direction of running. big mistake for a scrupulous person like kasper and the specialized team...
The lack of detail on Kasper Asgreen's bike is pretty disappointing
Please explain
@@ariffau was expecting a bike check with measurements and a talk with him of why he chooses what he does
@@serdiezv something like what GCN does with Pro Bike series of videos?
The video is all about Kasper Asgreen the person not the bike.
@@iMadrid11 could've been both instead of getting Alaphilippe's and Jakobsen's bikes instead of Asgreen's despite the video being about him
Both of them has scruffed up chainstays from chain drops.
And you can see the Alaphilippe bike, there is a k-edge chain catcher installed.
$3500 wheelset 😅
No sign of the SL8? Your out of touch. There are already spy shots of Quick step riding new bikes with extended head tubes and lower stays.
No sign of the SL8 at the race. It was spotted at a team QS camp.
Specialized spokesmen are professional liars. FWIW I am a mechanical engineer.
Also, one bolt seat clamps suck.
Bike is junk…
What. If anything the bike that's Kasper's riding is probably the best version if the bike and the ones being sold to us consumers are the junks.
So he thinks cycling and engineering is similar. Thank God he didn’t become an engineer. A REAL Engineer listening to this blasphemy.