Why do people weigh their bike without pedals? Mine got weighed purely out of interest but set ups as it is ridden. i.e. pedals, bottle cages and seat pack.
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Who knows - Really knows, what their bike weighs?
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On my fleabay fishing scales which arnt calibrated (but at these weights does it really matter?) my Pitch weighs a shade over 30lbs and my DMR about 31.5lbs while my road bike comes in at 19lbs.
It might be out a little but I'm not a racer so it doesn't really bother me. The scales are accurate enough to satisfy my curiosity.
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Yup, I know that my Orange 5 weighs 28.29lbs, weighed on the calibrated scales at work
calibrated to what accuracy?
my scales are shockingly rubbish. weighing the same bike 3 times can give 28/ 32 /35lbs!
my reckoning is my scandal is 28lbs. (rigid singlspeed)
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The question should really be how much do you actually care?
Purely out of curiosity I’ve weighed both my MTBs in the past, using the high accuracy Bathroom scales method:
Solid Acer : 30lbs-ish
DMR Exalt: 36lbs-ishBeyond that I don’t really give a shit, I’m not going to deliberately try and lighten either bike as that would involve spending money and time, neither of which I seem to have spare these days…
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What is the point of list threads like this
Nobody comments on anybody else's bikePosted 2 years ago # -
Yeah but then you don't have mountains do you?
I'd not realised that was a prerequisite for buying a mountain bike? Someone needs to tell the 99.9% of people who buy MTBs and don't live in the mountains!
I'm not sure I get your argument, I have a lighter, less burly bike than you because I live somewhere with less harsh terrain. A lot of people choose something tougher, I Personally don't see the need considering my own riding style and terrain! At no point have I berated anyone for their choice of bike, it's horses for courses!
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Look lets just accept that you guys are absolutely correct, weight is irrelevent for MTBing.
I mean, doesn't matter what Peaty (DH) and Oli (XC) think or do, they're obviously wrong:
http://www.bikemagic.com/gear-news/steve-peats-santa-cruz-v10/7279.html
http://www.bikemagic.com/gear-news/oli-beckingsales-giant-anthem-advanced/5461.htmlPosted 2 years ago # -
njee the point is should it really be named 'mountain bike'?
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19.9lb cx,21.4lb ss 29,22.2lb bmx.
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Yes juan, they are mountain bikes, they are not downhill bikes! If I was riding up mountain, and then down and I wanted to get to the top as quickly as possible I'd be happy with my choice of bike!
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ok for Juan I dont know how much any of my slightly hilly insubstantial terrain bikes weigh.
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I've ridden mine to the top of (and back down) the highest mountain in England and Wales - does that make it a mountain bike? If not, then by Juan's rather silly criteria none of us own mountain bikes.
Though if it's not a mountain bike because it's not designed to be used in megavalanche (like njee I'm sure it would survive, just not so sure I would), then what am I supposed to call it, Juan?
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Off road bike maybe. I used the meagavalanche as it's probably the only mountain bike (albeit downhill orientated) you people may know.
You can look for my other post on the subject, as you will find a video of the special number 2 of the round two of the 1001 sentier enduro (ronde du taïsson). Will give you an idea of what a bike should be able to cope.Posted 2 years ago # -
Given you're still talking a complete load of tosh, I really can't be bothered searching - sorry. Anyway, I do go up and down mountains on my bike (have also ridden to the top of 10,000ft peaks in Utah on my old bike which was almost as light), hence it's a mountain bike.
Are you looking forward to watching the "off road biking" at the Olympics? I bet my bike is rather more suitable for the "off road bike orienteering" I like to do than yours is.
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ok for aracer as you're damn too lazy to search.
http://www.singletrackworld.com/forum/topic/all-mountain-freeride-what-bike/page/2#post-1208530
End of page two I send the link to the vids. And then you'll tell if the course of the Olympics is likely to look like that... I don't think XC is still mountain biking (albeit maybe in scotland but then most of people walk down the slopes). It's XC end off, just racing around a muddy field.Posted 2 years ago # -
My Orange 5AM 2008 weighs in at 29.5lbs
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Hmm, so your mountain biking world is limited to the "all mountain / freeride" niche? I presume from the continuous speed on the video (as much as I could bear the music for) that your riding is all downhill, in which case yours isn't a mountain bike, it's a mountain hobby horse. You do realise that mountain biking involves riding up the mountains as well as down? BTW I reckon my bike would quite happily cope with what I saw in that video - not the death by huge rocks, dropoffs and jumps I was expecting. It would be slower than yours on that, but then so would your bike if I was riding it
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Well two things. How do you think we get to the top of the mountain? As I said it's an enduro, so no shuttle allowed ;). Plus the bits that are fast forward are the bits that are not downhill (in this case mainly ups). I rode my HJ there 3 times (still heavier than your bike at 12.3 kg). First time it costed me a rim and a tube. Second and third time it cost me 3 tubes and another rim. We found the only way you could ride a HT down there (after riding it for 70 minutes uphill) was to fit DH wheels.
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But my bike isn't a HT. I'm still curious why you think it's so incapable just because it's light.
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