CaptainMainwaring – Member
As usual, lots of pointless optimism and inaccurate scales going on here. The only way to acrape under 30lbs for a 5.5″ (140mm) or 6″ travel is to spend £4000+ on something with a carbon frame, full XTR, Chris King etc, and superlight inappropriate tyres.
Tosh – ok, my frame is carbon, but still weighs in at 5.5lbs. Nothing is super bling – mostly XT, with Hope Tech M4 stoppers. The only area I’ve really gone to town with is the Roval wheels @ 1590g. You could lose half a pound off the brakes and probably almost as much off the huge Fire FR front tyre. Get rid of the tubes and chuck a set of carbon bars on and I reckon you’d be in the mid 26’s. Oh, it’s a large too.
No spending £4k for me. By some selective shopping and buying last years frame/forks etc it’s cost me £2700. As said earlier though – even the Alu one’s come in under 30lb. Just interested to see how many more out there did.
BTW – I weighed mine on the bathroom scales and it showed around 27lb w/o pedals and on digital fishing scales with CB Mallets attached 28lb, so I’m pretty sure it’s around there somewhere.
And finally – for those saying why make a 6″ bike this light? This bike is like my ’06 Enduro on speed. The old bike descended superbly, but half of the time it felt like I was riding through mud – this one feels just as sprightly as my HT.