[Closed] show me your lightweight fs bikes [please]

I wouldn't call it a racer, but it's a Santa Cruz, it's full-sus and it's reasonably light weight

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This is mine:

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It's not that light (really needs lighter wheels) at a bit over 24lbs (actual weighed with pedals, not calculated) and also not exactly exotic. It actually climbs like a lighter bike (better than my hardtail which is a bit lighter) though - it's always seems to need a gear or two higher than my other bikes.

Steve,

Thats a really great pic

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Not quite sure of the weight but feels light enough for a 140mm travel bike.

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here's mine epicsteve but i can't match the quality of your picture

druidh - what model/year is santacruz that looks sharp.

shredder - did you build this up from a frame, how do you like it, how does it compare to other bikes you've owned?

Santa Cruz, Whats the weight???? VERY NICE BIKE!!!!! 😀

The SC is a Blur XC Carbon - it was built up last July.

Weight? Depends which scales you use. The ones in the shoppe reckoned 23.5lbs. At home, it worked out at 24.3lbs. Given that there's nothing particularly lardy on it, it does make me giggle at some of the bike weights quoted on here.

My version of lightish weight:

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Yes built it up from a frame only find it superb feels very very solid and planted. And I know it's said so many times but it climbs brilliantly. Other bikes ive owned being HL Turner 5 spot, Scott Spark 10. Its a keeper for a good while yet.
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How about a Storck - they're pretty exotic, I've only ever seen one on the roof of a car in Edinburgh.

I've got an Ellsworth Truth that is a fairly light frame, but built with Pace RC39s and a mish mash of components still comes in at about 30lbs. My sprinkling of carbon parts and light tyres failing to offset dx636 pedals and an lx chainset. I'm with druidh, some claimed weights are laughable.

you liking the ibis better than the five oxnop?

Love druid's Blur and also the Mojo 8)

I really need to get a photo of it "in the wild"

you liking the ibis better than the five oxnop?

And more than the trance, rc405, titus, alpitude, stumpy fsr, chameleon, five etc etc

i've got a day off work tom just so I can get another ride in before the weekend! sarah is now mad that she got rid of hers to get a LT2!

You liking the Pig?

i tried a spark before i bought the epic but couldn't find a nice one for the right money.

+1 with cinnamon_girl about the sc

Pipe down epicsteve - you'll make me regret selling my epic frame and going hardtail this season!

yeh from what ive ridden on it anyways wanting a black one now to put more bling on it 🙁 hopefully going up ragley woods on saturday afternoon to have a go

Can't get one of these anymore, and it's a rubbish photo (really must get a better one - quite a few bits have changed as well), but this is only 21.5lbs including pedals etc.
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Cue the naysayers who don't believe you can build a useable bike that light, because theirs isn't. Though there are at least two on this forum with lighter FS bikes.

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Not sure what it weighs but it rides light.

i love the straight lines of the asr frame

i think i'm too old for the "organic" curves of frames like the mojo and mine which is probably why i'm getting cold feet. still interested to hear from any nicolai owners to get their view but that's going to have to wait 'til tomorrow now. thanks all.

19 and a bit pounds. I like it.

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is that really an aero seatpost on there? eeek!

19 and a bit pounds.

Very impressive if it is that light - but I'm guessing real world low 20's

xl size and 160 forks, still below 28lbs pretty chuft

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SSBonty - Member
is that really an aero seatpost on there? eeek!

That' actually part of the frame - you simply cut 'em to size. It can be removed & replaced by a 'normal' seatpost but folk generally don't bother.

Here's mine, love it:
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Under 22lbs or so is definitely do-able - just expensive. Going by the actual weights of my bikes though I think a lot of claims for very light weights are likely to be inaccurate and/or without pedals etc.

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27lbs. Lovely bike, more travel tan I need to be honest, might switch to a Blur XC carbon if I can scrape the pennies together.

(Anyone tell me why I cant post piccies anymore? Used to work)

Love mine...

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No idea what it weighs, but it isn't very much!

I'll have one like Nobby's please.

19 and a bit pounds.

Really Andy? What have you changed since I weighed it at Sherwood last year, it's lost about 3lbs!

This was a bit over 21lbs with the mud tyres. Now got a SID fork and a New Ultimate seatpost to drop some weight, should be 20lbs once it's not got some nicer tyres on it!

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Dougal's MSC is light!

this was pretty light but swapped it for a 5spot now
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25 and a bit with mudguards, bar-ends, computer and pedals.

what lucky people we are that we can own all these lovely bikes. the op was written to avoid pics of dh bikes - not so much about the individual weights of bikes allthough this is intersting to see. at 15 stone the difference between my bike at 26-28lbs and the weight of andrewh's lovely yeti above is a decent steak dinner with a few pints to follow. i'm not the sort to eat fish/brown rice/water every day of the week but we all have our cross to bear.

i'm sure there's more to come - m

juan what weight is the switch ? cheers

Not sure how light my mojo is but with full XTR build it comes up pretty light

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at 15 stone the difference between my bike at 26-28lbs and the weight of andrewh's lovely yeti above is a decent steak dinner with a few pints to follow

I'm heavier than you but despite that I find the weight difference between my bikes quite noticeable on the climbs. Of course some of that might be geometry rather than weight, however when I rebuilt my Epic with a couple of pounds knocked off the weight (mostly forks and tyres) I also found that quite noticeable.

mrmojo - respect for that colour, looks like kawazaki green.

Ibis named it "Nuclear Pesto" 😯

epicsteve - Member

at 15 stone the difference between my bike at 26-28lbs and the weight of andrewh's lovely yeti above is a decent steak dinner with a few pints to follow

I'll never understand that logic it's all relative, just because 'you' are heavy a lighter bike will still feel like and handle like a lighter bike.

Another example of this skewed logic applied to lightweight bikes is when people say 'I'd like to know how much it weighs when it's covered in in 3Ibs of mud'.

Bizzare.

kingtut -
i have never ridden a sub 20lb bike whether covered in mud or not so i can't affirm or otherwise the difference 10 lbs makes to a bikes weight. i find it interesting that ppl get hung up on the weight of components when they themselves [me included] could do with losing a few pounds. i guess however if i had the cash i'd have everything xx or xtr and not give a sh*t what other people think.

p.s. why can't i post winking faces???

I know a lot of people on here posting light bikes, Andy, myself, Aracer, Dougal, are all pretty serious racers not carrying [b]much [/b]of a paunch around! Dougal disappears if he turns sideways on!

Agree with people who buy a 6" travel bike and then fit silly XC parts though, that's just daft, if you want a longer travel bike, fit parts to suit! IMO of course.

i find it interesting that ppl get hung up on the weight of components when they themselves [me included] could do with losing a few pounds

Fair point, my best upgrade was losing a couple of stone. 🙂

I know a lot of people on here posting light bikes, Andy, myself, Aracer, Dougal, are all pretty serious racers not carrying much of a paunch around

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My SantaCruz superlight, no mudguard and same tyre color at the front and at the back. Almost descent for a MTB magazine picture.

njee, aracer, i don't stand much chance of ever fitting in to the "whippet" category of cylcing let alone racing. even if i win the lottery and employ a personal trainer i enjoy food and exercise too much so it's a balancing act for me. the reason for op was because i wondered what bikes there are out there that look sharper than what i have - from a vanity perspective. not with the aim of building something inapproporiate that will only last a few weeks between rebuilds because it is built to save weight or that is designed not to break when you throw yourself off a proper mountain [they are a bit thin on the ground here in the thames valley].

still no nicolai - shoud i be reading something in to that - good or bad?

They don't make light bikes!

A lot of brands more major than them are missing from this thread!

Are you planning on doing any racing on this new frame then?

is dougal still on yon msc thing?

Think he's getting a new one for this season, but yes AFAIK.

scottishbadger - Member

Are you planning on doing any racing on this new frame then?

i want to start racing this year but think i need to get fitter/faster before i start. i've had too many years off to expect to be fit in the blink of an eye.

Plenty of people race without being fit, give it a punt and see what happens!

i have two wee bairns and shag all time to train and i still race.
just love the vibe to be honest.just get some fast mates so you can worm your way onto a podium in the team events 😉

Dad's bike I built for him this christmas (front brake not fitted - missing adaptor at time of pic)
He is no racer but wanted something to help him up the hills 😉

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Mine.. not far off weight wise to his but will prob race on my HT more this year..

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It weighs what it weighs...

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Lightest FS I've owned, 28lb with heavy DH bars, heavy DH seatpost, D521 rim rear and Random heavy deep section front, and good old coil-oil bombers.

thebikechain - Member

It weighs what it weighs...

That front mech looks a bit lardy for such a light frame. Looks like the whole thing has been done on a budget.

It weighs what it weighs...

That's rather the attitude I'd adopt with a bike of that ilk, well done.

I like oxnop's ibis. Those white 5.1s (and fork) and a dark frame look good. Not decided whether the red goes with the dark gray though

" I'm just trying to work out where it's saving over 2lbs on mine "

lack of bar ends
lack of speedometer
lack of saddlebag (though I assume that comes off for 'weigh ins')
lack of extra stickers
It looks like it has those Alex Scandium rims on?
Integrated seatmast
Much smaller shock, no remote lever
Smaller/narrower tyres
It looks to brand spanking new, so no mud (or grease?) whatsoever

Maybe not 2lbs, but some way toward it?

"heavy DH bars, heavy DH seatpost, D521 rim rear and Random heavy deep section front, and good old coil-oil bombers"
On an NRS? Aren't/weren't they XC (race) bikes?

"Looks like the whole thing has been done on a budget"
What, of about £4k? (RRP)

james - Member

> "Looks like the whole thing has been done on a budget"

What, of about £4k?

Bit of an in-joke.....

Oi - nothing wrong with a SRAM Xgen - it works well and i have had a good life out of it.

Njee20 - me n you are Pilgrims.

Here's mine - Santa Cruz - I haven't weighed it properly yet (as I can't carry it far with broken foot!), but with a mate hold the scales and dropping it on them it came in at about 27lbs - but not really that fussed as it needs to be sturdy, rather than light for the single track of california later this year!

The worst of it is I haven't ridden it yet cause of this bloody foot!!

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ltheisinger - Member

The worst of it is I haven't ridden it yet cause of this bloody foot!!

nothing wrong with my foot if you want me to "make sure it's ok"

I like the look of those XT wheels.

mattp - Member
nothing wrong with my foot if you want me to "make sure it's ok"

Haha! 😯 Nice one....yeah I'm gutted - I started building in November and finished it last week (not like I've been able to do anything else!) - but it took a while to source all the 2nd hand parts!!!

epicsteve - Member

I like the look of those XT wheels.

Cheers - they're the XT M776 - All Mountains

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I can get discount on the frames if anybody else fancies one

" I'm just trying to work out where it's saving over 2lbs on mine "

lack of bar ends
lack of speedometer
lack of saddlebag (though I assume that comes off for 'weigh ins')
lack of extra stickers
It looks like it has those Alex Scandium rims on?
Integrated seatmast
Much smaller shock, no remote lever
Smaller/narrower tyres
It looks to brand spanking new, so no mud (or grease?) whatsoever

Maybe not 2lbs, but some way toward it?

In summary we have 200g total for bar-ends, computer, rims (ignoring the extra weight to go tubeless or run sensible tubes with the Alex rims) and seat post.

Could be a little bit in the brakes, but not much. My forks, stem and front mech are all lighter. Where's the other 700g?

picking my new light weight pony up this weekend - they lis it at 20.9lbs

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thought this was a thread about lightweight full suss bikes?!?

heckler? 28lb giant?

light for me is sub 23/24lb

Gotta weight and take some pics of my Anthem X really. Some very very nice bikes on this thread, the way that proghorn looks gives the illusion of a "missing" top tube.

nicks - Member

picking my new light weight pony up this weekend - they lis it at 20.9lbs

there's a couple of things here - "pony" and white racing ralphs!!!!
i saw a spark team with white tires like this - shouldn't be allowed but that's only my opinion. queue shouts of abuse from scott lovers all over stwforumland

is dougal still on yon msc thing?

Had two options:

- Receive a 2010 one, the only difference over the 2009 being the headset and seatclamp are colour matched.
- Ride the same frame to see how long it lasts.

I went with the second option, saves me a lot of hassle with postage and stuff too.

Here it is, 20.57lbs with a number board.

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dougal - white tires coming off and staright on ebay it think ! slighty worried about cutting the frame down !

as for "pony" dont ask !

trickydisco - Member

thought this was a thread about lightweight full suss bikes?!?

heckler? 28lb giant?

light for me is sub 23/24lb

Lightweight? What is lightweight? The meaning lightweight is different depending on whether you ride...XC, AM, FR or DH...seeing that I am in the AM category, the 26.8lbs that my heckler weighs in at is pretty damn good considering - brakes, forks, wheels....all of which will probably be heavier than that you can get away with on a 'FRO' XC bike for sure!

My bike will take a hammering, unlike some of the weight weenies on here, although VERY nice bikes.