 I've done it again. Oops, aye. Oh, look at yourself. You think you're good, don't you? And in this video, I'm gonna be testing the giant propel versus the windspace up this climb, so stick around for that. So welcome back to Friday vlog series where today, I'm at Giant Brisbane in Queensland, Australia, and look, I've recognized that I think I've got a problem because I'm about to buy my fourth new bike. So part two of this video will be what I'm gonna be doing about my bike buying problem, but part number one, I wanted to share with you why I'm buying a giant propel. And before we get into part number one, I wanted to demonstrate to all the naysayers, all the negativity I get that I'm in bed with the mainstream brands and I get given bikes, et cetera. Cam is so in bed with all the mainstream brands, and let's not even get started on the whole windspace thing. For a dude who can't even fix a flat tire, he's gotta be the biggest fraud on the internet. That I'm actually at a retail store and I'm gonna be buying a giant propel at the recommended retail price because they weren't having a bar of my negotiations. So let's get into it. What's the matter if you need it? Huh? Sorry. What's that? Oh, you're not here to do the sign writing? No. Oh no. Stukes, so can you confirm exactly how much I'm paying for the bike today? Yeah, it's 5 2 9 9, which is the recommended retail price for the propel advanced one. Yeah, okay, and I tried to negotiate with you. How come you weren't having a bar of that? A valid video stocks really hard at the moment, so it's hard for us to actually be able to play with the price at the moment. Same speed play pedals as when I weighed the windspace. So I bought this giant propel advanced disc one at full recommended retail price, not because I wanted to, these bikes are just hard to get, I was forced to, and I bought it because of many of you out there, and there are two parts to that equation. Part number one is with people watching my videos, supporting my work, it's meant that I've been able to get channel sponsors on board, and by doing that, I can now reinvest more into cool projects on the channel, like this one right here, and that is a good segue into thanking today's video sponsor, Bing Surfshark. Meet Old Mate, we can't show you Old Mate's face because he's a little different. What an idiot, he's silly out over here, what's this, and I'm like, it's Zeno Get My Credit Card. As you can see, Old Mate's internet behavior is erratic, but what you may not be aware of is that Old Mate's privacy and security is covered using Surfshark's award-winning VPN. However, when Old Mate first heard about a VPN, he was a little skeptical. What the bloody hell's a VPN? Good question, Surfshark's VPN encrypts your internet traffic and disguises your online identity, making it very difficult for third parties to track your activities online and steal your data. 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So it's fair to say the Winspace at a full bill would be around the $5,000 AUD mark, which is essentially what we have here. This giant propel, which comes in at $5,300. And this bike was requested by many channel supporters in the Winspace First Impressions video I made to be the bike I used to fairly compare against the Winspace. So which bike is better? The giant propel or the Winspace T1500? That is a question I will be answering in future content, however, for this video. As you can see, I'm at the bottom. Of a little testing ground I use here in Nusa. This is Gindia Drive, a closed road, which is a one and a half kilometer climb at an average gradient of 3.6%. A gradient where aero bikes should still have some advantages and a road that is nicely protected from any wind. So for this test right here, I have some Asioma power pedals I will be using on both bikes. So we have a consistent power output and I'll be aiming for a 350 watt average. I'm wearing some of my old mans. 1980s borderline pornographic bike shoes for this test too. And I will be doing this climb twice on two bikes at a 350 watt average. So we'll be able to have four test runs to compare. Which bike is faster? Up this little right here. So let's get into it. First test complete on the giant now for the Winspace. Even the bloody light, let's do this properly. Test two is complete. On the, as you can hear the Winspace that rear wheel is very noisy. Let's go check out the data. So before we look at the data, if you're getting value out of this video can you please give it a like, helps the channel out and I would greatly appreciate it. And look before we examine the data, I just wanna say that I know this test is not perfect. And I know that you know that but at least it gives us something to look at. A little bit of benchmarking. So let's get into it. And as you can see firstly at the top of the screen these are times completed recently when the Winspace had a creaky rear wheel and I completed this test with a set of zip wheels as a comparison. Although it should be noted that these times are on a quark power meter and I'm yet to gauge the discrepancies between the quark and my new Asioma pedals. But where I want to draw your attention to is the data here. And as you can see the Winspace is a clear winner with a five second difference between the two closest runs from a power perspective. And despite the fact I'm a Winspace basher according to my growing internet trolling community I'm gonna say massive thumbs up to my T1500 for doing a better job than I thought it would over the giant propel for this segment anyway. What's gonna happen in future content when we compare these bikes on different roads, different scenarios. We'll have to wait and see but what am I gonna do about my bike buying problem? Let's go talk about it. So you always get me when I look shit. You look great. Now you had some interesting things to say about this bike. You reckon it's the best bike that I've ever brought home. Is that right? Even more so than the Venge. Well the Venge was my favorite that the time machine played around with that bit. Yes. Pick it up, pick it up, pick it up. I didn't know it was a giant. I first saw it. What did you think it was? Well it looked a bit, well I was gonna say it looked a bit too good for a giant one. It's just, it's not, it's not right just because of that. It's pretty heavy isn't it? Yeah it's not. I was expecting it to be really light. I thought you were gonna do that. I can pick it up with one finger. It's one of the heaviest bikes you've had in ages. Yes, exactly right. Why? I'm learning there, this category is a bit of a brick category. Right. Yeah, thanks for your input. The things we do. Okay, is it on my face? So can I first say I've been meaning to say this for a while, I made a mine in Melbourne not sponsored or not getting paid anything for this. He makes these black hemp t-shirts which are super comfy. I like wearing black so you can't see the sweat under my armpits for videos but they are an awesome quality t-shirt. So if you're looking for a good quality black hemp t-shirt I'll provide a link below. So what I've decided to do with my bike buying problem is I'm actually gonna ramp it up. What I've recognised in recent times particularly with COVID and the impact COVID has had on the bike or cycling industry is for YouTubers like me trying to get access to demo bikes or any bike for that matter. It's borderline become impossible. Even buying this bike was pretty hard. I had to travel all the way to one of the biggest giant stores in Australia in Brisbane to be able to get access to this. So what I've decided to do moving forward we're relevant when we're working on projects on the channel, when we want to compare one bike versus the other i.e. the windspace versus the mainstream bike within the same category being the giant here. I'm just gonna go buy the bike and then I have full access to it for as long as I want. And what I'm gonna do in this instance and moving forward is I will sell the bike secondhand basically brand new after I've used it for a month or two. Yes, I'm gonna lose a few hundred dollars maybe a few thousand dollars depending on the bike but if that's what I need to do in order to create good content on the channel where we compare good products then that's what I'm going to do. I think after I've done this and we've gotten through the factor and some other cycling or bike related content that I've got in the pipeline I'm gonna try and aim for a trek because I have yet to be able to get my hands on a trek. So I'd be keen to get your thoughts below on what trek that should be and I'll catch you all in the next video.