hill reps and being at your optimal weight will do more for your hill climbing. Wheel weight only matters for fast acceleration needed for the sprint. Even then, I just don't think the weight of wheel will make much difference.
I'm sorry if this is not what you were expecting. Do hill repeats.
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02-22-2010, 04:47 PM #1
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I doubt it will make me hate them less
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02-22-2010, 05:06 PM #3
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02-23-2010, 07:30 AM #4
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The classic quote (various attributions) is:
"Don't buy upgrades. Ride up grades."
I fear that is good advice - but I do understand that shiny new wheels are just so pretty!Give big space to the festive dog that make sport in the roadway. Avoid entanglement with your wheel spoke.
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02-23-2010, 07:42 AM #5
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wait, wait! it depends! my 1980's Raleigh had incredibly heavy steel rimmed wheels. Replaced them with Aluminum "Alloy" wheels. Not even particularly fancy ones. it made a huge difference, POUNDS in fact. so how bad ARE your wheels?
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02-23-2010, 07:42 AM #6
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To be actually noticeable any upgrade has to lose you *a lot* of weight. If you can measure it in pounds you'll probably feel it..... if you are paying $1,000's extra to lose the weight of a paperclip - eh not so good an investment. I've always heard that it really is more beneficial to lose rotating mass than static weight (and I even saw an article recently, wish I could remember where..., that did some real world testing and confirmed it), but still it is definitely right to say the best way to be better at hills is to ride up hills.
Shaving grams will save you seconds.... unless you are racing and those seconds are vitally important then its not going to make too much of a difference to you. Anyway climbing never gets any easier - you just suffer faster
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02-23-2010, 07:51 AM #7
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If wheel money's burning a hole in your pocket, buy them for stiffness more than weight.
Stiffer wheels make an enormous difference in power transfer, no matter the grade.Speed comes from what you put behind you. - Judi Ketteler
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