The Best Cycling Kit?! | GCN Tech Show Ep. 72

This week on the tech show Jon and Chris discuss how far comfortable cycling kit has developed, some cool new unreleased bike tech from the Giro and all of your favourite features 🔧

What piece of cycling clothing has changed how you approach bad weather?

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Out Of Focus 2 - Joachim Nilsson
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[gcntech]

What piece of cycling clothing has changed how you approach bad weather?

[hogdog]

Arm warmers, tried them for the first time this winter and I don't know how I ever got through a winter without them.

[rogerwatt]

In the old days, they didn't do braze-ons as they suspected that they would weaken the tubes. Great show . . . although there was a little bit of inconsistency creeping in about the criteria for "Super-Nice" . . . some bikes got the accolade without synchronized valves and the chain not on the smallest cogs.

[ayayaka]

My OCD is always attacking me every week because of that missing screwdriver! Please find it and put it on its placee!

[CarlRoutledge]

Game changer for me was my Northwave winter cycling boots. Was sick of cold wet feet during winter and early spring. Now with those toasty and dry all the time.

[cyklatillbahamas]

Production team nailed the lighting and colours on this one!

[huubmunstege]

Thrilled with the retro bikes in the vault! Legnano and Gios Torino!

[DaxPlusPlus]

For commuting; gilet, arm and knee warmers - maximum versatility and can be packed away in your jersey pockets. Usually it's colder in the morning and then warmer on the way home. Works for maybe 8 months out of 12

[jackseph]

GCN need to do an overnight (camping) bike packing adventure. Not just Si. All of you. Presenters, behind the camera crew, office staff... Film and post. Who's with me?

[sureshchinnappa]

Merino wool base layer is a fantastic fantastic material to help keep you warm

[murphyal]

I have a Galibier Tourmalet rain jacket that I wear over my long sleeve Gabba in the Ireland in the winter when it raining - keeps me fully dry on 4 hour Sunday rides!

[jakemitchell]

The pro stealth saddle is the biggest best piece of tech I’ve ever found it’s made my ride so much more comfortable but clothing wise it would have to be orthopaedic in soles

[stustjohn]

Not a comment on bad weather, as such, but my discovery of just the right amount of clothing has transformed my commute: For years I used to ride to work with a heavy Gore Tex coat, only to arrive covered in sweat and in need of a shower. Now, on all but the stickiest summer days, I can take off my jersey and put on a shirt and tie without any fuss. (Well either that or my colleagues all simultaneously lost their sense of smell! 😁)

[Mitch-lute]

Windstopper Jackets - the best and most universal for a variety of temperatures. Castelli Trasparente is my go to jacket for Spring and Fall rides.

[soapkingzzr]

Lefol Martelle Mudgaurds. ( rare in 700c but very lightwieght, super strong & silent )
First pair on my Paul Milnes and NOS pair on my J.Pinsello #2. No regrets able to ride comfortably on wet roads !

[AB-vtcp]

A good rain jacket with a hood that can fit under the helmet, polarized glasses and a florescent Yellow Jacket with reflector strips..

[jacoblabbe]

No one can deny the bib short has revolutionized the cycling world & comfort 🤣 the tri-bars for me have made a huge difference in the way i ride, i genuinely think they should make aero bars with brakes & shifters. (Maybe a +\- shift buttons with your thumb inside the handle or horizontally on the top of the handle // brakes like triggers really ergonomic like a gun trigger at the tip where mechanic shifters are in TT bikes) THAT WOULD BE SICK. Remove the drops as well being there, that would be a BB (batbike, bad boy, bold bullet, betty boop)

[thomasstripes]

My insulated long sleeve jersey really save me this winter

[GKel]

Comfort on a bike? Well, definitely chamois. 😉😊

[ltrtg]

It was a surprise not seeing Jon almost jump to after side of the studio when the bell was rung. As Ollie is taking a break from his campanology (I know technically I have it wrong). Maybe Ollie could remind Chris the correct way to "RING THE BELL" as Jon puts it. 🤣