Weight-Weenie Fixed Hillclimb Bike

This is probably getting quite boring to follow now.

You adding some chipboard kitchen cabinets for storage?

Chainring bolts? Stem bolts? Are they changing?

Alu and ti

Turns out the stock barrel nuts were already alu ffs. Still, 9g(!)

Punctured a tub 'training' at the weekend but Pitstop seems to have held it. On the plus side I seem to be faster up hills already, despite being heavier.

Pitstop=weight

Training wheel innit (last years Wolber). Still haven't glued the new tubs.

Jealous of new kit-might have to get some fast tubs to make me feel better about the national being after the first 4 weeks of uni.

What do the regulations say about saddle and seat post. Not much sitting done on a hill climb.

And you can lose the bar tape shorely

I do lots of sitting in hillclimbs - 8 minutes up Burrington Combe is a long time to stand up and it's less efficient.

Bar tape is about 5g, sweaty hands make it worth it.

That is fair enough. Do you still wear gloves?

I'd get the drill and start making holes.

No gloves.

Drillium... maybe closer to the National

Why stop there, you don't need both saddle rails.

you don't need both saddle rails

You don't need any saddle rails

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Wouldn't that be worth twice as much as the rest of the bike though?

At what point will you change the frame? Surely this has to be the biggest weigth saving

At what point will you drill holes in the frame? Surely this has to be the biggest weigth saving

Probably never - I like the Vigorelli, it's the bike I've had the longest and the only way it really gets used these days is in HCs. True there's an easy 500g to be had, but it's all just a bit of fun really unless I find 50w and get below 70kg.

Though it would make <5kg pretty easy.

When it's HC season but aero is still everything

Ever wondered about the weight difference between different stem lengths? I know I have! Well wonder no more:

110:

120:

130:

Weird huh? I should get out more.

130mm weighs as much as 120mm?

Weirdly yes