UCI TT Bike Vs Triathlon Bike | What Is The Difference?

A UCI time trial bike vs triathlon bike, is there even any difference? Well, not quite, whilst they may look very similar, there are in fact many significant differences. Mark has taken both to Castle Coombe race circuit to put them to the test!

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[nikhilerigila]

Another crossover between GTN and GCN. Loving it

[Xentagia]

I love the random bits of broken off sticks to prop up the bikes at the start.

[jrcp]

Ollie! Haha he is hilarious glad to see him pop up on the GTN

[CyberdyneSystemsSkynet]

Coombe is a 3km track, his 2-lap time was 8:16 vs 8:20, so his 1-lap time was 4:08 vs 4:10. So a difference 2-seconds per 3km. An Ironman is 180km. Since 3*60=180km then 2*60=120 seconds over the course of an Ironman. And that's at 300 watts average on a flat course, at that point you're basically Lionel Sanders.

[stewpowell]

Nice pun there "that Felt fast" 🤣

[jigglypuff]

Ollie at GTN, hahaha brilliant video this time again guys!

[inchlegendaka.icebrrg]

YES! A rolling start finally, my inner OCD has been satisfied! Thank you GTN!🙃

[nathanielmartin]

Ollie would be the UCI rule enforcer, you have to do something to let out the frustration of being dropped. 😄

[esoteric]

That tri bike is a thing of beauty. Riding an old cervelo myself, I hope one day to own one of these more modern design tri bike

[SimoneChiaretta]

With such a small difference, also powermeter calibration could have played a role. One bike has a crank-based power meter, the other has PowerTap pedals.

[turbo_rossi]

Could you... like... do the same thing riding at 200W? ... asking for a friend...

[noahhiggins]

Just got done converting a 2018 felt b14 tri bike to a road bike and love it so far!

[joeyc]

TT bikes are great! Done several Ironman races with mine and the storage is just enough. Nothing like the class of the triathlon bikes but good enough for the event. They look sleek and familiar. Not too much time loss there and feel comfortable in the tribar position. What is the side wind effect on triathlon bikes compared to TT bikes? Bad enough with deep wheels let alone a sail for a bike in challenging weather.

[jasonmccartney]

At the end of the day I think the more comfortable position on the triathlon bike is the key difference.

[Kalenjinstf]

I have been waiting for this video. Now I know better: my UCI legal Cervélo TT bike may be around 60 sec slower on a 70.3 compared to a tri bike. I think it is even less than that since the gap between both tested bikes could have been less if more adaptation time and better positioning had been done for the TT legal bike. To me, loosing 1-2 min for a half sound like a lot, but less than the cash needed to buy a new costly only tri bike.

[Alan_Hans__]

Would love to have seen what the 2 bikes looked like overlapped with each other to be able to see the relative seat, handlebar etc positions.

[kasplantje]

How it actually felt, well i see what you did there.

[CyBirr]

You can hear the contempt for the UCI in this video. I like, would watch again.

[arsaeterna]

I have JUST been looking all over the internet this week for this info
Perfect timing for this video : )

[chuckpietro]

Conner is really coming into his own as a presenter. Very well done. Keep it up.