This time in the GCN Tech Show, Ollie and Alex go back in time and pick out what retro bikes they would want to own!
Albeit, there was a bit of confusion on what was deemed as ‘retro’, but some interesting bikes and even components from the 90s up until the 2010s are discussed!
00:00 GCN Tech Show headlines
00:32 If you have one vintage bike, what would it be?
05:00 What wheels would you use?
06:47 What other bike would Ollie choose?
12:44 Hot and spicy tech
12:49 The new Brompton G-Line
14:50 New Mavic wheels
16:24 New Campagnolo Super Record groupset
19:27 Selle Italia handlebar gel inserts
19:54 The Ram Air Fairing
21:45 GCN x Volkswagen Commercial Vehicles partnership
22:42 Comments of the week
25:52 The bike vault
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31 Comments
What retro bike would you want to own? 🚲
If someone was 70, their favourite bike is the 1920's? Alex. Math Check. Not 104 ish. Geez.
Just my opinion – Bromptons look very ugly and the sudden influx of Brompton videos is distressing.
I have a Look 585 (from 2007) on mechanical Dura-Ace 7900, rim brakes and Zipp 303 Firecrest wheels (just upgraded from DA 1980 wheels) and I see no reason to ever change.
I got my new to me 2002 Litespeed Tuscany last year. I'm happy. Got back into cycling 11 years ago. I'm 60 now and enjoying chasing my PBs. Hopefully an updated Litespeed next to keep both forever.
Currently run a set of exalith on my 2021 elves Avari.
Great job showing that ram air fairing.
Ollie's pick isn't even vintage. Needs to go way earlier. You're stuck on a penny farthing
Have to agree on Sagan's Supersix EVO!
Any Colnago circa 1989 – 2020-I have a 2010 EXP with Dura Ace-a work of art!
Cinelli SuperCorsa with Dura Ace.
I still use a lightspeed carbon with new Campagnolo Super Record 12-speed. Came with shimano 11 speed. To bad comments do not allow pictures to be attached
Just found out my daily rider is vintage. A 2014 specialized Roubaix.
Is it just me or was "mega" used enough that it could be a drinking game. Double the shots for Ollie – his are less frequent.
2009 Fuji Team Pro w/ shimano ultegra 6600 groupset and mavic r-sys wheelset. It's what I'm riding currently here in Southern California. Cheers gents!
Easy one for me. I will go with the bike I already ride, which I guess is considered 'vintage' by the standards of the GCN guys in this conversation. It's a 2013/14 DeRosa R838 – all carbon frame, admittedly aero shaped rather than round tubes (well the seat tube is) but mainly sculptured frame with a flat sloping top tube. It's got Di2, all Ultegra with rim brakes, HED Ardennes SL wheels, Zipp carbon area bars and seat post, mostly internally routed cables except at the head unit. The cool thing is I got this bike in 2021 with only 50 claimed miles on it, and in mint condition. At that time it was 7 years old. It rides velvety smooth, extremely comfortable, accelerates quickly, handles tight in turns, climbs lightly. Hands down a machine I will always love to ride.
Klein Q-Pro, AL with carbon seat stay and fork. Sold to Trek for the tech
I'm a lot older than you two, so "retro" to me would be the bike I raced on back in the early '90s – a Scapin with the Columbus EL-OS tubeset. Back when I was racing (at a VERY amateur level, mind you) I had an 8 speed Campagnolo Chorus groupset on it. I still ride this bike to this day and absolutely love it. I've since upgraded to a full Campagnolo Centaur 11 speed group and the new-ish Zonda C17 wheelset and can easily fit 28mm tires on it. I've shopped for newer bikes but so far nothing has pulled me away from this little beauty. At 65 years old I'm not racing any more, but I'm staying fit by putting in roughly 400 miles/month split between this and my mountain bike which, contrary to the road bike, is a brand new ride.
Really go me thinking, reckon I would go for the Jan Ulrich Giant TCR, the frame was revolutionary at the time and the Telekom colour scheme was cool as!
Merlin Extralight
the forever bike would be also a superset evo 2016/2018 , with sram 22
My 1988 Centurion Master Ironman
My Mantis X/CE composite (steel and aluminum) from 1988
I would choose either a 2011 Cervelo R5CA with Zipp 303 firecrest wheels or to get bigger tyres a 2011 Focus Mares Rapha edition cx bike like Jeremy Powers rode.
A dropbar Softride PowerWing with a Spinergy SPOX wheelset with spokes color that match the frame, and running the latest 1x SRAM eTap that will fit so you only see brake cables.
A custom mechanical titanium bike with higher end mechanical parts
Mid 1990’s Trek entry level mountain bike. Hard tail, ridged front fork, steel frame, 2x gear in front, middling wide tires. Use it for everything especially gravel riding.
Lemond Poprad. Steel and tire clearance.
C’mon you guys
Way too many super nices .
c’mon man 10 years is not vintage that’s just cheating
lol Ollie – I'm 61 and def chasing PBs – I just look at the 55-65 age group on Strava