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A $20,000 Colnago Y1RS came in covered in mud, grime, and road filth.

Felix and Irfan tore it down, rebuilt the headset, rescued cables from the shadow realm, installed a CeramicSpeed bottom bracket, waxed the chain, tuned the Di2 drivetrain, and brought the Italian superbike back to life.

Final weight: 7.91kg.

Now let’s start the argument:
Is the Colnago Y1RS an Italian engineering masterpiece…
or is it over-designed mechanical drama with a beautiful paint job?

And more importantly, would you ever buy a $20,000 bike?

Singapore doesn’t have mountains.
Apparently, nobody told these riders.

From kids and teenagers to some of the fastest men and women on two wheels, the Singapore Open Enduro turned Bukit Timah’s trails into a full-send race against the clock.

Loose dirt. Technical lines. Blind corners. Zero room for hesitation.

Different ages. Different levels.
Same objective: get down faster than everyone else.

This is what mountain biking in Singapore looks like when the tape goes up.

Would you race it next year?

This brand new Canyon Aeroad CF SLX 8 already cost $6,499 and weighed 7.6kg.

Which for most normal people would be more than enough bike.

But cyclists are not normal people.

So Felix upgraded it with a Tripeak ceramic pulley kit, a Tripeak ceramic bottom bracket, and a pair of No.6 52/58 Super Light Aero wheels.

Final weight: 7.42kg.

Now here’s the question:

If you just bought a brand new high-end road bike, would you ride it stock first…
or immediately start upgrading wheels, bearings, and every spinning part you can find?

At what point is it performance…
and at what point is it just obsession?

Let’s hear it.

A $13,000 Canyon Speedmax CFR with Dura-Ace Di2… running on stock aluminium DT Swiss wheels.

We had questions.

This red and matte black Speedmax came in after surviving an Ironman, carrying the usual evidence of triathlon warfare: sweat, dirt, rust, crystallised salt around the cockpit, and what we can only describe as “triathlete seasoning.”

So Irfan de Greaseman gave it the full treatment.

The bike was stripped down completely, cleaned, inspected, sent through the ultrasonic cleaner, repacked with fresh grease, and rebuilt properly. The bottom bracket was so seized with grime that even Irfan had to call in Felix the fish keeper for backup.

But the biggest transformation?

The stock aluminium wheels were removed.

In their place:
Pertual Sharp ADV front wheel — 540g, with bonded one-piece carbon spokes and fl**ge hub construction.

Pertual Aero 9 disc rear wheel — 970g of proper time trial intent.

Final weight: 10.05kg.

Now the Canyon finally looks like the race machine it was always meant to be.

So here’s the debate:

If you had a top-end TT bike like this, would you upgrade the wheels immediately, or are stock aluminium wheels perfectly acceptable until the engine gets faster?

A $10,000 tri bike.
A 3D-printed aero fairing.
A storage box bigger than some people’s apartments.
And a cockpit so complicated it nearly became a group project.

This Vanquish Tri 2.0 HD build had everything:
Di2 wire chaos, hydraulic hose routing, a 3D-printed saddle, and Qing learning very quickly that modern tri bikes are less “bicycle” and more “aerodynamic hostage situation.”

Final weight: 9.08kg.


Are modern tri bikes engineering masterpieces…
or have they become completely ridiculous?

A $5,000 Cervelo P3 came in sounding like a steam train and shifting like it had given up on life.
Seized bolts. Worn drivetrain. Corroded internals. Snapped bottle cage bolt. Basically a full triathlon horror story.
Jeff stripped it down, rebuilt it properly, and brought it back to life at 10.36kg.
Real question for the cycling crowd:
At what point is a bike “worth servicing”...
and at what point is it just neglect? 👀

Services and products used:
Time Trial Full Service - S$350
Fanatic NB8 Portable Sprayer - S$249
Morgan Blue Race Oil - S$17.00
Available at Bikecraft One