Looking at an intense Uzzi as next bike...just wondering if the unpainted finished ones are lighter? I am sure I remember someone saying paint adds about 1/2 pound...??
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Intense question: are their 'raw' frames lighter without the paint??
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Posted 1 year ago #
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Yes
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1/2 pound for paint are you certain? That sounds a lot for what is there. I have no knowledge but am interested
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Yeah, and black paint is heavier than white paint. So don't get a white front end/black rear end, or your bike will be all unbalanced.
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Not certain about the 1/2 lb figure, just that someone mentioned it.
A full powdercoat on a 'slabby' frame like an intense or orange must weigh a bit though...
i await a paint expert..
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This makes me laugh, worrying about 1/2lb's worth of paint.
You guys should try riding a gold plated bike like me. You probably cant afford one though.
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I always wondered why my bike leant to the left; my LH crank is black but my driveside is white...
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but it is free weight saving, just by colour choice (which I prefer too actually)..
seems a good idea
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I'm sure that Specialized used to say that their unpainted s works carbon frames were just under 100g lighter
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...1/2 lb. that would be 227g. About the weight of a rear mech...In paint?
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I wonder. That would mean 227ml of paint roughly to paint a frame, or about 2/3rds of a can of coke, if I can be excused describing things tabloid paper style.
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You guys should try riding a gold plated bike like me. You probably cant afford one though.
Only gold plated?
Solid 24ct here mate.
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[shrugs/]...seems as likely as not really...Does it matter?
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Don't forget, primers, finish coats, candy's, lacquers on some flash paint jobs. Gota weigh half a can of coke. I've gone for a raw intense but not to save weight. Just hate scratched paint work. Rather it looked 5 years old straight out of the box. Save me the bother of trashing it.
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The raw finish looks amazing anyway, I'd choose it on looks alone.
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I've heard paint weighs around 300g, so 0.5lb sounds right?
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solid gold is soft chakaping you would either break it with your radness or weight
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Is it now 'not the done thing' to care about weight? I wouldn't run 140mm rotors or buy Ti bolts but surely weight saving with no performance loss is a good thing?
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Sure, I guess. 1/2 pound is 1/2 pound after all. Looks cool as well.
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May be lighter, still won't be straight
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I agree the raw finish looks the business.
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Harsh, Al, very harsh...
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al-read a few posts on that. I will be checking...
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Silly question time: So if you strip any normal frame can you get same finish?
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my old 6.6 was fine though.
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Have seen a couple of bent ones Al but mine is as straight as a die. The boss must have been on the shop floor the day mine came was knocked up.
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chakaping-if anyone does it can they save the paint scrapeings and weigh them for me...
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I suppose so chapaking. I left an Inbred raw for a winter a few years ago. by the following summer it was a sort of red-y/brown...
Didn't GT do a bare frame Zaskar with just a clear coat on it?
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Yep. Strip back to bare aly. Quick polish with autosol and then a spray with mr muscle. Hey presto. Works raw. Did it to my seat post to match the frame as it was tatty ano.
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Considering doing it to a king headset but hhhmmm.
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I recollect Mr. Intense mentioning about 1/4lb as the weight of the paint. Anyway, raw is nice beyond the weight advantage, you are not bothered by scratches!
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Nice. G2 drop outs on the tracer in feb. Hope the back end is retrofittable to the this years frame.
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Nah, it's an Uzzi with G3's. Are you sure there will be G2's on the Uzzi too? I think only on the Tracer.
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I recently stripped my 5spot to Raw.
Only the front triangle was painted and I saved 1/3lb, so 1/2lb is cock on for a fully painted bike IMO.
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