{"id":5550,"date":"2015-01-18T10:15:52","date_gmt":"2015-01-18T10:15:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/crankpunk.com\/?p=5550"},"modified":"2023-11-22T00:58:19","modified_gmt":"2023-11-22T00:58:19","slug":"crankpunks-first-proper-bike-features-on-gcn","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/crankpunk.com\/ja\/2015\/01\/18\/crankpunks-first-proper-bike-features-on-gcn\/","title":{"rendered":"crankpunk&#8217;s first proper bike features on GCN"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Well it&#8217;s not actually <em>my <\/em>bike, it&#8217;s Stephen Roche&#8217;s, but it is exactly the same, down to the groupset and even the saddle, that I had when I was 17 &#8211; my first proper, proper bike. Every penny of pocket money I had went into this machine. That I sold it for 400 quid to my mate&#8217;s little brother a few years after i quit cycling at 18 breaks my heart even now, but there you have it.<\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;ll never forgive myself.<\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"5551\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/crankpunk.com\/ja\/2015\/01\/18\/crankpunks-first-proper-bike-features-on-gcn\/screen-shot-2015-01-18-at-18-14-15\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/crankpunk.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/screen-shot-2015-01-18-at-18-14-15.png?fit=782%2C518&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"782,518\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Screen Shot 2015-01-18 at 18.14.15\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/crankpunk.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/screen-shot-2015-01-18-at-18-14-15.png?fit=782%2C518&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-5551\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/crankpunk.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/screen-shot-2015-01-18-at-18-14-15.png?resize=782%2C518&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Screen Shot 2015-01-18 at 18.14.15\" width=\"782\" height=\"518\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Ain&#8217;t she a beauty? And after you&#8217;ve watched the video you can read my article on <a href=\"http:\/\/crankpunk.com\/ja\/2012\/11\/19\/old-bikes-vs-new-are-we-under-appreciative-of-the-modern-machine\/\">Old Bikes vs. New<\/a>, and on why <a href=\"http:\/\/crankpunk.com\/ja\/2013\/06\/17\/cp-on-the-roar-me-stephen-roche-and-pat-mcquaid-and-a-whole-lot-of-stink\/\">Stephen let me down. <\/a><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/ZZbVsrYPOGE?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=ja&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div id=\"__if72ru4sdfsdfrkjahiuyi_once\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div>\n<div id=\"__hggasdgjhsagd_once\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Well it&#8217;s not actually my bike, it&#8217;s Stephen Roche&#8217;s, but it is exactly the same, down to the groupset and even the saddle, that I had when I was 17 &#8211; my first proper, proper bike. Every penny of pocket money I had went into this machine. That I sold it for 400 quid to my mate&#8217;s little brother a few years after i quit cycling at 18 breaks my heart even now, but there you have it. I&#8217;ll never forgive myself. Ain&#8217;t she a beauty? And after you&#8217;ve watched the video you can read my article on Old Bikes vs. New, and on why Stephen let me down. &nbsp; [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":40955418,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_coblocks_attr":"","_coblocks_dimensions":"","_coblocks_responsive_height":"","_coblocks_accordion_ie_support":"","wpupg_custom_link":[],"wpupg_custom_link_behaviour":[],"wpupg_custom_link_nofollow":[],"wpupg_custom_image":[],"wpupg_custom_image_id":[],"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"{title}\n\n{excerpt}\n\n{url}","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"_wpas_customize_per_network":false,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[159546164,909,1149],"tags":[10485157,767233539,77459,130565931,11140,32889,1565024],"class_list":["post-5550","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-punkopinion","category-random-stuff","category-videos","tag-battaglin","tag-bikes","tag-gcn","tag-global-cycling-network","tag-old","tag-steel","tag-stephen-roche"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p2OfoS-1rw","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":10992,"url":"https:\/\/crankpunk.com\/ja\/2021\/08\/14\/battaglin-bicycles-custom-limited-edition-frames\/","url_meta":{"origin":5550,"position":0},"title":"Battaglin Bicycles: Custom Limited Edition Frames","author":"Lee Rodgers","date":"8\u6708 14, 2021","format":false,"excerpt":"Stephen Roche's 1987 Tour de France Battaglin gave me goosebumps - so I bought one. 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A day I will never forget. It was the 21st stage of the Tour de France, and I sat on our living room in suburban England watching an event unfold on the television that forever changed my life. Changed my life. What words those are, and how\u2026","rel":"","context":"3\u4ef6\u306e\u30b3\u30e1\u30f3\u30c8\u4ed8\u304d","block_context":{"text":"3\u4ef6\u306e\u30b3\u30e1\u30f3\u30c8\u4ed8\u304d","link":"https:\/\/crankpunk.com\/ja\/2013\/06\/17\/cp-on-the-roar-me-stephen-roche-and-pat-mcquaid-and-a-whole-lot-of-stink\/#comments"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":25107,"url":"https:\/\/crankpunk.com\/ja\/2026\/04\/30\/new-campagnolo-record-groupset-looks-the-biz-and-the-price-is-right\/","url_meta":{"origin":5550,"position":5},"title":"New Campagnolo RECORD Groupset Looks The Biz and The Price is Right","author":"Lee Rodgers","date":"4\u6708 30, 2026","format":false,"excerpt":"The new Campy Record might just be the way back in for the Italian Old Master.","rel":"","context":"Bicycles","block_context":{"text":"Bicycles","link":"https:\/\/crankpunk.com\/ja\/category\/bicycles-2\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/crankpunk.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Screenshot-2026-04-30-at-8.29.41-AM-1.png?fit=724%2C690&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/crankpunk.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Screenshot-2026-04-30-at-8.29.41-AM-1.png?fit=724%2C690&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/crankpunk.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Screenshot-2026-04-30-at-8.29.41-AM-1.png?fit=724%2C690&ssl=1&resize=525%2C300 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/crankpunk.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Screenshot-2026-04-30-at-8.29.41-AM-1.png?fit=724%2C690&ssl=1&resize=700%2C400 2x"},"classes":[]}],"rttpg_featured_image_url":null,"rttpg_author":{"display_name":"Lee Rodgers","author_link":"https:\/\/crankpunk.com\/ja\/author\/crankpunk\/"},"rttpg_comment":0,"rttpg_category":"<a href=\"https:\/\/crankpunk.com\/ja\/category\/punkopinion\/\" rel=\"category tag\">punkopinion<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/crankpunk.com\/ja\/category\/random-stuff\/\" rel=\"category tag\">random stuff<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/crankpunk.com\/ja\/category\/videos\/\" rel=\"category tag\">videos<\/a>","rttpg_excerpt":"Well it&#8217;s not actually my bike, it&#8217;s Stephen Roche&#8217;s, but it is exactly the same, down to the groupset and even the saddle, that I had when I was 17 &#8211; my first proper, proper bike. 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