10K For A Bike? Worth Every Penny When It Can Do This..

@Janey1966 (24170)
Carlisle, England
October 9, 2012 6:33pm CST
The same bike that Bradley Wiggins won his Tour de France 2012 on. Not sure if it's the VERY same bike but definitely the same brand. Anyway, it was decided it should be put through its paces in a Road Bike Party by Martyn Ashton, doing various stunts around the country. Enjoy..oh, and I saw this as a link from Lord Sugar on Twitter would you believe! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7ZmJtYaUTa0
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sergedan
@sergedan (767)
• Romania
11 Oct 12
You should do some affiliate marketing with this bike, I might just buy it ;) But seriously, first I need to learn how to ride a bike before I attempt any fancy moves.
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Janey1966
@Janey1966 (24170)
• Carlisle, England
11 Oct 12
LOL! Well, I used to ride a bike myself but it was a hybrid that COULD go off-road if I so wished but I never did..frightened of it falling to bits. This is why I was so gobsmacked at the video. That bike can do ANYTHING, it's so versatile. Such a change from seeing it on the road.
anklesmash
@anklesmash (1412)
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10 Oct 12
I would have to agree that the bike is definitely worth its 10,000 pound price tag considering it helped Britain to win it's first Tour de France.I realise that the skill of the rider is probably the main requirement for success in bike racing though the bike is sure to be a significant factor,even if the bike allows you only to go a fraction of a second faster round corners due to being well balanced.A tiny advantage around every corner would add up to a big difference over a long race like the Tour de France.
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Janey1966
@Janey1966 (24170)
• Carlisle, England
11 Oct 12
Plus the fact Bradley Wiggins's ballbearings were lighter than everyone else's. It's true! Dave Brailsford, the Performance Director of British Cycling calls them 'marginal gains' and he said that the wheels that they use are made in France (the ones on the track) and the French objected saying they were tampered with, or something stupid, to which he replied the British team have had the SAME TYRES since Beijing and ANYONE can buy them, even members of the public. It's just they train harder than everyone else.
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Rogelio
@rog0322 (2828)
• Cagayan De Oro, Philippines
10 Oct 12
Hi, I'd rather buy a house and lot with that amount, makes me happier than pedaling around with a bike that I can get ninety per cent cheaper. Waste of money, really.
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Janey1966
@Janey1966 (24170)
• Carlisle, England
10 Oct 12
Not if you win the Tour de France it isn't...and the training they do is immense, believe me. Put it this way, the Sky Pro Cycling Team cost 12 million pounds. Put that into context with all this Premier League Football sh*t and it's a drop in the ocean..and so is the price of the bike. So there lol.
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koopharper
@koopharper (7601)
• Canada
14 Oct 12
Same brand and model bike that Bradley Wiggins used during the Tour de France. He actually used several of them during the tour. Obviously a great racing bike. I watched the video and thought it was cool. It I could do those tricks and afford that kind of racing bike I wouldn't do that to it. The big jumps and hard landings would have been hard on some of the parts. They weren't designed for that. Great promotion though. I'm sure they are getting their money's worth.
Janey1966
@Janey1966 (24170)
• Carlisle, England
15 Oct 12
I was sat open-mouthed watching the video as I'm so used to seeing Bradley Wiggins and the team pounding the roads on it. Put it this way, if I owned one it wouldn't be going in the shed, more like a vault with a combination lock on it lol.
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