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By: Brooks Saddles Review | Cycling UK

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By: Selle Italia Slr

Selle Italia Slr — Fri, 19 Nov 2010 17:42:19 +0000

[...] Selle Italia SLR Saddles | Cycling UK For the hill climbs, I toyed with buying some super expensive Lightweight wheels (950g a pair). But, for the sake of saving 300 grams for £3000 couldn't. [...]

By: GL

GL — Fri, 29 Oct 2010 10:53:21 +0000

You should not look down on those people on expensive bikes with a little excess weight who only enjoy cycling in the summer.

This attitude is the worst side of the cycling community and you see it on every blog. Some blogs hate people in lycra. Some blogs hate people on sit up and begs. Some blogs hate pleasure cyclists. Every ‘type’ of cyclist looks down on the other ‘types’.

We should all stick together, show some community spirit and show solidarity to ALL types of cyclist otherwise we will put peple off taking up hobby/sport that we all love and enjoy and would like more poeple to do.

Tejvan. I love your blog, even though I in no way participate in cycling at a competition level, because you clearly just love cyling and appreciate love to see anyone on any type of bike. I applaud this attitude!

By: pj

pj — Wed, 27 Oct 2010 16:45:28 +0000

it’s a very very fine line isn’t it?

i go for similar marginal gains – the ones i can afford, like the planet-x wheelset over a set of neutron ultras = 300g. but sometimes i know there’s still a couple of kilos around the middle that if push really came to shove, i should lose first.

By: tejvan

tejvan — Wed, 27 Oct 2010 08:44:11 +0000

Earlier in the year, Matt Clinton beat me on Dovers Hill by 0.8 seconds. A very unscientific approach suggests That kind of margin is equivalent to about 350 grams.

Jim Henderson once came second to Ben Greenwood in National champs by 0.5 seconds on the Rake. These races can be won on fine margins!

But, yes, I have little spare weight around the middle!

6 foot 3 and 10 stone – or 135 pounds in American money.

It’s probably cheaper to have your appendix out.

By: pj mcnally

pj mcnally — Wed, 27 Oct 2010 07:46:14 +0000

Saving 100g for £300? Amazing.

(Cue comments of “i can buy a whole bike for that”!).

Seriously though, I’ll assume you’re not carrying any excess weight on yourself, and are riding a frame slightly on the small side already – then it might make sense! I’m not a hill climber, so i don’t speak from experience.

All too often (in good summer weather, not so much now) I pass fairweather cyclists (/posing-roadies) on a hill. They’re often on a £1000 – £5000 bike, very light. Yet they’re carrying 10 to 20 kg around their middle.

With that in the equation, i can afford to have a comfortable bike (rack, top pannier, tools, mudguards) weighting over 10kg, and still come out ahead. Seems like the best option to me!