We asked a world record holder how much power it takes to ride a 134.5kg concrete bike

World Hour record holder Dan Bigham says he'd like to take it for a spin

Picture of a concrete bike
(Image credit: Play to DIY YouTube)

Nowadays when looking to get your hands on a road bike most people consider three things; the bike's weight, its aerodynamics and probably most importantly, are you going to have to remortgage the house to pay for it? 

Although in the case of the Play to DIY crew over on YouTube, none of the above came into the decision making process when they drew up plans to build what they say is the world's first ever rideable concrete bike. So we had to find out what it'd take to ride it at race pace.

Who we got our concrete evidence from
Dan Bigham
Who we got our concrete evidence from
Dan Bigham

Dan Bigham is a multiple-time national champion and current world hour record holder as well as a performance engineer at Ineos Grenadiers. An aerodynamicist by trade he spent time working in Formula 1 at Mercedes before switching his focus to cycling. He first came to prominence when he and the KGF team stormed to victory in the team pursuit at the National Championships in 2017.

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Tom Thewlis
News and Features Writer

After previously working in higher education, Tom joined Cycling Weekly in 2022 and hasn't looked back. He's been covering professional cycling ever since; reporting on the ground from some of the sport's biggest races and events, including the Tour de France, Paris-Roubaix and the World Championships. His earliest memory of a bike race is watching the Tour on holiday in the early 2000's in the south of France - he even made it on to the podium in Pau afterwards. His favourite place that cycling has taken him is Montréal in Canada.