There are many things that Ollie can live without, but there are some gadgets that Ollie can’t live without when it comes to keeping his bike in top condition!
If you want to make sure that your bike is also in perfect condition for any ride, you might want to hear what the doctor has to say about the important gadgets you didn’t realise you needed!
00:00 Six cycling gadgets to enhance your cycling
00:29 Gadget 1: Digital tyre pressure gauge
02:06 Gadget 2: Pad centering tool
02:58 Gadget 3: Torque wrench
05:33 Gadget 4: Chain checker tool
06:44 Gadget 5: Camelbak bottle
08:31 Gadget 6: Aero socks
09:30 Bonus gadgets: Microfibre wash mitt and old toothbrush
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48 Comments
What did you think was the most important of the lot?
Camelback water bottles are way too heavy! The typical 24 ounce Camelback bottle weighs 130 g versus 80 g for most standard 24 ounce LBS bottles. that’s an extra 100 grams for carrying 2 bottles.
Another bonus gadget: hairband
I only buy bottles that are dishwasher friendly, stick them in every few weeks, easy.
Instead of a digital pressure gauge get yourself a battery operated mini pump with a built in digital gauge – now that’s a 2 in 1 excellent gadget.
I love how you can tell the stuff that he actually uses by how beaten up they are.
What, you don't like the funky tasting water out of the grungy bottle?
I found bottle design is important for this, one I had had nubbens that held mold and nasty stuff. Where as another bottle I have is fine and easy to clean.
Very good choices, I use Venzo torsion torque wrenche, very easy and compact to use even on the road. Completely agree about bottles, I've known about serius illness due to microbes on the bottles, but I would choose simple bottles, camelback are quite difficult to clean and I ended up not cleaning as well as I should, at the end that went bad…
Didn’t know the bottle valves came apart! Thanks for the tip!
When is GCN going to start selling extra tall aero socks with "The UCI has no jurisdiction here" printed on the bit above the legal limit?
10 watts for socks 😂😂😂
20000kms in a year. That’s an average of nearly 55kms/day if you ride every day. Certifiably nuts!
The pad centering tool is a great tool but only if your brake mounts are perfectly flat. Useless if the mounts aren't faced
Best gadget I have is tubeless air liners. Zero watts lost, and has saved me in several races
I have everything but the socks and wash mit. I so not like mid calve socks, like my wool cycling just over the ankle socks much better
Great video Ollie. I think the torque wrench is the most important tool that you discussed.
gadget #7: if you wear a skinsuit every time you wear aero socks, you will save much more watts easily.
I hate those camelback bottles. They are so hard to clean
How know what pressure tyre should be inflated?
I wasn't expecting anything useful. This was actually very good.
Thanks for the video.
Camel Back make a rubber cover to go over the spout of these bottles which stops road dirt getting on it so you don’t drink s***.
Excellent
Thanks
If toothbrushes and socks count as gadgets, then how about arm warmers?
They're great, especially in spring when temperatures climb fast in the morning.
How do you know that the Topeak pressure gauge is more accurate than the Topeak track pump gauge?
I DON'T BELIEVE IN AERO SOCKS ! IF YOU SHAVE YOUR LEGS YOU DON'T NEED THEM ! SILLY 😂☺️
@gcntech does waxing the chain reduce wear and tear and if so, by how much?
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I was missing just the disc brake centering tool. I was 🙂
The pad centring tool is definitely brilliant. Rubbing discs are the most annoying noise that suddenly appear. This tool works every time.
08:37 What brand of socks are you wearing?
I have the same disk brake centering tool. It works… Sometimes… Rarely. Usually you still need to finally ajust the caliper by feel
What’s wrong with the lighting here 😅
He should be reported to the RSPCA for what he did to that pikachu.
1. Tire Pressure – Use my fingers and press on them
2.Pad cantering tool – Got Rim Breaks
3.Tourque wrench – Got one and never use it ( Can never find it when I need it)
4 Chain Checker – Got it and its very useful
5. Bidon – Got loads and yes they are very useful ( I do think most cyclist know about them )
6. Aero Socks – 🤣
7. pikachu – Not got one and if i did have one i'd never do that to it !
Regarding the pressure gauge, it is possible to look for a correctly calibrated device and compare the data with those displayed by the pump (your own device) and know how much to inflate. I did the same with a torq wrench of mediocre quality
Slightly cheaper, lighter and even easier to clean bottles: Elite, their bottles are really nice, not super strong though. But a lot nicer to use than tacx.
That topeak toolkit seems the best of the lot. Which of those did you show, Ollie? Their store had a range- was it the DX, NTX, NTX+, other? If it's good enough for Dr. Bridgewood…, thanks in advance, cheers!
disc brake centering tools stop being as effective once your piston seals start wearing out or getting too dirty and they don't advance evenly.
Ollie, I'd like your opinion on this: Should the threads of most fastening bolts (e.g. for stem, seat post binder, seat angle etc.) be greased? This is something that is rarely mentioned, but in my experience it makes a big difference, particularly when using a torque wrench. When you grease the threads (and not the shoulder) of a bolt, there is less friction on the bolt threads while tightening. As a result, the bolt tightens with more force resting on the shoulder or fixing the parts more tightly together. When I first started adjusting my saddle (without having greased threads), the clamp and would come loose after 30 minutes of riding, even when carefully positioning and tightening the clamp. Now, I grease the threads and everything stays torqued. I usually check it once after 30 minutes of riding, to be sure. What do you do? And what do manufacturers recommend?
chain checker the topeak ratchet had to be there^^
Not exactly a gadget but Milton baby bottle sterilization tablets for bottles
Nice stuff. I do wonder though when you last used a chain breaker on a ride?
what about the new Sugino derailleur jockey wheels ? Their center is out of the middle
Which bottle cage do you use with the camelbak bottles?
Hi Ollie, Great tips thanks. Saw you last Saturday as I finished climbing Sa Calobra you were on your way down. Great weather unlike here. 😢
Absolutely love the camelbak bottles!!
Can we PLEEEEEEEEEEEEEEASE get some “No UCI Jurisdiction” stickers???
06:45 Camelbak makes a cover for the valve top. Recent experience with wet conditions makes that a new "must have".