- This is the pro bike of two-time
UFC champion, Conor McGregor.
Yeah I know, he's not a pro cyclist,
but he's a pro athlete and trust me,
this bike is so bling, it truly deserves
its place here on GCN Tech.
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Now the frame itself comes from Irish brand, FiftyOne.
Now they're from Dublin, and that's where
McGregor comes from himself.
Now the frame is built of ENVE Composites carbon tubes.
And once we get up close, you're gonna see
some amazing details on that.
The frame size is from the centre of the bottom bracket
to the top of the seat tube, and that's 51 centimetres.
Now the saddle, that comes from Fizik
and it's the Antares model and look at that.
That is bling, that is gold,
that is McGregor all over, I think.
The seat post, that is Zipp,
and then moving forward we've got a Zipp bar and stem combo,
an aero-dynamic handlebar there.
And wait until you see that paintwork up close.
That's simply breathtaking.
Controls are from Sram Red and it's the eTap,
the wireless shifting,
and fi'zi:k bar tape finishes it off nicely there, too.
The derailleurs, they are SRAM Red eTap
to match up with those levers.
Now the cassette ratio is 11/26.
McGregor must be pretty handy on a bike, I reckon.
And the chain set, Sram Red too,
55/39 chain rings and the crank length, 172.5.
Now let's look at these pedals.
I know what some of you at home may well be thinking,
but these are actually on there for a very good reason,
these Crankbrothers custom pedals.
I'll get on to that a bit later on.
Now the brake callipers, they are Sram Red
and in there are Zipp's carbon specific brake pads,
and that's to match up with the ZIP 454 NSW clincher wheels
featuring that saw-tooth technology.
Now McGregor, he still lives in Ireland as we've said,
and believe me, it's pretty windy out there.
Apparently this saw-tooth technology is actually meant
to help stabilise the bike in crosswinds.
On there as well, we've got the Zipp Tangente tyres.
They're coming in at 25.2 millimetres
on our digital callipers.
Now the FiftyOne McGregor frame was actually born
in Dublin 12, and that's the same place
where McGregor was born.
So a little bit of a link there, as well as the fact
that he actually trained in a gym
about one kilometre away from the manufacturer.
Now these gold decals,
well no, they're not decals.
That's actually 24-carat gold leaf placed
onto the frame forks, handlebars and seat post.
Apparently it takes about a working week
to complete the paintwork on this frame.
A week to paint a frame.
Now that is some fine detail indeed.
Now moving on from that 24-carat gold leaf,
yep we're going to leave that just for a moment.
What have we got here?
This is ghost-painted Notorious McGregor
on the frame, seat post, fork and stem.
And notorious he is, indeed.
Now moving on to the fine details,
on the seat tube here we've got his son's date of birth.
Also called Conor, of course.
On the inside of the left-hand side chainstay,
we've got "Handmade in Dublin Ireland."
And check out this.
An Irish flag to represent Ireland.
Now up until recently, I wasn't actually aware
that Conor McGregor cycled himself,
until I saw a photo of him on Instagram
riding in the desert.
The reason behind his cycling is actually his coach.
His coach was a former Irish Road Race champion.
Back in 1993.
Julian Dalby.
Look the name up.
So Dalby decided to take it upon himself
to instal a cycling structure behind McGregor.
And that's where we come to.
That's why he rides a bike.
Now why cycling?
It was actually to increase McGregor's aerobic endurance.
And I'm pretty sure that Dalby,
he would have been an instigator behind that.
Now why these Crankbrothers flat pedals,
I hear you ask.
Well, McGregor actually suffered a serious ACL injury.
He actually destroyed 80% of it,
but he came back from it in record time.
He doesn't feel quite ready yet for clipless pedals
and you know what?
I'm not going to tell him to use clipless pedals.
The measurements from the tip of the saddle
to the centre of the bars, that's 54.7 centimetres.
The Zipp stem, that's 12.5 centimetres.
And the bars, they measure in at 44 wide.
Time for the weigh-in.
This isn't the usual type of weigh-in though for McGregor.
It comes in at 7.1 kilos.
And I'll tell you what, Conor,
if you're going to be riding in the mountains,
maybe remove that gold.
Save yourself a bit of weight.
Right, and the moment you've all been waiting for.
The free hub sound test.
(whirring)
There we are.
Conor McGregor's gold-plated bike from FiftyOne.
Now let me know what you think of it
down there in the comments,
especially now you know what those flat pedals
are all about, yeah?
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