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Hill Climb specific bike

This weekend, the British Hill Climb season came to a climax at the 2024 National Hill Climb.

Harry Macfarlane of TAAP Kalas was victorious on the Dipton Mill Road climb, beating three-time National Champion Andrew Feather by just 2.3 seconds – and as you might expect, he didn’t win the National Hill Climb on a standard bike.

The bike is built around a 2008 Cervelo RS frameset (yep, that link is from the archives!) which Harry bought already stripped back to a raw carbon fibre finish. This is, of course, rather an extreme measure for many, but in hill climbing such modifications are almost a right of passage for those at the top of the game. Paint on bikes can be heavy, and this modification can save as much as around 170 grams, depending on the exact frame size and paint application.

The Cervelo is, of course, a rim brake frameset. Hill climbing is pretty much the only discipline in bike racing where rim brakes still rule the roost, and it mostly comes down to cost. The hill climb scene is still dominated by DIY builds, and because riders generally only use the bikes for around two months of the year, it makes sense to keep costs down. Of course, you can build a 5.5kg disc brake hill climb bike if you have the cash, but for many rim brake frames prove to be a far more wallet-friendly option for ultralight builds.

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