Cheap Bike Vs Super Bike

Overview

In the last few years bike technology has gone to the next level. Carbon engineering and massive leaps forward in aerodynamic understanding in particular have created a new class of bike that was unknown 10 or 20 years ago. This is the new realm of superbikes - prestige models ridden in the Tour de France - that sit at the apex of the bike market and offer a different level of riding performance and enjoyment… Or do they? Dan Lloyd & Si Richardson want to find out just how far removed a Tour de France winning superbike, the Pinarello F12, is from a much more humble Decathlon Triban RC120 - which cost less than the superbike’s electronic derailleur.