4 Tour de France Bikes They DON’T Want You To See

This video contains paid product placement for Lezyne. We have been poking our noses around the team buses at the 2023 Tour de France in search of the newest bikes.

Here are four of the latest bikes that we have found at the biggest race in the world.

We’ve got a deep dive into the new rides of Simon Clarke and his Factor 02 VAM, Caleb Ewan’s Ridley Prototype, Ben O’Connor’s Prototype BMC, and a Look 795 Blade RS.

Which bike is your favourite? Let us know in the comments 👇

#BikeRadar #NewBikeDay #RoadTech #TourdeFrance2023

Chapters
00:00 Intro
00:43 Factor 02 VAM
02:42 Prototype Ridley
05:55 Prototype BMC
09:33 Look 795 Blade RS

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[bikeradar]

Which bike is your favourite? Let us know in the comments 👇

[LyfeisByke]

Amazing how heavy that little Ridley is compared to that massive BMC

[JibbaJabber]

No doubt - Look has it. By far the most stylish 😙

[ricardorusso]

That’s impressive for BMC to make a 7.3kg aero bike in a size 58 with that brick of a groupset that is the new Campagnollo Wireless. Props to them

[johnmorrison]

Patrick Bateman would approve of that haircut. Great content, cheers!

[lesflynn]

Caleb Ewan's looks like a bike in minature. Simon Clarke's Factor looks totally Bootylicious.

[andreasolsson]

out of these I would pick the BMC as a frameset, but honestly I am hoping for more new bike releases in this years TdF

[trroland]

Cofidis mechanics are old school -- tubulars and white bar tape -- as it should be. I note that the only team in WT still riding Campy has gotten around the problem of no normal chainrings by riding last year's chain sets. 😅

[Timtimzi]

still can't believe factor went backwards with the ISP 🤮🤮🤮🤮

[WillPower]

That Look is way way way nicer than the others.

[BleakVision]

Can't wait to see these frames snapped on instagram.

[mogglie]

I could buy the LOOK just for the horizontal top tube. That’s the look I like. No pun intended

[francois-josephguillaume]

Quite exciting new stuff, especially the BMC

[elizabethpoley]

And, a new snazzy paint job for the Trek team!! Absolutely gorgeous!

[jameshoward]

Nice look behind the scenes. Tubeless, discs, electronic, wireless, aero... hilarious that the pros have to ride bikes between 0.5 and 1kg heavier than any self-respecting amateur... Still, I'm sure the aero makes loads of difference rolling along in a peloton! I've built plenty of mechanical Ultegra/rim brake bikes that easily make 6.8, with pedals, cages and computer mount. These bikes are bizarre for road racing (that's mostly bunch sheltered and all about acceleration) or Strava (!) but would make fantastic high-average speed, competitive Fondo bikes.

[jason]

Why don't they fill in the frame with more material and does the UCI ban bike frame bags?

[charlesblithfield]

Less handlebar drop and longer stem enables the most aero position with forearms sort of parallel to ground? Noticing less drop of HB from seats. Interesting to see these adaptations of body to aero optimizing. The bike is nothing compared with the body in terms of aerodynamics hence the fact that aero kit (socks incl.) probably brings as much or more benefit than a fancy aero frame.

[Xhadp]

The new factor’s top tube is incredibly thin.

Caleb probably gets the bike fit seal of approval with his setup.

The BMC, integrated bottle holders was already their thing but now number holder? Sleek!

Look, from another video appears to mostly be an SL7 clone with some under-the-hood changes such as geometry and materials.

[fab]

When for the sworks sl8 ??? What is specialized doing ?

[Timtimzi]

Considering that redbull is dominating f1, the new bmc bike probably has the most legitimate aero claims currently