A Sub £1,000 Bike, Tour de France Tech & Carbon Road Bike Wheels

With the Tour de France currently on, we discuss the tech used by the likes of Tadej Pogacar and Jonas Vingegaard, whether the UCI can really implement it’s raft of new road bike rules such as banning narrow handlebars and super deep carbon road bike wheels from 2026 onwards and take a closer look at the new Canyon Endurace Allroad – A new sub £1,000 road bike.

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Is this the most exciting bike of the decade? Will these wild hubs soon be at the tour to France? And have the UCI finally lost their minds? All of that and plenty more in this tour to France special edition of Tech of the Month? And we’ve got Sam back. He’s bought us spreadsheets already. Hello. Well, the first bike that I want to talk about is of course that factory. It’s been about a few weeks now, so people have probably seen it circulating on social media. Um, it’s already won a stage of the criterium to do and now it’s at the tour to France. Firstly, what are your thoughts on it? Because there’s been some pretty polarizing comments on it. Yeah. And yeah, I’m intrigued. Well, you know what? When when I think about it, there’s I kind of go down two trains of thought. I think the first one is that it’s an aerobike. It’s clearly built to be fast. And if that means that it’s ugly, so what? It’s totally functional. So, hang on. And you do think it’s ugly. I think it’s ugly. Yeah. Uh I think it’s got a bit of charm. There’s some proportions that I think a little bit odd, but I actually on the whole I saw it in the flesh at Eurobike and at the Grand Park and actually I think it’s growing on me. I think when it has a paint job on it, cuz of course at the moment there’s no logos, anything like that, I think that that will help it as well. And obviously there’s a lot of chat around whether or not it’s UCI legal or illegal. M it’s going to be legal. I’m sorry if anyone thinks it’s going to be illegal. You’re just wrong. So from 2026, this is regarding the fork basically which is clearly taken inspiration from the hope track bike or the factor track bike for that matter. And basically on the road from next year the UCI have said 115 mil I think 11 12 cm is the widest that you thought can be basically. Yeah, we’ve done the calculations on off of images and things and it it’s close. Fact is going to have done its homework. It’s not gonna have invested this much time and effort into such what is obviously quite a radical design without doing their homework. And if anything, I would not be surprised if they’ve been in touch with UCI through the development process. So yeah, it’s going to be totally legal and it’s probably going to be a fairly quick bike in the wind tunnel. I think what they probably have done is opened a can of worms. Are other people going to follow suit? Is it a good thing if other people follow suit? Because when the Ridley released, I did sort of say this is a shame for the general consumer. It’s a very specialist tool that isn’t going to suit a lot of us mere mortals. Yeah, that’s fine. Obviously, it’s but on the other hand, it’s great that we can ride the same bikes as the pros, and we will be able to do that with this one. I’m I’m rabbiting on here, aren’t I? But for example, I really think that one bike to do it all. So your SL8s, your modones, etc. are a really good thing for the consumer. Yes. Because they’re the best of all worlds. Most of us can’t have two bikes in the back of a team bus like Israel Premier Tech can. And that means that you really are getting a bike that is really good no matter what you’re doing on it. So is it a shame that they’re diverging? Again, if we look at factors specifically, you’ve got the Monza. Yeah. And arguably, if you’re weighing up whether to buy an Austro van, an O2 van, or whatever this new bike is, I’d say forget all three of them. Just buy a Monza because the geometry of the Monza, the usability of it with the internal frame storage and the slightly altered geometry with the shorter reach and higher stack. If we’re going to be talking about mere mortals, mere mortals don’t have the flexibility of professionals that can train their flexibility every day of the week. So, in in that sense, I I totally get your point, but maybe you just need to look at a different bike altogether. That’s probably true. The majority of cyclists should probably be on on an endurance bike anyway. Yep. Right. So, the UCI we reckon, new factor, probably illegal. Yeah. The UCI has of course done plenty of other things that have made the news. Where do you want to start? I mean talk about handlebars. Handlear width. I mean they have got to rethink what they’ve done there. We know that handlebars actually that’s not a marginal gain. If you want to talk about speed actually having narrow bars does have a significant uh impact on how quickly you can go or how many. Well, this is basically why they’ve done it. They’re saying that the speeds in the Propelaton are too fast. They want to slow it down and therefore it’s 400 mil from outer to outer that your bars have to measure at least and then 320 mil 32 cm in between the closest two points on the hoods. Yeah. I just think this is going to be well a it’s discriminatory against smaller riders uh especially women. Yeah. B I think we’re going to have some wacky designs. Yes. There’s going to be fairings all over the place. They’re not allowed to be called fairings, are they? But they’re going to be just weird shaped handlebars. I think we’re going to end up with shifter shifters that are sort of like maybe bowing outwards or something to overcome that. It’s just a bit of a train wreck to be honest. I think um I’d love to know what the process was internally within the UCI to get to that decision. They must have like they must have experts that they that they go to ask for their opinion and I can only assume they’ve asked them and then completely ignored all of their advice. Totally. Totally. Because any logical person would have thought about smaller riders and women. Well, you’d really hope so. If they haven’t, like what’s happened there? Like it’s it’s totally barbaric. It’s not just getting rid of narrow handlebars. Like a 32, yeah, fair enough. That is narrow. A 34. Yeah, that’s probably narrower than most of us need on the road. Loads of women use 36s. They’re out. Loads of us use 38s. Yeah. They’re out. Yeah. Actually, my gravel bike, it’s got 42 cm handlebars on it. The hoods I’ve got pointing inwards a bit because they’ve got flared bars and they measure 32.3 in between the hoods. So, my gravel bike bars that are 42 are just allowed. That’s wow. They are not narrow bars. I mean, to come actually back to your the point, I’d even say 34s, they should be allowed. I think women that are riding um extra extra small frames, actually 34s are probably going to be right for them. I mean, I ride 38s on my road bike. I am considering going down to 36s. Yeah, it’s it’s really silly. And it’s not even so much around, of course, the UCI is doing this from a speed point of view, but if you think about it from a bike fit point of view and ensuring that the bikes fit the riders that they are intended for, I mean, literally to reduce injuries. Yeah. It’s really, really silly. There is some good news. It looks like federations such as British Cycling are going to just ignore the UTI. Um, so that is good news. It’s not the first time they did it with number pockets as well. So fingers crossed. Lots of other federations also just ignore the UCI. And hopefully bike manufacturers also ignore the UCI and build bikes for people riding them and not a few people in Grand Tours. Exactly that. It’s gonna be interesting to see just how this develops because uh no doubt this is not the last we’ve heard of this no situation. But that that wasn’t all they’ve done. They have also outlawed or they’re triing getting rid of everything over 5411 to gear. Thoughts on that? Um it’s going to cause some issue for Stram sponsored teams. It will. I think the other thing to think about that though is that often when we see those huge dinner plates um on like a time trial bike for example, it’s not done so much it’s not so you can go faster. It’s not so you can go faster. It’s just so you’ve got a really efficient chain line so you can sit in the middle of the block really well. But for the Stram sponsor teams that’s going to probably cause a little bit of carnage if that goes ahead. I think it’ll also because it’s done in like gear inches. So you roll it along the floor. Yes. Like they’ve done with junior gears for ages and ages. I think that there’s going to be some something to do with tires to yeah extend that gearing. That that’s a very interesting take. But I don’t think that that making your gear smaller is not going to make it any safer. They’re still going to do 100 kph down descent. Yeah. Just they’re not going to pedal as much or they’re going to pedal a bit faster. I think really what we need to focus on or what the UCI needs to focus on is maybe safe sprint finishes. Yeah. Maybe looking at barriers, less roundabouts, less roundabouts, good markings. Like it’s these really practical things that would in the heat of the moment is actually going to save genuine injuries. Yeah, they have done one other thing. Uh they’re going to ban everything over a 65 mil wheel. To be fair, actually, I don’t hate that one as much. That will slow riders down. Yeah. and potentially make it a bit safer. 65 mil wheels are far more stable than 40 mil wheels from years ago, but they’re still less stable than a 50 mil wheel these days. I don’t think that they’re unsafe. Yeah, I’m with you. That was not as bad. All right, fair play, UCI. One out of three. Not bad. Speaking of things that I would like to see more of in bike racing, in cycling in general, is drone shots because I’ve seen some wicked ones recently. I know that you’ve been having a play with the new Hover. Just a phenomenal bit of kit really. Yeah. So, um I’ve had my hands on the Hover Air Pro Max. X1 X1 Pro Max Pro Max. X1 Pro Max. Thank you. And it is it’s pretty remarkable in terms of what it can do. So, it can reach speeds up to 28 mph and it can fit in your jersey pocket. It folds up really nicely. Less than 200 grams. Really? 192 grams. 192 grams. Yeah. And I think the thing that I really like about it is the features that it’s very much a press a button and go. Um, and of course there’s an app if you want to control it through the app, but also through the interface on the body itself. Yeah. It’s super simple to use. And you can also get a remote controller. Yes. The beacon. Exactly. that sits sits on your bars so you can actually see what the camera is seeing. And there’s a few little controls. They’ve just added some functionality so that you can change its view. So if it’s following you from behind or it can track you from the side. That’s cool. Looks really cool. And it can do all of that in 8K. 8K, which is insane. So yeah, I mean my Instagram reels about to start popping off cuz uh I mean obviously you you need unique for all those 50 followers are going to be they’re going to be thrilled. That is very true. But yeah, no I think it’s a it’s a it’s a very interesting piece of kit and um for cyclists and even people that are just outdoorsy works well. I’ve got one on its way so uh look out for a video hitting the channel very soon. Make sure you subscribe to that. Right, the next thing I want to talk about is hubs. Not often the most talked about part of the wheel, but going round the team buses at the tour to France and Vizmaleis bike are there. They’re using reserve wheels, DTS Swiss hubs, solid choice. DT Swiss’s top hub is the 180. That’s the lightest one. Then you’ve got Vizmissa bike. Most of them are using DT240 hubs, the lower tier one. So, I’ve been doing some digging. Mhm. And it turns out that that’s because they’ve got bigger bearings in. Okay. Which is apparently good for all sorts of things. I got digging a bit more. Found these. So, this is from a brand called Lavell. Yeah. And they make the hub. It’s a generic rim that it’s laced to. Yeah. But basically, they reckon that these are the best hubs in the world. So, let me explain them a bit because they look a bit different and there’s some really interesting stuff going on in them. First of all, they’ve got quite big bearings. Secondly, titanium axles through the middle, which I mean, everyone loves a bit of titanium. Yeah. Um, and that apparently allows them to get those four bearings perfectly aligned. And then the final thing is these fins. Yes. Which is something that I haven’t seen before. Now, they claim to cool the hub, which I find quite interesting. Okay. So, apparently when you break on a long mountain descent, they’ve actually come from downhill mountain biking. Okay. Um, your hub heats up and that makes it hard to keep your bearings perfectly aligned. Is what they’re saying. And I’m reading into what you’re saying here, but as you break, the heat transfers through to the hubshell. hub shell expands and then that means that the sealed cartridge bearing inside can move. Uh I assume so. That’s quite a bit. I mean, if that’s what they’re suggesting, um that’s pretty wild. I had a chat with them and they seem to know their stuff. Okay. To be fair, um and there was a lot of chat about machining tolerances and things. Yeah. Um, and they reckon that these are, hang on, let me find the wording. Every hub is precision machined to aerospace grade tolerances. The attention to detail ensures ultra smooth operation, reduced drag, and increased efficiency. Right. So, I’m going to put them on my bike and I’m going to see what they feel like. I can guarantee you now they’re not going to feel any different. Well, I’m going to find out. Well, like in the UK, we’ve got no mountain descents for them to remotely get hot enough. We haven’t spoken about price yet, but again, for the majority of cyclists, I don’t have a price. Oh, okay. That’s maybe that’s for a good a good thing. But are these going to be any better, noticeably better than a set of DT240s, especially? I mean, maybe not for your average cyclist, but I am intrigued to see whether these will hit the tour of France. for the people trying to find those those marginal gains. Yeah, I’m intrigued. I mean, when you talk about hubs, there’s there’s a lot to them. Surely there’s got to be something else other than the cooling fins on these. Um, any special titanium axles? Well, titanium axles, but any special free hub? Um, ah, well, uh, this free hub is the noisiest free hub you’ve ever heard. Yeah, but they do also make another one for mainly downhill and uh I guess you could use it for gravel as well. So whereas this one has got like a ratchet in it, the other one has a clutch and instant engagement which I’d be intrigued to ride. I know that I believe it was Mavic maybe they made a hub system where it does detach when you’re freewheeling. So essentially it your rear hub is as free as your front hub. In my mind, that’s going to have a greater impact on speed versus these cooling fins. I’m I’m intrigued to find out because I do have a problem with quite a lot of hubs on a lot of wheels. I think it’s somewhere that wheel manufacturers really cut costs to the extent that I’ve speced my own wheels with DT hubs because I find them reliable and I found so many other hubs unreliable. So, maybe this is the new frontier of hubs that actually work. Agreed. Now the point at which this video goes out um the tour to France is going to be approaching some proper mountains actually um some proper proper climbs and that is a very dicey segue onto a product that I want to discuss talk about briefly but tax obviously indoor training company owned by Garmin they have come out with a new product called the tax alpine it is a device that you can attach to your forks um whilst you’re training and it will simulate the gradient of which you are riding. So it will rise you up and down. This isn’t new tech. We’ve seen it from Wahoo. We’ve seen it from Elite. It’s a bit fancier than putting a couple of blocks of wood under your front wheel. Um I believe it also does have steering. Yeah. So I was initially quite impressed that they’ve managed to integrate that. Yeah. And then I was immediately unimpressed. Yeah. At the price. Yes. Right. The price. £929.99 or $1,100. That’s mad. That is crazy. You could buy a whole trainer for that. Like, you are doubling the cost of your setup. It’s right. So, I’ve got a game. Go on. What would you rather spend £929 or $1,100 on? Oh, I mean, rent maybe. I mean, you could Well, you could buy a set of wheels that we’re going to be speaking about a little bit later. Um, you could buy probably all the tires you would ever need for about 10 years worth of cycling, 20 years or something. You know how many times I’ve said that oversized pulley wheel systems are a complete waste of money? Would you rather have oversized and I’d rather spend my money on on that. Fair enough. Than a riser. I would maybe even just, you know, uh, that’s going to get you a fair way to a trip to the south of France. I mean, that would do flights and hotel. Yeah. Yeah. I went to Morca for less than that, I think. Yeah, yeah, I’d rather have a holiday than that. I would rather There’s so much. Basically, I think what we’re getting at is this is a Hover X1 Pro Max drone. I mean, how many could you buy for that price? Yeah, exactly. So, yeah, it’s um it’s a very lavish purchase. Something I don’t think it’s going to be a high volume product. They’re not going to sell that RRP. Surely, like from the get- go. Surely. No. I mean, they’ll be you’ll be able to find deals on these, I imagine, fairly quickly, 10 20% off, but if you love indoor training and you have the money to spend and you’ve got a tax system that you want to kind of have everything under the same umbrella, then sure, go for it. I mean, we’ve not tested it, but Tax generally has um good build quality and they make good products, obviously owned by Garmin, as I said. So, if you want to try it, then give it a go. It’ll be interesting to see if any of the teams at the um Tour to France are using them as part of their warm-up sessions just to kind of like get the product placement out there, but um yeah, we’ll see. Yeah, I I just think they’ve missed the mark there. Let us know if you agree or disagree with us in the comments below. Right, I’ve been walking around the tour of France Grandart before they actually departed, just being nosy at team hotels and things like that. And loads of new tech. You’ll have to watch the other videos for that. But one thing that wasn’t a so much of a surprise is a load of new Specialized wheels because they released them just before the tour. So, there’s actually three new sets. There’s the Rapid CLX3. Y, there’s the Rapid CL3, which is the cheaper version, and then there’s also the Rapid Sprint, which potentially the most intriguing. They’re deeper at the front than they are at the rear. What’s the reasoning behind that? Do you know why? So aerodynamics versus weight has been a debate for that is generally why you mix your wheel depths and up until now you’ve always gone well I’ve always gone deeper at the rear shallower at the front because you have a steering moment at the front so it makes sense to have your shallower wheel there rather than going both deep because then you you’re just lugging around extra weight basically. But Specializ says in their press release they said everything you thought you knew was wrong. According to them it was them that told us. Yeah. Exact. Well, yeah. Exactly. But I mean this is this is I hate those quotes that they have cuz it’s very much like Well, yeah. According to your research which shows your product off in the best way and conveniently nobody else makes a will set where the front is deeper than the rear. Yeah. I mean, Specialized is famous for backtracking on some of their claims, aren’t they? I remember the Venge, which they then killed. Boo. I want Avenge. But yeah, some stats of the wheels. We’ve got the CLX3, which have DC 180 hubs, internals in in a row out, what you call shell shell. Shell. They are 51 mil at the front, 48 mil at the rear, 1,35 g. It’s competitive enough enough, but I mean for a flagship new product, I think those are actually on the weighty side because we’re talking about their Halo product here. If you look at the scopes, I’m sorry, you have to bring talk about the RX. The equivalents, I think, are about 100ish or more grams lighter. The only thing with the scopes is that they make a 40 mil and they make a 60 mil. Yeah. And I don’t want either of those. I want a 50 mil wheel set. Fair enough. But I guess it’s it’s more so just an example of the fact of um you know top end wheel development. It kind of feels like some of the specs from Specialized have kind of fallen behind a little bit. Yeah, to an extent like I have got a set of fast sports wheels which are lighter than that. One thing that Roals have always done well in my opinion is stability. Yeah, that super wide front wheel really stable. Now they made it deeper. Yeah. So, we’ll find out if that one also is stable. Um, as for prices, well, we’ll pop them up on the screen because I’ve got all of them. Front wheel, rear wheel, blah blah blah. They then make a cheaper version, the CL3. They’re 1555 g. Yeah. Which that’s getting on the weighty side really. I don’t think weight is the be all and end all to be fair. No, but it’s not. If I was going to save it off of anywhere, it would probably be the wheels. Yes. They’ve also got DT 350 hubs, which I feel like they probably should have DT240 for that price. Yeah. And then finally, you’ve got the Sprint CLX, which is 63 mil at the front deep and then 58 mil deep at the rear, 1,395 g. I think something that also needs to be discussed though is the internal width of the wheels. 21 mil. And is that um across all three wheel sets? Yes. And uh they’re hooked, aren’t they? They are hooked. So 21 millimeters hooked is I’m happy with hooked. If you want to go run hooked, I think that’s to totally fine. But the 21 mil again, it’s just another thing which is like come on guys, you should be up to about 23. I think so. So Specialized say that they’ve tested all the all the combos and with a 28 mil tire, apparently 21 mil internal is fastest, which doesn’t necessarily correlate with what other people are saying. Yeah, I’ll take their word for it that their wheels are faster with 21 mil internals. I wouldn’t mind betting in two years time, 3 years time when they release their next wheel set, they’ll be wider. They’ll be wider. Yeah, I agree. And it’s also that might be the case for 28 mil tires, but what tires are you using on the road? Exactly. Well, at the moment I’m running a set of 30s, but I’ll probably go up to some 32s. Yeah. I’m racing on 30s now. There we go. And that’s the thing. So, I mean, even I’m sure a lot of guys at the tour and the women at the Tour of France fems, I’m sure they’re going to be racing on 28. I’m sure that’s probably going to be the most common size. It won’t be the only size, though. We will see people on 30s. Yes. Well, speaking of one sizefits-all. Continental have released their new archetype tire. So, all of UAE will be on a 30 mil tire and only a 30 mil tire because Continental have only released it in 30 mil. 30 mil. Yeah. Cool looking tire though actually. And oh god. Oh no. Almighty. Did you just say a cool looking tire? I think it looks cool. I mean it’s nice to see like a slightly different graphic on the sidewall, but I mean let’s be real, this is the precursor to a GP6000. Yeah. And a friend of mine has been riding on Summit and he’s a big big fan. Um the archetypes are a limited run. Um so you know there’s not going to be too many pairs out there. In fact, I think they were really sold out um in most places. Wouldn’t surprise me. They’re a little bit lighter than the STR, I think, by about 35 grams. That’s right. Not huge gains. They’re still heavier than the TT. Yes. Which is what a lot of the pro teams have been using. A lot of them, a lot of the Continental sponsored teams, they’ve either been putting a TT TR on the front or they’ve been using the Aero 111 and then they’ve been using a TT on the back. Yeah. So, I think all of these Continental supported teams, obviously, they’re running them at the tour. I think they’ll use them for a lot of other races, too. True. Tell us about price, though. Obviously, you can’t really buy them, but h Well, if you want a set of tires that Sam think look cool, then it will set you back $94.99 per tire. A quick interlude to tell you about this video sponsor, The Insurance Emporium. If you’re considering getting your bike insured or perhaps want to explore another provider, the Insurance Emporium is worth checking out. 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Brilliant. I’m sure you get it as well. People asking you, “Oh, what bike should I buy?” And up until now, I’ve probably tried to help them sort of find something on Facebook Marketplace or eBay secondhand. You just get so much more for your money. Yeah. I think my opinion might have just changed because Canyon have released their new Endurance All Road. It’s aluminium. It’s under £1,000. It’s under £1,000 euro. It’s under $1,000. Uh not under $1,000. Bugger. It’s $1,399. But in the Europe and the UK, you’re bang on under a,000. And it’s a bike that is incredibly close to being the go-to recommendation if you want to buy a bike and you want to take it fairly seriously. Let’s not forget near, you know, around that,000 mark is still a serious amount of money um to for purchasing a bike, but it’s very close to being a bike that you can just say if you want to get started and you’re happy to put a bit of money into it, this is a really good place to go. As you said, aluminium frame, carbon fork, you’ve got top tube bag mounting points, you’ve got fender mounts, you’ve got full hydraulic disc brakes. Full hydraulic disc brakes. Exactly. I hate cable operated disc brakes. Yeah. Exactly that. And that’s the thing. This is why this bike is quite so exciting because the other bikes that compete with this often have mechanical disc brakes like the Triban RC520 or even options from uh Cube as well. It’s such an exciting proposition. Um, brand new Shimano group set. Exactly. Exactly. So, it’s got a really wide gear range. It’s got an 11 39 to cassette, 5034 chain set. So, gearing wise, you are really well Canyon. They’ve just thought it through. Um, well, 40 mil tire clearance as well, so if you want to go off-road. Yeah. And it comes with 35 mil tires. So, you brilliant for any crap roads. The only thing that I think they’ve missed they’ve dropped the ball on is their bar widths. They’ve done such a good job of providing um a good range of sizes from 2XS to 2XL. Yet the narrowest bar width, I hate to keep yapping on about bar width, but the smallest is 400 mil. And if we consider the size of the person who’s going to be on a 2XS bike, they really should have put a 36 or a 38 on that. Yeah, that is the only thing that stops me from being like, “Yes, go ahead and buy that. I’m not saying you shouldn’t get it from factory, but realistically 25 30 quid, you can get the bars that do fit you. I’d agree, but and it doesn’t have internal cable routting. So, should be an easyish swap. It is an easyish swap. I I totally agree with that. But you shouldn’t have to. You shouldn’t have to go through the faf of having to bar swap, which again, if you’re new to cycling, a bar swap’s going to be quite daunting. And then you’ve got the cost of like new bar tape as well on top of that. The labor of having it done. What are you doing to your bar tape? Oh, when when Bart comes off my bucket, it’s getting shredded. Um, but I think that’s one of those big things. And again, even on crank length, the shortest crank length is 170 mil. Hughes is available in 165. That should have been fitted. A company as big as Canyon has the resources to be able to do something like this really well. They just should have. Um, this one comes in two colorways. You’ve got the silver and the purple, but only the silver is going to be available in the US. But otherwise, I think this bike with a change of tires can really change its personality. Yeah. The wheels and tires are quite heavy, but realistically they’re they’re going to be solid. Yes. They’ve got loads of spokes. They’re going to be a sturdy wheel set. Absolutely. And then if you do get into cycling, you really love it, then upgrade your wheels next year. Even just doing the tires is going to have a big impact on what that bike feels like to ride. But overall though, it’s like 95% of the way to just being like the perfect first bike for anyone. What’s interesting is that this is one of the first bikes that we’ve seen come with that new Shimano Q’s group set. If this is where it’s starting when all of the other brands start to get their hands on their Shimano Q’s builds, it’s going to be interesting to see how they compare then. Um because no doubt um there’s going to be a tri band that gets the Shimano Q treatment. I’m gonna assume that an Allay is. I’m going to assume that a Cannondale is. Maybe even a potential CAD 14 or an Optimo. It’s at that point that we can then start to be like, how good a value really is the Canyon? Maybe in a year’s time it might have changed potentially. It’s still going to be the one to buy. Well, the sub 1,000 road bike is back. And on that note, let us know what you think of any of this tech down in the comments below. Enjoy the rest of the tour to France. Make sure you subscribe to the channel and we’ll see you next time. See you later.