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Anonymous Thu 01 Dec 2016 03:43:16 No.1031008 View View Reply Original Report

Quoted By: >>1031015 >>1031050 >>1031813

I want to everest a local hill with a really cheap setup just for laughs.

I was thinking I should get:

-small MTB alu frame
-steel fork
-700c alu wheels
-1x crankset
-single speed because the gradient on the hill is constant
-drop bars
-front brake

I'm trying to go as light as possible with the tightest budget, any recs?

Anonymous

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Anonymous Thu 01 Dec 2016 04:01:01 No.1031015 Report

Quoted By: >>1031024

>>1031008
I recommend don't custom build a bike with only one ride in mind. On a bike dedicated to climbing on the road, why would you only have one speed and no rear brake? Why a mountain bike frame?

Any road bike will do. Saving 3lbs. of shifters and cables by building what you described does not make much sense to me.

What is the elevation and grade of the hill you have in mind? Do you have friends/family to support you?

Anonymous

Anonymous Thu 01 Dec 2016 04:15:20 No.1031024 Report

Quoted By: >>1031038

>>1031015
I'd have to go 55 times up a 1/10 mile high road which is 2 miles long, that's a rough estimate for now.

I really want to build a bike for this like I said before because it will be cheaper, more challenging and more fun than just buying a road bike.

Anonymous

Anonymous Thu 01 Dec 2016 06:20:55 No.1031038 Report

Quoted By: >>1031100 >>1031311

>>1031024
>I really want to build a bike for this like I said before because it will be cheaper, more challenging and more fun than just buying a road bike.
Do you not already own a bike?

220 miles, half of it on a 5% grade, and >29,000ft of climbing isn't something you just go out and do for shiggles unless you're hella fit.

A friend of mine recently everested a 4.2 mile, 1,600ft climb (~7.2% grade) and he spent ~21 hours doing it.

Shaving grams off your bike isn't going to help you Everest a hill; it's pretty far down on the list of things you should be thinking about unless you're trying to break a speed record. Successful Everesting is about planning, nutrition, endurance, fitness, and mental fortitude above all.

Anonymous

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Anonymous Thu 01 Dec 2016 06:43:28 No.1031050 Report

Quoted By:

>>1031008
clowm bike or no balls

Anonymous

Anonymous Thu 01 Dec 2016 12:59:48 No.1031100 Report

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>>1031038
I just came back from a long trip and I know I'm able to go 60 miles a day for 15 days in a row, breaking 100 miles from time to time with a fully loaded touring bike, I'm not sure if that's enough but I'm sure I want to try this, I know I'll never be as fit as I am right now.

I'm sure I won't be attempting this on my touring bike, and I'm pretty broke after the trip, so that's one of the main reasons for this build.

Anonymous

Anonymous Thu 01 Dec 2016 14:02:37 No.1031111 Report

Quoted By: >>1031125 >>1031308 >>1031309

As this is a dedicated hill climbing bike how about going with a smaller wheel on the front and flipping the seat post and slamming the seat forward? That way it will feel more like riding on level ground just with more resistance, I'm pretty sure I've seen hill climb bikes setup like this before.

Anonymous

Anonymous Thu 01 Dec 2016 15:18:22 No.1031125 Report

Quoted By: >>1031309

>>1031111
Neat advice.

Anonymous

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Anonymous Fri 02 Dec 2016 04:49:14 No.1031308 Report

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>>1031111
Dumb idea. Not only is a 5% grade (2.86 degrees) not large enough to bother building specific geometry for, half of the distance of an Everesting attempt is downhill. Making the climb marginally more comfortable uphill and the cost of making the descents more uncomfortable and sketchier (when they should be a comfortable recovery time) sounds like a dumb idea to me.

Pictured: an oldschool hillclimb trials bike.

Anonymous

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Anonymous Fri 02 Dec 2016 04:51:51 No.1031309 Report

Quoted By: >>1031311

>>1031111
>>1031125
Dumb idea. A 5% grade (2.86 degrees) isn't really large enough to bother building specific geometry for. Also half of the distance of an Everesting attempt is downhill... Making the climb marginally more comfortable uphill at the cost of making the descents more uncomfortable and sketchier (when they should be an easy recovery time) sounds like a poor tradeoff.

Pictured: an oldschool hillclimb trials bike.

Anonymous

Anonymous Fri 02 Dec 2016 05:07:50 No.1031311 Report

Quoted By: >>1031453 >>1031459

>>1031309
My mistake, I assumed the term implied a steep climb but reading >>1031038 I see that's not the case and it only determines the total elevation change.

In that case I have to wonder what the point even is, it's a completely meaningless idea when you could do 220 miles at 5% or 55 at 20%. Shit, as it only counts positive elevation changes I'm sure most of us have already Everested once or more in our lives without even realising it.

OP, stop being a pussy and do some real climbing. If you're not man enough for that and are only in it for the endurance then why not try actually going somewhere instead of riding up and down the same "hill" 55 times.

Anonymous

Anonymous Fri 02 Dec 2016 21:04:10 No.1031453 Report

Quoted By: >>1031458

>>1031311
>Shit, as it only counts positive elevation changes I'm sure most of us have already Everested once or more in our lives without even realising it.
not even close fred
everest is over 8.8km
you really think you've ever done even half that in a day?

Anonymous

Anonymous Fri 02 Dec 2016 21:16:28 No.1031458 Report

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>>1031453
No one said anything about a time limit.

Anonymous

Anonymous Fri 02 Dec 2016 21:17:42 No.1031459 Report

Quoted By:

>>1031311
>I'm sure most of us have already Everested once or more in our lives without even realising it.
If you mean "have climbed 29k ft in our lives", I've done >180k ft this year alone

But the rules for "Everesting" is to do it on a single hill in one contiguous activity, and trust me, you're not going to do 29k ft in one sitting just by accident.

Anonymous

Anonymous Sun 04 Dec 2016 05:34:06 No.1031813 Report

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>>1031008
Just buy a road bike, man.

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