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Old 09-11-12, 02:12 PM
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Originally Posted by Kayce
The bike is weighed completly built, just as it will be raced. I have heard stories of people having to tape fishing weights to the inside of their seatposts to get their bike weighed right.
I once had to wrap about 20 grams of electrical tape around my seatpost to make weight, and I'm not a weight weenie at all. I know a 5'2"-ish woman racer who had to put a length of chain in her seatpost. I've seen a lot of people tape hex keys and the like to the top tube.
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