Thread: Where is the Weight Difference coming from?
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Old 11-13-23 | 01:13 PM
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Originally Posted by rsbob
Talking about weight:

Then you could add the weight of 2 large filled water bottles for hill climbs. Depending on the size and material of the bottles, two large filled ones can add up to 2 additional kilograms. Maybe the serious hill climbers either delete the bottles completely or only carry a small bottle partially filled. But on hot days with long climbs one just can’t get around the weight penalty.
I could do without bottles completely on most climbs, because I can't drink while panting. But then when I get to the top I'd really miss them, and I don't have a team car or domestiques to bring them to me. I could try drinking one bottle before the base of the climb, so I'm climbing with only one full bottle, but the total system weight would be the same.
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