The Tour de France is the most important event on the cycling calendar, but there are plenty of brands making fantastic bikes that can’t – or simply refuse to – pay the money required to get their bikes plastered over our TV screens for three weeks in July.
From Chinese brands on the rise to established pro brands we’ve recently said goodbye to, here are five of the best road bikes you won’t see at this year’s Tour de France.
Did we get our picks right? Tell us in the comments which bikes we missed or should cover in our next video.
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00:00 Intro
00:25 Quick Pro ER One
01:35 Merida Reacto
02:58 Argon 18 Nitrogen Pro
04:00 Rose Shave
05:04 3T Strada Italia
06:16 Conclusion
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Anne-Christine Poujoulat / Contributor
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Kei Tsuji / Stringer
Luc Claessen / Stringer
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9 Comments
what is merida doin with this bike? it's been spotted for two years and still not for sale
Why is Stork rarely mentioned anywhere? I’ve been very pleased with my, now somewhat dated Fascenario .3 Platinum.
You never review Argon 18, so why do you care that it won't be at the Tour?
quic pro most fastest bike
It's the Rose Shave FF, not Shave. The Shave is a endurance bike.
I'd have any of of the bikes you listed out there, save that 3t. That intersection of the fork and head tube has a tragic lack of artistry compared to the rest of the frame.
Aurom?
What about the Factor?
3T = Super Ugly!