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The Factor Ostro VAM has been received some glowing reviews as well as being ranked very high in performance tests, we re-address the bike and compare it to the market leader Specialized SL8. A review of the world championships road race which saw Tadej Pogacar ride solo for 100km.
Chapters
00:00 Intro
00:30 New Factor Ostro VAM Hits Back
15:27 Direct To Consumer Pricing
29:47 Jesse On A Factor
34:53 BMC Team Machine R
45:48 Simplon Bikes Gone
47:48 Campagnolo’s New Groupset
54:37 STRAVA Quick Edit
1:01:15 World Champs Wrap Up
1:12:16 Attia’s Pogacar Interview
1:25:03 Lachlan Morton’s Around Oz Ride
1:30:04 Chris Uses The Hubbard Strap
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29 Comments
Pros can tell you a lot of interesting things, but not on camera =)
From Canada, I ride a BMC Teammachine. Cannot say I see a whole lot of them riding around.
Most common bikes, anecdotally, are SL7/8s, Emondas and Madones. 🤷
Funny how the "it's made in the west, not in China" has become "it's made in the Taiwan, not in China"
I have 50-34 / 11-34 and I love the 34-34 on climbs. I rarely spin out in 50-11 and don't care if I do, just tuck in and enjoy the downhill. So yea, 11-32 is pretty useless, we aren't in the 80s anymore with 120 psi 21mm tires and 8-26 cassettes or whatnot.
BMC could do so much better with different colour options. I only like the all black frame ..
nevermind.. found it purchased it used it loved it. need the bigger strap tho… Im a swimmer. Big arms.
The boys don't wanna talk about Lachy or World Champs but will dedicate another half an hour to discussing a 50g weight difference between two bikes, ahaha
Hey JC. Bit of love for IPT mate… Derek Gee wasn't too bad in the Tour this year…
Ps. The new Ostro is amazing! Not surprising it tests so well! 👍
4 grand and no power meter?!?!?!!?!?!?!?!..!.!.!
Food for thought. I’d like to watch a Nero Show segment on the kind of “stealthy” Italian brands. Sarto, Basso etc. Not the industry standard Pinarello, Colonago, Bianchi etc.
Look,Time and Wilier’ ~ What are they offering. what are the challenges to stay current and possibly surpass Pinarello? To me, Sarto has the looks of an SL7 Tarmac~
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Even from purely a bike perspective, what has the bike brand Cipollini done right?
Derosa too.
Thanks!
59:00 the Strava update has also screwed up achievement labels and segment recognition. Hopefully they sort it.
Chris’s extremely blue eyes are terrifying this episode
My wife loves her arm strap for the HR, she always hated the chest strap types that were part of her sports bra and really hated the chest strap by itself, but once she tried the arm strap, she was very happy. My chest strap died on me and I was waiting for my replacement to ship, so I used it….. I canceled my order and bought arm strap. It is fantastic. You can even wear them on your thigh if you want, its very accurate
Love the show guys, but a. technical correction for you Jesse, there is no customs duty on whole bikes imported into Australia. Also if a business is importing bikes into Australia as trading stock, they'll get a full credit for the import GST, so that's not a cost either. Happy to point you to the law if you like.
I bought a Factor Ostro V1 from the Australian distributor. I picked the spec via their website then they contacted me and arranged a time for a bike fit to make sure the frame size, seat post offset and stem length were right before I could actually order it. I’m Melbourne based.
Love the “alleged bicep” what brand Hubbard strap are you wearing?
You should go check out Niklas Behrens Strava. He's still uploading with all data visible. You'll be certainly interested in his watts, it's beyond ridiculous 😂 He's like 85kg and nuked his way over the climbs at the worlds while all the 55kg featherweight climbers completely cracked 💣He averaged 420w 446NP at the ITT worlds the days before for 38 minutes also.
Israel premier tech have had a great year for performance, particularly early. Surpassed teams like EF, Jayco and Movistar on the UCI rankings. Don't know how you can call them a 'joke'.
Spot on summary of sooky Remco. With the legs he had, if he and MvDP followed Pog, all that happens is the three of them ride together for another lap or two while their teams sit in the peloton doing nothing, then pog drops them and goes solo anyway.
So based on the interview, Pogacar's max heart rate is about 238 bpm. His FTP at the very least is about 453 W which equates to about 6.9 w/kg.
Do people really believe that stuff?
Yoooo! Mention the old madone winning u23 but no mention of 100k win on a dog of a bike? 😂😂
I cross shopped the SL8 and Ostro V2 for a couple months before settling on the Ostro in August. I am sure the SL8 would have been just as nice (if not better) but for the same price as an SL8 Pro (not S-Works) I could customize everything on the Factor (group-set, crank-length, wheel-set, bar width, paint, etc.). The other huge selling point on the Factor is that I could test ride one on a trip to LA from the Rapha bike shop. Riding that Ostro through the Santa Monica Mountain Canyons sold me on it more than anything else!
Regarding the downtube flexing, my Cervelo TT does the same (and it is not even light), I had never noticed it before, so I don't consider it an issue.
BMC 9000€€ for a frame that's slower than their rim brake version 😎😎
Go watch Cam video about it
The only reviewer that I trust to talk about aero and those kind of things is Mr. Peak Tourque 😉
The rest is just pure paid propaganda
1:04:21 Tadej said "it was very stupid move" and I truly believe he didn't expect that just did all out whatever happens.
So yeah… this was fuckup to let him go.
I understand your view on Lachlan but what about Jay Vine. He’s an ex team mate but I assume a friend first. Why no mention about his top 5 in the ITT & gold in the mixed team relay? Also when talking about interviewing a pro rider, Chris wanted the goss but Jesse mentioned about insights to the pro tour & training. The interview with Jay a few years ago was great & should have been mentioned for new viewers to look up.
Komoot does same thing. When ride synced you are notified and then can add photos, titles, description and all the stuff.
57:28
1:22:05 I believe that Tadej was not allowed to talk about this. Because Peter is deeply in medical side of things and I'm sure he wanted to ask this things.
First, i havent watched the vid yet, but i did see the 8-9k price tag for BMC's new frame…can we all boycott BMC until they go out of business now? It reeks similar to Felts stupidity when they raised their top of the line bike builds to 16k because they sponsored Human Power Health. Now that they dont sponsor anyone, their prices have dropped to "normal"
I see Chinese bike brands making a LOT of money real soon if these idiots dont get their shit together regarding the massive inflation relative to cost.