What is the BEST road bike money can buy if you want to get SUPER LEAN & FAST?
Summary
TLDRThis video script discusses the drastic price changes in the cycling industry, comparing bike prices from the past with today's market. The speaker, a seasoned bike buyer and seller since 2003, emphasizes the importance of determining personal goals when purchasing a bike. He advocates for rim brake bikes due to their simplicity, performance, and ease of maintenance over disc brake bikes. The speaker also critiques the cycling industry's marketing tactics, while offering insights on how to save money on bike purchases and prioritize a bike that enhances the riding experience.
Takeaways
- 💰 The speaker wants to help viewers save thousands of dollars on their next bike purchase.
- 🚴 The price of new bikes has skyrocketed, with models costing up to $20,000 AUD today compared to much lower prices 10 years ago.
- 🔧 The speaker emphasizes the importance of buying a bike that you will spend more time riding than fixing, suggesting simpler rim brake bikes over more complicated disc brake models.
- 🏆 The main goal should be performance and fitness, not social approval or expensive aesthetics.
- 🛠️ Rim brake bikes are easier to maintain and repair, making them a better choice for serious cyclists who want a reliable ride.
- 📉 The speaker criticizes the bike industry for pushing expensive new models that aren’t necessarily better, driven by marketing rather than performance.
- ⚙️ Cyclists should prioritize getting a bike that is fun to ride, low maintenance, and built for performance, rather than following trends.
- 💸 The speaker recommends buying used bikes, which can offer great value, instead of overpaying for new, overpriced models.
- 🤔 Riders should ask themselves what their goal is with their bike purchase, whether it's fitness or seeking approval from others.
- 🚫 Pro cyclists are used as marketing tools by the bike industry, and the switch to disc brakes in professional cycling was largely driven by sponsors rather than rider preference.
Q & A
What is the speaker's main goal in the video?
-The speaker aims to help viewers save money on their next bike purchase by sharing insights into the bike market, including pricing trends and maintenance tips.
How has the price of high-end bikes changed over the past decade?
-According to the speaker, high-end bikes like the Dura-Ace models have increased significantly in price. For example, a bike that cost around $6,000 AUD in 2013 now costs about $20,000 AUD in 2024.
What factors should a person consider when choosing a bike according to the speaker?
-The speaker suggests that people should consider their goals, such as fitness, performance, and ease of maintenance. They should aim for a bike that they will spend more time riding than fixing, which is light, durable, and easy to maintain.
What does the speaker think about bikes with disc brakes versus rim brakes?
-The speaker prefers rim brakes for road bikes due to their simplicity, ease of maintenance, and lighter weight. They feel that disc brakes are overcomplicated and mainly promoted due to marketing and industry pressures.
How does the speaker view the bike industry’s promotion of disc brakes?
-The speaker criticizes the bike industry for pushing disc brakes on riders, suggesting that pro cyclists are forced to use them due to sponsorships, even though they prefer rim brakes.
What analogy does the speaker use to describe buying a bike?
-The speaker compares buying a bike to choosing a long-term partner, emphasizing low mileage, easy maintenance, and long-term enjoyment over flashy appearances.
What is the speaker's opinion on expensive new bike models?
-The speaker believes that new bike models are often overpriced and filled with unnecessary features driven by marketing. They argue that performance-focused bikes from previous years, especially those with rim brakes, provide better value.
What does the speaker say about the Tour de France and bike choices?
-The speaker mentions that disc brakes are used in the Tour de France primarily because sponsors no longer offer rim brake options, not because they are superior for performance.
What is the 'Dunning-Kruger effect' reference in the video about?
-The speaker uses the term 'Dunning-Kruger effect' humorously to describe people who buy expensive, flashy bikes like the SL8 Tarmac for social approval, despite not fully understanding their actual performance needs.
What does the speaker mean by 'performance-based fun' when choosing a bike?
-The speaker refers to choosing a bike that is enjoyable to ride, easy to maintain, and optimized for fitness and performance without being bogged down by unnecessary, complicated features.
Outlines
💰 How to Save Big on Your Next Bike Purchase
The speaker emphasizes the outrageous price hikes in new bikes, pointing out that what used to cost a fraction now costs several times more. They highlight their extensive experience in buying and selling bikes since 2003, asserting that today’s new bike prices are extremely high. The speaker compares older models that were significantly cheaper and advises buyers to focus on what they want from a bike, whether it's for fitness or social approval.
🚴 Choosing the Right Bike: Fit vs. Approval
This paragraph dives into the two main reasons people buy bikes: for fitness or for social approval. The speaker advocates for performance bikes that are easy to maintain and enjoyable to ride, pointing out how rim brake bikes are simple to work on and perform well. They criticize new trends like integrated handlebars and complex seat posts, suggesting that they're more about aesthetics and marketing than practical performance.
🔧 The Industry’s Shift to Disc Brakes
The speaker criticizes the bike industry's move toward disc brakes, claiming that pro riders were essentially forced to adopt them due to sponsorships. They explain that rim brakes still offer better performance and are favored by serious cyclists for their simplicity and lightness. The speaker accuses the bike industry of pushing disc brakes for profit, even though many pros would prefer rim brakes.
Mindmap
Keywords
💡Bike purchase
💡Rim brake bikes
💡Disc brake bikes
💡Bike industry marketing
💡Performance bike
💡Bike maintenance
💡Overpriced new bikes
💡Fit as [__]
💡Dunning-Kruger effect
💡Tour de France
Highlights
The speaker wants to help listeners save money on their next bike purchase.
The deals on bikes in 2024 are considered 'insane' by the speaker.
The speaker has been in the bike industry since 2003 and offers insights from their experience.
Brand new bikes are described as 'overpriced' with prices escalating significantly over the years.
The importance of considering one's goal with the bike before purchasing is emphasized.
Lightweight and easy-to-maintain bikes are recommended for those who want to spend more time riding.
Rim brake bikes are praised for their simplicity and ease of maintenance.
The speaker suggests that seeking social approval on bike choice can lead to unnecessary spending.
The latest bikes are criticized for being heavy and expensive to service.
A proper bike fit is recommended for performance and comfort.
The speaker advises against getting caught up in marketing and to focus on one's actual needs.
Used bikes can be found for a fraction of the cost of new ones, according to the speaker.
The speaker compares bike purchasing to personal relationships, emphasizing long-term compatibility.
The difficulty of selling high-quality bikes is noted, possibly due to industry pressures.
The influence of the Tour de France on bike trends, particularly regarding disc brakes, is discussed.
Pro cyclists are described as pawns of the bike industry, with their image used for marketing.
The speaker recommends 'The Drewan Ritters Lean Body Bible' as a comprehensive guide for bike buyers.
Rim brake road bikes are celebrated for their simplicity and racing feel.
The speaker concludes by encouraging listeners to ride for fun and not just to keep up with trends.
Transcripts
I want to help you save you thousands of
dollars big fat wads of cash okay of
bills I want to help you save that much
on your next bike purchase look at that
big fat wad
there all right it's crazy the deals out
there man it's
insane I've been a bike buyer and seller
since 2003 okay was when I got my first
job in a bike shop and then I would also
trade on the side at home buying and
selling bikes so I've been in the game a
while 2024 the deals are insane all
right over here we got the best deals
ever unbelievable deals if you know you
know and then on the new bike side we
got insanely ridiculously ludicrously
extortionate overpriced in my opinion
price tags on brand new bikes what you
get a duras bike today cost you a Tarmac
cost you $20,000 Australian okay
whatever El new USD or Great British
pound and 10 years ago that bike you get
on sale brand new for like you know
$6,000 Aussie you know it's $4,000 a Jas
model like last size okay four four four
and a half Grand mate you know so I
remember seeing t m 3 for like 4 and a
half Grand with Shram red and carbon rev
Wheels here in JT Cycles back in the day
so it's crazy the differences so 4 and
half Grand in you know 2012 2013 2024 20
grand it's like almost 5x
deals so the biggest the first question
you want to ask
yourself is what's my goal with the bike
if you want to be fit as [ __ ] lean
vascular all right then you want to have
a bike that you'll spend more time
riding than fixing a bike that is light
stiff Arrow strong you get on it it's an
extension of your body the rotors aren't
rubbing it doesn't feel oh wow this is
dur feels pretty heavy it's just light
man it's you just goes bro you don't to
oh I got to do a headset service I got
to book it in that's 400 bucks just you
know like that faffy all right so you
want a bike that you spend more time
riding than fixing that you can fix very
simply and these Rim breake Doper bikes
I call them the sub seven kilo easy to
fix they work so well like just they're
just amazing they're designed for
cycling the culture Road cycling culture
always was be your own bite mechanic I
mean Wheels cheering Wheels that's the
hardest part but everything else brakes
gears bottom bracket servicing seat Pro
headset that's really simple [ __ ] all
right if I can do it if this incompetent
Aussie ban with a highly punchable face
can be a bite mechanic then anyone can
especially on the rim break Doper bikes
insanely easy to work on all right
insanely they're easier to work on than
your shoulders bro all
right seriously it's just so good so
what's the goal to be fit or do you want
to get approval social approval from the
crew on Instagram from the crew at the
cafe that's cool all right that's cool
then get an SX slate like I have all
right that's the bike for the Dunning
Kruegers oh wow spinning the spinning
the in the Wind Tunnel oh do r on that
oh l oh it's expensive I got to have
it if you want approval from people like
that that's cool get one of those SL Tac
sl8 tarmac s Works finished game over
that's the bike that's the hottest bike
you can get this year and next year and
then sl9 will come out and then it'll
SLA will fiddle out so there you go you
know I mean just what is your goal to be
fit as [ __ ] then get a full Pure
Performance Bike one where you can
customize the bike fit really well the
latest bike's getting a proper bike fit
on those one piece bars stem
combo cables going through the headset
cables going through the fork steerer
let's drill a hole in the fork steerer
compromise Integrity uh it should be
okay let's find out in 10 years time or
a year time and then you know me just a
faffy of adjusting stuff let's create a
a weirdly d-shaped seat post where if
you want to get zero offset or 20 mil
forward good luck good luck bro you know
so
272 Tac seat post Works fantastic the
latest Tac
stuff anyway uh so that's the deal so
what's the goal what is the goal if you
want approval from The Dun and Krueger
kids get the latest [ __ ] 10 years ago
the latest [ __ ] was the [ __ ] was good
stuff today the latest
[ __ ] is is drama it's weighty it's exy
it's servicing is like uh you know if
you know you know so that's the facts
there so go to ask yourself I want you
get caught up in marketing land all
right what is my goal for $200 for 200
bucks man USD you can get an insane
roote for 200 USD or even less sometimes
not stolen not crashed not cracked not
Strat
okay I like to compare a bikes as a man
as a straight bro and if you're not
straight that's fine too I'm just saying
when it comes to me with
bikes excluding the SLA I'm like that
was just you know you know I bought that
when it comes to bikes that I want to
spend a long time with the same with
women
okay has it done a lot of mileage
because a lot of mileage probably going
to have a lot of problems all right and
that's fine if you're into that okay or
it's fine if it's just for the weekend
that's cool but if if it's a bike that's
going to stay at my place and it's going
to be in the in my quiver long term it's
got to be performance-based fun to ride
easy maintenance minimal maintenance
okay low
mileage that's my Pro that's my
priorities when it comes to a bicycle
and women who I'm living with okay those
things hey call me a whatever you want
to call me that's just me I'm here to
help you okay life is very short life
can be too long if we're living in a
stressful situation so why add more
stress by buying a bicycle that the
bicycle industry is trying to push on
you for rious reasons you know versus
buying a bike that's easy to live with a
joy to ride it's insane how hard it is
to sell good bikes now people like oh
but in the T of France They Ride disc
braks I want disc braks too you
know the people and the tour to France
right dis breaks because the sponsors
canceled Rim bre options right the the
world tour hates Disc break so much that
the bike manufacturers especially
specialized T Canal had to cancel the
ring break options when remember that
when there that crossover period where
Peter seagar got paid
,000 to ride the tour to France on that
dis break specialized monstrosity
remember that remember in tan when they
Peter had those gold rims on that on
that uh that venge bike and the bike was
so heavy he was like I don't want to
race this this is [ __ ] [ __ ] and
he was jumping he he was jumping off
Gunners to crack the rims and go oh say
sorry guys I can't ride that let me ride
my normal timeout you know it was just
it was crazy man uh so the bike industry
had to pay Riders bonuses at the start
and then eventually they're like
actually [ __ ] it we're not going to give
you bonuses we just won't make the bikes
you prefer how about that to the Riders
you know so Pro cyclists are nothing but
porns for the bike industry that's just
facts you get busted doping cool we cut
ties we'll pretend we didn't know that
oh my God you you rode fast in pantani
and now you got busted for drugs oh we
had no idea we had no idea at all oh we
just thought it was our
bikes so we're cutting tires we're
cutting tires you made us millions of
dollars we're cutting tires now cuz
people know the TRU oh we're cutting
tires bad
marketing anyway that's just the that's
just the wrap up there so understand
what you want in a bike what is your
goal and if you want a buyers guide my
drewan riters lean body Bible is the
bike buyers guide it is the bike buyers
guides it is the training manual in
terms of the bicycle lifestyle if you
want to have a lean fit physique save
mega save thousands of dollars and
thousands of hours of fafy and injury
and diet nonsense then get doing what
anybody Bible scratch the nose get it
done yeah like and do the same stuff
that uh just works okay it just works if
it ain't broke don't fix it okay kiss
keep it simple silly boy keep it simple
stupid okay the road bike the rim break
road bike is just so [ __ ] amazing and
it's still so amazing Bing is like
people want something different how can
we sell them something different all
right let's go disc breaks let's get
Peter Sean on board let's get these pro
riders on board and then D and Kruegers
will just follow the Sheep will
follow now like I see I see guys who are
staunch Rim break fans go to dis break
cuz everyone in the bunch has got dis
right now I don't want to feel left out
oh my God I don't to be like I don't
look like I'm a
poo I've got the SL tarmac s works and
when I'm riding with faster Riders I
don't ride that bike I'm like no that
stays home I ride my SLA s Works time
when I'm going with slower Riders when
I'm trying to keep up with prevent
getting dropped I'm using my rim brag
bikes that says volumes even Phil guyon
cookie man right Mr fake Natty he still
when he's going for his coms he still
uses Rim brakes even though he's
sponsored with disc is like unone Rim
brakes all right when performance
matters Rim matters and uh you know why
put all that extra money into stuff and
go
slower and that's okay if you want to
keep up with the latest stuff that's
cool I'm not here to but as long as
you're riding as long as you're having
fun that's the main thing right I'm not
here here to have a dig at you I'm just
giving you the truth right if you prefer
disc brakes then you go with that all
right I I prefer dis brakes on my ebike
on my mountain bike for sure my gravel
bike yeah but not road bike my road bike
is my everyday bike it's simple to
maintain it just feels the lightest it
makes me feel the best
you cannot get the same level of racy
feel with a disc brake bike than you get
with your Rim road bike it just it is
[ __ ] night and day difference you
could blindfold me and I could tell what
bike I'm riding if it's rim or disc same
spec
obviously it's that much
difference that much difference
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