What is the cheapest performance enhancement for my bicycle?

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I want to go faster, easier and on the cheap. What should I do?

Tags: bicycle, outdoors, performance enhancement, speed, sports


 
       
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Train hard

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Speaks for itself really - get out and ride a lot - ride up some hills, buiild some muscle, lose some weight.

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Bus Ticket

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Slicks

Add about 4mph for the same effort with slicks

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Reduce weight of bike

This includes you! Take off anything that you don't need - bottle cages, toolbags, pumps, bell/horn/reflectors. It all makes... [show more]

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Wear a body suit (and shave your body)

With only about 1/2 a Horsepower available, ya gotta reduce that drag!

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Sell your car

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The Will to Win.

It's cheap and it enhances performance.

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Banana Seat

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Flame Decals

guaranteed to make your bike go faster. See also: lightning decals.

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This topic was started by Avatar Avatar has 10,283 Grupie Points on March 17th, 2006. 69 grupies have voted on one or more of the 9 answers.

Tags: bicycle, outdoors, performance enhancement, speed, sports

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