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From: North Queensferry Scotland and London (and France)
Bikes: Custom (Colin Laing) 531c fast tourer/audax, 1964 Flying Scot Continental, 1995 Cinelli Supercorsa, Holdsworth Mistral single speed, Dahon Speed 6 (folder), Micmo Sirocco and a few more
Originally Posted by SamDaBikinMan
Fill your tires with helium!
Use purified water in the bottle to remove "heavy metals".
Don't put those little closure caps on the ends of cables.
Measure the exact chain length you need and not a link more.
Sew a flag holder into the chamios of your bike shorts and ride with no seat. just let the seat tube insert into the flag holder.
Chop every third tooth off your chainrings. It will still work ok.
Components do not need the little stickers or logo inserts that identify them, take them off.
Do not use handlebar tape. Just secure the cables with electrical tape and ride with padded gloves.
Polish all the paint off your frame as it is only added weight for appearance.
Last but not least, get rid of all barrel adjusters and just tune your bike after every ride using a wrench.
This will reduce the weight of your bike by about a pound.
Sam, you forgot the most obvious weight saving device. Be sure to use your bumper dumper before every ride.
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plus je vois les hommes, plus j'admire les chiens
1985 Sandy Gilchrist-Colin Laing built 531c Audax/fast tourer.
1964 Flying Scot Continental (531)
1995 Cinelli Supercorsa (Columbus SLX)
1980s Holdsworth Mistral fixed (531)
2005 Dahon Speed 6 (folder)
(YES I LIKE STEEL)
2008 Viking Saratoga tandem
2008 Micmo Sirocco Hybrid (aluminium!)
2012 BTwin Rockrider 8.1