£1000 Ebay Bike Vs £10,000 Superbike: Hill Climb Challenge

Over on @gcntech, Alex has been turning a budget bike into a hill climbing machine for under £1000. With new parts, a fixed saddle and the paint stripped, it’s now ready for action! He’s up against Ollie on the new Canyon Ultimate CFR, a £10,000 superbike! The climb is the Struggle: 4.2km at 8%, with a maximum of 20%! Who will win?

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[gcn]

Which of these bikes would you choose?

[Dermiezz]

Ollie has had an incredible story. Once upon a time he got dropped, then he took it personally...

[philipplorenz]

Ollie is an absolute beast and some real inspiration for people with no racing background.

[verryd]

Haha, you kept me in at 6 minutes! I was shouting ‘Do it for the Tech show!’ 😂 Great effort guys 👏👏

[yeungline]

For anyone curious, Ollie is 19th and Alex is 53rd in the race.
The winner's time is 13:16, more than 1 minute faster than Ollie's time.

[rosscads]

What a performance by Ollie! 🚀
Nice little crossover with Francis Cade’s channel too. 🎥

[DrewKime]

I've figured out why I like Ollie's videos so much.

All the former pros are comparing themselves to their younger selves and know they'll never be that good again. Ollie is the only one still improving.

You can see the enthusiasm every time he achieves another goal.

[ralphallen]

Alex's reaction at 7:50 after the shoulder look made this whole series worth watching :D

[jvogel]

Awesome to see Ollie get to gloat for a change. Well done. Ollie is an inspiration for all us recreational cyclists and wannabes.

[ericcoxtcu]

Ollie's revenge tour continues. Earlier this year he dropped Hank, now he's taken down Alex. Once he defeats Connor, do we get a boss battle with Si? Bonus points if the time trial bike is involved.

[ivocaldera]

As Ollie flew by Alex he missed a golden opportunity to yell "LOVE YOU,

[secretbrad]

Scandal! Ollie disqualified for wearing non uci regulation length socks! 😂 cracking vid guys

[cb]

Thanks Alex and Ollie and crew . I saw you guys on Francis Cade's channel as well, A legend to be sure !

[johndicksonmamil]

Guest appearance by Francis Cade there near the top of the climb

[magnushartell]

Being new to cycling (since some months) I have been grinding through most of GCN and GCNTech from the past 3 years. I just want to salute and say that you videos are getting better every time, this was awsome

[technocynic]

I was expecting to Ollie to beat Alex (even if he had the cheap bike) but gobsmacked about that margin. Ollie seems to be the most ardent enthusiast among the presenters, the only GCN presenter who appears to still compete just for the joy of it. Love watching him

[Bikes_N_Adventure]

Andrew Feather would have been interesting to watch as a third contender for scale!

[davejan]

I think, if alex just equiped a smaller chainring he could probably close the gap against ollie. Looking at his pedalling, he's clearly struggling on the climb as you saw when ollie passed him, while ollie is just much more relaxed and just keep on spinning and spinning. Well still, in the end, the point is that you had fun riding your bike no matter the price is.

[권용대-bv]

Honestly Alex’s bike looks way cooler to my eyes, with the removed decals adding badass vibe.

[Criscross]

That was clever 😉
For the casual observer, they would think that the $10k super-bike was far superior. But put Ollie on the Trek, and he would have had the same (or slightly faster) hill climb.