We have all heard of concept cars, but what about concept bike?
Well, Decathlon has done exactly that by showcasing a concept Van Rysel – considered to be the ideal ultra-endurance bicycle in their eyes!
Having dabbled in quite a few ultra-endurance races, Ollie and Conor discuss whether this concept bike checks all the requirements for the hardcore ultra enthusiast!
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00:33 Van Rysel’s crazy ultra endurance concept bike
02:49 Dynamo hub
03:41 Integrated bike lights
04:00 Construction of the bike
04:50 Storage bags of the bike
07:34 Geometry and aero bars
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41 Comments
Would you buy such a dedicated ultra-endurance bike if it went into production?👀
You just need to add bio-recycling: collect sweat & urine filter it back to your water bottle; collect your poo and turn it into a fuel for your methane stove. That would add to your efficiency.
That's a beauty of a bike 🥰 Looks like BIG $$$$, too 😅 Would I buy it 🤔 I would definitely take a closer look at one for sure 😀
I feel like there needs to be additional prime's in the vault for custom rigs over expensive prebuilds that people have just bought in a box.
It’s just a road bike with bags and stuff bolted on.
I guess Mason bikes, as ridden by Ibbett, are ultra endurance bikes
Terrible, awful, clinical, ugly, un-personal …one horrendous machine
Please NO not another category of bike 😭
I'm wondering are there more bike categories than bottom bracket standards?
I've built something very similar to the concept bike myself for riding road ultra events, including bits borrowed from triathlon bikes like an integrated aero front hydration system and rear seat tube aero storage box. Everything is kept narrow and inline so that from the front you cannot actually see the bags, the bike is super efficient and my testing suggests it is possibly aerodynamically faster with everything fitted than without.
The needs of ultra endurance racing are very specific and the aim is efficiency, so low aero drag and low overall weight are important, as is practicality and usability which helps you save time with faffing.
GCN sponsors: Topeak….enough said
Sure, that pump display is precise, but how accurate is it?
The ads on GCN are getting worse. This video is a 34 minute infomercial, like ITV at 3am. In one segment they were talking about reducing rechargeable kit , in another an electric gizmo for pumping up 4 x 25mm tyres. Four 25mm tyres! Is it 1995? An overpriced chocolate teapot.
Plenty of better content out there without constant product placement – up your game lads
#askgcntech Hey guys, I am just now getting into road-biking, and I just bought an old road bike that hasn't been ridden in a while. I fixed it up, and got it ridable. However, the brakes were pretty bad, they would grab intermittently, or just not really slow me down without really pulling HARD on them. Do old rim brakes go bad after a while? Like drying out? Or is that just how rim brakes are?
What would make the concept bike better is a Pinion gearbox and Gates Carbon Belt Drive. Zero maintenance!
Youtube bike communities in a nutshell 'googoogaga new stuff ewww I'll stick with my 1840s steel Farthingale pls way more reliable you're a shitty person for enjoying new tech with inflated price tags'. Bike engineering is expensive, new tech is expensive, do you need them> probs not, might others who have the disposable income find them cool and make their ride more enjoyable and more convenient? very possibly so just stfu especially if you don't understand the difference between ultraendurance and touring, no one is forcing you to buy a non-existent concept bike, let people have their fun
Lazy design. If you have a bike company design lab at your fingertips, you can do more than just bolt/strap a bunch of off-the-shelf parts on it. Try some new frame shapes, integrate racks into the frame, make some bags in new configurations.
Still don't understand how that's better than a good bike pump.
Conor is a giant. He needs bigger bags
Can you twist that into a balloon bunny rabbit, Ollie?
I think it’s more of an evolution of the touring bike. I can see some folks thinking that, “Oh, this is the bike industry trying to dictate what bikes we need for different scenarios.” And they would be right, but you don’t have to buy one if you don’t need one. Does it look cool? Hell yes, it does. Do I need one? No. At least now now. But it ticks a lot of boxes for those who do ultra endurance rides. And like Ollie said, lots of good things can come out of concepts even if the bike itself is never made. Great discussion, gents!
Off-bike shoes for bikepacking? With sizes? Sanuk's. They don't roll, but they are very flat.
Don’t do ultra’s, and don’t necessarily want to – but this thing is sick. Give me sharp bags, tri bars and a small fairing on my commute everyday! Very cool stuff going on here.
You can totally run bottles in a full frame bag.
Tyre lever to pull the tyre on.
The Bottom Bracket 'C' spanner.
Conor and Ollie making balloon animals!
So, the only two GCN presenters to have ridden grand tours are the slowest of the bunch. I suppose they've earned it.
liked the bike and the chat, blokes 😎
Quite like some of the ideas on that concept bike. I’ve wanted a carbon bike with an aluminium rear triangle for years so that I can hang some heavy panniers off the back and still have a lightweight frame.
What I want to know is how close that inner tube was to bursting, please please resume inflating and let us know. It can't have been far off! Conor should hide under the desk, after all he has children.
Besides the integrated lights I'm not sure what is so specialized about that bike. Don't get me wrong, it looks stunning, and the bags flow with the design. However, how is it specialized for epic endurance rides?
The Salsa Cutthroat is purpose built for the Tour Divide, a self supported ultra endurance race across the US from Mexico to Canada on mainly dirt roads and trails, I’m hoping to get one and race the Tour Divide.
Salsa also make the BearGrease which I own, it’s built for winter ultras, or sand/desert. It’s a far tire bike with tons of mounts.
They also have full suspension bikes designed the same way . All of them Maximize the frame triangle size so you can put as big of a bag on as possible
ZPacks makes amazing stuff! I bikepack with their stuff.
I'd like to see some inventive bike touring set ups for the smaller sized bikes that have no space for the rear saddle packs. XS sized bikes can't run a rear saddle pack
Bike manufacturers could make frame bags that are exact match for certain bikes in their stable and they'd sell quickly.
All road is getting to the point where you can do a lot of these races… dynamo is a good add on but not really needed for a race shorter thant a week really. plus part of doing these races is prep… and making all those modifications 😉
bahahah 😂 the tire part 😂
Ah come on – Fumpa was doing those pumps for years and it is a recognisable brand and not from China. And Topeak just copies Cycplus pumps in this respect that were winning awards for a few years now. Cycplus has detachable hose for plastic valves and precise pressure setting as well.
Conor, could you bring your old frame pump in, so we can compare with the new Topeak gadget. P.s. I think you should have rehearsed a little with the tyre levels, nothing better than being prepared. 😂
Not the first electric pump from a "reputable brand": Bosch has been selling one for years.
Magene head unit on that bike, would be great for decathlon to team up with them
11:16 wasn't "urano" one of the words from "Shooting Stars"?