l So you and your friends are at a draw. Your bike is as light as you can get it with all titanium and aluminum parts, and you’ve come to a standstill. Well if the function of your bike is no longer an issue, try these weight savers.
1. Lose your valve stem caps. What are they there for, anyway?
2. Peel off all stickers and frame decals. Your sponsors will understand when you start winning races.
3. Inflate your tires with helium. Slow leaks equal high voices and good laughs.
4. Remove your seat and replace it with a whoopee cushion. Confuse the enemy!
5. Cut down your number plate. Less weight means less numbers.
6. Cut off every other tooth on your sprocket, or every four if your really serious about not riding the thing.
7. Grease? Who needs it? Smooth parts are a small price to pay for precious grams.
8. Forget the conventional handlebar. Throw them in the trash and opt for a nice pair of mountain bike flat bars, cut ‘em down nice and slim.
9. No brakes means no drag. Full speed ahead, boys.
10. Drill out your frame and get creative with a hack saw. How strong does a bike have to be to stand up under its own weight?
11. Steal your little sister’s 16-inch wheels, and cut some of the lugs off of the tread of the tire while you’re at it. If she resists, trade her for your Ti-spoked Crupies.
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Mate, so many good ideas in that blog, i've got me hacksaw out as we speak. Theres nothing i prefer to a unusable, ridiculous, lightweight tin foil bike. Cheers for the tips. x
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ReplyDeleteI cut my top tube out of my Mosca yesterday, after riding the ramps for a bit the handlebars seem to be nearer to the seat now...?
Is this a common occurrence with this type of weight saving? I thought it was a great idea seeing as my sister never used to have any problems not having this tube on her bike???
ok,,, now if you had read the statement properly, you would know that once you had taken these steps to lighten your ride up, that you would now not be able to use it in the normal way, ie ride it , its function now would be an ornamental only, so stick it in you living room and gaze at remembering what it was like before diets ruled the world!!!!
ReplyDeleteWell I am currently sculpting a frame from some polystyrene packaging that came with my new DVD player so I'll be riding that soon instead ;-)
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