5 ULTRALIGHT Hill Climb Bikes | 2023 National Hill Climb Champs

[@bikeradar]

What's your favourite bike? 👇

[@breathestrongcycling3672]

All of them? ..😆

[@woodyalwayshardboner3403]

Mine

[@EstelonAgarwaen]

Love the drillium. But that dogma is nice!

[@MichaelWilliams-iv6dj]

The Pinarello is classy and functional. I have to say that many of us outside the UK are jealous of your TT and hill climb scene. What a great and goofy culture.

[@bikeradar]

Thanks for watching! We absolutely love covering the hill climb scene and already can't wait to see what happens next year 🚲

[@einundsiebenziger5488]

The Pinarello looks like it has been left inside a car on a hot day for too long.

[@gerhardw.933]

I am not jeaulous about any British 'culture' after Brexit?!

[@davidpalk5010]

...and all due to the NCU, governing body of British road and track racing in the early days, outlawing massed-start racing on public roads from the earliest days of cycling. Massed-start road racing wasn't ratified until 1954, but by then time trialling had become the mainstay of British cycle sport.

[@Avioto]

Man BikeRadar is killing it lately

[@bikeradar]

[@sampah89]

Love the energy of the presenter~

[@bikeradar]

Stop, I'll blush xxx Jack

[@cd0u50c9]

Props to the guy with the sanded Emonda and a full second-hand build! Absolute legend. The other Emonda - eh... I guess whatever mental advantage you try get might be worth it, but I personally wouldn't go near that bike - yes I know the motto is 'safety third' but still, no. There are far bigger gains to be made emptying your bowels, drinking the right amount of an isotonic solution that morning than making your rear mech and saddle potentially unusable...

[@FlourescentPotato]

Yep, sheer idiocy to compromise your components like that.

[@cornishalps9870]

Geeking out is more important and fun, also won't have any excuses after if the bike is in one piece 🤣

[@joneinarmattiasvisser6113]

Yes so true. I think that pinarello is really fast, because it is also aero. I think a light (not too light) but stiff bike is the way to go, with the most aero position posible for the flat part. I would mount bars with deep drops higher. Why? Because for this hillclimp I want the drops to be at my normal most power efficient hoods position. The hoods should be high enough that I can replicate Graeme Obree's old faithfull position, that is super aero. It saved him 50 watts back in the 90's (!), and tested in 2018 against modern track stuff it was still faster (ie, body position is everything, round tubes vs aero tubes!!). I could make it lighter than everyone else and more aero at the same time because body position is the awnser here; together I save massive watts everywhere. This in turn will make my perfect hillclimb bike, no matter the course, even a flat TT is reltively fast and doable. Allthough I would calculate Any time savings from weight and aero savings against each other and see what is fastest, depends on the course also

[@Xhadp]

Where are the required lights on Chris Hall's bike? I don't see them and thought they were required? The blue Emonda, love how the person stated that it isn't a bike build but rather a labor or love. Think it captures the essence of the bike perfectly rather than having people attack it because of his unorthodox modifications. Love seeing the hand holding up the bike in the (not-so) glamor shots. Favorite bike on here probably goes to the Cervelo. Most functional bike out of this group. Took what was already a pretty functional bike and made even more modifications using mass-produced parts available for anyone to use rather than niche one-off components that changes the perception of the bike.

[@einundsiebenziger5488]

Do not tell me the lights are required. Isn't the race held on a course closed to traffic?

[@bertonabike6991]

@@einundsiebenziger5488ctt rules, lights and helmets. Most hill climbs are open roads, hence the rule

[@reforged3588]

what overshoes lady is using on 9:15 ?

[@bikeradar]

I'm pretty sure they're from Spatz: fave.co/3sjksTK

[@brick_videos]

This is the best cycling series on KZbin, love it!

[@bikeradar]

Thanks for your comment! It means so much 🥰🥰🥰

[@Simte]

Loved the video. Definitely one of my favourite things and in my bucket list.

[@Turbobuttes]

Jason Holder is a hilarious guy and he has just the right amount of creativeness and disregard for safety for the task at hand.

[@crailwah]

Loved this vid

[@BTcycle]

Such a fun video covering National Hill Climb.

[@kovar2344]

bikeradar has amazing content about hill climbs, thanks!

[@matthewshaw3747]

My favourite bike is Jack presenting Hill Climb Diaries.

[@pbenjlo]

Rule n°1: never trust a roadie when they talk about weight, always carry a scale with you.

[@cycliststrainingpartner8877]

Cades scales were a little high mate, funny though 👍

[@SurvivalistMedia]

My road bike weighs 227lbs including the rider. I don’t win any hill climbs.

[@gonzalezgaraypablo]

bring back the hill climb diaries!!!

[@testetetet7504]

Love the budget Emonda!

[@mogulmayhem]

I went even further than these weight saving efforts and removed a kidney for the event (10 kilos saved) . Unfortunately I didn't PR, so I'm going to re-install it next week.

[@ElRealista.]

Are your kidneys full of tumours? 10kg is not even an arm.

[@Star14trek]

LOL we do this climb racing Helvellyn Tri middle distance/Half IM so its towards the end nice 40mile bike section (30mile ish) and just before having to run up Helvellyn for a nice 10mile run 😵‍💫

[@volition5559]

how does the fork not wiggle lose on a hill climb without a compression plug? I thought the stem cap clamped down on the headset bearings and kept it all together? Aka, how does one ride a bike sans compression plug?

[@cycliststrainingpartner8877]

Magic

[@DrMonkehify]

the compression plug has 2 jobs: 1) adds in vertical preload before clamping the steerer. 2) prevents crushing of the steerer when clamping, once the stem is clamped on tight the compression plug doesn't do much to hold the system in place. It does provide resistance so you don't crack your steerer though.

[@piotrkol91]

Canyon bikes used to not have a compression plug for many years and they worked fine :)

[@volition5559]

@@piotrkol91 is this a joke

[@cycliststrainingpartner8877]

@@piotrkol91 bigger steerer though. But good to know!

[@hoizkiacha]

I love them all. The bikes and their owners

[@georgec2894]

Jason also looks to have the 99g exos 99 shoes too! What a baller that man is!

[@bikeradar]

Better still, he shaved the Boa dials down to reduce weight further! www.bikeradar.com/features/pro-bike/jason-holder-trek-emonda/

[@rheaaedit]

It's always super interesting watching these videos about those uci illegal climbing bikes. The only question that I ask myself is, why they tend to position their hoods so far up the bar. It's something i've seen a good amount of times now, but only on these Hill climb only bikes. Is there an advantage of positioning the hoods that upright when climbing?

[@cycliststrainingpartner8877]

Carbon shifter clamps-BTP-Schmolke etc. Very sketchy and cant take much weight so offset by shortening shifter leverage

[@dashw900i]

Got to say, excellent presenting!

[@bikeradar]

You're making Jack blush! 🥰

[@RyTrapp0]

@2:22 - That is the ULTIMATE shoe string eater if I've ever seen one lol Love these bikes, love the sketch, love the budget jobs, this is everything that's great about grassroots racing(of any kind really, even if I do tend to prefer engines) But I've gotta be honest... [I feel like we can go more extreme] ...I mean, it's just gotta last a race, right? When are we drilling holes in the frame for maximum lightness? If you get the "hole-to-not-hole" ratio right, you could surely get a season out of a frame, no? 😁

[@SuchtFaktorHoch10]

@14:09 "red bikes are faster" He did it. He figured it out. 😁 Don't buy the overpriced stuff.

[@MacMasore]

15:10 that Pinarello isn’t a looker to begin with but especially not without deep section rims 😅 (imo)

[@MAGAmaniac1000]

Second hand cannondales and emondas are the hill climb 👅

[@breathestrongcycling3672]

48-20! ..Ouch...Anyone know the gearing used on the winning single speed?...

[@bikeradar]

We did a full video on the men's winner's bike! 👉 kzbin.info/www/bejne/gna3lZqdjZmYkNk

[@EryPrihananto]

The view is very stunning, I want to live there :D

[@feralearthworm3044]

This seemed like such a 90s video....in a good way.

[@GeekonaBike]

I kept looking for fixies in the other vids. Now looking at the profile I understand. No fair putting a downhill in the middle of a hillclimb!

[@oreocarlton3343]

Sketch festival!

[@Alimukz]

How can you ride a bike without the expander bung? Is it not essential?

[@chris1275cc]

For all intents and purposes YES a bung is essential (and a safety issue) with a carbon steerer, you need it to both set bearing preload and resist the clamping forces of the stem. It is possible to remove it after the stem is fitted, it's a very bad idea in normal circumstances to do so, but on a bike built just for organised hill climb events where many of the other risks are minimised for some it's a risk worth taking, for me personally it (along with "Drillium" on modern parts) would be a psychological disadvantage as I'd be worried something is going to snap every time I put the power out. You have to understand for a lot of (maybe even most) dedicated hill climbers the "fun" is mostly about building the lightest possible bike within the rules and often within a tight(ish) budget, some don't even care about beating their PB as long as the bike is lighter than last time!

[@joneinarmattiasvisser6113]

UCI should make it an official sport with anything allowed in terms of bikes. Similar to the rules they have in the UK Would be fun to see hill climbing world championships, we would need a shorter steeper sprint distance and a longer bit flatter time trial distance. Gonna be a fun one!

[@veganpotterthevegan]

Definitely not the only SL3 with internal cable routing. I have 2 friends that did it a few years after buying theirs. I'm sure MANY others have done the same

[@joneinarmattiasvisser6113]

Why would you want internal routing... Such a faff as a normal rider. I would only want it in a race. Why not external routing in a grove nd a cover. Now we hve best of bith worlds👍

[@veganpotterthevegan]

@joneinarmattiasvisser6113 guess what? It's no more work racing it than just riding it😅

[@andreamig1]

5:12 No headset expander. Please, do not ever do this! There are serious reasons why bicycles have an expander. One is that the carbon of the fork is not meant to be compressed toward the middle of the section by the stem. When the expander is correctly placed and you tighten the stem, the carbon of the fork immediately meets a resistance and the applied forced only compresses the carbon between the expander and the inner walls of the stem.

[@TikeMyson69]

13:58

[@noelwelch1666]

Love me some sketchy hacks

[@bikeplustech33]

12:36 🤦

[@kixigvak]

Did you guys mention where this is? Also, has Britain switched to metric system? Well here in Alaska we're still loyal to the king!

[@bikeradar]

It's on The Struggle in Ambleside. And metric always wins out on BikeRadar 😇

[@GeekonaBike]

I do believe Dannielle's oval ring in on wrong for road riding, but that way might be an advantage in super steep grades???

[@pazuzote]

WOW zero gravity rim brakes are good? look nice :D

[@nateisright]

Here for the sketch.

[@Mitzkal]

When I see chopped bars, I don't really understand why not use a TT bar and levers like I do. It's stiffier, you can put more power and is much safer.

[@danjee464]

where do your shifters go?

[@Mitzkal]

@@danjee464 I use TT dual control levers, a a friend of mine with mech uses some old 105 duals, smaller, gutted and modified to have the lever more parallel to the bar. Now I'm moving to single speed.

[@markairey1986]

I knew it was Jack and Felix I saw lost outside work today looking for the road back to the car park, did you have a good ride today (Monday)?

[@bikeradar]

Ha! Spotted 🥲 We were being a bit thick about getting back into the car park but got there eventually. You live in an amazing part of the world with great riding! Jack

[@simonvadura8998]

Great presenters to be honest! I had a lot of fun. Stupid race, but looks like fun 🤷🏻‍♂️😄

[@bikeradar]

😇😍

[@Ghostina1]

To the first bike!!! Man you Running heavy XTR Cranks.... Come one get E13 Carbon Cranks ... they loose 130g.... this is huge!

[@MrDmitry4ever]

Red bikes are faster indeed!

[@MikeWrenches]

Is there a rule that states they've got to have two brakes, because that seems like an easy way to save weight for a hill climb, easier than sanding down the paint on a carbon frame...

[@bikeradar]

There is that exact rule. If you ride a fixie you only need one brake, however.

[@roguecode2354]

might as well lose the derailleur too and set it SS with a good climbing ratio

[@rickdoehler502]

why disc?

[@mathisgraening1931]

why is it always raining in these

[@bikeradar]

Welcome to the UK with the Disney lens removed 😂

[@iberiksoderblom]

You need the balls of the 1970's, where we all perforated everythying and tried it all. Yes sometimes it broke and crashed. But so what?

[@paulhiggins9492]

5.58 can you show us please

[@johnnytwospice1971]

"Not very reliable, but lightweight" - the official slogan for Drillium

[@blurglide]

Wow- many have no brakes!

[@5688gamble]

Don't need them going uphill! Savings a saving!

[@Pratalax]

Go Walrus!

[@5688gamble]

Why do you need brakes if it is soley to win a hill climb? Don't really need them to stop if you're climbing!

[@bikeradar]

The rules specify you must have two brakes, or one if you ride a fixie.

[@chadlimestall9201]

5.58 what? kilo's or sheckles

[@ostrokolowiec]

48/20 is very very light gear ratio for a fixed gear

[@whothefoxcares]

If 100 lbs of lead instead of air is put in the tires, the rider will tire too soon, True or false?

[@robertkoleczko3987]

As a DH MTB Hobby rider, I know this exhausting moments, when you finally arrive at the top of the mountain, and you have to take a deep vape off your medical cannabis, to slow down your adrenaline, while stepping out of the gondola / Lift at the summit 😂‼️ My biggest respect for these riders, they are doing really the hardest way, to practice their hobby and passion of biking, uphill!! But for real, to save 200 gramm extra on your bike, we DH Biker have a secret solution.................. 🚽💩💩💩 In the morning, and bam, I safed 240 gramm, Bio mass............. But in that weight Amut range, it's only working out, if you're not vegan🤣😂👍👍‼️‼️

[@astrayagrarian]

KZbin super star? Never heard of him 😂😂😂

[@robertkoleczko3987]

And, like all their mothers said as well, please boys, eat something, and more of it, please 😁‼️‼️

[@skoromoh_]

Good day. It's lovely bikes in hill championship in UK. I like it by customer owner bikes. Amazing stuff . ❤ . 111123

[@KyriaxWitch]

shame not see any flat bar road bike, will strip much more weight than cut drop bars LOL

[@bitchoflivingblah]

I suppose there isn't anywhere to hang your dropbar shifters. Not that I'm against thumb or twist shifters but it seems road shifters are the way to go because of the ease of use and dual functionality.

[@KyriaxWitch]

@@bitchoflivingblah just use an flat bar rapid fire shifter for road like shimano R780 ultegra or tiagra,sora,claris all has this shifters. or change to an electronic mtb RD like sram gx.

[@chrisplatten2293]

With bar ends... or are they not allowed

[@cornishalps9870]

Maybe if they were only 40cm wide

[@cycliststrainingpartner8877]

Convince me and I may use them next year…

[@robertmalmet1190]

All the bikes still look to be overgreared, I see riders are barely able to turn the pedals on steep parts.

[@Horus-Lupercal]

I thought hill climbs would be fun, but all those cowbells ringing would hurt too much. :/

[@lidarman2]

Hill climb bike? Might just toss the brakes too!

[@grahamekellermeier8280]

Great the hills are alive with the sound of cyclists puffing.

[@nctmaks]

Taking off the hoods and bar tape is absolutely pointless it gives none advantage. It's around 0.08% of the Total weight

[@Notmyfruit]

Eeeeehhhhh

[@matiasgamezrojo9446]

Estos ingleses...

[@RolfReibach]

Just skip the brakes for real!

[@peterdobos1606]

One can lose well over 400 grams with a good poop...so dare we ask these gram-shaving wizards what they do the night before and morning of?

[@johnd1466]

That first bike is so ugly

uci illegal

[@zygmuntthecacaokakistocrat6589]

IOW, stupid people drilling lots of holes in things, and then wondering why they snapped. This was old 30 years ago. FFS.

[@veganpotterthevegan]

Not drilling things out is far older than drilling things out🥴

[@cycliststrainingpartner8877]

@@veganpottertheveganyou just won the internet bro, yikes. Incredible come back 😅😂

[@tomnanD3]