6 ULTRALIGHT Hill Climb Bikes | 2025 National Hill Climb Champs

Published at : 23 Dec 2025

The short and brutally intense UK hill climb season is defined by bikes and tech pushed to the limit of lightness.

The 2025 UK Hill Climb National Championships, held on Bank Road in Matlock, had no shortage of stunning lightweight tech, sketchy weight-saving hacks and carbon exotica.

In this video, we take a look at the coolest, weirdest and wonderful-est tech from the day.

00:00 Jonathan Allen’s sketchy hacked eTap shifters
03:29 Arion Oates’ Cannondale Capo fixed gear
04:16 Lesley Fellows’ Trek Lexa w/ Lightweight wheels
05:04 Simon Warren’s (‘100 Climbs’) Macoc track bike
07:48 Morgan Newberry’s C5 modded Cannondale SuperSix
09:16 Finn Miller’s Viner Maxima RS 4.0

Watch the top 20 riders
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OVWypBZIlK8

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