Oh, that's part of the joke (this being the C&V forum) though I guess the joke's on me mostly. Seriously, the bike isn't actually so heavy, it's a 531 frame with mostly alloy components; it's only heavy because I habitually carry too much crap with me. Anyway, there was virtually no climbing.

The front hub is a Sturmey Archer dynohub from the early 50's, powering my lights; I suppose it's a little heavy, but I like having lights on all the time, and virtually no friction. The rear hub is an alloy Sturmey Archer shell from the early 50's but it has 5-speed guts from the late 60's, a very efficient hub with a pretty nice range. The pedals... well, on my last couple centuries I had toe clips that started to hurt my feet with the pressure on my toes, so I wanted to try something else there. This has the advantage that you can press on the pedal with different parts of your feet if the bottoms of your feet start to get sore (which actually did happen; but I think that's the shoes' fault).

I have to admit that Soma Lauterwasser bar gets to be uncomfortable on long rides. By the time I got off the bike, my arms and neck were both pretty sore-- a soreness that went away as soon as I got off the bike (though the beer and tortilla chips may have helped a bit ).