[Closed] Just weighed my bike, pleasantly surprised!

Unless they're expensive scales made specifically for weighing things that light, it's probably a very inaccurate reading. Sorry!

On the plus side, low weight is the most overrated feature on any bike.

carbon HT?

My current HT is about that weight, and I was quite surprised chatting to some guys riding XC carbon HTs that theirs were sitting about 26lb or so - apart from the one guy that had obsessively selected every last component for low weight, and got it down to 22lb or something

Funny how people can be sceptical without even knowing what bike it is.

28lb is quite believable for a 26in HT.

apart from the one guy that had obsessively selected every last component for low weight, and got it down to 22lb or something

22lb is heavy for a carbon xc hardtail

Unless they're expensive scales made specifically for weighing things that light, it's probably a very inaccurate reading. Sorry!

28lb for a 26" HT is very believably - IIRC, I had one that was lighter than that way back in the 90s and that was certainly built on a budget 'cos I had no money then!

I'm not all into that weight weenie stuff, but a light XC bike is definitely a good thing to have and I don't ever remember wishing that my bike was heavier than it is...

My Cotic Solaris is 11.5Kg with rigid carbon forks, 12.5Kg with suspension forks and dropper post. That's without going for weight-weenie kit, no carbon apart from the forks, just stuff that's going to last. Those are trail ready, not showroom, weights.

Same kit on a carbon frame would get the weight to around 10Kg, I'm fairly sure I've seen weights below this.

My 29er carbon HT is 19.6lbs still room to get it lower than that.

22lb is heavy for a carbon xc hardtail

28lbs used to be heavy.

The Solaris frame weighs 2.25Kg, a carbon frame will be around 1Kg so you'll lose 1.25Kg there. Next big saving would be wheels/tyres. I've Bonty XR2/1 at the moment, going to the lightest Maxxis tyres would lose 500g at either end.

OP, that sounds pretty impressive for £300 given the prices quoted above!

I always assumed my bathroom scales would be well out.
But then I had my bike weighed by a bike shop and it was only 100g different.

My heavier bike is definitely quicker off-road than my previous lighter bike. The delta is about 1kg. Much more fun too.

I find that very light bikes are not very good fun, however fast that makes them in particular situations.

On the plus side, low weight is the most overrated feature on any bike.

It all depends on its intended purpose. And if like me you enjoy how a light bike feels regardless of how fast it's riden, then it's very important

Funny how people can be sceptical without even knowing what bike it is.

28lb is quite believable for a 26in HT.

Aye - mines around 25lb with full mudguards bottle cages heavyish tyres etc. Remove all that stuff and put some paper thin skinny tyres and lose at least another couple of lb. all bought second had - owes me under a grand

Dearn. Link to your scales please.

28lbs is easily achievable even on a tight budget, my old BFe was under 28lbs despite a dropper and beefy tyres, I built my older Kinesis XC120 to just over 22lb despite the face it had a 140mm revelation and 780mm bars, no dropper and 2.25 Nobby Nics mind, but I didn't throw huge money at it, no carbon in sight.

My T130C RS however is heavier than I thought it would be, I've changed wheels, bar and tyres and it's still over 30lbs, though I haven't tried as hard as I did on my Foxy Carbon, which with Next SL cranks and 2.35 Nobby Nic/Rock razor set up tubeless was well under 28lbs.

Dearn. Link to your scales please.

Loads of variations (mine don't have the writing) and I think that you can even get the same ones from Mountain Warehouse. I tend to balance mine in the workstand clamp and dangle the bike underneath and this works ok:

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21.2 on my carbon hardtail. It is nowt flash and I have not even ditched the tubes yet.

Still not as good to ride as the 28 lb full sus.

Ready to ride but without full bottles and my new dt wheels 27.5 lbs
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I think my Solaris weighs more than my Fuel EX 😆

But then the Fuel only weighs 26lbs so that's not difficult!

is the seat angle on that giant such so that you can use a bottle behind the seat 😕

Just under 24lbs for my Full suss xc bike with dropper attached.

Just under 24lbs for my Full suss xc bike with dropper attached.

Amazing ! Photos ? Specs ?

28lbs for 300 quid is pretty good going.

I'm surprised there appears to be some skepticism though.

This was 24.5lbs

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It was a spare bike and never really got used (you can tell by the tyres!). It became the donor for this (25lbs):

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My FS 29er is also dead-on 24lbs and that's certainly nothing weight weenied up, albeit it's a good spec:

SC Tallboy 2 CC
Fox 32 Factory 120mm
Full XTR (2x11) (including the daft titanium and carbon cassette 🙂 )
Carbon bar and post
Hope Pro2 Evo + WTB i29s and Maxxis Ikons

Could easily get sub-24lb with a dropper simply by swapping to 1x, but I rather like my 2x11 and am not quite ready to ditch it yet... 🙂

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I weighed mine the other week with my cheap eBay scales. So comparatively that's fine, qualitatively probably not 😉

Heaviest to lightest: Stache, FlareMax, Aeris, Mojo, SolarisMax

The stache is running heavy 29+ wheels, the flaremax and aeris are similar builds, the mojo a bit posher but it's lighter to start with and the solarismax would run away with it were it not for the lardy Yari fork.

On the trails tho based on climbing ability I'd probably go SolarisMax, Stache, Mojo, Flaremax, Aeris.. unless it was rocky and then I'd change my mind again.

TLDR; interesting not compelling 😉

The bargain bin FS XC 29er I built out of used bits is about 27.5lbs If I get some nice wheels, a carbon bar and 1x I could get it down to about 24 ish I think.

The bargain bin FS XC 29er I built out of used bits is about 27.5lbs If I get some nice wheels, a carbon bar and 1x I could get it down to about 24 ish I think.

Wife's Rock Lobster (The Easton Ultralight one) is just on 23lb.
Still has tubes and 3*.

Disc Trucker is over 35lbs ready to roll and the bloody BMX is even heavier than that!

Can't remember the last time I weighed a bike...somewhen in the late 90's probably.

mine weighs about what a winch and plummet 150mm travel full suss would weigh...

mine weighs about what a winch and plummet 150mm travel full suss would weigh...

I've just built up a rigid singlespeed. I weighed it and it's 29.6lb*! Jesus! That's about the same as my Disc Trucker with gears, rack, mudguards, dynohub and lights.

* ok, it has a small pump and a bottle cage, and the uncut steerer is probably about 12lb…

Well, if you never actually pedal it

the "winch" bit of "winch and plummet" is me, wheezily pedalling up the stupid steep slopes in the smallest gear I can...

We've not left Europe yet; can we use kilograms please?

No.

Metric for road, imperial for off 😉

Bikes and frames are measured in pounds anything else is grams.

the "winch" bit of "winch and plummet" is me, wheezily pedalling up the stupid steep slopes in the smallest gear I can...

Winch away, sir!

Just to add balance I weighed my FS enduro type bike and the luggage scales I used showed around the 32lb mark.

Aluminium 160/145 travel / Yaris / GX 11 speed / heavy dropper post / DT Swiss wheels (30mm internal width) and Maxxis dhr2 / aggressor 2.35s.

Literally nothing light weight attempted anywhere on it.

I did build a bike up once under 200 quid and under 18lbs. Not exactly practical though.

We're in the 21st century not the 18th. Kg not lbs.

You'll be using Fahrenheit next 🙄

135mm full-sus here and just 34lbs with carbon saddle rails, brake lever blades and handlebars.

Do I win?