YETIboyJAY - Member
I had a DH rig that was 50lbs. They all were over 40lbs back then. Not as many broke though!
They did though just ask the guys racing them at the top level. Nearly all old intense got welded up, same with ih Sundays etc.
Sc advertise a v10 at about 32lb and most of them seem to do very well
Mike, I'm talking older than the Sunday, more in SGS times. Bikes like the Brooklyn RaceLink, Foes DHS Mono's, Cortina DHE's, proper old skool.
I had a V10C at 33lbs. It was incredible.
Bikes like this 'all mountain', 'winch and plummet' (as advertised) bike?
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A full 49lbs. I commuted on it once. Once.
My FS ebike is lighter (and slacker...)
Managed to get my Enduro bike below 30lb, but thats only by getting a carbon frame, and still its only just below.
Carbon Trans Patrol medium (s.deluxe shock)
Xfusion Sweep HLR
Carbon Lite Bicycle 31mm carbon rims, dtswiss DB, pro2
Carbon Renthal fatbars
XTR crank
XT 10s shifter,mech
Praxis cassette
Chromag flat pedals
Thomson 50mm stem
Formula the one brakes
BikeYoke Revive 125mm seatpost
Charge spoon chrome saddle
Spesh butcher/slaughter grid tyres
SRAM drivechain would save a bit of weight. lighter spokes I suppose. Rims are heavy for carbon, but I wanted toughest (still only 440g). Lighter saddle maybe. Not going light on tyres, they would puncture.
29.15lb
Any enduro bike much below 28lb is dubious IMO.
Those GT IT1's were spectacularly sh*t, even back then 🙂
I have fond memories of my old Empire AP1. I seem to remember that thing being ~13lbs for the frame, it was some tank at about 45lbs. That said, it rode bloody well if you just pointed it at stuff.
My 26lb 29" trail bike is also slacker, which amuses me.
The idea was good, centralised 'gearbox', suspension worked well, and you could monster truck through any obstacle/building
The application was the spectacularly shit bit, specifically having fixed drive from GB to rear wheel. Ever wanted to ride a bike with a working/moving (admittedly bladeless) chainsaw a couple of inches from your left leg?
Then the proprietary kit (150x20mm left hand drive fixed rear hub?)
Rear brake on backwards...
Drag from the nexus hub
XC angles by today's standards
Bit portly....
Zerode pretty much fixed all those issues with their DH hub GB though iirc
Weren't those empires more flexible than the average contortionist?
Aluminum Giant Trance weighed today at 29lbs
Up from 26lbs early in the year as I've ditched the carbon roadie saddle for a Charge Spoon, swapped the carbon bars for Alu Renthals and fitted marginally wider new rims today.
Still not bad for a 160mm travel bike.
It'll get heavier over winter, I've ordered a coil shock and I've got some old school coil spring 36s to go on the front too!....maintenance free winter with a FS hopefully.
