ibbz":1y92hfo0 said:Apologies
I weighed it with some new digi scales I bought for the purpose.
Bike inc marzocchi z3 is 25 Ibs, lighter than catalogue spec
With the new magura rond quakes I've bought it'll be around a Pound lighter.
I'm definitely going insane and obsessive compulsive with weight weening
drcarlos":icoidcf4 said:ibbz":icoidcf4 said:Apologies
I weighed it with some new digi scales I bought for the purpose.
Bike inc marzocchi z3 is 25 Ibs, lighter than catalogue spec
With the new magura rond quakes I've bought it'll be around a Pound lighter.
I'm definitely going insane and obsessive compulsive with weight weening
Watch for cracking at the head tube on this, Baz77 had a lightly used 350 and after a few rides we found a crack at the head tube. He had a second frame so all the parts were transferred to the other frame. We did find that it was really light for a production bike (oh we swapped the Indy XC's on his for some SIDS).
Carl.
ibbz":2bkt4136 said:drcarlos":2bkt4136 said:ibbz":2bkt4136 said:Apologies
I weighed it with some new digi scales I bought for the purpose.
Bike inc marzocchi z3 is 25 Ibs, lighter than catalogue spec
With the new magura rond quakes I've bought it'll be around a Pound lighter.
I'm definitely going insane and obsessive compulsive with weight weening
Watch for cracking at the head tube on this, Baz77 had a lightly used 350 and after a few rides we found a crack at the head tube. He had a second frame so all the parts were transferred to the other frame. We did find that it was really light for a production bike (oh we swapped the Indy XC's on his for some SIDS).
Carl.
Thanks for that!
It is a light frame! Especially for a steel.
Where on the head tube?
And I hope bikemeister2000 can tell us more about Reynolds optima
taffy":3hq1uh88 said:If you want to trim weight I'd loose the hefty looking stem and saddle!
Rob Atkin":1a34rqt4 said:I can't believe you want to get rid of the Bombers. If you are going to change them to to something lighter get some rigid forks, which would be miles better than the utter cack that most other period forks are.
hamster":2fz5g97g said:The Indy is a nasty flexy fork by comparison with the Z3 - it's lighter but at the price of only loosely connecting the steering with the wheel. The Magura would be a good choice though.
A lot of the lighter hubs achieve their saving at the price of durability. M737 was a great design, which was a good all-rounder. Later XTs save weight by an alloy axle, but the bearings are undersized to make space. Serious tourers nowadays use LX to keep the bombproof bearings.