00:00This is the tumble,
00:02the hardest climb in this year's tour of Britain.
00:06And this is my mum. Today, we're going to have a race,
00:09not only up the tumble, but over the entire 140 kilometre
00:14queen stage of this year's tour of Britain.
00:20I know Jamie's chasing me down, so I've got to keep on it.
00:25Now I know what you might be thinking and don't worry,
00:28she won't be offended. Yes, she is a little bit slower than me on a bike.
00:32And that's why we've sourced her a new bike. This one, a Canyon Endure race.
00:40You see, on Saturday,
00:42we sat on the sofa and watched some of the best riders in the world tackle this
00:47very course. The likes of Geraint Thomas, Oscar Onley,
00:51and Remco Evanapol to name just a few.
00:54And whilst they made this route look pretty all right,
00:57the stats are definitely not to be scoffed at.
01:00138.76 kilometres,
01:042,246 metres of elevation,
01:07and this five kilometre climb,
01:10not once,
01:11but twice.
01:12I suppose you could call us inspired,
01:15and not only will this be my mum's longest ever ride,
01:18it'll also be by far the hilliest.
01:20But to be honest, getting her to undertake such a challenge has taken a fair bit of convincing.
01:27My mum does like riding a bike, but doesn't overly enjoy hills and didn't for one minute think that
01:33she'd be capable of riding a stage like this. To be fair, she still hasn't completed this route,
01:39so we still don't know if she's capable of doing it, but we'll know by the end of the day.
01:44And that's why this Canyon Endurace is no ordinary road bike.
01:48Despite looking like a road bike, smelling like a road bike, and feeling like a road bike,
01:54it's actually an e-road bike.
01:57Oh yes, hidden inside this frame is TQ Systems new HPR40 mid-drive motor,
02:03the German company's first system designed specifically for the needs of road cyclists.
02:09And what this means is that mum will have an extra 200 watts and 40 newton metres of torque
02:15at her disposal, from what TQ Systems call the smallest and most efficient mid-motor system
02:21ever to be found in a bicycle.
02:23So, who will win? Well, make sure you're subscribed to the channel,
02:28place your bets in the comments below, and let's find out.
02:48Well, we're well underway and we've hit the first climb of the day.
02:52Uh, this is, what's it called?
02:54I don't know, it's out of Ask.
02:56It's out of Ask. That's where it is.
02:57Um, so yeah, we're about 30k in.
03:00No sign of her yet, so basically what happened was she got a bit of a head start,
03:06because I put her bike together, got it out of the car, put the wheels on it.
03:10She was gone. She seemed pretty excited to ride that one.
03:15Um, so then I sorted my bike out, had a puncture, fixed it, et cetera.
03:20And then now we're on our way, but I've come up with a cunning plan.
03:25I have found some assistance.
03:27Give us a wave, Will.
03:28I found Will from Cycling News, who we've been working together.
03:34We're going pretty quick down the valley, so I feel like we should be catching.
03:39And normally I'd be catching on the climbs, but I'm not so sure about today.
03:45We'll wait and see.
03:56So now mum has been wanting to ride an e-bike for quite a while now.
04:03And to be honest, it's been my reluctance to get her on one.
04:09Now I rode one a few years ago and to be perfectly honest,
04:14it didn't leave me overly enamoured.
04:17Like this was maybe eight years ago.
04:20Riding it felt like you were getting kicked up the arse by a horse.
04:24And it was only not quite unpleasant.
04:28Also, I think that's quite frankly a bit dangerous
04:30if you're someone who's not as confident at riding a bike.
04:35And so for that reason, and also,
04:39they're just damn ugly.
04:41E-bikes in the past have been, like, you can tell they're e-bikes.
04:47Which I think is one of the really nice things about this one.
04:51It's also got loads of really clever tech in it.
04:54So TQ Systems, if you read the PR, it's basically all about how it assists your riding.
05:03It's not a moped.
05:05You can't just sit there and let it do the work.
05:07But what it does do is assist your pedalling.
05:11And in the UK, that would be up to the speed of about 25 kph.
05:16And I've been wanting to get my mum on an e-bike.
05:20Because I like to go and ride in the Alps, for example.
05:25I go on a lot of group rides, sometimes with my dad and my brother.
05:29And mum rides her bike and kind of has to do it solo.
05:34Which seems a bit of a shame.
05:37Whereas with an e-bike, you can hopefully expand your horizon.
05:41And that's what today is all about.
05:43Because this is going to be one of the hardest rides she's ever done.
05:48We'll see if she makes it to the end.
05:50And we'll see when we catch her.
05:52Because we're now on it and climb.
05:54And we've still not seen her.
05:56So I'm starting to get a little bit worried.
05:59Either she's gone the wrong way and got lost.
06:02Or she's absolutely flying.
06:04Right, better crack on.
06:11Right, now we're on a climb.
06:22Now it doesn't feel like a normal bike.
06:24Because I would be crawling up here.
06:28And I'm having to work.
06:33It's not a moped.
06:34But it feels like I have a tailwind.
06:42And I do still feel in control.
06:44I thought I might feel a bit like I was just a passenger.
06:50But it feels like I'm still dictating what speed I'm at.
06:56I know Jamie's chasing me down.
06:58So, got to keep on it.
07:04I thought we might catch you on that descent.
07:16Although, actually I thought we'd catch you much earlier.
07:19Right, fuel stop.
07:27Well, you made it to Mamba.
07:30Can I stop now?
07:34I think you're going to beat me up the tumble.
07:47When Jamie bought this bike home,
07:51didn't really know it was an e-bike.
07:54It doesn't look like a conventional e-bike.
07:59Down here in between my bottles is where you charge it.
08:07There's a cover there.
08:10And on the end of this bar end is where you change gear.
08:17Engage the electric.
08:21I'm getting dropped again, Will.
08:29You're getting dropped again.
08:31Doesn't load well.
08:32One of the unique things about this TQ Systems
08:36system is that it's integrated into just about everything else on the bike.
08:41It can stream data like range and battery light to an Ant Plus bike computer.
08:45That light on the front is powered by the e-bike battery.
08:48The light is down near the rear dropouts, powered by the e-bike battery.
08:52Even the Di2 on this bike is integrated.
08:55And that means that you can even program the hidden buttons to change power assist mode.
09:01Luckily, no one had told mum this, so as we hit the bottom of the tumble for the final time,
09:06she was still in eco mode.
09:19Down here in a couple seconds.
09:20The other bike is going to be a little bit of a piece of giant water.
09:21Now go to the world.
09:23Down here at the back.
09:24You can see the small circle of tiny and small pieces and the side you will be flat on the back.
09:25You can see the small circle of tiny, which is pretty much espaço.
09:26There is a lot of time left.
09:27I have to find a little bit of a plleme for pro-lose for that.
09:28I'll try to find out some little bit of time.
09:30There is going to be a little bit of the thing about the air.
09:30There is going to be a little bit of a little bit of a little bit of a lot of the air.
09:31You can see the air as well and what is happening.
09:33And the rain is going to be a little bit of a ton of the winter.
09:33In some ways of the TV flower.
09:34I don't know.
10:04I don't know.
10:34I don't know.
10:36I got to watch my mum ride away from me like she never has before.
10:43Hopefully, that's going to be a once-in-a-lifetime experience.
10:46It's all thanks to this bike.
10:48I don't get to ride with my mum very much and today I did.
10:52For that, I'm very grateful.
10:56In recent years, e-bikes have been picking up plenty of strays in the Cycling Weekly comments section.
11:02Comments like this one, and this one, and this one.
11:08To be fair, I just don't think they're justified because an e-bike is not the same thing as a moped.
11:15Ask my mum and I'm pretty sure that she is absolutely knackered.
11:21The truth is, thanks to an e-bike, she has just ridden 95 kilometres further than she ordinarily would have.
11:29She's been on a bike for three times longer than she ordinarily would have, and she's spent loads more time with me.
11:36The truth is that e-bikes are very, very different machines to what they were 10 years ago.
11:42They're not overpowering.
11:44They're not like an absolute kick up the backside.
11:47Yes, they're clearly very powerful because, well, I got absolutely spanked up the mountain.
11:53I genuinely think that on a bike like this, it could bring some amateurs in line with riders like Tade Pogacar.
12:02And that takes some doing because, I don't know if you've heard, he's rather quick.
12:08There is just one thing that I would change about this bike, and that is that I wish it existed 10 to 15 years ago.
12:16Because if that was the case, I think I'd have done a lot more riding with either of my granddads.
12:23And that would have been nice, then they could have ridden away from me up a hill as well.
12:27If you want to find out anything else about this Canyon Endure Race with the TQ System inside,
12:35then we'll pop a link to both the Canyon and the TQ Systems website down below in the description.
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12:44and we'll see you next time.
12:46We'll see you soon.
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