Bike weights

Anyone keep note of the bike weights from Pitlochry

Im still very surprised that my Ti SS came in about 23lbs.Looking at MM's thread on his Scott and is claiming 22.26lbs :shock:


Not Fair :evil:

remember ti is still heavier than ali
and you had those old hope discs on it didn't you so theres another
2 or 3 lb over light cantis

and your bike will be about two or three sizes bigger.

the weights are on the aftermath somewhere.

I never thought of those things
Looks like im forever destined to own heavyweights :cry:

post a pic and a spec list andy I'm sure we could get it under 20!

kaiser":5hmtct0y said:

post a pic and a spec list andy I'm sure we could get it under 20!

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Frame : Unknown Titanium [origin Italy]
Forks : Pace RC-31 hollowform carbon with unique stash pot on right leg
Bars : Kore Lite1
Barends : Unknown Titanium
Brakes : Hope Tech X2's Braided hose
Headset : Chris King 1 1/8" Nothreadset with 1" reducing cups
Stem : Specialized S-works Titanium stem
Grips : ODI Rogue
Saddle : SDG Ti Fly cro-mo
S/Post : Kore Forged
S/Clamp : Hope Bolt on
Cranks : AC Lo Pro Forged
Pedals : Atomlab Aircorp
B/B : Shimano UN-72
S/S kit : Gusset Cogs/Spacers/1/2 link chain
Wheels : Hope Bulbs 32h silver/ Mavic X517/DT butted
Skewers : Hope QR ti rear
Tyres : Michelin Wildgripper amber skinwall

Frame : Unknown Titanium [origin Italy] - whats it weigh ? under 4 lb OK
Forks : Pace RC-31 hollowform carbon with unique stash pot on right leg -empty stash pot
Bars : Kore Lite1 - swap for some lighter bars 140g ish
Barends : Unknown Titanium - bin them
Brakes : Hope Tech X2's Braided hose - fit cantis saves a ton
Headset : Chris King 1 1/8" Nothreadset with 1" reducing cups - okay but you'll find sub 100g headsets fsa cane creak
Stem : Specialized S-works Titanium stem - weight ? truvativ xr + 115g
Grips : ODI Rogue -heavy heavy heavy find 50g ones
Saddle : SDG Ti Fly cro-mo -fit modded flite slr or a roadie lite one 100gish
S/Post : Kore Forged - use or similar 150/200g item
S/Clamp : Hope Bolt on -25g e-bay special ,drilled
Cranks : AC Lo Pro Forged - dunno but prolly heavy
Pedals : Atomlab Aircorp -?
B/B : Shimano UN-72 -heavy heavy heavy even a 52 is 50 g lighter
S/S kit : Gusset Cogs/Spacers/1/2 link chain -? chain maybe 9 speed sram is lighter
Wheels : Hope Bulbs 32h silver/ Mavic X517/DT butted - heavy heavy heavy
Skewers : Hope QR ti rear - cheap e-bay ones are lighter
Tyres : Michelin Wildgripper amber skinwall - dunno what they weigh
look for something around 400g , wild slippers aint the most grippy either

constructive critiscm andy

here to help

:? Not sure i fancy dropping the quality stuff for crap

And

fit cantis, saves a ton

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Why?,they dont actually do much to stop you :shock:

It's all about the wheels baby! I saved over a kilo over my initial build... In order of weight saved...

Tyres - Went from Panaracer Fire XC Pros to IRC Mythos (346g).
Tubes - Maxxis Fly Weights (285g).
Wheels - Switched to the Mav 231/XT M732/0 Hubs from my Stumpy (282g).
Skewers - Modern Ti cheapies from Superstar (123g).

Total = 1036g saved. Bang for buck? 15 quid each for both the inner tubes and the skewers.

Other cheap saves? If you're running a heavy duty single-speed chain - I saved 115g by popping on a generic KMC 9-speed instead.

And I could still save a bit of weight in the tyres - I see Maxxis do a set of 330g tyres (versus the 491g Mythos), a bit spendy though, but there's another 320g!