This week, Alex and GTN’s Mark dive into the mind-blowing power and tech highlights from the British Hill Climb World Championships, where even holding an off-the-charts 600 watts for 3 mins wasn’t enough to win! It also wasn’t a victory for disc brakes as the men’s British National Hill Climb championships crown was taken by Harry Macfarlane on an epic ultra-light, rim-brake bike. 👀
Plus, they cover an insane bike design, how Zwift are potentially putting an end to discs on indoor trainers, the hottest tech from Ironman Kona, comments of the week and bike vault!
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00:00 Welcome to the GCN Tech Show!
00:38 British Hill Climb Championships reaction
06:39 Hot and spicy tech
06:45 Zwift’s Cog (& Click) replaces your cassette! #AD
07:43 LittleBig convertible balance bike
09:13 On-bike aero sensors (Body Rocket)
11:41 Ironman World Championships 2024 hot tech
14:14 Vision wheels (Metron TTW & Metron 91 SL)
16:16 Comments of the Week
18:33 Bike Vault
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33 Comments
How do you feel about this return of rim brakes 🚴♂ and the insane power at the Hill Climb World Championships? 💥🤯
The gold rims with the gold colorway on a Ti Litespeed are GORGEOUS, you… you TROGLODYTES!
I don't get the love for Hillclimbing – there's very little skill, and there appears to be no rules/ regs…….Can't take it seriously.
All brakes are baggage in this event.
My Grand children will be getting that Littebig. Brilliant!
Do they run antidoping tests at this sort of events?
Rim brakes are fine on a bike you only ever cycle uphill 😀
I have a zwift ride and having major problems with the handlebar controls. Some buttons have stopped working. Anyone else having these problems?
Mark is brilliant. Please ask him back.
YOU PLONKERS! That LITESPEED was beautiful with a goofy background. BUT, BIGGIE SMALLS! VALVES ALIGNED! NO GUBBINS! Conversely, you tossed a SUPERNICE for an 18yr old LeMond leaning against a craggy wall of rocks at a dodgy angle. You wallies need to get your SUPERNICE RECALIBRATED.
Rim brakes are still awesome nothing wrong with them.. I have a Zwift cog and click brilliant bit of kit and I can easily switch between bikes with different group sets ❤ love it.. Pete
The balance bike could have a 4th mode where the front section gets turned upside-down switching the stem and fork for an even higher position.
Titanium bike not quite presented well enough and you supernice 3 bikes at the wrong angle! This is when we shout at the TV…….and then another Ti back just a nice…….. This is titaniumist, shame on you both, I'm never watching another GCN video ever!! until tomorrow 😊
600 w in a good day, in the perfect conditions, for 45 to 50 sec …
They're climbing a hill why do they have brakes at all 🤔
I like the Zwift Cog, but you can only use it with Zwift. That needs to change. I like the gamification of Zwift but the occasional virtual real-world ride on Rouvy would be nice when the weather turns sour.
WTH is with the jaunty angles on the bike vault! Being accepted as Super Nice! Wherever he is, Ollie is twitching in disappointment.
Resubmit those properly.
Feathers brakes were rubbing. Ting ting 😂
Rim brakes are on the edge of extinction – and the desperation is apparent in the comments section
MAMILs on dick brakes are SCREECHING right now.
Lights being required might be seen as weird for the final where roads are closed, but 99% of races throughout the season are in open roads, so there's that.
I was happy with my 600W for 1 minute until I heard that!
Isn’t Dan in his early forties?
No more jaunty angle super nice bikes. Rupert needs to take himself out to the back of the wood shed and give himself a good talking to!
The no disc wheel rule in Kona is stupid.
the Litespeed uellow accents aren't my favorites but you gotta supernice that one for the effort
Please, get Ollie back to the Bike Vault – It's falling apart!
Otherwise, great show. Cheers
If hill-climb organizers can mandate lights and brakes, who needs the UCI? 😀
Ollie would be freakin' about those jaunty angles. 😀
The bike vault is complete BS. Jaunty angle breaking all rules, supernice. Supernice titanium bike presented perfect… "awww it's fine". Complete BS
8.5W/kg is currently my maximum 1 minute power when I'm fresh. So Mr. Feather would hard drop me barely a third of the way up the climb. Monster.
I dont think you can really compare rim brakes to disc brakes when you can just stop pedaling to stop in a hill CLIMB. Lets see a down hill comparison between rim and disc.
21:06 Also, there are no pedals on it.