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 routinely carry 2L of water on big alpine climbs. Last trip I was 78 kg dressed, bike with pedals and bottle cages etc was 8 kg, 2x1L full bottles another 2 kg. So around 88 kg total.

I’m sure I would have totally smashed it on a 7 kg bike!
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