The Time Alpe d’Huez 01 is super light, super stiff, and super expensive

Last week I popped over to France for a spin on Time's new Alpe d'Huez 01 climber's bike. Naturally, the brand wanted to show of its new design in the best possible light so it sent me off on the range-topping Ulteam model, a spec with an impressive £12,000 price tag.

• Time Alpe d'Huez 01 first ride review
• Time Alpe d'Huez first look

The Alpe d'Huez is relatively unusual among bikes from Euro brands in that it's actually manufactured in-house, in Europe. You may or may not care where your bike is made, but Time's approach to building frames is certainly intriguing.

A first look at both versions of the new bike is here, and you can read my detailed first ride review here. Watch the video above to see me gesticulate a lot as I lay out my impressions of the bike.

_{Find out how I got on with Time's new lightweight Alpe d'Huez}