remove the rear brake lever/caliper & cables.

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UCI minimum or not?

Light as we can get it.

single speed, front brake only.

Well, I think i want some gears. Front brake only though.

http://www.tinmtn.org/hillclimb/forum/list.cfm?

I'm thinking one chainring, no front derallieur.

David Millar was thinking the same thing during the TDF prologue he was leading, until he hit a bumpy section and dropped the chain.

Front derailleurs are your friend on a bike with multiple cogs in the rear.

If you really want to save weight, go with a fixie setup. I'm actually serious. If this is a climb the whole way and your speed isn't insanely variable, this could work. Fixie and no rear brake.

Most of the time you have to have two working brakes. You can figure out which gears you will be using and just use spacers instead of the useless gears. Cut off excess seat post.



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[reply]If you really want to save weight, go with a fixie setup. [/reply]

I highly recommend this. I find that climbing with [an appropriately chosen] fixed gear to be a lot easier than with a freewheel/gears. This will allow you to legally ditch the rear brake as well, as you will still have two brakes.

Take a big dump right before the start of the race, too.

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In the U.S. (USCF, ACA, etc.) you always need a front brake. You also need a rear brake unless you're riding a time trial (no mass starts) and have a fixed gear rear.

If you are using a bike you already have, I would cut the post as short as possible, find an old set of road bars and cut off most of the bar below the brakes, find the lightest wheels (borrow, beg or steal) with light tubes and tires, single ring up front (get rid of the cables) and for the cassette I would get some spacers from your LBS, put 3 to 4 gears on and space them out in the middle. you will have a straight chainline and should not have many problems.

If you are going to buy things and want to go lightweight then I would suggest a pazzaz carbon seatpost (150g), a syntace stem (100g), Zero gravity brakes (170g), SLR saddle (135g), Easton bars (196g), Easton SLX forks (sub 300g) are just some things that you could do. Other than the 0G brakes, everything should be fairly inexpensive. My Giant has most of these and weighs in at 15.5lbs and this is an aluminum frame.

A high-colonic will go a long way towards lightening the total package as well. I've heard you can lose as much as 10 lbs...

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you're climbing... remove the seat and seatpost.

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I think it would be more fun to say you kicked everyone's ass with a heavy bike! Drop the obvious stuff and go race!

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I climb seated so that would not feel that great. Plus most races I am sure would make you have a post. Carbon saddle 100g and a carbon post. Best option.

I've been to a lot of hill-climbs and have yet to see a "non standard" bike.

Be prepared to take a ribbing and I'll be praying that you place in the top 5.......

I'd just start drilling shit rather than trying to be fancy.

Junkie, check this bike out for ideas http://cgi.ebay.com/...QQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

That's what I was going to suggest. Go with bullhorns and a bar end shifter instead of STI.

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and,

what was suggested later... bar end shifters and reversed conventional brake levers on the cow horns, rode that for about a year when I was commuting in traffic (Philadelphia) and works well.

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http://weightweenies.starbike.com/listings.php

Do a google search under Mt washington bike race here is New Hampshire, a lot of riders create pretty serious climb only bike, Road bike w/ MTB crank/cass. etc.

Lighten the bike "old school" and just start drilling till the bike looks like swiss cheese.

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Just ride this and you will be fine.

http://www.light-bikes.com/...keListing.asp?id=747

I wonder how a 7.84 pound would feel like to ride, I bet crazy responsive.

Still most people are better droping 5-10 pound body wieght before they start droping $k on a specific climbing bike.

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