Upgrades... How far?.....

hopper1
hopper1 Posts: 4,389
edited August 2009 in Road buying advice
What is the most petty/ anal weight saving you have made on you pride 'n' joy?... :roll:
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  • Anonymous
    Anonymous Posts: 79,665
    Cutting my fingernails before a ride.
  • ugo.santalucia
    ugo.santalucia Posts: 28,335
    Van Nicholas Titanium bottle cages... 70 pounds to save 30 grams... look good on my steel frame though...
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  • hopper1
    hopper1 Posts: 4,389
    NapoleonD wrote:
    Cutting my fingernails before a ride.

    This is a cycling thread, NapD... :oops:
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  • Anonymous
    Anonymous Posts: 79,665
    Doh!
  • hopper1
    hopper1 Posts: 4,389
    NapoleonD wrote:
    Cutting my fingernails before a ride.

    Petty - yes... Anal - no...
    But, if you paid for a pro manicure.... Definitely anal!... Respect :wink:
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  • chris281192
    chris281192 Posts: 189
    although it isnt weight saving, i put my speedo magnet in the centre of my wheel on my tt bike as being in the centre of the wheel, the magnet has a lower velocity, and consequently less drag.

    i like being anal
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  • gabriel959
    gabriel959 Posts: 4,227
    try to take a dump - you could lose almost half a kilo that way 8)
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  • Anonymous
    Anonymous Posts: 79,665
    gabriel959 wrote:
    try to take a dump - you could lose almost half a kilo that way 8)

    I always do this just before the big climb on the club chain gang.
  • Anonymous
    Anonymous Posts: 79,665
    Anquetil used to put his bottles in his back pockets before a big climb, to lighten his bike.
  • KillerMetre
    KillerMetre Posts: 199
    Fill my tyres with helium instead of poxy bog standard air
  • ride_whenever
    ride_whenever Posts: 13,279
    tune bottle/bottlecage... for my steel singlespeed.
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  • batch78
    batch78 Posts: 1,320
    The answer your looking for is colonic irrigation isn't it?????
  • hopper1
    hopper1 Posts: 4,389
    batch78 wrote:
    The answer your looking for is colonic irrigation isn't it?????

    Errrrmmmmm......

    NO! :shock:
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