Originally Posted by
livedarklions
Well, unless you want to cut an arm off or something, you aren't going to be able to vary your weight much in a reasonably short time frame. But you're talking about an event where a couple of pounds could make a substantial difference because it's pretty much completely acceleration, and you said you're using a 38 pound bike. Couple of grams at $10,000, my butt, it would cost you a few hundred bucks to get a bike 10 pounds lighter than that.
BTW, I see where you misinterpreted me, I meant that the weight of the bike is more important in this context than it is in other contexts, not that the bike's weight was a more important factor than your weight. The same could also be said of your weight--it would matter most in acceleration and climbing as compared to other types of riding.
After our winter run club meet on Tuesday night I met a guy and bought a used name brand track bike for $250. Rideable, holds air, good deal. I have spare old TT parts for it and an old saddle that fits my bum. Zero dollars there. I have some used 23mm GP5000 tires to use, zero dollars there. It has 88 gear inches. It's actually pretty darn light for what it is.
I don't think $250 is a high barrier of entry to go fast for 100 meters, or 4km in my case if I fancy a formal track race on it. As I didn't buy it for 100m. But rather for 4000m.
