I saw the other day a bloke take 4 100km trips with a bike to test the weight subjetc. He could get 200w measured all day long. He picked a mountainous road and a flat road. His bike was fitted with bags along the shape of the bike, not those fork bags that makes a bad frontal area.
Anyways, on the mountainous road the difference between his naked bike and the same bike straped with 25kg of things, was 4 minutes and change. On the flat road was some 1 minute and change.
So yeah, if you race, pick the lightest build to finish the race. If not, weight doesn't matter that much.
July 15, 2021, 10:57 a.m. - NotMeAtAll
I saw the other day a bloke take 4 100km trips with a bike to test the weight subjetc. He could get 200w measured all day long. He picked a mountainous road and a flat road. His bike was fitted with bags along the shape of the bike, not those fork bags that makes a bad frontal area. Anyways, on the mountainous road the difference between his naked bike and the same bike straped with 25kg of things, was 4 minutes and change. On the flat road was some 1 minute and change. So yeah, if you race, pick the lightest build to finish the race. If not, weight doesn't matter that much.