Hillclimb Bikes

I figured it out.

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excellent thread. right now it makes me want to get a lighter phone

I love the idea that being good at British hill climbs is going to stand you in good stead for racing uphill in Europe.

Good point. I found some real steep bastards in southern Italy and I've heard the basque region is like that too.

Some mugs just don't understand what are hill climbing bikes:

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functional thread >>>

Were the bottles full too?

Eric Wilson’s hill climb bike from the 1950 / 60s

rear wheel isnt a solid disc wheel as such, its a shallow clincher with about 25g of aircraft covering film stretched over it and the front is lighter than it looks, lighter than any of my modern wheels. fork is carbon steerer and under 300g

52x19 although there are equivalents using a smaller chainring/sprocket combo for similar gear inches and lighter weight.

Incase I got thirsty half way up...

Owns a light as fuck canyon with p2max, doesn't use it for a hill climb

Classic @HoKe

What next? Commuting on an L96?

Russ Downing from Monsal last year

And 2014:

What's the benefit of having boat anchors as wheels?

Russ is a bit oldschool

No it's not. Stem caps are just there to preload the bearings. Once the stem is tightened, job done. People have been removing them for years.

Nevermind, this thread was days old.

Every single bike here is lustworthy. Seriously adding to n+1 fever, and I live in the sodding fens.

My man Hamish's Seta (no, not that one). 5.3kg.

Oooh

^I wonder why he bothered to paint it?

because red is the fastest colour? durrrh

It's that Trek Vapor Coat, meant to only add 40g.

Ah, so different F&F to the black one from earlier?

Oh yeah, must have heard @amey moaning about his frame.