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Most of these would weigh even less if they were properly sorted with slammed stems.. what are all those spacers about?
My Raleigh Carbon Comp comes in at about 17lbs with RS80's and Ultremo ZX's.
what are all those spacers about?
Going fast rather than looking cool.
Dunno how much my Roubaix weighs but it's getting lighter... just fitted some Planet X brakes and now Michelin Pro 3 Light tyres with latex inner tubes. Latex tubes are LOVELY!
how do people weigh their bikes? and why all the weights "without pedals" do you ride it without pedals?
I remember putting my road bike on the bathroom scales and it was about 18lbs I think, but I doubt that was very accurate at all.
I've got some Park digital scales but they only go up to 3kg.
mines about 28lbs. 30lbs with packup on board.
5.5kg!!!
it depends if I wave my willy clockwise or anticlockwise as that changes the gravitational influence on the mass of the bike 😛
My Parlee z5's 15.lbs.
Not having trained much for a few years I had to put some spacers back on my road bike last year as my belly was in the way - 30 seconds on the drops and I couldn't breathe!Most of these would weigh even less if they were properly sorted with slammed stems.. what are all those spacers about?
why all the weights "without pedals"
"all" appears to be 2 so far - and one of those is also quoting a weight with. What I want to know is why all the imperial weights - is everybody here stuck in the 20th century?
question still stands, why (all) the weights without pedals?
Do I really have to go out to the garage and weigh the damn thing? Do I? It's ligther than my MTB, and we'll leave it at that!
I know plenty of good riders who have a few spacers. They actually use the drops....
Brakes you will find that it is the norm to state the weight of a medium frame without pedals.
This is just based from memory reading reviews .
question still stands, why (all) the weights without pedals?
Cos road bikes are never sold with pedals. Roadies are a strange bunch who will want to go and choose for themselves from one of the 814 different clipless pedal/shoe systems on the market. Hence the weight can vary depending on what the buyer subsequently fits. The weight is quoted without as that's what you're buying at point of sale.
MTbers are happy just be to sold a set of mid-range Shimano clipless and left to it.
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question still stands, why (all) the weights without pedals?
I work in a shop.
You ever seen a road bike above about £500 come with any pedals fitted?
You'll find weights qouted without pedals is fairly common. Been using some heavy M530 MTB SPD's on mine through the winter so I can wear my goretex boots. About to swap out to some Look Keo 2 Max's (about half the weight) soon. Customers are free to fit their own pedals (some weigh as little as 150g a pair, some as much as 600g a pair) so quoting weights with pedals within the industry is kind've pointless/inaccurate and nobody really does it.
For anyone interested, my bike is 8.6kg with heavy cages and M530 pedals (pedals weigh 460g the pair!). It's an off the shelf 2013 Merida Scultura 904 comp, except for an upgrade from 105 to Ultegra. Wheels are relatively heavy Mavic Aksium's, tyres I've swapped out to 25c Durano's (Ultremo's would save 200g off the weight of the bike at least!), but importantly the frame is only 1100g and the fork is sub 400g, so with money thrown at it, it would easily go sub UCI weight limit.
Most importantly though, it's 600g lighter than my Boss' Pinarello Quattro with Ultegra Di2 fitted, and 300g lighter than a stock Pinarello Quattro with mechanical Ultegra! 🙂
I weighed mine only yesterday by coincidence.
Including pedals, bottle cage/mount, cadence sensor and Exposure bracket, it's 15lbs 8oz. Not bad for a fairly robust XL.
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15lbs on the nose with pedals, cage and k-edge garmin mount. Will be sub 15 when I grow some and buy that cassette mat shotbolt was trying to sell me other day. It now has Sram not shimano which is considerably lighter..
(Off topic) Mat - can you tell Rob I'm in a meeting and I'll ring him on my way home?)
i run spacers to allow me to use the drops and to cover long distances without needing neck surgery!
the headtube on the Storck is 115mm and i have 32" and a bit legs so need as much front end height as is sensible.
question still stands, why (all) the weights without pedals?
Do you ask what shoes people wear as well, they vary in weight even more than pedals!
Usualy they're quoted without pedals/cages/garmin mounts/fluffy dice when you're buying/selling it. For every other occasion it's as it is ready to ride (although mine was weighed when it was built, so no cage/garmin).
Mathew, what what crankset is that on your Stork? Stunning looking bike btw
Mat - put a pic up of the new Bitsa!
The now unavailable Easton ec90 chainset.
Wish i had stocked up before they stopped them!
bitsa race bike (only had to purchase the frame as all other parts found in boxes in the attic!
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really impressed with the frame given its all alloy.
I want one of those, badly....is that the standard fork in it?
How much are they again?
We're like a tactical guerilla marketing campaign...
If I was that worried about how much my road bike weighed, I wouldn't have put a Brooks saddle on it.
But that Brooks saddle still feels lovely 100 miles into a ride.
Mat - we need to have a talk about that alloy storck. I [s]want[/s] need one
don't believe all my hype Will, i was only averaging 23.5mph on my training runs!
Jesus really? Cancel that order, I'm ooot
Is it a harsh ride? As in similar to that Olympia thing I had? Or is it more comfy? And will it take a set of crud race guards?
clearnace is tight for cruds but please believe me when i say, the most surprising thing about the frame is its comfort. we did 50mi the other day and i got off feeling fresh!
Righty - I'll give Rob a call tonight. And start selling some stuff...
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just weighed my CAAD4 R500 and measured 9.1 kgit does have two bottle cages and a computer/watch on it, but I'd love to work out where the rest of the excess is. It has a 105 groupset. Do you have carbon seatpost. bars etc - I dont. How to find those extra kgs?
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Little bits everywhere.Carbon (Canyon) post, alu (ritchey WCS) bar and stem
1300g wheelset (stans alpha without stickers to keep the 'looks cheep'/sleeper illusion)
FSA carbon chainset
DA7800 groupset
Planet X brakes
Ultremo ZX tyres
Conti supersonic tubesI paid £300 for the whole bike with tiagra s/h in 2004, then spent about £900 to lose the weight. The onyy standard bits are the frame and fork. I started by stripping and weighing each components, then seeing how much weight I could squeeze off without going silly, the criteria was it had to cost less in total than a new CAAD10 105 whilst manageing to be significantly lighter.
Cheers. I suppose I do have a steel seat post and a (very comfy) Brookes saddle that could be changed out to lose a pound or two. Also got winter tyres on just at the moment too, so that might help once spring really sets in
Tyres and tubes do seem to make the most difference, both on the scales and to feel.
But I was plesently suprised how light it feels even with older heavy wheels and winter tyres despite being 'only' about 3lb lighter than it was when new (4lb in the complete new build). Although an equal ammount of that feel probably comes from better quality bits like the comfier seatpost, stiffer stem, better shaped bars, nicer tape, fresh gears etc as well as the weight loss.
FYI, my pedals weigh 262g
triban 3 - 10.5kg
Damn, I wish I had an attic like that!only had to purchase the frame as all other parts found in boxes in the attic
FYI my saddle and seatpost weigh 500g in total
Brakes FYI my pedals weigh 227 grams 😉
I don't understand. Why give the weight 'without pedals'....they're an essential part of the bike! I get the stipulation of 'with mudguards/bottles/garmin etc....but without pedals?! Yeah, my bike weighs 5kg...without the wheels.
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Not a great looker but rides nice! As above 15.51lbs or 7035g.