[Closed] How light are your singlespeeds?

You're obviously very disappointed with it.

Tell you what, I'll give you a tenner for it, take it off your hands... 😉

You probably only save a couple of pounds by dropping the gears which on a steel hardtail's probably about 10% - would be difficult to detect I think just by lifting the bike.

ooh,ooh,let me go and put the kettle on and get a chair...........

Mine weighs a ton! It is steel, cheap and covered in loads of heavy mud....and when I sit on it it suddenly gets 16 stone heavier 😯

The SS TD-1 I borrowed for Hit The North and Kielder100 was incredibly light. When I picked the box up, I thought the wheels must have been missed out of the package.

Wouldnt call my Inbred light, but it rides great.
Why 38/19 ?
32/16 will save you over 30grams.

Being a Sanderson, this thread needs a pic for me to drool over. 😛

what you want is a nice slot drop carbon frame for starters.

I haven't weighed my bikes (I like a lightish bike, but I'm not weight weenie), but my cheapo Inbred feels light enough, partly because the lack of gears and the rigid Pace forks more than compensate for the heavy frame. As you would expect, it is noticeably lighter than my geared full-sus (Giant Anthem), both to pick up and to ride. You notice it most when out of the saddle, either sprinting, or up short, sharp hills.

For me, my singlespeed is my hack bike, so as long as it isn't so heavy that it is a dog ride, I don't really care.

Pics at the weekend when I find a suitable backdrop.

38/19 becasue I had a 38t ring from my days going 1x9 in the peaks, and it made sense to keep it to minimise mud problems.

My td-1 is sub 20lbs but it was weighed in the bathroom scales

ragley titanium 16" td-1
pace rc 31 rigid forks
old xtr cranks with surly stainless 36 tooth ring
Paul hubs mavic 719 rims
conti mountain king 2.4 with tubes
hope mini with titanium discs

Cotic Simple here, weighs 21 lb something

my Kona Humuhumunukunukuapua'a is gonna weigh a fair old bit - and i dunt care 😀

double post

Voodoo Wanga (18")
Hope headset
RF Deus bars and 100mm stem
XT brake levers
SRAM BB7 discs F&R 185/160mm
Square taper LX 175mm crank
BETD 34 tooth chain ring
Surly hubs
DT rims
White Industries 17t freewheel
Hope QR skewers
USE carbon/ally suss post
WTB saddle
Conti tyres
23lbs.

When I pick it up to put on my bike storage rack it does feel heavy and mostly at the back end. However can't say I notice the weight when I ride it, especially as I weigh 100kg. By the same token my Planet X road bike - 18lbs - only feels light (very light) when I pick it up.

240 hubs, carbon frame and forks. umm pretty light?

Mine is 21.5lbs.
Ibis Tranny lge
SID team forks.
XTR cranks with Gamut 32t chain ring & 17t Chris King sprocket
XTR disc brakes
DT240 single speed rear hub/ 240s front hub on DT carbon rims.
Conti 2.2 Mountain King tubeless.
Thompson stem
Easton cnt bars EC90 seatpost lock-on grips.
It feels light and rides really well, it could be lighter but I like the suspension forks and the security of proper tubeless tyres.

For comparison, my other bikes a 456, with 150mm marzocchi Z1 RC2's up front, hope/en321 wheels, dual ply supertacky 2.5" high rollers, 8" brakes etc etc etc.

I guess I was expecting road bike levels of lightness, I've a SS'd steel road bike (geared with a similarly daft 48-20) which wheighs so little I wory about it in high winds!

My Whyte 19Ti is around the 21lb mark (as far as I can remember) but my Whyte 19 alloy (similar spec) feels lighter, I'll get round to weighing them both at the same time one day (if I can be bothered).

19 lbs with mudguards+ Hope lights.

My SS is 22.5lbs in winter mode and about 22 in summer mode, the difference being tyres.

Ti 456 (18")
Reba 120 maxle
Pro2s on crests
Easton carbon bars and stem
Formula Oros
XT Cranks
Heavy, normal Kona 'Jack shit' grips - because they're good.
DH Chainring, Groove armada sprocket
Normal 9Spd chain

Litespeed TI Obed frame M 1530g
MORTOP HS-65 headset 70g
Trigon Carbon fork 510g
American Classic wheels 1400g
KCNC Skewers 45 PAIR
Schwalbe Fast freds tires 660 PAIR
Maxxis flyweigt Tubes 160 PAIR
Wellgo M111 pedals 240 PAIR
STX RC + renthan ring + KCNC bolts 570g
TA Ti BB 155g
KCNC VB1 brakes 250g PAIR
XTR cables 60g
Ti seat clamp 10g
KMC X9SL Chain 210g
EC90 bars 110g
Syntace F99 stem 100g
Toupe 143 Ti saddle 170g
TI seat post 180g
Pork rind grips 20g
SS 14t sproket+ spacers 50g

6500 g = 14.3300 lb

On my scales it comes in just over 14.5

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Bontrager Race OR
Pace RC39's
Hope Wheels
Hope Mini Mono 180mm front disc/XTR V rear
Old XT cranks and other fairly good bits and pieces out of the spares box

Weighs 23.3lbs with pedals on (weighed on a set of fishing/luggage scales bought off ebay...)

So lighter than my fs mountain bike but not exactly super light - pleasure to ride though and you don't see many others about either...

my big wheel varies from just under 20lb to a smidge under 23lb dependent of what kit it's wearing at the time, boingy forks and chunky monkey tyres for the winter have fattened it up to the just under 23 at the moment my inner weight weenie keeps telling me that summer race slicks will be fine in cannock slop and the weight saving will make it levitate over mud n slippery roots. I need help 😀

Got some old D521 wheels on my inbred SS so it's probably pretty heavy.

on and on, thats mental!

How does it feel on the rough stuff?

Mines a 853 inbred with -
Pace RC31's
RF Deus Crank
Hope brakes
Hope pro's 2 & 717's
Easton ea70 bars
Surly cog
Thomson post & transam saddle
blue grove's

Guessing 24lbs? Feels plenty light enough for me...

flippin 'eck on and on, no wonder the rear wheel is floating up 😯

Singular Swift is around 24lb (with mud) 😕

My Epic with all it's gears and suspension is only a couple lbs heavier on paper, but feels different (much heavier) when riding.

Just enjoy 😀

It rides really well. I'm a bit of a weight weenie so used to the feel of light weight bikes.

It's been thrown down some pretty rough stuff and i'm still alive 🙂 woot !

the real shock was just how bloody good KCNC VB-1 brakes are. It's hard to get the brain to adjust to trusting 250grams of alloy to stop you at 35mph down hill.

im going to take a fold stab and say about 25lb

sanderson soloist pre 853
d/b cromo fork
avid elixir
crossrides
thompson elite/charge spoon
eastom ea30 bar/stem combo
michi tyres
deore cranks
shimano spuds

just for rustler
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Felt Curbside 18lb plus a lb for big flat pedals

My p7 set up as a s/s weighs more than my geared full sus !!!!! I'm frightened to weigh it but it must be 28lb+. Its keeping me fit though.

My Boardman is 22lbs in SS mode.

That's about a 2lb drop from standard by removing the gears and swapping out a few other bits (front wheel, saddle, bars). I think the 22lb weight included a set of weighty m520 pedals as well.

It certainly feels very light and responsive, but I'd love to have a ss down in the teens!

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Who cares? It's a bicycle, just go and ride it... 😕

And yes, I am just a bit fed up of the whole weight-weenie / training / challenge / performance thing that seems to be taking over cycling at the moment. Whatever happened to just going out "playing bikes"?

Aaaarrrrggghhh.... 👿

Can it not be both?

Mine:
19lbs maybe sligtly less now a different saddle/seatpost. Could get rid of a few pounds from cranks, brakes etc... but don;t see the point.
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My lynskey 29er is an honest 22.2 lbs, SS with carbon fork and a sensible spec. It feels light to pick up and goes like a rocket up hill.

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Mine weighs a ton but I don't care. Cos its great 😉
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on and on, you spent the best part of £400 on a set of V brakes? That is dedication to the cause, I salute you.

My Scandal feels silly light, I must weigh it some time.

My iO with a set of Tora SL solo airs and some mud-X's weighs in at about 27lbs, fractionally lighter than my 130mm Full Suss, but then again the wheels are proper heavy (single gauge spokes & low end Shimano hubs) and the finishing kit is all OE Genesis which ain't light either.

Could drop a couple pounds with nicer wheels and finishing kit, but I'll wait until they die first. Or see if my mate wants to sell me his Hope Hoops with DT4.2's when he splits his Inbred

My Sirius stared life at 26lbs 😯 but then a few sensible changes saw that drop to 24.2lbs

Was happy with that.

Pic taken between the two weights

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My new (old) Kona set up as a SS with rigid fork and most of the kit from the Sirius weighs about 22.5lb

pretty heavy (for an ss) old steel inbred, sturdy parts and old (98!) Z1 forks. At a [b]very[/b] rough guess I'd say 27lb ish.

After enjoying the shonky singlespeediness of it for a few years I may be treating myself to an upgrade this year 🙂 dunno if I wanna throw a lot of money at a bike I revel in trawling through rain and mud.

Singular ti 29er,19.3 lbs

Kona unit 29er,23.5lbs

Airbourne ti Hag,17.4 lbs.

they all ride differently,all climb great,and Iluv 'em all.
not built for weight,built to ride and not break (not too often any way)

Oh, and they're all SS and rigid. but that's 'cus that's what I like !

Singular ti 29er,19.3 lbs

Kona unit 29er,23.5lbs

Airbourne ti Hag,17.4 lbs.

they all ride differently,all climb great,and Iluv 'em all.
not built for weight,built to ride and not break (not too often any way)

Oh, and they're all SS and rigid. but that's 'cus that's what I like !

Cotic simple
Pace carbon forks
XTR M970 cranks and brakes
Thompson stem and seat post
Hope/stans 355's

Hovers at a smudge over 20lb's. It feels bloody light.

Cotic Simple

revs
717 on hope hubs
sensable kit through out

23lbs on my fishing scales which seem quitye accurate (fisherman scales normally over read 😉 )I could spend shed loads on it and loose maybe a pound, but why bother tis ace as it is

Orange vitt 14lb on home scales
Stans mmx wheels
White bros carbon forks
Hope race brakes
Kcnc post
Easton carbon bars
Rs7 UNO and Royce bb

Could be lighter with some trigon forks but they scare mr lol

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Here's a pic of mine, if you're interested.

orangeboy - Member
Orange vitt 14lb on home scales
Stans mmx wheels
White bros carbon forks
Hope race brakes
Kcnc post
Easton carbon bars
Rs7 UNO and Royce bb

Could be lighter with some trigon forks but they scare mr lol

Tell your SO to step away from the scales, they have a serious disorder & need help if they have messed with them that much, the zero should be at the top!

😉

I know I thought a ti ss should be lighter too

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Not bad for a sub £400 bike build

Could easily shed more weight, but I don't really feel the need to

It's an illness once you start that's it lighter is always better. I need help lol