Why The Industry NEEDED To Make This Bike | GCN Show Ep. 650

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5 o'clock in the morning, middle of winter, from Johannesburg, welcome to the GCN Show.
Welcome to the GCN Show. This week, we have an exclusive offer for all of you,
a free bike fit, courtesy of MyVeloFit. You won't even need to leave the comfort of your own home
to do it. Sounds good. We're also talking about how the bike industry needed to make this bike,
the Canyon Endurace Allroad, but why it also still needs to make bikes like this.
We'll also have more tech news like this drop-dead gorgeous new Orbea, a new groupset from Shimano,
plus Tom Pidcock strutting his stuff at 100K an hour, and actually more besides that as well.
This week in the world of cycling, we learned that the UCI have listened to GCN, I expect.
Instead of rolling out another ban, their latest eyebrow-raising initiative on making racing safer
is going to be tested first. Just as well, because it's also proving controversial too.
Banning big gears by limiting gear ratios. 54.11 on Shimano and Campagnolo, but SRAM athletes
could potentially be stuck with 48.10, which shows that the proposed rule is crude, to say the least.
Yes. Now, meanwhile, one thing we didn't learn this week was how well Dan got on in his 370
kilometer Manchester to London bike ride. What would have comfortably been, or uncomfortably,
I guess, his longest ever ride by quite some way. He didn't show up for yesterday's racing news show.
He's not here today. Plus, we did get a message from GCN viewer, Carol Thompson, pointing out
that his live tracking link unmistakably showed that he was on a train track rather than a road.
You know what? I would not put it past him. He is one wily dude, Dan Lloyd. Anyway,
we will have a full video explaining all, not this weekend, but next, so stay tuned for that.
Finally, we learned that in a week when Canyon launched their most affordable drop bar bike,
the Endurace Allroad, at €999, at the other end of the spectrum,
Parley have released a bike costing $30,000. Tariffs? That's made in America, isn't it?
Although perhaps the Campagnolo groupset has been hit, and that's more expensive now.
Jokes aside, this is the new Z-Zero, and it looks phenomenal.
Simon O'Leary Yeah. Outrageous, isn't it? Now,
you know what? I am genuinely pleased that both these bikes exist, which I know is an opinion
that some people might struggle with, but I think it is perfectly possible for cycling to have
super premium and more affordable bikes, and not only that, it should have both.
As we said, this is Canyon's newest bike, and at €999, their cheapest drop bar bike. However,
there's nothing cheap about the spec. They have managed to get a full Shimano 2x10Q groupset on
there, complete with hydraulic discs, and it serves as both a road and gravel bike.
Simon Yeah. I said in the video made about it last
week that it made me happy. Judging by the reaction it's got in the comment section,
it's the bike that you lot are happy to see as well. Now, what's going to be interesting, Connor,
really interesting, in fact, actually, is how well it's going to sell, and furthermore,
whether it encourages more of the big brands to follow Canyon's lead on this one.
Connor Yeah. One of our reasons for liking
this bike is that it potentially stops cycling being quite so off-putting to prospective new
riders. As pointed out in the comments, yes, you buy second-hand bikes for little more than loose
change, and we're all for that, but there are lots of people who don't want to run the risk
of peddling a knackered old bike in much the same way that super cheap cars are great for some
people but not attractive to many others. Simon No. I think that's quite a good analogy
of that one, actually, isn't it? Now, we have to give people legitimate and appealing options,
don't we, for getting into bikes, but you know what would help as well, I think? For me, racing
is a really important part of cycling. I don't know. For lots of people, it's not a part of
cycling they do, but it's really important, I think, particularly for getting kids in. I want
the national governing bodies to get behind entry-level bikes being used in competition
to equal the field out. Connor Maybe the UCI could approve
certain bikes based on their price tags as opposed to whether they have narrow enough
handlebars and shallow enough wheels. Authorized for under-18s racing, potentially? Something
similar to that? Simon Can you imagine that?
Connor It'd be proper cool, wouldn't it? As a kid,
if you had that bike, you could then still optimize it and upgrade it, couldn't you? Make
it look cool, just perhaps with some restrictions like no carbon fiber being the obvious one.
Simon UCI bans carbon fiber. Imagine how much Bridget would be. That would just start to do
his nutter, wouldn't it? Connor It would. I think the UCI
should do that just for the bans, shouldn't they? We could have a live camera in the GCN studio in
a moment where the UCI release that information and Ollie Bridget just sat there like,
anyway. I was actually chatting with a couple of mates at the weekend who are runners and they have
been runners for a long time. They were having a little moan about the premiumization of running,
so super expensive trainers, carbon sold trainers, particularly the one-hit race day only ones,
plus worse than that, like 75-quid premium running vests that do the same job as 15-quid
running vests but are obviously better because they're more expensive. Do you know what? It made
me feel a little bit better that it's not just cycling that's got this issue of premiumization,
but as we said, I do like the fact that cycling has got bikes that are so expensive as to be
almost unobtainable. They're just that exclusive. Do you know what I mean?
Conor Yeah, I guess cycling is a sport where for a lot of people, at least some of the joy comes
from the bike itself, whether it's lusting after a handmade artisan bike or cutting-edge aero-optimized
carbon fiber race rigs, you can pretend to be Matthew van der Poel. Ollie Are you looking at me
when you say that? Conor I'll try not to look at you, but I kind of want to. Ollie All right.
Conor Even though you're old enough to know better. Anyway, it also might be how much you
could upgrade your current bike to make it feel nicer, ride faster, be more comfortable,
or just simply look cooler. Ollie Yeah, I agree with the second part of that
statement. I think we need to embrace the fact that cycling can and should be both affordable
and fun, plus super premium as well, right? Conor Yeah, let us know in the comment section
what more affordable bikes and kit you'd like to see next, clothes, shoes, group set.
Ollie Yeah, it'd be super interesting to read your comments, actually, and how you feel about
polarization, both affordable and super premium. Right, we've made you wait. We are now going to
lift the lid on just how you can get this free bike fit. Conor Yeah, bike fitting is another
aspect of cycling, which while not super expensive, is typically a fair chunk of cash.
Ollie Yeah, now for many, it's money well spent, right? An app called MyVeloFit is trying to make
it accessible to virtually everyone. Conor Yeah, using your phone to record
video and a static bike or an indoor trainer to ride on, it uses software to work out your
flexibility, biometrics, and biomechanics when riding to ascertain detailed fit advice for bike
sizing, comfort, and performance for road, gravel, triathlon, time trials, mountain bike,
whatever you want, basically. Ollie Yeah, now when they got in touch
with GCN initially, I was skeptical, I'm not going to lie. I feel that the bike fit industry has
incredible people working within it, but it's also largely unregulated. I don't know, call me
a cynic, but I think there are one or two self-proclaimed gurus who have quite dubious
knowledge bases. Anyway, we were skeptical, but we gave it to our chief skeptic and carbon fiber
aficionado, Dr. Bridgewood, to check out. You know what? He pronounced himself to be really
quite impressed. Conor Yeah, he tried to trick it by putting
his saddle up by 10 mil, and it told him that his seat was too high, then he had to drop it by 10 mil.
Ollie There you go. That's quite accurate,
isn't it? Dan also jumped on it, and he tweaked his position ever so slightly as well. We're
talking between five and 10 mil, which is accuracy that it needs to be working at. Anyway, because of
this, here we are running a promotion with them because we think it's good.
Conor There are three tiers in the app. A basic
free version, which gives you access to a pre-bike buying fit to help you choose your new bike,
and then more feature-rich tiers above it with detailed fits, breakdowns, and the ability to
have multiple different bike profiles on one account. Ollie
Yes. If, however, you use the URL that we've supplied in the description below, new users,
it's new users only, I'm afraid, simply need to sign up through that URL, then you will
automatically gain access to one free set of specific fit results, which includes joint
angles and fit recommendations. Conor We'll be running this for two weeks
after the release of the show, which is the 24th of June, 2025.
Ollie Yes. Now, I maintain, Conor, that not everyone needs a bike fit. It is perfectly
possible to dial in a perfect position without one, but it's got to be said, lots and lots of
people either don't have the time to experiment, or they still have issues with pain that they
can't eliminate, or they just want to worry about it. For those people, this is definitely
worth checking out. Conor
Now, it's time for Cycling Shorts. Ollie
Cycling Shorts now, and we're going to start with some smoking hot tech. Orbea have just launched
their second new gravel bike in the space of a week. The first was a new version of the Terra,
which has got a little bit more adventure-focused. Today, it is the Terra Race.
Conor Oh, wow. Be still my beating heart.
Ollie Yes, totally. This bike is one sexy bit of kit, isn't it? The idea is that it is a bike
for super-fast race-oriented gravelers with a riding position that mimics that of the venerable
Orca road bike. It's pretty low at the front, it's very fast, and it's very agile.
It's also paired back with no gubbins attachment points, which, well, I'll mourn, but I see why
this is the case. It's also got a super-light top-of-the-range OMX layup. The frame comes in
at 910 grams. Simon
Yes. Do you know what? Your reaction to the lack of gubbins mounting points just showcases the need
to have more than one gravel bike option in a range, because it's got to keep people like
Conor happy who want to take the kitchen sink with them, and it's also got to keep people like
me happy who don't want the kitchen sink with them, nor any way of attaching it to their bikes.
There you go. Anyway, we've got a full video up on GCN Tech about that bike if you want to,
frankly, perv out a little bit longer than we've allowed you.
Ollie More tech here too. Now, though,
we had news of six new group sets last week. We've got another one this week as well.
Simon Yes, and it's another big one as well,
isn't it? Shimano have launched their first completely wireless drop handlebar group set.
That's group set in inverted commas, isn't it? It's the GRX RX827.
Ollie We say group set, it's technically just
the wireless rear derailleur, but what is cool is that it works with the current Di2 GRX levers,
so as well as shipping fitted to new bikes, Shimano suggest that anyone can upgrade their
current bike to wireless with minimal changes. Simon
Yes, I'm impressed with that. Not only that, Shimano are at great pains to point out that
this derailleur fits on any bike with a conventional derailleur hanger, so you won't need a new frame
to fit it on because it doesn't require UDH. Ollie
The derailleur takes features of the recently released XTR, XT, and Deore mountain bike
group sets that were announced in recent weeks. It has a removable and neatly integrated battery
with up to 1,000 kilometers of battery life. Simon
Yes, and then the derailleur has also been designed to shrug off rock strikes, they say,
with some new design features and automatic impact recovery system.
Ollie That sounds like something Alex needs.
Simon Oh, that slightly squelchy noise.
Ollie I know.
Simon It kind of makes me shudder that,
doesn't it? Yes. Ollie
So anyway, cool derailleur, very cool that it pairs up to the current shifters. It also uses
the Shimano mountain bike cassette at the back, so 10-51, which is a first for Shimano's gravel
offerings. Simon
Yes, and then lastly, because it's one-by-only, there's also a new left-hand lever option,
which does away with the shift levers because you've got no front derailleur,
but it's otherwise the same. Ollie
Given that you can use Shimano's YouTube app to customize what the shift buttons do,
I wouldn't be in a hurry to get rid of them though. You can connect your head unit to them,
and so in the case of Wahoos, your shifters can then serve as remote buttons to operate
basically every function on the device. Simon
Yes, apart from the touchscreen. Ollie
Well, yes. Simon
That was quite obvious, I suppose. Ollie
Price-wise, what are we talking, Si? Simon
I don't actually know. I'm still waiting for an email to see if it's come through yet.
Anyway, we might find out near the time. Perhaps we could put a caption on the screen for you,
but anyway, that's seven new group sets in just over a week. One brand who has basically been
silent in this period of time is Microshift. Now, they make a lot of the more popular entry-level
group sets. However, Conor, I spotted in the news yesterday that they have just announced
they've invested in a new manufacturing facility in Taiwan and a new logo as well.
Conor I did enjoy reading the thinking
behind the new logo. At first glance, you might think it's their name in capitals,
but oh no, according to Microshift, the bold uppercase typography and energetic design
symbolize innovation, performance, and a progressive mindset.
I love fonts, Conor. Strange, but true. I genuinely could spend hours talking about
stuff like this. Obviously, behind closed doors. I'm not sure that this pretentiousness
needs to be shared publicly. Well, it does. It just sounds
basically, yes. Potentially, big things are coming up for them too,
he thinks. Now, someone who's just ditched their gears is Jack Thompson,
the Australian endurance specialist. He's announced his latest plan, which is to follow
the route of the original Tour de France from 1903, which is just six stages, but totaling
2,428 kilometers. The Tour de France was a rather different beast in those days, wasn't it?
In fact, it reminds me a little bit more of what GCN Enfrance present Max has just done
in the last week, which is the race across France, which was one stage, but 2,600 kilometers,
and it truly was a race across France, back up a little bit again, and then back down some more.
Across a lot of mountains too. Yes, it was wild. I'm looking forward
to watching that, dusting off my French skills, maybe just using the subtitles. Anyway, to add
to Jack's challenge, he's decided to use the same gears as the original bikes,
but he is limited to shifting between 48-17 and 35-17.
On his modern bike. Yes.
Still a big undertaking, even on a modern bike, can use an AI to generate a route that mimics
the original, but using the road network that exists today.
Yes. Using AI, he said. I assume he means commute. I can't imagine how you could harness the power
of AI in any other way to go from A to B, but anyway, he also apparently used AI to calculate
his gear ratios. I don't know what kind of AI that is, but I suspect it's quite basic. Anyway,
best of luck to Jack. It sounds like a lot of fun and I will actually be very intrigued to know how
it gets on because that's pretty wild, isn't it? Yes, Mark Beaumont and Hank recreated the
first stage of that first tour on original bikes in period clothes for a GCN film a few years back,
so definitely worth checking out if you've got a moment.
Not trying to say that they did it properly, but you know.
Slightly. No, it's different ballgame, isn't it?
I don't think they would have been happy doing stages two, three, four, five, and six
after that stage one. No.
They were pretty bummed. Yes, I still hear about them talking about it today.
It was the sunburn that got Hank on it through his woolly jersey.
Oh, poor chap. Time now for Hank forward slash bodge of the week. It's that part of the show
where we ask you to submit your incredibly funny photos or videos. Actually, they don't have to be
funny. They could just be good as well of hacks and bodges that you've either made or seen.
This one is one of the more intriguing ones we ever had. This is sent in by Will. It's called
Pain Au Velou. We required a lunch stop on top of the Porte de Leroux. This seemed the only
sensible way to carry it. It is, for podcast listeners, a baguette strapped to a top tube
with what look like watch straps. These are volet straps.
Oh, okay. Of course, you know that. What do you use them for? I want to strap gubbins to my bike
like French bread. They're brilliant straps. They're
the best straps you can get my bike back in, strapping gubbins. Remarkable use for them.
Presumably, you're loving this because they've strapped something to a bike.
And it involves food as well. It's like a double win. This is great.
You've got to have quite a big bike, I suspect, to get a full baguette strapped to the top tube.
My only hesitation, Conor, is the chafing. Baguettes can be quite abrasive, aggressive.
That is true. It's aggressive bread. It's not called pain
for nothing. I have a feeling that unless you've got particularly a splayed knee-out
pedaling position, you're going to get rubbed raw, basically, on your French bread.
I've thought of a good reason why this is a hack, though, because you're going to save money.
Why? You're just going to season the bread yourself.
Oh, that's right. You mean just sweaty bread. It's like recycling.
Like that myth about the early days of cycling where they used to stick a steak down their
cycling shorts for comfort during stages and then they'd eat it at night because it was well
seasoned. Well, so the legends have it, Conor. That makes me shudder.
We haven't ever done that GCN video, have we? No.
I think he fancies himself as a gourmet. Let's put it his way. What are we saying then? I think
I'm going to go bodge because of my fears of chafage. Oh, I'm going hack. I'm doing that.
I'm doing that one. That's right. I'm going to put some cheese in that.
There we go. All right. Thanks for that one, Will. What's next, Conor?
This has been sent in by Peter, Headset Tarantula. Looking for a fix for sweating
my headset on outdoor rides, I used my daughter's 3D pen to make this detachable cover. It looks
like a hairy spider but does a trick. Oh, my days. Now, first of all,
I did not know that 3D pens were a thing. No, I was about to say that. No.
Can I be frank? You've made the ugliest possible solution to this very minor problem.
I don't know if I can say this on the GCN show. It looks like he's shaved off a load of pubes
and just stuck them to the top of his. It does. I was going to say it looks like you poured acid
on your bike and it's kind of melted. The pubes are another way of looking at it.
I don't know why. Sweating your headset's a thing, especially outdoors.
It does the job. Does it do the job?
It looks like quite a permeable surface as well. I'm sorry, Peter. It's a good try,
but I'm going to bodge. Sorry, I'm bodging that one as well. Let's see if Gary's 8564
can come up with the goods. Custom GCN shadow stand as a rabid fan. I decided to submit my
to the bike vault. GCN's currently out of stock of shadow stands. I know that. I decided to create
my own and cut it out of some spare acrylic on my CNC machine. I even found the GCN logo online
and carved it in. There you go. That's really good. I tell you what, you've done a cracking
job with that. Look at that. Look at the wider base as well. It's not just that, but he's actually,
oh, this is a spacer, he says, to make it the right height for my gravel bike. I've
glued it on with some superglue. There we go. He says, you can't decide whether it's a hack
or a bodge. I think it's a hack, basically. That's a hack.
Yes, nice. We don't all have CNC machines with which to make custom shadow stands, but
there you go. I like that. Nice one. Right, Bart sent this in, a custom
bottle cage for a Camelbak Eddy. Sorry, can I just? We do have the original
pedal-supporting shadow stands back in stock, apparently, but we're currently out of the
bottom bracket supporting photographer's editions. There we go.
Yes, we're not sure we're going to blame that on.
No. Probably me.
I mean, yes. Yes, that's fair. Let's just blame Conor.
Right, okay, next up. Moving on.
Bart's custom bottle cage sent this one in for a Camelbak Eddy one liter. I was going on a long
bike ride with my student association on a very warm day, so I wanted to bring my favorite water
bottle, but my Camelbak Eddy didn't fit in any of my standard bottle cages, so I designed my own.
Held up great and worked really well. It's 3D printed out of PETG and survived the one-day
trip of 290 kilometers. Love it.
That's great, yes. That is fantastic. A custom 3D-printed
water bottle cage to allow you to take what? More water, Conor? A liter per cage?
Yes. Are you feeling a little bit like,
well, I could get three of those on my bike. That's what I'm thinking.
There you go. Three-liter capacity.
Plus your three-liter Camelbak, so six liters of water you'd be sloshing around.
Yes, that would do me for a few hours. Two, probably, wouldn't it? There you go.
No, I think that's a hack for both of us, isn't it?
Yes. Right, we've got time for one final quick
hack. This is from Paul G. Highly visible rear lights. I wanted a super bright rear light for
daytime use, so I bought a front light and then stuck a bit of red transparent tape over it
and mounted it at the back. To be fair, I didn't realize that rear lights weren't bright enough,
but there you go. That's a way of getting a turbocharged light, isn't it?
Yes, that's a great idea. It is a good idea.
It's a really good idea. Do you think it's legal?
I'm not sure, but it could be quite dazzling. I guess that's why red rear lights are a bit lovely.
We're probably outside of our comfort zone. Yes, outside of our comfort zone.
Exactly, but in principle, I like it. That is cool. Well done, Paul. That's a
hack. That's a hack.
A pending hack, depending on whether you've broken any laws.
It's a hack for me because I'm going to put some of those red bits of tape in my bag,
just at the bottom, just in case your back light runs out of battery. You can put the front one
on the back. It's like a little hack to get you home.
Well, what would you do if you wouldn't have a front light then?
Why don't you just have a spare light in your bag? You've got enough space, Conor. Jesus.
Please keep submitting your hacks and bodges. We do enjoy this part of the show.
It's time now for Capture Competition, that part of the show where you get a chance to get your
hands on a coveted GCN Camelbak water bottle. The type that fits in a conventional water bottle cage
does not require 3D printing. Anyway, there you go. Absolute beauty.
All you've got to do to win with a shout is to put a witty caption in the comment section down below
that relates to a photo. We will give you in just one second after we've done the results
from last week. Yes. Last week, I think there's a lot of options here, but the winner
that I've gone for, Jim Portner8364, in an effort to further improve rider safety,
the UCI has implemented mandatory on-bike breathalyzer testing.
I like that. That is quite good. That's a good one. Get in touch, Jim.
Get a bottle on its way to you. Do we know whether he is actually?
What is he doing? Is he sucking something out of his handlebars?
I actually think he is. I reckon he- Well, it's hard to tell.
It is hard to tell. It is hard to tell.
Maybe his chin was feeling tired and it needed a rest. Anyway, there we go. Next up.
What next up? What am I talking about? This is the photo that we're giving you for this week,
which is what exactly, Conor? This is Alexander Vlasov of Bora-Hansgrohe,
Red Bull Bora-Hansgrohe, at the Tour de Suisse on stage eight. A rather remarkable
individual time trial location, this one. It's absolutely stunning.
It is pretty good, isn't it? That, Conor, to my mind, is a water bottle that will require 3D
printing because it looks enormous. It does look big, doesn't it?
Yes. It's a very ingenious way of
carrying extra gubbins. Is that your caption?
Yes. I'll go with that. There's your caption. Well done,
Conor. Knocked it out of the park there, mate. Alexander Vlasov debuts ingenious gubbins
carrying system. How is that? Obviously, it's not actually stuck to him, but imagine if it was.
It actually looks a little bit like it's a picture printed onto the sides of his skin suit.
It does, doesn't it? It's also one of those, is it a juxtaposition? Is that the word? I don't know.
Is the bottle being thrown at him or is he throwing the bottle?
It's a good question. It's like one of those things that drives you into that.
The photographer is basically one of those fans that's just lobbed a bottle at him.
Right, there we go. Anyway, get involved in the comment section down below. See if you can do
better than Conor, which given how much effort you put into that, I suggest you probably can.
Next up, we've got comments of the week. I'll tell you what, it was an absolute joy to go
through some of the comments on videos from last week. There's some absolutely cracking ones in
there. Thank you so much to everyone who's been writing underneath our videos. It always means a
lot. To read through them all, it's great because there were some brilliant ones last week.
It was really cool. It's always cool, isn't it? A particular highlight this week, Alex's
Unbound video was finally released. It was a couple of weeks ago, wasn't it? If you watch it,
you'll see why because we worked blooming hard on that one. Anyway, Noah Stephens said,
Alex just comes across as a wholesome guy. He deserves all the layabout Dura-Ace he gets.
Isn't that cool? Basically saying, yes, man, you're a nice guy. You deserve a drawer full
of brand new Dura-Ace cranks. Yes, a nice one. Samuel Black Metal Rider,
love the name, no puncture and no mechanicals is wild. Congrats on the sub 10 hours and hats
off GCN for the excellent coverage. That's super cool, isn't it?
Yes, thanks, Sam. It is pretty impressive,
testaments to Alex's nerdery, I think, that he got away scot-free. Then Sepster58, who is a GCN
member as well, thanks for that, gave us a super thanks. He said, this was one of the best GCN
videos I've watched in a long time. Kudos to the editors for putting this one together, but also
for Alex, your perseverance and determination to finish along with all that training you endured
made for one epic journey. You didn't get in the top 20, but to finish sub 10 hours is admirable.
Coffee on me. That's super cool, isn't it? Yes, amazing.
Thank you very much for that one. That's amazing. Meanwhile, slightly less epic
was our Stone Age gravel. Yes, a lot of fun though.
It was a lot of fun, yes. Beautiful route.
The first comment been sent in by spds3fm. I'm going to get this petitioning. The GCN shop
should be renamed Conor's Gubbins. Conor's Gubbins, welcome to my shop.
I can just imagine it'd be like you opening up a jacket and there's just GCN merch hanging on
the inside. What font would we use for Conor's Gubbins? That's the question. It would definitely
need to- I think a font that evokes natural feelings of carrying luggage.
I reckon it'd be a really oldie worldie curly font, just as completely inappropriate
for this day and age. That's what you get, either that or Comic Sans.
Conor's Gubbins. Damien Smith Design said that our Stone Age gravel was the spirit of gravel.
He's watched from Australia and already adding it to the bucket list. Get into places you've
never reached in a car or on a road bike, do it with mates and just exploring. Souls
replaying Stone Age look absolutely incredible. They are actually, genuinely. Yes, thanks Damien.
If you come over this way, I don't think you'll be disappointed. No. Bike and dog trips,
virtual cycling. Oh, we got another limerick. Here we go. Here we go. Are you ready for it?
On summer solstice with skies like a sea, cyclists sigh road where the gravel roads be.
With massive sunglasses, he dashed through the grasses. Past Stonehenge, so grand, what a sight
to see. Nice. I'm particularly liking the tenuous rhyming of sunglasses and grasses,
but I'll let you go with that one. We've got a few more GCN limericks tucked away in our back
pockets for a rainy day, haven't we? We'll bring them out. Not today, not today. Then, yes,
Charlie Rudder said, more of this please, even the poetry. Clearly, he wasn't put off by William
Blake. No. I don't think anyone was ever called William Blake horny before, but anyway.
It just had that feel to it. Underneath the look at the Enduro Race Allroad that we were
talking about earlier on, Chones says, I knew there was a reason I liked cycling. We're both
Love Island fans. There we go. Yes, nice. IntrepidScotland8091, I think this is a bike
I've been looking for. I've been out cycling for decades and this might do it, especially through
the bike-to-work scheme, so thank you, guys. That's so cool. If that bike gets people back
into cycling, then that's amazing. Then, Joe Boyce said, it's great to see GCN making this content.
Not everyone wants high-end bikes or components. We just want bikes that are nice to ride,
easy to maintain. There you go. Kind of the same thing with partners, apparently.
Oh, Joe. Oh, you had to go there, Joe.
Oh, Joe, that comment tickled me. I snuck it in so Si didn't see it.
Right. I think we should leave the GCN show there for this week. All that's left is to tell you
what's coming up on the channel, which is, well, head over to GCN Tech, actually,
because it's Eurobike this week, so absolutely stacks of hot new tech.
Then, we've also got a couple of bangers for you on GCN this weekend, which is, one,
Lloydy is doing a bit of an exploration of Taddeo Pogacar's new seated climbing style.
We've also uncovered Europe's 100-kilometer long climb. Anyway,
Ollie Bridgewood wanted to check that one out, along with some of our Euro colleagues.
Thanks for watching, everyone. Sorry, Si.
