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1980 Tour de France Winning Bike vs Modern Road Bike
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1980 Tour de France Winning Bike vs Modern Road Bike
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Jul 1, 202517:23935.4K views
The 2025 Tour de France will be raced on carbon fibre road bikes that claim to be better than ever...but what's it like to ride a road bike that won the Tour de France in 1980? With his trusty set of Favero Assioma Pro RS2 pedals Jamie set about finding out in this modern bike vs retro bike test.
Road bikes have changed quite a bit over the last 40 years, there's now wide road bike tyres, Di2 and disc brakes but have they got any faster? To find out we pit a Trek Madone against a TI Raleigh - A replica of the bike that won the 1980 Tour de France
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