ONCE UPON A RIDE

Added: 2026-06-02

[00:00:09]How about time?

[00:00:29]Good times.

[00:00:32]>> How do you know?

[00:00:33]>> Some things never change.

[00:00:37]>> You know that represents a starting point, not a finish line. Just think, only 2 years later, we invented the first colored shorts, even though the UCI only allowed black. Another two years later, we created the first sublimated jerseys, so graphics, colors, and sponsors could finally be printed onto the fabric instead of being sewn on, just like it's still done today.

[00:01:02]>> All right. All right, Grandpa. But it's lunch time now, don't you think so?

[00:01:20]Don't forget these.

[00:01:27]Cheers. Oh, I'm over the hill.

[00:01:32]Wait. Look.

[00:01:37]That's how they used to go.

[00:01:40]Do you know what the problem was? Not the rain, the wind. You were protected, but it slowed you down. It had to stay here, tight, still.

[00:01:53]>> What are you talking about, Grandpa?

[00:01:55]>> The gaba, of course.

[00:01:58]Not exactly over the hill yet.

[00:02:14]Still hungry.

[00:02:16]Mhm.

[00:02:21]>> Some things have to be done the old way to be good. Like these old bikes you used to ride.

[00:02:28]>> Those were true works of art, my boy.

[00:02:31]Indestructible.

[00:02:33]What great times flying with the wind.

[00:02:36]>> Flying with those parachutes you used to wear.

[00:02:39]>> It's easy for you. You had everything handed to you. Without those parachutes, how do you think we would have gotten to today's jerseys? Then in ' 67, Jacon Ketil came up with a time trial skin suit. Who do you think made it? And who do you think outfitted Merks the cannibal when he broke the hour record in 72? And in 2011, when Johan Van Summeran won Parube with the first road racing skin suit. And the following year when rider hijadal won the jiro dital italia in the last stages time trial by just 16 seconds. Who do you think engineered their clothing?

[00:03:18]>> Come on grandpa that's prehistoric. You keep talking but what data do you have?

[00:03:24]Today we test everything in the wind tunnel from fabrics to fibers to textures. We study the turbulence they generate in order to win every sprint like Timier or old man. Not to mention minimizing the resistance. Does Reno and Veniple ring a bell? It's all about numbers. Grandpa, there's no guess work anymore. We want the best and we make it better than back then.

[00:03:52]>> Grandpa, is there something left to eat?

[00:03:55]Still hungry.