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Cyclists see the light – In hot pursuit of the fastest bikes on Earth

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Bill Kaloudis reckons he has spent up to $10,000 building the lightest of his five bicycles, a 7.5-kilogram mountain bike.

“Weight is evil,” he says. “It works against you. It’s like loading up a hot-air balloon, it doesn’t want to take off.”

Kaloudis’s quest for a light bike began six years ago when he decided to become competitive in mountain biking. He regularly monitors bike forums such as weightweenies.starbike.com for information and weighs parts at home to create spreadsheets of technical data to ensure his bike is both featherlight and strong  …  Details

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