Originally Posted by
boshk
...for climbing or long hills, you guys don't feel a difference?
example: I would have thought a 16lb F10 would climb better than a 22lb Diverge....purely because there is an extra 6lb/3kg to carry up a hill...
I know 90% is based on the power a person can output on the hill but surely some of the components of a race bike contributes
Figure a 165lb guy and a 16lb bike is 181lb to pull up the hill. With a 22lb bike it's 187lb to pull up the hill. That's only a 3% difference. So 10mph vs 9.7mph, for example. That wouldn't really be noticeable since there are so many other factors involved as well, and that's only on the uphills anyway. If you had already drank one of your water bottles that is a pound and a half right there.