Simon Richardson is a former pro rider in Britain - and won Rás Tailteann back in 2009 - but in recent years has been earning his living as a cycling broadcaster with Eurosport-GCN.
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The 39-year-old British rider knows a thing or two about bikes and is ideally placed to assess how bike technology has changed and improve down the years. Even over the last 10 to 15 years, equipment and clothing have both transformed as teams - and bike companies - are always looking out more marginal gains.
In this video for GCN, Richardson - formerly of the Rapha-Condor and Sigma Sport teams - dusts down the Specialized S-Works Tarmac SL3 with 11-speed Campagnolo Chorus that he rode when he first started working for GCN back in 2013.
He compares that bike, a relic compared with the new models on the scene, with a new Canyon Aeroad CFR.
