Hell Ride

"NickZX6R" <[email hidden]> wrote in message

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http://weightweenies.starbike.com/articles.php?ID=21

Where are the shifters? Unusual shape bars too.

If you look closely, you can see the shifters mounted
to the headtube. They look like downtube shifters.
"Campag Record (optimised) 18grams". I assume
optimised means they've taken to them with a drill...

Note also: the one-piece carbon saddle and seatpost.

Remove the decals for a 2.5 gram saving.

What I don't understand, is, if they wanted to make the
lightest bike in the world, why the hell didn't they rip all
the gears off it?!
Lose 1 chainring, lose 6 rear cogs and large freewheel
body, lose derrailers, lose shifters, lose gear cable,
lose extra links in the chain, lose the ability to climb
Ventoux, etc. ;-)

SINGLESPEED!! The REAL lightest bike in the world.
(make it fixed and you can take the girly brakes off it too!)

hippy

g'day All

I thought i'd give you an update on 'Hitchy's 1st Hell ride'. Surfice t
say,I know why its so named now!.....madoneman & I parked at Pt melb
rode the 20 odd Ks to blackrock as a warmup at a leisurely pace arrivin
with about 5mins to spare. The channel 7 chopper hovering overhea
provided much comment, (& followed the whole length of th
ride)......wonder what they were up to...hopefully not another negativ
'cyclists running red lights story'...also hope they aren't lumping u
in with those 'critical mass' morons...anyway......my mate tells me th
numbers are down today, maybe only a 100 or so. Talk about pose bik
city.....hitchy feeling very intimidated & wondering if he should get
new bike before attempting this again (lol).... 7am.....I dunno wh
decides when to go here, but magically everyone just GOES....And go the
do, hitchy's up the front, thats not the plan, gotta make my way back t
about half way, gotta suck wheel, the only way I'll hold on....speed
48kms an hour...how long will they hold this ?...HR 170 after 5 min
...hold that wheel, hold that wheel....bugger, they'r
surging...50..51..52...60 HR 182 (on a 186 max....hitchy's blown...los
the wheel, gotta hold on, cadence 120....anyone got som
Oxygen?......the train is passing, surely they can't hold this pace fo
long....48.6 & hitchys off the back.....a half hearted chase...flashin
tail lights disappearing into the distance......You got me this tim
......but I'll be back! (said with austrian accent!)

cheer

Hitch

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i thought the hell ride went left up Humphries Road??

Mt Eliza Shops means a right hand turn across 6 lane

fun ride but just a tad too many overly agro (read lacking in certai
'down-there' tube-sizing!) riders for me. Every time you get one o
these guys on their own they go very quiet and suck wheel and flai
on a hill..

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"hippy" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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assuming constant power output. For a 65kg rider, Bryne's bike
lops off 2.7 per cent compared to a UCI bike. On the 8.5 mile
climb of the Alpe d'Huez, that's an advantage of over 1,100ft, or
about 48 seconds (at 15mph). No wonder there's a push to reduce
the weight limit."

48 seconds is HUGE at elite level racing in just about anything.

Well yes, but that's the sort of thing Lance did after his cancer treatment.
But he didn't just lose 1%, he lost 15kgs (about 20%) and trained like hell
for the climbs. One or two kgs of the bike is silly if you've got 15 kgs to
lose off your body.

Cheers
Peter

"Peter Signorini" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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48 seconds is HUGE at elite level racing in just about anything.

Well yes, but that's the sort of thing Lance did after his cancer

treatment.

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But he didn't just lose 1%, he lost 15kgs (about 20%) and trained like

hell

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for the climbs. One or two kgs of the bike is silly if you've got 15

kgs to

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lose off your body.

Hmm.. cancer or lighter bike?, cancer or lighter bike? hmm...

Sorry, just taking the piece. Obviously, I would get a
much bigger performance boost if I dropped body
fat compared to shaving a few grams/kilos off my
bike. Not only would the whole "unit" be lighter,
but I'd have less 'human' to take care of, ie. less
useless tissue to have blood pumped to. Also,
making bikes lighter often makes them less efficient
for power transfer (flex) and more prone to failure.
Ahh, but how easy is it to spend big on a bike
compared to losing weight! ;-)

hippy

stop suggesting such irrational practices as not spending money on
bicycles, Hippy!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Hey, I have lost 10kgs over the last 12months (that's a whole bike!!!)
and spent $1600 on the bike, and yes, Im faster but I still salivate
like a dog near a lampost everytime I pass a bikeshop

Oh why-o-why did i get into this advertising/design folly and not
starttup a bikeshop

(probably cos every shop owner/worker I have met never gets to ride,
me thinks!)

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"flyingdutch" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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stop suggesting such irrational practices as not spending money on
bicycles, Hippy!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

;-) To make you feel better, I just ordered a new rear wheel
for my road bike and new bearings for my existing wheel.

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Hey, I have lost 10kgs over the last 12months (that's a whole bike!!!)
and spent $1600 on the bike, and yes, Im faster but I still salivate
like a dog near a lampost everytime I pass a bikeshop

Join the club! I purged two bikes and now my list
of 'must have' bikes has grown by four! Damn
those people that post links to On-One's and the
like! Damn cyclingnews and their links to the pro
peloton bikes.. Now couldn't you just take one
from each team and ride a new machine every
day!!!! :-D

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Oh why-o-why did i get into this advertising/design folly and not
starttup a bikeshop

I thought about that too.. for me, it's simple... I just
don't like working on bikes! :-)

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(probably cos every shop owner/worker I have met never gets to ride,
me thinks!)

My LBSG seems to have a fair chunk of time
to fill with fun stuff... riding especially. Can I
smell a career change? ;-)

hippy

funny you should mention that. got an interview at BV shortly..

still the bikeshop concept would be better. 2 shop-fronts. One a bik
shop. very deep with every imageinable form of 2 wheeled cycle and th
other a coffee shop full of big comfy couchs and bikemag

and perhaps a third with that 'wassupdawg' with his paintjob busines
next door..

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