Show me your light builds …..

Hi All,

Looking for inspiration for a new build built as light as is feasible (money, my physical size etc)

I know that light means different things to folk so looking at sub 22lbs.

Looking for inspiration from all categories Geared/SS/Suspension etc.

Ball park figure ££ wise would be good too but I don’t want a this is how much I can afford thread 😆

Please help out an uninspired chap!

Cheers,

Mark

Try the Weight Weenies forum

davidtaylforth – Member

Try the Weight Weenies forum

As in the separate website?

If so, I have had a look through the site but to be honest a lot of the bikes on there do not look “real world” in that whilst they are incredibly light few look ridden 😕

This one is not mine, it’s my OH’s brothers build. 2009 Epic with X.0/XT and XTR wheels and pedals, carbon Elixirs. Syntace bars, Thomson post, Ritchey Pro stem, Selle Italia SLR saddle. He will be putting some TnT Geax Saguaro soon so should get the bike down to high 24’s. At current build it weights around high 24 – low 25 lbs.

His bike might not be a weight weenie wet dream but the cost was around £1500-1600 with some bits new, some used. He races it successfully in the local marathon series. Bike is fast but he’s fast as well, I’ve seen his results and he normally averages 28-29km/h on a 80-90km off road course. So in my opinion his build is a real world light weight build that can stand some abuse.

It’s not under 22lbs but still light. His mate had an S-works HT that was under 22lbs BUT it had an older SID and V brakes on it 🙂 Now with a newer SID and disc brakes is no loner that light.

http://www.bikeradar.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=12661556&start=40
http://www.bikeradar.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=12697662

If it is not Ti then it is carbon*.

I am not sure what it weighs as I have never thought to weigh it but whenever people pick it up they seem shocked by how light it is.

*Okay, some is carbon weave wrapped around alu but it is a vanity bike and I am not vain enough to spend proper money on it.

TBH, a SS Scandal with carbon fork and even some pretty bog standard wheels would be under 22lbs and reasonably cheap.

That Scalpel at 8.45kg-18.6lbs.

Sefton is that Cannondale Flash Yours as well? 7.21kg-15.8lbs. Pretty impressive for a usable bike. Any rider weight restrictions on parts?

niner build 13lb 15oz!! (not me BTW)

http://forums.mtbr.com/showthread.php?t=656281

Heres my Giant XTC carbon hardtail, original bike cost around £850, but most of it has been upgraded (about £2ks worth of additions)!

Total weight around 9.8kg / 21lb

Frame Giant XTC T700 Carbon Composite 2006 Size S (17”).
Fork Rockshox SID TEAM ’09
Brakes Avid Elixir CR 160mm FandR
Grips Giant, Rubber
Handlebar FSA K-FORCE CARBON RISER
Headset FSA integrated
Headset Spcrs Brand X Carbon Spacers
Stem FSA XC-115 OS 90mm Carbon Clamp
Cassette SRAM PG990 (11-34)
Chain SRAM PC991
Chainset/BB TruVativ Comp G 9sp. 22x32x44T ISIS splined, 170mm
Derailleur Frnt Shimano LX (M571)
Derailleur Rear SRAM X.0 Medium Cage (Redwin Red)
Shifters SRAM X.0 Redwin Red + Matchmaker clamp x 2
Pedals Shimano XTR M970
Saddle Selle Italia SLR XC Gel Flow
Seat Post Raceface DEUS XC SL 30.9mm diameter. Trimmed
Seatpost clamp and bolts Giant (Titanium bolt)
Wheelset American Classic MTB 26 (R816g, F707g)
Tyres Schwalbe Nobby Nic EVO 26 x 2.1
Tubes Continental MTB 26 Light
Skewers X-Lite Tech 9 Titanium 79g/pair
Cable housings Jagwire

Just finished last week, now lost the gold chain due to excessive ribbing on here!!

Didn’t try particularly hard and its certainly not had £££ thrown at it. Most bits were over 50% discounted from On-One or Merlin. I had a few bits in the parts bin, but I reckon under £500 outlay.

My Sandersons dissapointlingly un-light despite being built form the lightest parts in my spares crate.

But then again the rider needs to lose about 45lb before it becomes an issue.

Loving singlespeed though, I didn’t believe loseing ~400g from the rear axle could make that much of a change!

XTC Carbon – Total cost was about £350 frame was free 😀

Certain parts have changed now, namly saddle and seat post. I could knock another pound or so off. Tyres, Brakes, stem, crankset. But It was never meant to be light, just a winter hack.

Weights 19Lbs

Cheers for the inspiration folks 🙂

That niner is just mental 😯

Off to look at the OO stuff now 🙂

I’ve got a 1992 Kona Cindercone

Singlespeed, P2s, red DX vee brakes, OE Bonty rims on Shimano SLX hubs, old tyres nd a few odds and sods I had lying around.

Weight = 22.5lb

Cost = £157

8)

22lb according to my fish weighing scales from LIDL, Not superlight, but for a 130mm hardtail not bad. Back end weighs bugger all.

getting rid of the Minion supertackys for something a little less robust would drop the weight a bit more too…