Amateur On A $10,000 Bike Vs GCN On A $200 Bike!

Is it the bike or the cyclist? In our latest challenge to find out we're putting Hank back on one of the cheapest bikes on the market, the Amazon Eurobike versus an amateur rider on a super bike! Who will be victorious and does a super bike make all the difference? 🤔

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[gcn]

What other challenges should we do with the Eurobike? 🤔 Let us know in the comments! 👇

[thecoffeeblog]

I know the hosts hate to ride the eurobike. But I love the eurobike videos. Thanks for bringing it back.

Thats such a shame we dont have the power data from the eurobike. Should have put a pedal power meter on 😅

[Spellscape]

Eurobike is already the most cost effective bike GCN ever had and used .😂

[dh]

I saw someone riding a eurobike the other day and it was like seeing a celebrity in real life

[donaldrieger]

I would love to see a show about "upgrading" the Eurobike. By that I mean more like seeing how the bike improves when replacing wear items, tires, brake pads, chain, cassette with inexpensive/mid-grade parts. Maybe even give it cheap STI levers or at least index shifters. Si could do the incremental testing on his commute to work.

[shemmings]

Saw my first Eurobike in the wild the other day, was so exciting 😂

[lazylonewolf]

Well, it's 50 times cheaper but not 50 times slower... though really, new decent entry-level bikes AFAIK start at $500 (so, 20 times cheaper). More of these comparisons should go with those bikes in my opinion. At least they vouched for Decathlon RC120.

[archy_bold]

“It’s like when you’ve had a Guinness… but in a really bad way!” Give this man a presenting job!

Also loved the chain ring tattoo too. Simon is all of us amateurs!

[WarHammerWH]

Must give credit to Simon as well in all this, not just the super bike. He still managed massive numbers. Amateur he may be, but I’ll tell you he’s way faster than I am.

[szurketaltos]

Love the focus on the right bike on today's videos. Hopefully that will help grow the market overall instead of only chasing whales.

[jeffreypeters]

credit due: Hank taking more chances on that rolling scrap pile than I would be willing to. Fair play.

[ai]

Fourth. It’s always the rider, statistically. Now I will see the video and see if I were right!

[zedddddful]

Hank should definitely do lands end John o groats on the eurobike just for the lols

[FlatSpinMan]

Fun watch. Great effort to the amateur. He help his end up very well.

[ltrtg]

When Hank asked how fast is the Eurobike. It made me think. It depends how high the Hercules transporter is when he throws it out the back without a parachute. Might be about 118mph. I think.

[CarlosParadaP]

The eurobike saddle must be the most uncomfortable saddle ever if Hank thinks is more uncomfortable than the Penny-farthing one on the velodrome

[jonleighton]

What on earth was that noise coming from Hanks mouth at the end of the video?! 🤣

[Acyclingfan]

As someone who owned the Eurobike for 2 years and just sold it, it is really underrated. Don't know why you guys throw so much hate on it. That bike survived hundreds of miles over 2 years. I even won races on it!

[alecthomas]

GCN comment of the week is surely Simon's: "It's like you've had a Guinness, but in a really bad way"