The Best 2024 Tour de France Road Bikes *On A Budget

Like the look of the 2024 Tour de France bikes but want something a bit more *affordable - Here's 6 of the best road bikes with Tour de France pedigree without the pro bike price tag.

We've taken to the internet to find cheaper alternatives to team EF's Cannondale Supersix, Bora Hansgrohe's Specialized Tarmac SL8 as ridden by Remco Evenepoel and Promoz Roglic, Jayco Alula's Giant Propel, Ineos' Pinarello Dogma F, Lidl Trek's Trek Madone Gen 8 and Decathlon AG2R's Van Rysel RCR.

*We realise these road bikes are still very expensive but they do cost significantly less than their Tour de France siblings.

Let us know which one of these road bikes you think is best in the comments...

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⚫️ In this video

0:00 Introduction
0:22 Specialized Tarmac SL8 Expert
1:21 Van Rysel RCR Rival AXS
2:12 Giant Propel Advanced 2
2:56 Cannondale Supersix Evo 4
3:37 Trek Madone SL 7 Gen 8
4:54 Pinarello F5 105 Di2
5:27 Outro

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[abhimawa]

All pros can finish the stages & challenges because of their impeccable physique & abilities through great nutrition, training. Wet noodles will never be able to match that with any pros’ equipment

[TheLastFailbender]

I have that mechanical Supersix and love it!

[almin]

Another tip could be if any found around and still leftover is to buy a SL7 S-works "old generation" in clearance instead of the Specialized SL8 😊

[CLONisKING]

I would advise anyone who isn't double lefthanded to learn how to build bikes. It is really not that complicated. With 4000$ you can get a pretty decent full carbon frame set from a Chinese brand(often with custom paintjob available), carbon wheelsets with 30mm+ wide rims, and a 105 di2 or Etap AXS Groupset. And you will still likely have some money to spare to spent on a powermeter etc.
(recommendated chinese brands: ICan, Elves, Hygge)

Pros:
- Price
- You will have the specifications that you need in terms of size like stem length, crank arm length, handlebar width.
- if something is broken on your bike you know how to fix it and you notice issues sooner.

Cons:
- Timeconsuming

Get good tools (but no need to buy premium tools bike "parktool") and don't try to rush things, this could lead to costly mistakes. However the risk of really messing something completely up are very low.

[npdf]

Great info.. looking forward to see how the review of the RCR goes 😊 supersix evo my fave.. Pete 🚴🏻👍

[robertkehl]

All bikes look the same now except the modone Giant has thee best warranty and that helps.

[JamesonChosen]

“The price of 5 human eye balls in fact” Awh that’s great maybe my other ones are worth more !

[TheChindoboi]

Pinarello has to be the nicest looking bike of the bunch

[chrisscott]

Get a Giant Defy Advanced for $4k. YOU are not a professional rider. YOU will be more comfortable (and thus faster) on an Endurance geometry. Slamming your stem and fighting over grams is silly for us mere mortals.
Get the best wheels and tires you can find.

[Eirikkinserdal]

EF use hi-mod frames with lab71 branding 😅

[steweymacaroon]

Why did you use the Madone SL7? cheaper versions avaiable, SL5 & SL6

[bernardo]

Your price on the van rysel's are crazy, in Portugal they are being sold for 8K for the pro version and 3700€ for the rival axs one, so 6.75k£ and 3, 12k£, instead of the 9k£ and 4, 5k£ here announced

[crypto_que]

I just realized one of these bikes cost more than my last three cars combined.

[timdodd]

give me a vintage steel bike. Pinarello '90

[cardiok.oproductionscolomb]

Cannondale Supersix Evo
Giant Propel Advanced

[savagepro]

0:20 " . . . pretty much the exact same bike . . ."? Nope! Only a CLOSE replica.
The pros equipment are NOT the same for the common pedestrian.
Just to stretch my point a bit more for example,
The upper side of the Top Tube of the pro bikes are VERY much lighter than the underside.

[nuttynut]

so costing half a kidney instead, nice

[returnofthenative]

You can also save a shed load of money by not buying any of these heavy, slow, proprietary parts bikes.

No thanks, I'll stick with my collection of 20-25 year old totally dialled in, specific to purpose bikes, which is why I instead bought in all of the spares & consumables required to run them in perpetuity. 5.1 to 6.25 kgs is not something you give up for the latest marketing hype.

[enduroman]

Specialized - the brand brings innovation and pro teams have the most wins on the Specialized bikes

[Simon-Simon-Simon]

buy a cheap CANNONDALE and pay 1000 for paint job 🤣