How Much Does Your Bike Weigh? GCN Asks The Pros At The UAE Tour

Clock00:00, Saturday 9th March 2019

How light is your bike? It's a question most of us cyclists are obsessed with, and it's an even more important question for World Tour rider. While out at the UAE Tour, we thought we'd find out whether pros know how much their bikes weigh, and if we could find the lightest bike in the world tour.

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It was super interesting finding out how big the variation was between all the bike weights in the World Tour, from bikes that just about cleared the UCI minimum weight limit of 6.8kg, to aero bikes that were around 1 kilo heavier!

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