Simon Warren's Crazy Lightweight Hill Climb Racing Bike

[@c5tv674]

The size of the ball on top of his hat probably weighs half as much as that bike

[@TecSationce]

🤣🤣🤣 that was a good one, couldn´t hold it 🤣🤣🤣

[@mrichards55]

Simon’s the kind of guy who would download music from the internet onto a cassette so he can use his Sony Walkman.

[@talibe801]

Like me.

[@Chris-derf5]

that disappearing bottle cage is novel ;)

[@d00dEEE]

Now ya see it, now ya don't! I wonder if it weighs the same when visible and invisible?

[@matthewsmith6486]

I wish we had a hill climb scene in the states like they have in England. Trick bikes and great racing would be a lot of fun!

[@oOoACFREEMANoOo]

Love the true bike builds, more videos like this please.

[@Cesar-cm4if]

Agreed! Something else to keep in mind while cycling is to wear the proper helmet, most helmets have an outdated safety standard, the best ones are the ones that pass the nta standard like xnito or bern hudson

[@klarkolofsson]

Beautiful frameset. Time is one of the best for carbon.

[@davekashuba4730]

Not sure about Tufo tires. Save 20 grams, but cost yourself 20 watts of rolling resistance.

[@glennoc8585]

I use tufo tyres in a clincher setup with latex tubes and Ive got best times over gp5000 and michelin power comps.

[@jimbostelle]

Yea we Ty have yup yup and 😊😢😢 Ree we😮😅😮😮😅😅😮😮😮😮😅😮😊

[@edroberts-graver3223]

They're tubulars not tires so not comparable anyway

[@BurgerTime7441]

When you pump tubulars to 140 psi the rolling resistance is quite low (as long as the roads are smooth enough)

[@TL243]

this is a RAAM trick as well. keeps the hands in a comfortable hood position and you can raise the aero bars to prevent Shermer Neck.

[@kevinlally7653]

Another classic with the Warren! A couple of suggestions for further marginal savings. 1. Planet X brakes. You have the forged version, whereas the machined version are 20g lighter. (I have a spare pair....) 2. Saddle. I've got an Aliexpress carbon jobby that was about £20 and weighs 80g. That's another 45g saving. (and it was comfortable enough to get round the FredWhitton without any discomfort). 3. Seatpost. You could get a Hylix off Aliexpress for about £18 - they are about 120g if you cut them down to length

[@100climbs7]

I wanted the Planet X brakes, couldn't find any. You are right there are still plenty of savings, maybe I'll make some more effort for next season. Cheers.

[@kevinlally7653]

@@100climbs7 As you note in the video, it's good to tinker and add (subtract) something new each season. It's all part of the fun! From your current setup, the seatpost, saddle and stem are possibly the cheapest things you could look to tweak (Aliexpress - roughly £20 for each). After that, perhaps it would be time to look at a superlight dedicated HC frameset, and / or picking up second hand 10s/11s Sram Red shifters and mech. Best of luck in the last events of the season.

[@RavelloBikes]

I am just glad that I was never stupid enough to cut my drops off. I don't know about anyone else, but it just makes me cringe at the thought of reaching for the drops and they aren't there. I noticed that women tend to be more careful/ I have not seen any women with bars cut off.

[@glennoc8585]

I have a set of the faked time 12s and they've lasted ages. I don't currently use them on my main bike as I got sick of the cleats not lasting very long. I didn't hear any comment in saddle choice and weight.

[@VladislavKurashov]

Simon's bike and hat are crazy

[@mokujinsan9946]

I'm 175 cm tall, 63 kg out the shower and 54 years old. I could easy go to 60 kg by cutting out chocolate and cake after a ride but for faks sake an old man has gotta have a few vices. 🤣

[@williamfooks]

Simon is why I miss cycling in the uk

[@alek-by7rm]

"never go for the drops" 😂😂

[@stephenlamley541]

Finally someone professional who has done what i have. I cannot abide third position on a drop.

[@talibe801]

I drilled mine,i still have it after 30 years.its not carbon,its termoplastic and was the base for others selle italia sadles.👍

[@MrKony98]

I am surprised he didn't take these stickers off of the frame and cable end caps - he could easily save like 5 grams :)

[@ytwos1]

Plus the brake shoe holders. Seem standard Shimano. There are lighter ones. He did keep the brake material properly worn though! Less weight😂

[@J.P.1.]

My Caad10 w/ Campy Chorus 11, carbon itm 42cm bars and Ritchey wcs seatpost and even lower profile Easton EC 90s weighs only 6.3 kilo. That's also with big commuter lights, a regular Prologo saddle, full bartape, a Cdale alu stem, both chainrings and front derailleur, and 25mm vittoria tubs. So, I could drop an alu bike pretty close to his setup if I chop the bars, toss the bar wrap, fd, smaller diameter tubs, etc etc... imagine rolling up to a hill climb with a sub 14lb alu bike

[@alainpfammatter8224]

Wonderful bike

[@sail5820]

the man obliterated the whole bike industry with 10yrs old bike

[@LGBhull]

more hill climb bike checks

[@jiyon167]

I'll flog Simon some serviced 160gram 'Genuine' Titanium Xpresso 15 cheap.

[@posmatracanonimni_com]

My Specialied hardrocks MTB have 8.5 with front suspension, sooo

[@the.communist]

All good except cutting the bars. I barely use the drops but its an aesthetic issue.

[@EPICFSR]

In this case, the weight of the inner end cap would be a problem!

[@jo3ywils0n39]

there's 0% chance that cut bar is any lighter (or more aero) than a narrow flat bar setup with single bar-end or frame mount shifter and small brake levers.

[@Naamenrugnummerbekend]

Why brakes ?

[@chungyeungvideo]

What is the name of this kind of dropbar?

[@nstrug]

It’s just a regular drop handlebar with everything below the levers cut off, as you never ride in the drops on a hill climb.

[@demon1spence]

I have a Time RXRS frame. they are not the lightest to start with.

[@cypriano8763]

2023 tcr sl, small, 6.4kg. thats dang light for a gravel bike eh david!

[@Fatbutnotflat]

why not bullhorn bars?

[@rob-c.]

Where are the levers going!

[@ram5672]

With that gear ratio (39 - 28) I would not be able to climb any hill :))

[@petrkosak2473]

Ahoj .. Existují i modely s obráceným ohybem ☝️,to pro pohodlí cyklistů již dříve narozených. 👍

[@Jacob99174]

Really incredible job on that bike, impressive!

[@bendenisereedy7865]

6 kilos isn't so impressive, I believe there are now a couple of production bikes that are sub 6. Production lightweights such as a Specialissima are 6.4 kilos and I bet you could lose 400 gms off that without sawing off the bar ends.

[@mpereirawolf]

Why the front brake?

[@blinmann7007]

Rule requires 2 stopping devices

[@Quill13]

Bruh... i did the same😂😂 cool

[@patrickhonan3993]

Why a front brake or any brakes at all? Flat bar, no hoods. The drag savings and weight is a no brainer No UCI regulation, looking into frame/position construction

[@rob-c.]

The rules (CTT not UCI) require braking, front and rear

[@escamunicha4276]

You just need them string spokes

[@100climbs7]

In my dreams.

[@thienpham2431]

5.94kg

[@trilionjung8502]

6kg OMG

[@nowisthetime12]

surprised with his obsession with weight, he has a rear brake on it.

[@nstrug]

CTT rules require it. Also front and rear light and helmet since the start of this year (2022).

[@hannahuang6118]

Anyone knows more about this Time frame?

[@defawon128]

终于见到好大哥的time了

[@planetadabikesa]

No i It is not.😥

[@fontpartners1695]

I wonder: Why brakes at all? And the big woolen hat weigh too much! Why not drive naked?😂😂🤣

[@TopCat----00]

Much lighter , Porgy pig 🐷 side of the 5's . Still loving the quality time build. Good luck at nationals Simon. Only John W to beat 😉.

[@bradsanders6954]

Around here, its the 120 lb riders that really go up hills. Big people need not apply.

[@Ditypo]

anyone who owns a Time bike is classy

[@chmpsone]

bullhorn????????

[@gregbianchi2689]

That would be a no on the hat

[@raykennethbaltazarbspsy1b508]

just use a bullhorn backwards hahahaha

[@costelloandsilke7321]

Lighter is possible. The frame is probably the first port of call given everything else that has been done.

[@100climbs7]

Well yes, but that's a £5K upgrade ;-)

[@costelloandsilke7321]

@@100climbs7 if you could find a pre-owned Storck Fascenario 0.7 with Stiletto fork, you could knock a fair few hundred grams off you build for a lot less than that:)

[@ccamire]

How about loosing weight instead of spending money. I would eat protein 2gr/kg and focus to achieve a weight of ~60kg + get a vo2 max of 70, then you would be a decent competitor.

[@nstrug]

You clearly have no idea who he is.

[@dragonnetx]

This bike looks extremely awful to my taste 🥴🤢🤮

[@ozgurinsan]

how do they say it? that's your opinion.

[@Caedo01]

Function over form

[@nostalgiablues3408]

@@Caedo01 no holding drop bar when descending, very functional

[@chrisgarwood2237]

@@nostalgiablues3408 Hill climbs only go up, they serve no function on the up, race is over on the down

[@quarkonium3795]

@@nostalgiablues3408 Do you know what a "hillclimb" is? You seem a little confused. You go up the hill, not down it

[@Andrmax89]

Why do you give importance to this kind of people? Who cares?

[@snailpower1890]

Marvel bike

[@Iwantmymtvyo]

Stands up to fart.... all gains lost....

[@mrteefoursix3440]

Nearly every part on the bike, you could get lighter. This bike is far away from extreme and super lightweight. Only extreme, is the extreme ugly handlebar with electric tape.

[@100climbs7]

@@englishorchard-haze4708 It's not a money no option it's just a lighter version of my standard bike and a bit of fun. 😉

[@user-hc6hu1yw7l]

bike is cool but that creaking bb

[@peelovesbeca]

Do u really need that rear brake?

[@rob-c.]

Hill Climb rules require front and rear braking

[@peelovesbeca]

@@rob-c. it’s a shame. I’d like to see a discipline where riders can do whatever they like to their bikes and totally disregard any kind of safety aspect all in the name of outright speed.

[@nocturnalcadence1676]

I've never understood why it's acceptable to lop off the drops on a hill climb bike, but you still have to run two brakes.

[@nocturnalcadence1676]

Also surprised more people aren't running carbon brake pad holders. Ashima for example. I have a set and they are great. For all the other extremes taken for the sake of lightweight, it's an obvious and easy upgrade.

[@nostalgiablues3408]

No holding drop bar when descending, thats dumb af for cutting bike weight

[@nocturnalcadence1676]

@@nostalgiablues3408 Agreed, it renders the bike useless for anything other than hill climbing. You can put a front brake back on, you can't re-attach cut off drops.

[@vongdong10]

Well if one brake fails then you still have anothet

[@nocturnalcadence1676]

Also, if you gut the left shifter to make it just a brake lever, (unless you can rebuild it) you've ruined an expensive shifter. Surely there is a carbon front brake lever you can buy that is cheaper and lighter than gutting a front shifter.

[@studebaker4217]

Bottle cage on a hill climb? Gotta go. (seems to have been removed during filming?).

[@hoizkiacha]

i like Mr Warren's bobble hat

[@cosinus_square]

Definitely aluminium cassette if only used for short hill climb races. Love these 'tuned' bikes by experienced riders and oldtimers that modify their bikes slowly over years of riding. Too bad actual experienced cyclists loose their interest in progress and only maintain fitness after a certain point.

[@BurgerTime7441]

Campy makes (or used to make) record cassettes using a lot of titanium that were pretty darn light

[@thechampion1671]

The chap on the right. The hat. WTF?

[@nstrug]

You’ve clearly never been to a CX race.

[@orlandopiper3214]

Love this. Keeping it real and two fingers to today's marketing bs

[@dsonyay]

Wow lol. I blush with my 16.7 lb caad9. Lol

[@4091740]

Shouldn't really need both front and rear brakes for a hill climbing bike. May not need brakes at all.

[@rob-c.]

Tell that to the people that make the rules

[@wss327]

Time frames are great but for such a weight weenie why not get a SW Aethos to cut even more weight and not lose any performance.

[@rob-c.]

Are you going to buy it for him?! 😅

[@IvanMalechko]

It all covered in heavy paint, coating and decals. Bar tape?! Cable caps?! are you kidding me!? He could save at least 20g more 🤦

[@olik136]

yeah at this point- why not just get rid of the entire bike and walk up that hill

[@felixjackson2670]

Perfect. Campag. Super Record. Time pedals. Love the build.

[@gimmigimmigimmi]

deffo a no bullshit bike.

[@daem3n]

Damn that is light.

[@patrickparisienne1917]

Upgrading to the Tune hub wasn’t necessary! I run the same wheels with an 11 speed cassette, I just has a machinist remove 1.8mm of material in the inner face of the cassette spider to fit over the freehub body. Works perfect! 👌

[@doindumbstuff4119]

Not a bad suggestion whatsoever, I had someone lathe me the same setup a few years back but you’d have to do this to each cassette rather than change the hub just the once. Given the long term use of these seems the better option to change hubs especially given Zipp hubs not knowing to be anywhere as reliable as tune.

[@hannahuang6118]

I think Campy 11 speed cassette fits 10 speed campy free hub body. True?

[@patrickparisienne1917]

@@doindumbstuff4119 the older Zipp hubs are mint👌. I see your point about long term, but I’m fastidious about a clean drivetrain, and my cassettes show zero wear after 5000km, so $30 every few years is fine by me!

[@justinfletcher5189]

@@hannahuang6118 yeah 9-12 speed campy is the same freehub body.

[@damonvanopdorp2905]

If that front chain ring is steel, then a few grams may be available for saving if a narrow wide aluminium MTB style chain ring for that BCD can be found. May be very inexpensive if found on aliexpress.

[@Hugo-um8nh]

yet another banger from the man himself

[@Tom.Connolly]

Loving that Look , chapeau 👏👏👏👏👏👏

[@byrondixon4648]

Love it! Shame about the heavy pedals, hopefully that can be next year's purchase.

[@TnFruit]

Would Like to see a comparison on HC with the Trek Madone 😁

[@animenatsu999]

for hill climb, you could also remove the rear brake

[@100climbs7]

Rules say only if you ride a fixed gear.

[@ozgurinsan]

why dont you put disk brakes on , it will stop you better.

[@andrewhayes7055]

what for going up hill? it's a hill climb bike the aim is to be as light as possible😆

[@ozgurinsan]

@@andrewhayes7055 did you hear a concept of "irony"

[@ozgurinsan]

@@rob-c. to put disc brakes on a climbing bike.

[@heywoodjablowme8120]

Me... I'm going straight up coaster brakes like my first Schwinn as a kid. You can do some epic skids going down the hill.

[@Dustydayzz]

I lost 5 kilos in a month and a half dieting.go figure...

[@Dr.Schlitz]

To be fair, you probably had a lot more weight to lose than that guy. He looks pretty lean.

[@marcgtsr]

If I lose 5kg I go directly to the hospital...

[@Dustydayzz]

@@marcgtsr i have pretty fast metabolism. I just cut on my carbs. But added veggies.

[@Dustydayzz]

@@Dr.Schlitz yeah i was 95kg. But im over 6 ft

[@rob-c.]

Great - so lose that off your bike as well and you’ve saved 10kg 🤷‍♂️

[@dcl505]

btw, Simon is 27.