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๐Tyres That Only Last 1000km?! Tour de France Hot Tech & Bikes Part 2.
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This is the cube bike of Binium Gummaray who of course won three stages and the green jersey at last year’s tour to France. A stunning looking machine I’ve got to say, but there’s a few things specifically that I’m going to point out to you. Humongous looking stem. Uh it’s apparently a 140, but in the truck they’ve actually got bikes with 160s on. I believe that’s for Yonas Rich. Uh looking at the tires specifically though, they are provided by Hutchinson. They’re called the Blackbird Race. They’ve been using them most of the season, but they’ve only just released them to the public. They’re made with a very special super soft compound to reduce the rolling resistance, but it does mean that these tires can only be used for around about 1,000 km. So, a lot of changes to the tires for the team mechanics. They’ve got a spreadsheet where they put in what equipment each rider is using for each race, so they know exactly when to change them. Uh they’re 30 mm and paired with these very wide rims from Neon.
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lol. Why hello bots!
Those tyres are shit
Is the company not pronounced new men?
Thats a bummer. I was telling people I'm riding newmen daily just like their mom
Is that a valve stem counterweight on the rim towards the end of the clip?
Wow so 3 races and they are done? Holy ๐
Paint looks like shit..orange peel..
1000km tires……That's like 3 weeks of riding for an serious amateur.
Sustainability!!!
I sell Cube bikes for a living….don't buy them, I have never seen so many bikes come back to the shop with problems
German engineering โค the best you can trust ๐ ๐ ๐
those tires would melt here in Tucson
CUBE still the most boring bike out there, both frame design and paint job๐คทโโ๏ธ (obviously im riding a CUBE myself…)
Last year bike is considered old ๐
Road Hutchinson years ago …..junk…..
Soft tires donโt reduce rolling resistance, but increase sliding resistance.
Hidden presta valve, add 3 watt
Good job be a sustainable team by replacing tires so frequently.
German designed and made in Taiwan?
Gorgeous machine, but id go for lighter aero wheels with mylar spokes and a 40/60mm wave style rim.
Historically Hutchinson has made the absolute worst mainstream tyres in existence. I suspect these are the first ones to get close to the GP5000, except they last 5+x less as long.
it NEEDS a motor or something to give him some speed
Why not use harder tires? Not enough grip for turns?
Pretty common to see higher end cube bike (mtb or road) with newmen wheels
Wide frame. Enough to instal motor
the wheels seems cheap and not high end. Where is the frame made ? Taiwan ? China ? Not enough high end. Make it in Germany then maybe it will be considered as high end.