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Nah, too much commitment and admin .. I am not naturally competitive and can't be arsed to race.

I'll come heckle at catford and Bec HC though.

The extra potential energy doesn't make a difference seeing as kinetic energy also is proportional to mass.

My numbers are from 15 years after I quitted competition. Think I was slight better back than: now I use a 36*26 to climb Mont Ventoux, back than that was 39*23. ;-)

Maybe my age (44) is a reason why I don't care about weight anymore (except my own weight) or FTP's, NP's,... Sold the powermeter a year ago, now I just ride the bikes I love to ride (steel ones).

Agree on everything minus steel .. I think I am too young for 'nostalgia' .. I just want to ride the lightest, stiffest most aero carbon bikes all the time ;)

But you have a Trek?

go Urgestalt frame then...

^they get blown away by the least sidewind. ;-)

@amey it's nostalgia, that's correct. I now can afford a multitude of the bikes I couldn't when I was racing. ;-)

its sickkkkk isn't it?

HCs are a young person's game.

A lot ! maybe 12cm..

Just finished this:

I'm in love with frame's detail..

Mixed parts, DA headset, Nitto stem, Campagnolo hubs, Strong crank, Izumi chain..

23mm Conti GP4000S..

Quite happy with the result, surprisingly it's a super smooth ride in terms of mechanic, and the closed steering angle gives a bright behavior to the bike..

Story time? Going fixed touring? Bike looks proper!

Bike looks great. What bars a these?

What did happened to the rusty tube ?
looks awesome !

Yeap, have one. What's the length you need?

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absolutely !
but the thing with weight is that one can go big trousers by showing off his light weight bike at the coffee stop. hard to do with geo and stiffness ! ;)

Doesn't really matter if they're not much faster. Light bikes are fun.

Though tbf most big weight savings are down to wheelsets and that's where the feel/performance is too.

Need to install fenders and buy some wider slick tyres and I'm done. Specs

26" dailys are so hot right neow.

also some sweepy bars would be pretty nice imo :)

you want to sell/swap the crank arms?

What did happened to the rusty tube ?

It's not the original tube

Story time? Going fixed touring? Bike looks proper!

it's a photo from around a week ago. Fixie weekend in south Wales

It's like you resent the photographer - I assume it's you?
Looks like a nice ride.