Hank met with king of style Adam Blythe to find out how to look über cool on the bike. The ex-pro and GCN+ commentator shares his top 5 tips on what to wear on the bike to look like a pro, as well as answering some questions on the likes of casquette luft and shaved legs.
0:00 Intro
0:41 Adam Blythe
1:28 Adam’s gold bike
3:10 5 most important style tips
5:14 Casquette luft
5:59 Slammed stems
6:29 Legs
7:24 Tour de France
8:11 5 most stylish pros
9:40 Summary
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46 Comments
What are your cycling style tips? 😎
i skipped this video, sorry
y'all can never get a person of color on this show. Even this guy here showing only white cyclists hmmmmm. this channel is garbage
Adam Blythe: you're a breath of fresh air, so effortlessly cool, and all with a touch of classy, very subtle self-effacement! Love it!
That bike is so unique because it's ugly :/
Hanks bike looks mega nice with those deep carbon wheels. Can I ask how deep they are?
Wot?! No mention of Fausto Coppi, Jacques Anquetil, David Millar, Roger De Vlaeminck, Maurizio Fondriest, Malcolm Elliott, Daniel Oss, Rigerberto Uran?
– Don't ride all black bike. It's looks bland, boring, bad after first excitement fades. It can be technically top notch but still looks like those consumer oriented makes as it's easier to do all black paintwork, cheaper too. They are harder to see from distance against tarmac, too. Great to impress your teen friends for one week.
– Don't wear black kit. It suits pantomime not a cyclist. If you are lazy to look after your kit, well, go with black – just add accents in other color, like shoes, helmet, gloves.
The gold bike looks cool but I prefer blue bikes IDK why but I like it
How is this dude stylish?
Puffy hat, much better.
Totally agree, but SOCKS OVER!
I enjoy seeing and hearing about other people's carefully considered style choices! Sometimes it gives me ideas, like cuffing my tights 😎
To all the -ve comments below; he's a National Champion, does terrific commentary, and his tongue is usually well out the other side of his cheek, never mind in it. You're not fit to clean his very white shoes.
Do you remember when Juan Antonia Flecha began doing tv bits after retirement from the pro tour? He was on a custom titanium Pasoni with hand made Japanese wheels in simple classic rapha kit. THAT WAS STYLE. Adam Blythe can leave that Genesis pile of gold leaf dog turd at the bottom of Mam Tor. Horrendous choice of colour and front aero bolt on.
Wearing black and riding a black bike with no lights or reflectors on an overcast day is the hight of stupidity.
Can't take fashion advice from a man who owns a jacket like that
Rude to not interview us, the global authority on cycling style
Oh this couldn’t be a more perfect video for me. It’s literally in my name.
Looking like a priest is a ringer… even more ironic with a gold bike. Certainly out of the ordinary.
Great video:D The bit about James cap, I though it was a bit naff but I thought it was a funny story behind it. But soon after I had to agree lol, That it did indeed look better.
How to look cool while cycling – ride a mountainbike… 😛
Shoot I ride mtn bike so we are already known for being weird. So I have a O'Neal Mayhem jersey with matching gloves and some weird character collage multi colors. Pink peddles on a dark metallic bike. Oh and a melting smiley face and alien rubber keychains on the backpack to top it.
Stay weird.
That is one ugly bike.
So Adam's not a fan of the socks over tights look? I'm with him on that one.
That gold leaf bike is elfin' hideous!
How to look pro: Win bike races.
How to have fun: Get on your bike and just ride.
So is this a guide to become a cycling hipster? Kind of like lumberjack hipsters
yeah talk to THE guy who has absolutely no style OR class. what an unbelievable pos slamming his sponsors and team, unreal he should have no sponsors
That head tube is like my gut when I wear a belt.
Oiling the legs was a barrier from the cold back in the day
Hellooo Hambini fans 👋
😂😂
Says to Hank “imagine if you crashed…….” 🤣
O no it’s not about being different it’s about being different. Genius
"-I'm a profesionnal race car driver…
-Like F1?
-No, just Le Mans…
-Aw…"
So to look good on a bike, wear Darth Vader’s suit, but with a stormtrooper’s helmet and boots…got it!
Looking like a pro when your not is a pure Fred move….. wear what you want but pedal with supless
NH.
Perhaps we should trade our on board computers for mirrors as well😂
Adam is a dude be awsome to see him do some challenges with hank 😂
Love Adam’s sartorial advice, and the gold painted frame looks mint. But sorry, that head tube is just horrific. 😱
I like Adam's commentary on Eurosport!
bike horn is bobus but you do you, make it fun
Words of encouragement for Hank's burgeoning style. Blonde facial hair has an awkward phase while in the shorter stage. As it grows long, it fills in and as it gets longer as well as denser, it looks better. If you're going for the full beard and you find your stache is growing out faster than your cheeks, maybe play with shaping your mustache with your fingers, not cutting, but twirling it so that it grows in a nice defined direction. Wax may not be necessary and may be too much of a bother. Try it you might like it but it's not for everyone. Yours truly, wife of a blonde bearded bike mechanic.
Orla!!!