How Fast Is An Old Pinarello With New Dura-Ace?

Cool bike wit too expensive group set, but that geometry js really nervous and twitchy on the ride.

terrible, who is asking for this content?? get back to your roots GCN

Life isn't a tour.
I don't need to be anywhere a minute or two faster.
A 10kg steely from the 90s gets the job done fast enough around my hood.
I'm 95kg, so a few kg on my bike means SFA.

We really have to admit Pinarello is trying hard selling these expensive bikes 😆

Really envy of those dogmas lol

This was a great concept and video! I'm afraid to know the answer, but I'm curious how a modern steel/titanium bike with do in a similar competition. Over on the tech channel, the lads were talking about whether pros will ever reach for alloy bikes again. GCN science can take credit for early adaption??

Outside of racing, what bike you ride doesn't matter. Especially how "fast" it is.

So long as it's safe, reliable and you enjoy it? Ride what you like.

Probably my fav bike spot at yesterday's hill climb champs, was an old timer spectator with a Tamassini. You just know he's been riding that thing for 30+ years (racing/club rides/cruising with his mates) and loving every second of it.

I love the passion Alex put into this project, and creating something like this makes ownership much more personal.

I actually just built a bike up after my bike frame was damaged in a crash and sustaining 9 cracked rips and a dislocated AC joint. I used the recovery time to shop for parts to build a new bike. Bought a nice frame off Ebay, beautiful green carbon Cannondale Synapse , (guy had bought the wrong size) and then shopped for parts. Ended up with new components by shopping around and taking advantage of a of initial 20% plus discounts that many retailers offer first time customers! Did most of the build myself and then had a local bike shop check things for me. Best bike I have ever had and was a lot of fun doing built. Not sure if doing a build is any cheaper, but you do end up with a bike with the components and wheels that you like! I haven’t added up cost. It's best to be totally ignorant on some things your wife might asked about! “I got everything on sale”!!😎

Awesome passion project, regardless the price. I love the contrast that Alex has done, old with new. The touch points remain to be the important aspects of the ride/feel. Most passion projects arent meant to be raced, rather enjoyed, fun to see Alex go toe to toe and race it. Great content … I would love to see something a little more faux pas in the bike world .. being a high end frame built up with a low to mid range groupset with high value / lower budget wheels/rims. A "self build" per say, instead of how the bike industry has created a "bundled" "cheaper" priced bike ( bc being "stuck" into buying a bike, creates a lot of frustration for buyers) .. contrasting the value and effectiveness of both purchases. Uncovering the more reasonable and specific for the rider .

Love it! Did a similar build by putting new mechanical 105 and modern Ritchey cockpit on a 2019 reissue of a 1971 Masi Gran Criterium.

With carbon wheels, the Pinarello looks a bit like “Frankenstein”

Wow big surprise they confirmed that you should buy the latest version of their sponsor's bikes. So thankful power meters were not used to muddy the waters.

Confirmed: “The frame is the bike, everything else is just clothing.”
~ Bill Strickland

I like the Pinarello. I personally don't have any problems with mixing old school frames with new tech – esp. if it means an older bike can be rode around on vs being stuck on a wall stripped down to the frame as a trophy (or worse). I'm always for keeping a bike rolling, and it doesn't "have" to be kept like it was originally or period correct (though that is nice as well).

How wide are the rims and tyres? I've rebuilt my supersix himod rim with 25mm tubulars, it climbs amazingly (6kg), but it's horrible everywhere else vs my OEM Chinese aero superbike. And it's not even faster uphill, it just feels snappier which is nice.

I still have my classic bikes alongside my modern road bike, and still enjoy riding them. It's great to enjoy them and give them an outing on a club ride, where speed/pace isn't so critical. I have found that an upgrade to the fork can make a significant upgrade to a bike's performance… even to change its character. I have a steel Colnago master, and was able to locate an original Colnago star carbon fork with a 1" steerer (as fitted to the 1st generation C40s). Not only is it an authentic upgrade, the gap has been shortened somewhat.

The brakes meant absolutely nothing in this test… except they may have been more aero, not less. The biggest compromise is running skinny, 23mm tires, considering the TdF was just won on 30mm tires. One other upgrade that would benefit performance is to replace the steel fork with a modern, carbon fork. A comfortable, long lasting steel frame and lightweight, more aero carbon fork is a great combo, especially 80 miles into a century ride. Spending $8k- and much more- on a mass produced plastic bike when that money could buy you a custom measured-and-built-just-for-you frame (of any material) and curated build kit is not money well spent. Sorry, you aren't MVdP, WVA, Pogi, etc. Their bikes aren't optimized for us. The marketing departments are paid to convince us that they are.