Lightweight road bikes that offer fast acceleration are ideal for climbing hills, and if slopes are a big part of your regular rides then an aerodynamic bike can improve your times by lightening the load when going up and improving your speed on the flat and the way down.
If the weight of your bike is a major consideration, then you’ll find climbing road bikes that skirt the UCI’s minimum weight limit for competitions: 6.8kg. This limit exists to keep competitors on relatively similar bikes, and to ensure their structural integrity isn’t whittled away in the quest for ultimate slenderness.
