[Closed] Show me your lightweight XC speed machine

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KingdomBike Supreme 650, X0/XTR mix. Very quick and comfy. Not 100% on weight but would guess 22/23 lbs.

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95 DBR Axis TT.
9.9kg.
Fast.

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At its lightest, something under 21lbs / 9.5Kg.

potentially very fast, could be lighter.... what slows it down well me to be perfectly honest 🙂
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What I dream of having?

Anthem 29er with xtr/carbon everything, lightweight but just strong enough not to die on fun stuff. Cost £ridiculous.

What I have?

Not enough room and a bank manager who just doesn't understand...

Awaiting my new toy. 10.5kg 29er. Should be 9.8kg when I'm done 🙂

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New shiny toy

Now sub 18lbs.

All a bit experimental.

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Currently 20.4lbs with Dirty Dan/Mud X tyres.

Njee, there is no way that's 20.4lbs 😉

XTC1 29er - 1x9 - SIDs - Stans on Hope XC hubs - No idea on weight actually, but it certainly feels light!

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Njee, there is no way that's 20.4lbs

Ho ho ho 🙂

It's got heavier in the last year:

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the back wheel's resting on that paving slab 😉

Switch the scales to lb? 😀

Probably not got the forks in too.

No saddle or seatpost either, in fact that's actually just the frame/chainset/chain/rear wheel weight!

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This is just over 22lbs. Still try to decide to take this or a 26.5lb asr5 to BORS 132k (Weight vs comfort)!

Are 26" wheels allowed in a thread about XC speed machines?

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19.8lbs

Matts lite 1500,PRC carbon, hope headset, XT drive etc
Currently weighs 9.96kg, still my fave of the fleet,can do some serious damage on her.
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Are 26" wheels allowed in a thread about XC speed machines?

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I reckon there's scope for going even lighter if you lose those stabilisers 🙂

And the Deore brakes.... 😉

.....and wheelset 😉

Rubbish picture, not great rider, but awesome bike.
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'09 Anthem Advanced.
Wheels, bars, stem, shifters upgraded from standard, no idea on the weight.

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21.4lbs

Nice Bruce 😀

Not as light as Bruce's but only a pound or so heavier (or there abouts)

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There's something about Schmiken's Kingdom Supreme (second post in this thread) that's just so right. It looks a bit like the last Cotic Soda but with a tapered headtube.

Nothing on their website about the 650b version though. Anyone got any info on this one?

This is 22lbs or so depending on tyres.

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not the lightest but flies on the climbs and decents

My Kinesis XC Pro 3 for child carrying duties 😀

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Just got this. No idea on the weight but would guess around 24-26lbs, but planning to lighten it up for enduro racing duties. Lighter tyres for starters and some new pedals.

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One of Decathlon's finest. About 12.5kg if I remember correctly.
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Weaver Valley CC

Yep. This was as one of the Brownbacks Lee Quarry series a few years ago, I do a couple of XC races a year when it suits. Not seriously, as evidenced by my results!

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Pipedream Olympic (now called Skyline). Not just steel... Stainless steel!
Awesome bike.

Getting a bit older but still doing the business 🙂

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Stumpytrek - what's that stainless Pipedream weighing-in at (and what frame size)...?

Teasel - that is an 18" frame. With pedals just under 21lb from memory.

And very nice it is, too.

Kiwijohn: A friend had one of those Axis TT's in the 90's. Brilliant bike - you get anywhere near the pedals and it would leap forwards.

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