just purchased a morewood shova but think shes a little heavy... shes running a float 36 at the moment which although excellent is a bit overkill and i just cant afford to replace them yet so im looking at the wheels as the main cause of weight... sunn sos rims, 20mm bolt thru and hope pro 2 rear. Ive got £300 notes in my sky rocket to shave as much weight as possible. As the fork is staying i need a 20mm bolt thru that can be converted to a 15 or standard QR when i find the funds! I ride fairly hard but not hard enough to warrant an all mountain set. Any recommendations?
What weight is your dandyhorse currently?
stans rims and tubeless tyres. Definitely the most noticeable thing you'll do for under £300.
hope pro 2's with the stans no tubes option then? i thought as much but always worth a second opinion.
anyone used life-cycles in bolton before for wheel building and fork respray?
You need to weigh or at least google everything, and then look at the best saving-per-pound.
e.g. Some cheap cassettes are heavy compared to XT, what does yours weigh?
Really thin inner tubes. About £8 each, but to shave quite a bit off.
ive just put some kenda nevegal john tomacs on with some spec prestas... saved a good bit there. running XT cassette, XT drivetrain, KMC SL gold chain. I think the main weight is in the wheels and forks, i weighed em at weekend without cassette, tubes etc and they were coming in just over 2kg a pair. forks are 2.2kg.
im not usually a weight wennie but the frame carrys a little more weight than others!
My Large Shova weighs 29.8 lbs without pedals, With Pikes, Pro 2 DT5.1's, RF Deus Cranks. 2.35 HR's. I'm thinking of some new Revelations to shed 400g. The frame is weightier than some for sure but not too excessively.