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We Need To Talk About UCI Gran Fondo’s | NERO Show Ep. 101

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We rode Amy's Gran Fondo this weekend, qualify for the UCI Gran Fondo world championships. But we wanted to deep dive into gran fondos in 2024. They are most popular road cycling events we have, but are we doing them right?


Plenty of gear chat from what we saw as well as an adhoc Tavelo vs Cervelo debate. Finally 5 tips to make your road bike descending even better.


Chapters

00:30 Qualifying For UCI Gran Fondo World Champs

12:51 What's Happening To GF Courses?

21:01 Has The UCI Stuffed Up Gran Fondos?

24:35 What Did Other Riders Think?

33:58 How Much Did It Cost?

37:51 Was It Worth It?

46:21 Gear Chat From The Weekend

55:53 Tavelo vs Cervelo

1:10:01 New S5 Expectations

1:15:33 YouTube Round Up

1:19:18 5 Tips To Better Descending


Footage courtesy of

 @FreshCrits 

 @TheCyclingTattooist 

 @JordanWatkinsRacing 

 @AmysGranFondo2024 


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