Super Light bikes

[Neil_Bolton]

Having a mooch about t' interweb, and I happened across a site I'd forgotton about:

www.weightweenies.com

On there they have a super light MTB weighing in at a faintly stupid 12.9 lbs!

http://weightweenies.starbike.com/art

Plenty more to peruse on there (makes my Trek look postively fat)



Spec is:
Frame: Scott Scale Limited Large '05 1064 g
Fork: RockShox SID World Cup tuned 984 g
Headset: M2Racer w/ Schmolke cap 36 g
Stem: Extralite Ultrastem UL2 100mm 92 g
Stem Spacers: Carbon 4 g
Handlebar: Schmolke TLO 68 g
Grips: Procraft Superlite 8 g
Brake Lever: Extralite Ultralevers 64 g
Brakes: Steinbach with B-T-P Pads 154 g
Crankset: Storck Powerarms 316 g
Chainrings: MGM carbon 44x94, 29x94, 20x58 47 g
Chainring bolts: Extralite aluminium 12 g
Bottom Bracket: New Ultimate Scandium incl. bolts 122 g
Pedals: Crank Bros. Triple Ti 187 g
Shift Lever: Sachs Quarz tuned 115 g
F-Der: BTP Campagnolo 68 g
R-Der: BTP Carbon 103 g
Chain: Wippermann Titanium 222 g
Cassette: Steinbach 11-26 118 g
Wheelset: Soul Kozak, DT 1.5/1.8 spokes/nipples, Notubes ZTR rims, Ritchey rim tape 1173 g
Tubes: Continental Supersonic Race 26" 90 g
Tires: Maxxis Maxxlite 310 597 g
QR: Tune Skyline time trial skewers 17 g
Seatpost: Schmolke TLO 31.6 x 300mm w/ shim 105 g
Seatpost clamp: Scott aluminium 14 g
Saddle: Tune Concorde 45 g
Cables and Housing: Magura/Power-Cordz/Tune 57 g
Total: 5878 g

Edited by Neil_Bolton on Tuesday 17th April 19:24

[snotrag]

Seen a few mtb's like that. Thing is, it would be absolutely useless off road.

Its more like a cross bike with the wrong wheels!

Looks cool though.

My XC bike weight about 33lbs. Steel.

weight weenies is a really useful site though!

[rico]

*hits bump*

*snaps bike*

*walks home*

[beyond rational]

Mmmmm....flexy

But obviously not a true believer in weight loss, the disc brake mount is still on the fork!

[mat205125]

rico said:

*hits bump*

*snaps bike*

*walks home*

If he can walk at all.

[Neil_Bolton]

mat205125 said:

rico said:

*hits bump*

*snaps bike*

*walks home*

If he can walk at all.

It was exactly my thought - however I'd love to have a go on someone elses bike...

It does give me some idea of where I can reliably lose some weight on the Trek - very interesting some of the weights on that site:

The XTR 06 chainset/bb combo is lighter than many Carbon chainset and light BB combos...for instance.

[pdV6]

If it were mine, it would be:

* swings leg over *
* snaps bike *
* crawls to phone & dials 999 *
* cries like a girl *

[Neil_Bolton]

pdV6 said:

If it were mine, it would be:

* swings leg over *
* snaps bike *
* crawls to phone & dials 999 *
* cries like a girl *

Pete, you'd need to insert:

* Wifey divorces me * in there somewhere...

[mat205125]

pdV6 said:

If it were mine, it would be:

* swings leg over *
* snaps bike *
* crawls to phone & dials 999 *
* cries like a girl *

then

* finds annoying disclaimer on manufacturers paperwork advising 10 stone max for the frame *
* crys some more *

[pdV6]

mat205125 said:

* finds annoying disclaimer on manufacturers paperwork advising 10 stone max for the frame *

Funnily enough, I was worried about that with my carbon Y bike, so I got my LBS (Trek dealer) to check.
Apparently as they were primarily built for the American market, Trek decided *not* to put a max weight limit on the frame.

[Neil_Bolton]

pdV6 said:

mat205125 said:

* finds annoying disclaimer on manufacturers paperwork advising 10 stone max for the frame *

Funnily enough, I was worried about that with my carbon Y bike, so I got my LBS (Trek dealer) to check.
Apparently as they were primarily built for the American market, Trek decided *not* to put a max weight limit on the frame.

* Pete snaps his carbon seatpost in a severe case of Sods Law *

[mat205125]

Neil_Bolton said:

pdV6 said:

mat205125 said:

* finds annoying disclaimer on manufacturers paperwork advising 10 stone max for the frame *

Funnily enough, I was worried about that with my carbon Y bike, so I got my LBS (Trek dealer) to check.
Apparently as they were primarily built for the American market, Trek decided *not* to put a max weight limit on the frame.

* Pete snaps his carbon seatpost in a severe case of Sods Law *

a snapped seat post, and the term Sod (omy) is not ever worth thinking about.

[pdV6]

You git Neil - I just know its going to go on our ride tonight now, so not only will I be featured in the next series of "World's most embarrasing injuries" but you & Mechs will be able to laugh and take pictures!

[chrisj]

My Orange C16R / Clockwork is around 24lbs, and I've been riding that for about 7 years or so without a single failure.
And I weighed 12stone for most of that period too.

However I have seen ultra light ally bars fail dramatically.

Light is good, but only within reason.

[Neil_Bolton]

chrisj said:

However I have seen ultra light ally bars fail dramatically.

Light is good, but only within reason.

Yep, I've snapped a set of bars before

Not a nice situation to be in when landing a jump - nor is it when you have 6 miles to get home

[ewenm]

My Fat Chance is pretty lightweight and could easily lose a bit more by swapping the RC30s for the carbon version. Not sure on the actual weight but it's somewhere near 10kg IIRC and has been ridden pretty hard for 13 years now.

[mat205125]

The risk of snapping bars is one of the (non-financial) reasons I'm happy with my standard Ali bars, and not got some Carbon bars. Landing a jump or drop and planting my face into the stem with a jagged piece of carbon sticking out the sides is not a nice thought.

[Neil_Bolton]

mat205125 said:

The risk of snapping bars is one of the (non-financial) reasons I'm happy with my standard Ali bars, and not got some Carbon bars. Landing a jump or drop and planting my face into the stem with a jagged piece of carbon sticking out the sides is not a nice thought.

I'd say the other way round for me - carbon bars have a better quality to them than some Alu bars I've seen...

However if you go Easton, youll never go wrong, carbon or otherwise.

[rico]

I guess it depends what you're up for. We were out for a ride last night and stopped to let people catch up. Then some riders went past spinning at a constant cadence, turned down a bridleway and rode off. The fact they're missing out on some of the best singletrack in Bucks didn't really matter to them. So for that kind of riding, light bikes rule. But I'd prefer a 25lbs hardtail with Azonic risers, short stem and the strength to do jumps and drops if I feel like it.