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Originally Posted by eddief
than owning a bike that is 5 lbs lighter. less expensive than paying for light bike parts but not as easy as opening up your wallet.
regardless climbing and going fast faster does feel good. kinda like my 20 lb bike is now 15 lbs.
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"Energy to 'accelerate' a bike is the mass of the bike and rider"..
all else being equal, which it never is so...
175 pound rider and 20 pound bike=180 pound rider and 15 pound bike.
175 pound rider losing 5 pounds=going from a 20 pound bike to 15 pound bike.