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Nicolai ion 16. 31lds without the poverty spec down tube protector.How are you getting an ION 16 to 31lbs??? My Helius AC frame is half a pound lighter than the ION frame and I have lighter brakes, cranks and forks. My bike is more like 32lbs.
My 26" Ion 16 is a few grams either side of 30lbs depending on tyres
My custom large rallon x30 is bang on 31, bos kirk, pike, i23/pro2 evo (1900g), answer sl 780/apex stem, reverb, shorty/ardent tubeless, slx 1x10, flite, deore braking 200/180mm, electron evo. Going to lose 100g on next saddle, 180g on next cassette and eventually 300g on wheels to get it down to a sensible and tough 29 point something.
Norco Range Carbon 29.3 pounds with CCDB Air and DPA Pikes. Or in actual 21st century speak 13.3kg.
@duir, I've not done anything special to get the bike to 31, and that's with a chain guide Flow Ex Hope V4's & a dropper, I'm running trail Spesh Butcher Perg combo which look pretty ragged after 5 days in Les arcs.
It was weighed by a well respected bike shop as well as my on off scales and subtract method.
Not really one for weighing things. But just been out and weighed a couple for the interest value. Giant Trance 1 large, out of the box with only pedals added 29.5 lbs. Scott Genius LT 185mm travel thing 32lbs without pedals. Scales may or may not be accurate as they have not been calibrated for a couple of years.
The interesting thing is how much heavier to pick up and ride the Scott is when the actual difference is probably 3 lbs.
Remembered this thread and weighed mine last night, 31.6lbs... Alu framed, medium BMC Trailfox 150mm 29er, not light but not bad. It'll lose another 400g or so from the wheels soon and then that'll be pretty much it, most of the kit's already pretty much as light as I want to go.
Does feel the weight compared to the old bike tbh but that's not all bad and the suspensiond design gives it a fairly light-on-the-ground feel, that's more important.
[b]Northwind[/b],
medium BMC Trailfox 150mm 29er
What's your view of this bike/frame? Any good?
Still learning it tbh so not sure. It's a proper monster truck of a thing, the medium's bigger than a lot of largers and of course, it's got a lot of wheel and travel. But it's not cumbersome or anything, just properly a big bike. Takes some getting used to. And it does definitely make some trails less fun, for me- on the first ride at glentress, frinstance, I set a couple of personal bests but I never felt like I was going fast or even really riding it that well. So it's quick but a bit less engaging on easier stuff. On steep or rough stuff it's bloody good, I'm already as quick on it as I was on my 224 and there's more to come once I figure it out, it eats up rocks and that. I want to get it up to the fort and just let it run...
I'm pretty impressed with it, but I've not really got much love for it yet though. TBH I really wanted a Remedy but this was cheap! Evans have new ones at pretty good prices, this one was used but pretty amazing how much bike you get for the money, despite some wonky bits in the build.
jaffejoffer
ive had digital luggage scales before and theyve never lasted very long. theres a whole host of them on ebay and amazon for around a fiver but reading reviews they dont seem very accurate.this one looks good value tho??
http://www.planetx.co.uk/i/q/TOJWDHS/jobsworth-pro-digital-hanging-scale#reviewstab
I bought these! Thanks for the link they work well.
12.43kg / 27.4 pounds according to those scales.
Santa Cruz Bronson CC with CCDBA CS,
Pikes,
XX1 on Next SL cranks,
XTR brakes and pedals,
Easton carbon bars,
Reverb dropper,
LB 38mm rims on DT Swiss 240s hubs with CX-Ray spokes
HR2 2.3 tyres (tubeless)
SDG Bel Air 2.0 saddle
Banshee Rune 650b + Fox FloatX/Vorsprung Corset
Marz 350NCR forks
Carbon SLK bars 745mm
Thomson 60mm stem
Formula The One
Carbon LB rims/SS ultralight+switch evo hubs/DT comp
XTR crank
SS Delta pedals
Reverb 125mm
Butcher grid/Nevegal X tubeless
ESI Xchunky grips
SLX/XT mech/shifter 1x10
XT cassette, KMC x10 chain
WTB Volt
Hope BB+front chainguide
AB oval 32 chainring
Theres not a lot more I can do to save weight. Its pretty heavy, but very tough.
31.93lb/14.48kg
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