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[Closed] How heavy/show me your Superlights

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Considering a new Santa Cruz Superlight (SL) frame - and wondering:

1. How heavy is yours and what's the spec?
2. Santa Cruz now say you can use a 120mm fork on the SL and claim it suits the bike a lot better - any feedback from first hand experience?


 
Posted : 03/01/2009 6:54 pm
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We've got one of the stock £2000 bikes in the shop, a 2008 one, and it's nearly 28lbs. They should rename it Superheavyforasupposedlyraceybike.

That one's build with Rebas, Pro II/WTB wheels, Thomson/RF finishing kit, X.9 and Truvativ group.


 
Posted : 03/01/2009 7:01 pm
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28lbs?? I was think more like 24-25lbs.


 
Posted : 03/01/2009 9:32 pm
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You are welcome to pick mine up (older model), I have no idea what it weighs though I weighed the frame and shock at 2.5kg IIRC.

FWIW I ride 130mm and it does wander/wheelie on climbs, I guess I should work out how to shorten the fork travel and see how that works out. The Heckler it replaced was longer and steeper (with the same fork).


 
Posted : 03/01/2009 9:54 pm
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Meh - with the Meta at just over 30lbs, I was thinking there might [i]just might[/i] be room for a 24lb FS XC bike in my stable. I was impressed by Jojo's HeiHei mind....


 
Posted : 03/01/2009 9:57 pm
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superlight = wibbly wobbly wibbly wobbly


 
Posted : 03/01/2009 10:00 pm
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Mine's the old model (Juliana) and is just under 26 lbs, Fox 100mm's work really well but am thinking about possibly changing wheels this year to lose a bit of weight.


 
Posted : 03/01/2009 10:04 pm
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ive seen sub 21lbs superlights on mtbr


 
Posted : 03/01/2009 11:03 pm
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Mine is a 2007 of ebay and I ran it 100mm and then recently changed it to 120mm, its way better now.

With a belly like mine who cares about the weight.


 
Posted : 03/01/2009 11:46 pm