We descended upon the UK National Hillclimb Championship this weekend and were treated to a whole host of lightweight UCI Illegal bikes! We’re talking sub 7 kilos, chopped handlebars, drilled parts and AliExpress Saddles… let’s see what Ollie Bridgewood has been able to find.
⏱️ Timestamps ⏱️
00:00 – Intro
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01:32 – Nick’s £1000 Planet X
02:13 – Tim’s S-Works Venge
02:56 – Ben’s £1200 Stripped Trek Emonda
04:07 – Abi’s Cannondale SuperSix Evo
05:12 – Nick’s Giant Propel
06:34 – Cannondale SuperSix Hi-Mod
08:26 – Herbie! The Lightest Bike Of Them All!
08:48 – Jo’s Stripped Cannondale SuperSix Hi-Mod
12:00 – Hillclimb Takeaways
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50 Comments
Not gonna lie, for such a big prpduction you guys are, you should have given olie a hands free microphone
I love the hillclimb bikes and special tweaks to get the weight down to crazy levels. The SuperSiixs are so good looking and the best bang for buck t get a sub 6.3 bike. That said Abi's SuperSix Evo's "ali express bought saddle" looks suspiciously like a SupaCaz saddle though.
The bare minimum for the team van is a workstand, fastened to a rear door and a tool caddy also fastened to the rear door… of course you've already proven the cyclist you're supporting is capable of carrying the air pump and patch kit.
Super cool event! Love the cool bikes, and creativity. Question, lots of “Ali” express type parts. Isn’t anyone worried about them failing, and causing one to crash? I’ve often thought about buying a cheap one piece cockpit for my bike on Amazon or Ali, but having it break during a downhill section seems terrifying, or even while riding next to cars in traffic. Are they not worried here because this event is mostly climbing???
Excellent. More of these real world videos please
My dumb question…why have brake(s) on a hillclimb bike ???
Awesome!!
Audio is delayed a few milliseconds
Full Review Volkswagen
put a V8 in the team bus
Coulda included the owner of the bikes a bit more.
A team car without bike racks capable of holding 8 bikes? WTF!!!
Three of those Cannondales weigh the same as my mountain bike .
The GCN team car/van does look cool – but my all time favorite was the livery on the old Jelly Belly team cars.
I love hacks; I love bodges; I LOVED this video!
I want to see GCN mount one of those pro team roof racks that mount 9 bikes on to the new team bus.
Get some sea suckers on that van and 100% espresso machine
Were is luke from trace velo when you need him?
💪🏼AliExpress 😂
“Pure brake shifters”? I think we call those just “brakes”.
Jo’s bike was weighed without pedals! 4.3 w/o pedals!
So are you going to add an ICE engine to your car? At the very least a gen set. It takes as much current to brew an espresso as 10k driving.
I love the IQ new electric Kombi. Agree: is the best team car so far. Congratulations! The bikes as always, gorgeous.
you need a silca waxing machine in the van
Elita one is so underrated
You need an electrical compressor in that van
Seems like the ladies were really leading the way there, great to see! Love seeing what can be achieved with a relatively sensible budget too, chapeau.
The VW is sick – go ham with the mods!
Love the team bus! A bike rack is a no brainier
Rim, brakes
Herbie had it going on!
I was never reimbursed for the balance of my GCN+ even after many emails from GCN confirming it would be paid!! Help.
Take the seat post and saddle off. Ain't nobody climbing 20% gradients quickly seated on the saddle. Free weight savings. If you sell them you might even get money for saving weight. Straight up r bcj content.
Can include pounds for us yanks? Thanks mate. Good work 🍻
What a fun video. Thanks
Ali Express is the answer people!
Tune seatpost vs Ali Express Tune copy, £300? vs £18.90!
They're identical, and the copy version is so good, and so durable, even though it weighs a miniscule 130g, I've purchased over 6 to use in builds and upgrades!
@2:00 I have those exact knockoff TRP RRL brake levers from Aliexpress. Got them for like $7 for the pair. Hood rubber feels terrible, but can't complain for $7.
You’ll never get an honest answer in regards to costs when someone’s spouse could be watching 😂
Hopefully that VW doesn’t burn down on You.
Get in Anker Home battery bank for your van it's strong enough to power a small home, and has optional solar panels
Hey now. That’s 2.72 without pedals 😏
The team bus❤❤❤
I actually have a 79 van that is a coffee shop.
Server coffee and espresso out the back.
Ask Connor, you have the opportunity to race with the pros at the beach races. No expensive bike needed and a lot of fun. Most popular race by far is Egmond-Pier-Egmond in the Netherlands. You see more than 2.000 people in one race …
I was so excited to see Ollie and the new bus at Hopwood services on Saturday it looks fantastic! Look forward to seeing it out and about again. Great vid as always
Your Buzz is nice but the coolest team car was the Bahrain Merida McLaren 720s. Soz😂
I am sure that GCN will tell us that a modern aero disc bike would beat any of these up a hill.
You sponsored by Ali express or what Ollie?
Do like GCN Network, but with regards to the Bus. You got WB bus (NO!) and it is all electric. REALLY. You should install 6 to 8 sets of pedals and let everyone chain-pedal it to the destinations.
Common, cut the GREEN crop. Plus, how much "coal" was burned to produce, store and transfer electric energy into a slave child labor produced and manufactured lithium batteries.
Don't be a hypocrite bike network. Just cover cycling in every form and shape. Overall, your material is great, just cut the (bull—-t). Thank you.
Some lovely bikes and dedicated riders