Superbike - Building The Ultimate Climbing Bike

We're setting out to create the ultimate lightweight climbing bike on a mission to find out if lighter, really is faster. The sport of cycling has always had an obsession with bike weight, so we've set out to build a no-holds-barred superbike to see just how light we can go. We'll also explore the question of bike weight vs body weight in the ultimate test.

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Climbing. It's doubtful that if we asked you to name your favourite part of the ride, the climb would be it. However, a huge area of cycling is obsessed with the pipedream of increasingly lightweight superbikes. We're setting out to create a no hold's barred lightweight climbing bike, using cutting edge components and materials, to see how light we can go. However, it doesn't stop there. We're then running the numbers to see just how much of a performance increase this bike can lend to a regular in the hillclimbing pain cave. Meanwhile, there's the matter of body weight vs bike weight to the resolve. Has the arms race for the lightest bike possible been the wrong focus all along?

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