The Best Road Bike That Marketing (& price) Ruined

It's 2025 and in January's tech of the month we have news of a new product release from Garmin, a piece of tech which is gaining a lot of attention, what might be the most important bike in the world and the bike which marketing ruined, that being the Standert Kreissage RS.

00:00 - Intro
00:23 - Gear Limiting
04:06 - Electronic Pumps
07:27 - New Garmin Heartrate Monitor
10:12 - The most important bike in the world?
13:46 - The Bike Marketing Ruined

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[SEwembly]

I remember the time you can get a Standert frame for 1200€. Now it’s nearly 2000€ (of course with internal cable routing etc.). Even with inflation etc. that is ridiculous in my eyes!

[herculesrockefeller]

Trying to avoid physical activity pumping up a flat when you are out doing physical activity on a bike. Something wrong there...

[MrIanD]

I rinse my Garmin heart rate monitor after every ride and it lasted 10 years.

[zachc]

My garmin heart strap is sweat proof. I’ve been using it for 4.5 years. Also, I don’t want a rechargeable heart rate strap. The current battery system works just fine.

[michaelklein]

The French pronunciation (cressage) of the Standert bike model's name made me smile. 🤣 Kreissäge is a German word meaning circular saw and pronounced more like crice sagre with a harsh emphasis on the first R and omitting the second. Naturally cressage sounds much nicer.

[buster.keaton]

Electronic pumps: For cyclists with zero upper body strength? Don't we ride bikes to get exercise? A mini pump requires no batteries, takes little time or effort to pump-up a tubeless tire, and easily fits in most on-bike storage. The only disadvantage is that a mini pump might not have a gauge.

[CerveloSrider]

Absolutely no way an electric mini pump seats a tubeless tire.

[ESR]

How about three testicle, it's more aero, the idea is that air flows around the outer two and under the saddle producing less drag.

[SystemParanoia]

If you limit gears.. Elite riders will train to pedal 300rpm within weeks

[thejeffinvade]

Make all the finish line on an uphill climb, reduce speed achieved.

[chrisko]

0:33 do you remember this incident? Tim Merlier looked over his shoulder, saw Groenewegen coming and decided not to let him pass him for a minor place and "enforced" him to the ground like a hockey player. Luigi vibes.

[Thomas-fyyc]

I think the easiest and most effective method to increase safety is environmental factors…
Ensure the route don’t have odd bottle necks, do a better job keeping fans from encroaching into the road, mark areas for the riders to warn of hazards..and on the tech side, i make the tire width a minimum of 30c to ensure better grip on slippery surfaces and bumpy roads.

[kidShibuya]

Um... If you are seeing that bike on influencer postings then you are watching influencer postings. That says more about you than the bike.

[comtruise]

Kinesis Aithein is half the price of even the Allez Sprint, with external cables!

[christopherweiland]

I rinse my Polar H10 every time. No problems since I think 8 years. I just changed the belt a few months ago. And I’m sweating massively.

And I think rechargeable won’t come so fast from the top brands. It’s because of the sweat I think. You can’t close rechargeable HR so good as you can with battery. And my HR least about 8-10 months with battery, recharge it after nearly every ride would be a mess to me.

[WredFawks]

Popping in on that first talking point about bike tech and safety: the big things I took away from watching last years road season, route layout and motored traffic segregation followed by rider crash protection. There's a reason in Japanese Keirin racing they have mountain bike shoulder, back, and hip pads under their jerseys and bibs. In regards to route planning and route segregation, there's a reason why tiny local crits get fully blocked off, and while something like a grand tour makes that more difficult given the vast distances having designated set of rolling cordons barring intersections along the race route to keep the roads semi closed as the riders go through might be far more manageable and get less push back than fully barring off whole stretches. On route lay out I'm sure we all remember that big crash during the spring classics where a storm drain culvert was left uncovered and not blocked off, leaving a remarkably dangerous drop off that took several big contenders out for a large part of the early and mid season due to serious injuries.

Basically, keep non even traffic off the event track, bar off and put up catch fences as the most dangerous of spots on route, and take the aero hit to wear better crash protection than a few micron thick skinsuit.

[virgopaul]

My standert. is steel comfortable, fast and stiff.
Handles very well. It’s just a great all around quality bike that will last a lifetime.
Plus it’s beautiful .

[ReinhardSchuster]

My Suunto HRM still works after 10 years and it was the first one which works in Triathlon.
Nowadays I use Coros it goes on your upper arm works much better than on your wrist and is definitely more comfortable then a torso belt.

[lastskywalker]

how do you transport the inflation tool? in your back pocket when it is 30+ degrees and maybe 50+ in the direct sun?

[MartinBrown-mbpz]

My first HR monitor was a sealed Polar. When the battery died, you threw it out! I've been using the same Wahoo Tickr since 2017 and replaced thje strap once,