Hottest & Most Extreme Pro TT Tech At The UAE Tour 2023

Ollie has been over in the UAE, taking a look at some of 2023’s new time trial tech. With some major UCI rule changes for this season, pro teams have been taking things to the extreme! We’ve managed to get our hands on Remco Evenepoel’s Specialized S-Works Shiv TT, the Colnago TT1 and more for a close-up look at the hottest and most extreme TT tech of 2023!

00:00 Intro
00:33 UAE Team Emirates’ Colnago TT1
03:07 Ineos Grenadiers’ Pinarello Bolide
05:17 Movistar Team’s Canyon Speedmax CFR
07:11 Remco Evenepoel’s Specialized S-Works Shiv TT
08:07 Jumbo Visma’s Cervélo P5
09:22 Pello Bilbao’s Merida Time Warp TT
11:21 Summary

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[gcntech]

What bit of TT tech has caught your eye? 👀

[jespernohr]

Ollie loves us, and we love Ollie for all the nerdy stuff he brings in every video :D

[julianallen]

Interesting to see the different size tires on the Ineos bikes. I remember Conti selling the Force/Attack tires as a pair back in the day. I believe it was a 19mm on the front and 21 on the rear of course at 120psi! Askk Dan, he will remember.

[npdf]

Great vid Ollie.. amazing new innovations..always enjoy watching your enthusiasm it’s contagious 🤩👍🏅🚴

[sgroadie]

That Colnago is certainly super tasty!

[steveyankou]

curious what the black sharpie is hiding on the GP 5000s @3:02

[jascollinscork]

Just left watching the weekly tech show for this….. I know I won’t be disappointed 😃😍

[robbchastain]

So I'm guessing Ollie's invite from each team was something like this: "Ollie, you're not going to be disappointed with our time trial bikes. You can believe that each bike is really, really, really aero. Like super aero. Like blow your mind aero. And afterwards, when you have a coffee, you'll be crying into your latte over all the aero you just saw. And we'll understand. It's an aero thing."

[robertgreiner]

what is hidden with the marker on the gp5000? something new to come?

[davidpomerantz]

Remember Ollie's budget TT series? Ollie should compare that bikes performance to these beasts

[everythingian]

Interesting to see the pros using skateboard deck tape on the Pinarello base bar and aero bars.

[timthelanternerouge]

Hi Team,
Excellent content from the UAE Tour, I really enjoyed it.
I have a crazy ultra-cycling challenge idea for Ollie, Mallorca 312, Tour du Mont Blanc & Tour des Stations, all in the 2023 season. I would go so far as to even double dare him.... Could be some cool content...

[leonbroekx]

I'm loving this. Up the shiv vid pls.

[karlailin]

That's why Manon is in the studio, so that Ollie can go about touching peoples chain.

[savagepro]

The question is, how long did Ollie take to feature the time trial bikes. How much aero was his commentary performance? Vocal drag? ID necklace drag? Flipped cap drag? Bike-side crouching mode drag?

[Ruggine]

I could watch Ollie talking TT details all day long

[Baldy-hmvs]

Hi Ollie, another Great Video. Can I ask if the cut outs in the rear disc wheels have any impact on the areo gains? Do they maybe have a removable cover🚴‍♀️👍🚴‍♂️😁🚴

[MSCrpy]

Holy crap. The top tubes on the colnagos are razor thin.
Try sitting on those, dear GCN presenters.

[nlanni]

Ollie is really growing on me. It's likely me, but it seems the entire team is a lot more relaxed.

[overcookit]

I think Ineos uses 11speed, as this was the last groupset where you could get a TT-like cassette with 11-23 (Miche even offers a 11-21 11speed cassette), with 12speed is even not possible to get a 11-25 cassette, they are only available with unbelievable big sprockets on.
The bottle cage on the canyon looks more like one for the Elite Crone CX aero bottle (I first wanted to get one to replace a lost Specialized Air Virtue bottle, with is attached to my Giant Cadex so low on the down tube it works like a fairing, as it nearly touches the seat tube, but with a black bottle you can never be sure it is really clean, as mold has the same colour). Deep fork blades are not necessarily an advantage, on my Giant Cadex I have an Oval Concepts Jetstream fork, which reacts in a way to crosswinds it is impossible to run a DT Swiss ARC Dicut 80 frontwheel, it feels like someone is riding beside you and keeps moving your handlebar (my weight is only 140 lbs).
The most interesting thing on the merida TT bike is the kind of extender for the rear derailleur, it is not attached directly to the frame.