{"id":55986,"date":"2023-11-01T18:30:54","date_gmt":"2023-11-01T17:30:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bikeradar.com\/?p=752555"},"modified":"2023-11-01T19:46:11","modified_gmt":"2023-11-01T18:46:11","slug":"a-disc-brake-win-1x-dominance-ideal-hill-climbing-frames-and-budget-weight-saving-6-tech-trends-from-the-uk-national-hill-climb-championships","status":"publish","type":"rss_feed","link":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/cyclingplus\/rss_feed\/a-disc-brake-win-1x-dominance-ideal-hill-climbing-frames-and-budget-weight-saving-6-tech-trends-from-the-uk-national-hill-climb-championships\/","title":{"rendered":"A disc-brake win, 1x dominance, ideal hill-climbing frames and budget weight-saving | 6 tech trends from the UK National Hill Climb Championships"},"content":{"rendered":"

Plus, exceptions to conventional hill climbing wisdom from the slopes of the Struggle <\/p>

By Jack Evans\n \t\t<\/p>

Published: Wednesday, 01 November 2023 at 17:30 PM<\/p>

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The UK hill climb scene showcases radical, verging on excessive, ways to save weight from bikes in the battle against gravity.<\/p>\n

This year\u2019s UK National Hill Climb Championships on the unusually long 4km ascent of the Struggle, in the Lake District, was no different.<\/p>\n

But the tech trends we noticed on the Cumbrian hillside show weight might not be absolutely everything, even when racing uphill.<\/p>\n

\u00a0 1. A disc brake win<\/h2>\n
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For the first time ever, a disc brake-equipped bike has won a UK Hill Climb National Championship.<\/span><\/figcaption> BikeRadar \/ Our Media<\/i><\/span><\/div>\n

The UK hill climb scene is usually a safe space for rim brakes, but that might be about to change.<\/p>\n

Andrew Feather became the first rider to win the UK National Hill Climb Championships on disc brakes<\/a>. Runner-up Ed Laverack was also on disc brakes, as he was last year.<\/p>\n

Feather\u2019s Cannondale SuperSix EVO Lab71<\/a> rolled on Hunt Hill Climb SL Disc Tubular wheels but still weighed less than 6kg.<\/p>\n

As the four-time national champion told Liam Cahill in a BikeRadar YouTube video, to harness the latest technology he had to switch to discs, even if it meant an additional 200g to 300g.<\/p>\n

So we should expect disc brakes to become more popular, at least among the elite hill climbers, to the dismay of rim-brake devotees.<\/p>\n