I Raced the Lightest Wheels I Own up a SAVAGE 24% UK Hillclimb

Friday night hill climb racing, and this is the queen stage: Pym Chair. 12% average, ramps of 24.3%, and barely four minutes of pure suffering. So tonight the QuickPro AR:One has gone on a diet.

The Arcaris climbing wheels are finally making their race debut: under 900 grams for the pair. Add a 1x conversion, a featherweight ZTTO cassette I'm testing, and some frankly ridiculous 82g rotors, and the whole bike comes in at 5.83kg ready to race, pedals, cage and Garmin mount included.

Then it's the small matter of the fastest field of the series, a certain Jack Morris, and a personal battle with the four-minute barrier.

The gap at the top of this series has been 30 seconds, then 20. Stick around for where it is now.

The Bike I'm Racing
QuickPro AR:One: https://www.pandapodium.cc/product/quickpro-arone-carbon-road-bike-frameset/?ref=25637
Arcaris climbing wheels via Panda Podium: https://www.pandapodium.cc/product/arcaris-8848-climbers-wheelset/?ref=25637
ZTTO Cassette: https://s.click.aliexpress.com/e/_c4pE2a9H

Wheel and tyre choice: did I get it right? And what should I run at the Etape du Tour, light or aero? Recommendations below.

Chapters
00:00 The queen stage: Pym Chair
00:38 Putting the Quickpro on a diet
01:05 Arcaris wheels: under 900g a pair
01:36 ZTTO cassette, 1x, and 82g rotors
02:56 The weigh-in
03:42 The climb: 24.3% of nastiness
04:15 The plan: PB or bust
05:33 At the start line
07:03 Race POV: the full effort
10:45 The finish
11:56 The result
13:07 What's next (and a big decision)

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