Cannondale SuperSubFive (kg) Hill Climb Machine

@stroller - Langster would be fixed but new frame would be geared (possibly Cube Litening from bike-discount.de).

I have never ridden Swain's itself (only parallel climbs) so unsure of gearing. Am in the peak district this weekend but will do a recce one evening next week. Currently planning 38x19 but that sounds quite hardcore considering I'd be in 34x28 for parts if spinning.

Swains is pretty good for fixed. No idea on gearing but it sounds like you know what you’re doing. I’ve always been tempted to build a super lightweight fixed HC bike but I’d be terrified of picking the wrong gearing.

This week’s challenge is sub-30 minutes up Sa Calobra

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@dbr - nope I am nearly clueless, just good at sounding like I know what I'm doing :)

Enjoy Mallorca.

I’ve gone down the Audax route but I might give a couple a bash for a laugh, is there a calendar of events anywhere?

On the CTT website, filter by length > Hill Climb

For local club events in Mott St:
ELV - 14th of October
LVCC - 28th

Eagle RC do one on Lippets Hill too but there’s never any info on it.

If it’s your first hill climb I wouldn’t worry about the bike too much. Lots of folk do it on a normal bike and you won’t be the heaviest. Do a few this year to see if you enjoy being shouted at by strangers just before you’re sick on yourself (you will do!) and then break into the piggy bank next year to go weight weenie

I don’t think you’d find a much lighter fixed HC bike,aren’t most fixed frames heavier to counteract the weight savings gained by removing gears?

Pretty much, yes. The only way your likely to get a fixed bike significantly lighter is to use a fancy road frame and some other means of tensioning the chain like an EBB or Eccentric hubbed back wheel.

My fixed Hill climb bike is about as possible now and is pretty much exactly 5kg.

@JamesQGM - I know your advice is good but it's hard not to get caught up in weight-weenie-ism :)

The only real issue is whether to rejig drive chain for a lower gear (130bcd is somewhat limiting). The alternative is just to use my geared Arkose (10kg beefy disc).

being shouted at by strangers just before you’re sick on yourself

I am looking forward to it already :)

Anyway I am at risk of going off topic. Time for a separate UHC2018 thread I think.

I raced with a 40t up front and 11-28 cassette all of last season and it was perfect. Spun out on some very fast courses (4.5km @ 3%) but apart from that it was great. I’m enjoying 53/39 x 11-28 on the weekend bike too.

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Self organised altitude camp ahead of hill climb season?

Awwww yeah!

Tbh 39x28 is no good for pootling up mountains to save the legs for later efforts. 75rpm can do one.

Anyone got a car they can lend me...?

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Well, it’s official. The 2018 edition of the SubFive is actually sub-five.

4895 grams to be exact.

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Took the plunge with tubs this year - both carbon, PX front and FFWD rear. Vittoria Cronos that I'm terrified of puncturing. Other changes include sixty quids worth of ultra-light-weight cable sets, of which I've used about 40cm, and a direct mount chainring on the old S-Works cranks.

Provisionally 8th at the Reading CC two stage yesterday, knocking 7 seconds off one of my times from last year but in much worse weather. Training and bike are looking good for this season. Kingston Wheelers on Leith Hill on Saturday. If do a perfect ride I reckon I could retain the title. Full weekends of racing from now until November. If anyone takes any snaps I'll stick em up here.

Full length brake pads?! pfft

I thought your scales were called WellHung...
Which is a great name for a set of scales!

I'll buy a few lengths of cable off you ... Have a few Cronos in the loft too. ..

Bike looks excellent

Me too! Shame.

How much you after? Good to know about the chronos, 🤞 I don’t need em but you might get a desperate email one Saturday afternoon.

Do you want an 100mm -17 uno stem?
Maybe a little lighter than the Ritchey?

Thanks, but no. It’s a 90mm on there now. If you have a 52cm frame to go with it, I’m in.

If he doesn't I will! Slide in DM's if so!
-edit- will pm