How much weight to factor in for grease and lube?

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DeeHubbs
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by DeeHubbs

HammerTime2 wrote:Note that this can work AGAINST racers subject to the 6.8 kg rule whose bikes get weighed at the end of a mountain top finish, unless the scales are calibrated for that elevation. At the 1855 m elevation of the mountain top finish at Risoulin on stage 14 of the 2014 Tour de France, this would be worth about 4 grams on a 6800 g item vs. sea level. I.e., assuming no measurement error, and a scale perfectly calibrated at sea level, a rider would need to be riding a bike weighing at least 6804 g at sea level , in order to pass a weigh in at the finish. I wonder if anyone, teams or UCI, worries about this and take it into account.


Even the teams that are adding weights to meet the minimum 6.8kg are not getting that close to 6.8. They aren't weighing them right down to the gram, they are giving them selves at least a 100gm allowance.

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