Bicycle weight on hills?
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You can write as much as you want but it all comes down to this ^^^^^^^The Fuggler wrote:I still want a new lighter bike though.
For what it is worth I used to weigh 98kg, I now weigh 89kg. (9kg loss).
Climbing is a lot easier now :P
My bike weighs around 9-10kg. I dread to think how much it would cost to get a 1kg bike
None of the above should be taken seriously, and certainly not personally.0 -
It matters less for the big guys anyway.
For smaller guys the weight of the bike is a bigger proportion of the overall weight.
So every gram on my bike costs me twice as much as, say, Jzed.0 -
richVSrich wrote:...if im 71kg - am I safe??? :P
The only danger is that you'd get washed away by a sudden downpour.Fixed gear for wet weather / hairy roadie for posing in the sun.
What would Thora Hurd do?0 -
Yes weight does make a difference, but personally I refuse to join the arms race! My Trek Pilot is as light as any of my bicycles are going to get, and I still prefer riding the Pashley on all but the hilliest/longest rides (albeit I do like to take my time and enjoy the view!).0
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Hello, with regards to bike weight i would not beat yourself over it too much.
The quality and set up of a bike will have a greater impact, as well as the gearing you choose to tackle the hill with.
My advice over a couple of kg's would just be to give it a go, after 2 or 3 weeks your body will ajust and you should develop the muscle you need to carry the extra weight and tackle the hill with speed.
Another point for weight concerned people, go for a no. 2 before you ride. Simply way to lose pounds
Goodluck with your new bike!0 -
No, no, no! That's far to sensible for a first post! If you're going to be like that, head over to Commuting General right this minute!Cookie91 wrote:Hello, with regards to bike weight i would not beat yourself over it too much.
The quality and set up of a bike will have a greater impact, as well as the gearing you choose to tackle the hill with.
My advice over a couple of kg's would just be to give it a go, after 2 or 3 weeks your body will ajust and you should develop the muscle you need to carry the extra weight and tackle the hill with speed.
Another point for weight concerned people, go for a no. 2 before you ride. Simply way to lose pounds
Goodluck with your new bike!
And welcome0 -
Me 56k, bike 8.5k, = 64.5k
lunch+snacks+drinks etc=5.5k
70 kilos!my isetta is a 300cc bike0 -
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You carry a 12lb lunch around with you? Unless you sleep on a spin cycle you ain't gonna be that weight for long chum :-DFCN 5 belt driven fixie for city bits
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Smoke me a kipper, I'll be back for breakfast.0 -
Yeah, I was slightly sceptical of the five and a half kilo lunch + snacks + drinks. I've got a healthy appetite, and I reckon I'd be doing well to get to 2kg for the whole day's intake.1985 Mercian King of Mercia - work in progress (Hah! Who am I kidding?)
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Rick Chasey wrote:rjsterry wrote:Yeah, I was slightly sceptical of the five and a half kilo lunch + snacks + drinks. I've got a healthy appetite, and I reckon I'd be doing well to get to 2kg for the whole day's intake.
I assume he means food, water, spare inner tube, tyre levers, rain jacket, etc etc.
Still, that's some heavy kit!- 2023 Vielo V+1
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Il Principe wrote:Rick Chasey wrote:rjsterry wrote:Yeah, I was slightly sceptical of the five and a half kilo lunch + snacks + drinks. I've got a healthy appetite, and I reckon I'd be doing well to get to 2kg for the whole day's intake.
I assume he means food, water, spare inner tube, tyre levers, rain jacket, etc etc.
Still, that's some heavy kit!
You say that. Cancellara was weighed fully laden before E3 last year and he topped the scales out at 92.5kg.
Think, clothing, shoes, helmet, food, water... And we carry all the things like spare inner tubes etc etc. It all adds up.0 -
kelsen wrote:
No, no, no! That's far to sensible for a first post! If you're going to be like that, head over to Commuting General right this minute!Cookie91 wrote:Hello, with regards to bike weight i would not beat yourself over it too much.
The quality and set up of a bike will have a greater impact, as well as the gearing you choose to tackle the hill with.
My advice over a couple of kg's would just be to give it a go, after 2 or 3 weeks your body will ajust and you should develop the muscle you need to carry the extra weight and tackle the hill with speed.
Another point for weight concerned people, go for a no. 2 before you ride. Simply way to lose pounds
Goodluck with your new bike!
And welcome
I do apologise , I mean errr.... Go for a dump man up, and destroy that hill! Or buy an electric like a granny!0 -
Rick Chasey wrote:team47b wrote:Me 56k, bike 8.5k, = 64.5k
lunch+snacks+drinks etc=5.5k
70 kilos!
See - this chap is sensible.
Sensible? SENSIBLE?
He's a fecking Ooooopha Loooompha
56 kg . . . .Fixed gear for wet weather / hairy roadie for posing in the sun.
What would Thora Hurd do?0 -
"fecking Ooooopha Loooompha" is ok but...
I resent being called SENSIBLE!
OK, I lied about the 5.5 kilo lunch! A man can dream...
...67 kilos then
What's a rain jacket? my isetta is a 300cc bike0 -
team47b wrote:"fecking Ooooopha Loooompha" is ok but...
I resent being called SENSIBLE!
OK, I lied about the 5.5 kilo lunch! A man can dream...
...67 kilos then
What's a rain jacket?
I haven't been your weight since I was 11 years old. Just an observation...- - - - - - - - - -
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DesWeller wrote:team47b wrote:"fecking Ooooopha Loooompha" is ok but...
I resent being called SENSIBLE!
OK, I lied about the 5.5 kilo lunch! A man can dream...
...67 kilos then
What's a rain jacket?
I haven't been your weight since I was 11 years old. Just an observation...
It's tough. I have a really strict diet, struggling to get up to my ideal weight of 58 kilos, it's not my fault, i'm small boned, fast metabolism, it's genetic, I just keep exercising, I can resist crap/fast food, don't eat pies, my downfall is I don't eat potatoes, don't drink beer/wine, but I will keep at it as I am determined, thanks for all your sympathies and words of encouragement guys, I will get there.
Actually, I have no choice but to have a perfect diet in order to balance carbs with injected insulin.
I miss cake
my isetta is a 300cc bike0 -
I live in a hilly area and ride a Raleigh Royal 1990ish model with V brakes fitted 2 bidon holders a hub dyno and a rack with panniers.
The weight is not an issue what is important is the frame design.
As a reference a bidon holding 800ml weighs 800 grams Roughly 28 ounces, 1 pannier with lock and wet gear and toolkit about 3 lbs. and I have no trouble with hills.
Also an advantage of a touring bike is you don't catch your heels on the panniers Due to it having a longer set back at the rear which gives a longer wheelbase and a more comfortable ride to a racing bike
I would definitely go with a touring bike as a commuter.0 -
treborfifty8 wrote:Also an advantage of a touring bike is you don't catch your heels on the panniers Due to it having a longer set back at the rear which gives a longer wheelbase and a more comfortable ride to a racing bike
I would definitely go with a touring bike as a commuter.
Small feet help too.0 -
I had a lesson in weight recently - carried my son's (8kg) PS3 on my back to work. Really made me realise what sort of difference that weight makes - especially as I could possibly shed something close to that if I put my mind to it.ROAD < Scott Foil HMX Di2, Volagi Liscio Di2, Jamis Renegade Elite Di2, Cube Reaction Race > ROUGH0
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meanredspider wrote:I had a lesson in weight recently - carried my son's (8kg) PS3 on my back to work. Really made me realise what sort of difference that weight makes - especially as I could possibly shed something close to that if I put my mind to it.
8kg - This is how much my work backpack weighs almost.. when im cycling without it , it feels amazing
i consider it training when i do have it on though...hehe 0 -
Before marriage breakdown, I weighed a steady 74 to 75 kg and couldn't get below three minutes on the College Road challenge no matter how hard I tried/which bike I used.
Post split, my weight plummeted to around 65kg, which saw my times fall equally dramatically as well. Broke the three minute barrier on the posh bike and the commuter.
Losing the equivalent of a fairly light commuter road bike made a huge difference. Way more than, for example, upgrading your groupset to save about 500 grammes.0 -
Power to weight, and drag. Rather annoyingly a chap from KW informed me that for the wattage I did at Hillingdon on the weekend, he would have been going 3 mph faster, now that was on the flat, but for shallow hills you can bet the same theory applies.
Not sure I agree with the Robert Millar stuff, I get beat up the short steep hills by Ed just as much as I would on the long steep ones, yet I'd imagine I create more power.Blog on my first and now second season of proper riding/racing - www.firstseasonracing.com0 -
team47b wrote:
Actually, I have no choice but to have a perfect diet in order to balance carbs with injected insulin.
I miss cake
Just inject more insulin 0 -
BigMat wrote:team47b wrote:
Actually, I have no choice but to have a perfect diet in order to balance carbs with injected insulin.
I miss cake
Just inject more insulin
Gonna make some hot cross buns later, with brown flour and leave out the sugar, and eat them whilst on the exercise bike, have calculated the cadence to bun ratio! my isetta is a 300cc bike0 -
ah ha but what about all the chunky monkeys (my self included) having more power in their legs to lump all their timber up hills?
there was a fat kid in my school who was uber stongKeeping it classy since '830
