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    We Raced Used Bikes At An Elite Race – How Bad Was It?



    We set the team the ultimate cheap bike challenge: buy a second-hand race bike for under £750 and put it to the test in a full-gas local crit race! From a 20-year-old Trek Madone to a classic Cannondale SuperSix Evo, their bargain-hunting led to some brilliant finds, highly questionable upgrades, and a few sketchy tubular tires. Watch to find out who actually bagged the best deal, what the race commissaires had to say, and who had the legs to take the win!

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    00:00 – The £750 Cheap Bike Challenge
    01:45 – The Cannondale SuperSix Evo
    03:10 – Connor’s BMC SLC01
    04:00 – Alex’s Retro Trek Madone
    05:35 – Ollie’s £750 Superbike
    06:40 – The Bike Reveal
    12:50 – The Commissaire Bike Checks
    15:10 – The Crit Race Begins!
    16:30 – Who Gets Dropped First?
    18:15 – The Final Sprint & Winner
    21:29 – Post-Race Debrief

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    If you had a strict budget of £750, what second-hand bike would you try to buy for a local crit race? 👇

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    1. @gcn on

      If you had a strict budget of £750, what second-hand bike would you try to buy for a local crit race? 👇

    2. @TerryRigby on

      Picked up that model of Storck for just over a grand a couple of months back – Thought I'd done well! Ollie got an immense deal there.

    4. @57ebartley on

      Alex, I bought the 5.9 a couple years ago for my wife to ride. In 2005 Trek made another frame . 5.9 SL. That didn’t have the Finn. I love the Finn. Lance thought the bike with the Finn was too stiff.

    6. @flynbenny on

      I'm gonna go with Ollie's bike as my favorite of that lot.

      I myself just scored an Emonda from the same era for ~ £450 /$600 with a very light aluminum Mavic wheelset, whole affair was £2.25k/$3k new ten years ago. While it lacks Dura Ace, the full Shimano 11 speed Ultegra groupset is lightyears ahead of the Sora and knockoff Tektro on the bike the Emonda replaced and weighs only 7.2 kg with my pedals and bottle cages on it. When I finish selling off the spare parts, along with the proceeds from the old bike, it is more or less revenue neutral, so not as good a price as Alex got but pretty dang good.

    10. @WJ37 on

      I once met Alex in Bath where GCN are based and it was a shame. He was apathetic and didn’t seem to care when I said I was a fan of the channel and took interest in what they were up to. I hope GCN see this as a reminder that without the viewers GCN doesn’t exist. Maybe Alex woke up on the wrong side of the bed that day and I’m sure he’s a great guy but I got really excited to see them and left feeling a bit disappointed.

    11. @reverendo82 on

      it's funny how video after video they brainwash the cycling community making them slaves of the brands, products and tendencys, the thing is no matter what they do, gcn can't stop the chinese brands

    16. @Smaug1 on

      1. Si
      2. Conor
      3. Olly
      Alex is DQ’d and he has to donate the £750 to feed the poor.

      Conor’s bike is the coolest, but not the fastest.

    18. @lilbruin on

      Maybe next time Alex shows up with (well, we shouldn't maybe call it cheating but…) perhaps a bike acquired under dubious circumstances, he has to trade with one of the other presenters? Spread all those dura ace bits from parts bins around a little, no?

    22. @gamby16a on

      So impressed that you keep coming up with brilliant challenge ideas!

      So much fun to see the lads on budget old bikes (well, Ollie's was more suspect than Alex's 🤓)

      Another fantastic video. Super fun.

    26. @christosshistos on

      GCN has gone downhill in the last few years .
      All all you have are the presenters trying to be a professional rider and racing each other.
      There is nothing in this channel for the over 55 year olds to help help them with there cycling

    31. @Mr_Sm_ith on

      Points for Alex staying on brand and cheating on a bike known for carrying the biggest cheaters in the sport with one of his many "acquired" Dura-ace's; just need to wait for the follow up video where he denies it all on Oprah before Si conducts an internal investigation to find another 100+ components "embezzled" in his bike shed drawers……… Connor however loses points for not staying on-brand and having a panier installed…..

    34. @ebikedaniel7934 on

      You need to do a challenge that suits Olly! I feel sorry for him as everything is high intensity and he clearly doesn’t have the legs for it!! Also you need to swap bikes and do it again! Or the next challenge buy a bike for someone else! Like a secret Santa theme! Amazing content though guy! Keep it coming!!

    35. @stephangeissler7491 on

      Clearly it is Conners BMC! This was my dream bike at that time, BECAUSE of the unique design, which was quite typical for BMC bikes at that time. And before a model change I was able get the frame in black/white in y size, went down the road for complete Dura Ace group set and DT Swiss 1450 mon chasseral wheels it was an ultimate climbing bike on which spent many hours and archived some big cycling goals! I still have it, was being used by my son until a couple of days ago. And I tell you what: I won't sell it for 750 whatever currency! 😉

    36. @JohnMullers-t7r on

      2018 Scott foil, haggled it down to £600 from a rich man who had just bought a y1rs. For a carbon frame, ultegra groupset, integrated front end, chinese carbon wheels and a nice 8.1 kgs I cant complain and its a massive upgrade from my aluminium frame. On a uni student budget very happy with myself.

    38. @SpicyFPV on

      I have to give the coolest bike to Si. I still have one of those (2014 Cannondale SuperSix Evo, Ultegra) that has been living on my Wahoo Kickr since its frame is a little compromised after a decade of abuse and a couple of crashes.

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