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Mine is 2,242g, comprising of 29' Roval alloy 27mm rim, 350 hub, 180mm rotor, X01 10-50 cassette, 2.4 Wolfpack Cross tyre, 100ml of sealant and valve.
Hunt XC WideV2 (with rim tape and tubeless valve): 960g
Shimano RT66 160mm 6-bolt disc, with bolts: 128g
Specialised Fast Track Control T5 (29 x 2.35"): 677g
Sealant (can't remember the brand): 110g
Shimano XT 10-51 cassette: 475g
Total: 2350g.
Hope pro4 / EX471 wheel
Sunrace cassette
Wild Enduro rear tyre
180mm rotor
2,925g
I'm sure someone can come in heavier than that though
@Omas theoretical or actual measured weight? As that's bloody light for an alloy rear wheel with XT level components
Mine (weighed) is 2310g and is as follows:
Hunt Proven XC Carbon 29er c/w Hunt tubeless valve
Specialized Renegade T5 29x2.35"
Effetto Mariposa Tyre Invader insert & 100mm of Stans sealant
Shimano XTR RTM9000 Ice Tech 160mm centre-lock rotor
Shimano XTR M9100 10-51 cassette
29” DT Swiss XMC 1200 (180 hub, Berd spokes, 30mm ‘all mountain’ carbon rim) 750g - actual, inc valves & tape
Rest are weights from the internet
XG1299 cassette - 350g
Intend Aero 200mm 2.25 rotor 197g
2.4 DHR 2 EXO- 990g
Guess 100g of sealant
So, provisionally, 2,387g will confirm if I remember when I get home.
And some others
Hope pro 5/DT Swiss XM481 29er = 1.11kgs which dissapointed me to be honest after building it!
XT 12 speed cassette 469g*
Maxxis Minion DHR 1kg ish
Magura storm HC rotor 180mm 141g*
So 2.8kg or something....Rubbish...
*internet weights
The one currently on my bike is 2920grams.
Hope Pro5 with microspline freehub, Xynotal DH super soft 2.4” tyre, ACI double butted spikes (32), DT Swiss EX511, Stans sealant.
I think that was without the cassette on.
I'm a bit surprised by some of the weights here.
Mine's at 2320g on the kitchen scales. Carbon rim, Hope Pro 4, Ground Control, XTR cassette.
with mine the tyre alone weighs 1320g that’s on the wheel……
Forgot to mention mine has a 200mm centreline rotor on it as well.
Bunch of lightweights!
My Levo's rear wheel is as follows
29in Hope Fotrus 30 (triple wall version) built into a boost Pro 4 hub
Sram GX 12 speed 10-52 cassette
2.5 Maxxis Assegai with Double Down casing and Maxx grip compound
100ml of sealant
203mm Hope V4 rotor
e bike magnet on rotor
Comes in at 3530 grams 🤣 🤣 🤣
Dt Swiss 240, XR391, Sapim CX-ray 806g
Cassette xt 10-51, 461g
Magura Storm SL 160mm rotor, 99g + centre lock adapter, 23g
Tyre 760g + valve 15g (est)
Total 2164g + sealant
Mine's at 2320g on the kitchen scales. Carbon rim, Hope Pro 4, Ground Control, XTR cassette.
Hope hub gives away quite a bit to a light hub.
The one currently on my bike is 2920grams.
Hope Pro5 with microspline freehub, Xynotal DH super soft 2.4” tyre, ACI double butted spikes (32), DT Swiss EX511, Stans sealant.
I think that was without the cassette on.
I dunno what the others think, but that's kind-of cheating IMO.
And you ain't gonna get very far are you? 😉
Hope hub gives away quite a bit to a light hub.
Yeah. I'm aware I could have built lighter (30mm internal width rims add a fair bit too), I'm just surprised that people are in the same ballpark weight with alloy rims/inserts.
Yeah. I'm aware I could have built lighter (30mm internal width rims add a fair bit too), I'm just surprised that people are in the same ballpark weight with alloy rims/inserts.
Yours should be lighter than mine eh, unless that carbon rim is particularly overbuilt?
But mine is also real-world weight on the kitchen scales.
IIRC my rear wheel on the Wazoo fatbike, complete with rotor; cassette; tube; 4" Jumbo Jim (without skewer?) was something daft like 4Kg. 😮
For my 2920g wheel add 529g for an slx 10-51 cassette - so 3449g
I'm just surprised that people are in the same ballpark weight with alloy rims
Mines about as light as you can build an alloy rimmed wheel with a sensible width (25mm) and normal spoke count (28). The 240 it's laced too is from the spline one series wheels and weighs the same as a 180. Carbon rim could drop maybe 100g.
Right, in the garage, the above DT wheel is actually 2,520g. Must have some heavy air in it.
Other wheels -
27.5 Reserve 30, Chris King hub, DB spokes, single Dward Design ti 30t sprocket and SS Spacers, Hope 200mm vented rotor, 2.4 DHRII EXO, valves & sealant -2,400g
29” WTB CZRi30, DB spokes, KOM hub and 200mm rotor, XG1295 cassette, 2.6 DHRII EXO tanwalls, valves and sealant, 2,780g.
27.5 Enve AM, Chris king hub, DB spokes, Intend Aero 200mm rotor, XG1299 cassette, 2.3 Minion SS, valves and sealant - 2,450g
Didn’t expect the reserve to be the lightest, though smaller diameter and no 12s cassette probably helps….
Newmen wheel, GX 10-52, DH conti, 200mm 2mm rotor, 318og
Carbon Newmen wheel, conti enduro tyre, x01 cassette, 200mm 1.8 rotor, 2820g
The 27.5 rear wheel (ex) on my ebike, heavy duty Lapierre job with 2.8 Minion, Rimpact Pro and Steps 11 speed cassette = 3650g. Turns out it wasn’t heavy duty really as a bit of a case on a biggish jump and it shuffled off this cruel world. I meant to measure all my wheels including its Hunt replacement at the weekend, but forgot. I will weigh them this week at some point 🙂
26" Arch with a Racing Ralph and 32 spokes weighs in at 1800g. I guess that illustrates quite well why 29ers are so sodding heavy.
I thought this would be pretty damn light - 29er hardtail's wheel is a Crossmax, with 180mm rotor, Bontrager SE5 and XO cassette
2617g if you can't see it. Ebikes beefy DT Swiss is 2900g
FR541 on Yama hub with 12s SLX cassette, rotor and a DHR2 max terra 3c tyre comes in at 3kg.
Tempted to go and weigh the Reynolds X01 set up for comparison now...though that has a cushcore.
OP here. Really interesting data. I didn't think my rear wheel was that light, but clearly it is, at least for a 29 alloy trail wheel and in relative terms. Over the years I had stopped worrying about the weight of my bike as I don't think it matters that much. But t it has become a slippery slope, where does it end? So on my last build I tried to experiment again and build lighter, and it DOES make a difference, particularly when climbing. I couldn't go too light as I am 85kgs but I think those Roval Control at £333 were a bargain on DT350 and at 1,700g. They kind of make carbon redundant at my body weight, although there may be other benefits which I don't grasp (better/sharper steering?). I am not even sure being 27mm is an issue with a 2.4 nor that it inherently makes the rim lighter? (not sure).
Or I am just getting old, at 56 so perhaps I am offsetting for my fitness getting worse.
Your main weight savings are coming from the tyre. I knew the Wolfpack’s were all pretty light, but around/sub 700g for a 29x2.4 tyre is really light, almost half what some are using here.
Yeah my rear tyre is nudging 1.3kg IIRC
True, that's why I chose them. Despite the name, the Cross is a solid trail performer. Not sure how it gets so much grip, resilience with so little weight!
@Omas theoretical or actual measured weight? As that's bloody light for an alloy rear wheel with XT level components
Mine (weighed) is 2310g and is as follows:
Hunt Proven XC Carbon 29er c/w Hunt tubeless valve
Specialized Renegade T5 29x2.35"
Effetto Mariposa Tyre Invader insert & 100mm of Stans sealant
Shimano XTR RTM9000 Ice Tech 160mm centre-lock rotor
Shimano XTR M9100 10-51 cassette
Apologies - everything was measured apart from the tyre&sealant which is porkier than expected (tried to work that out via subtraction based on previous wheel weight).
Measured weight is 2374g, with a bit of dirt. 😇
Hunt enduro wide, Rimpact pro, Garbaruk cassette, 29 x 2.4 maxx terra minion, 203mm rotor = 2.95 kg
Hunt enduro wide E bike wheel, Rimpact pro, steps 11 speed cassette, 27.5 x 2.8 maxx terra minion, 203mm rotor = 3.66 kg
Newmen Advanced SL X.A.30 27.5", DT Swiss 240S, XTR 10-45, XTR MT900 180mm, Schwalbe Wicked Will 2.4 = 2.115kg
Hope Pro 5 54poe
We Are One Triad 27.5 rim
GX DH 7 speed cassette
Trickstuff 203mm 2.25 rotor
Maxxis Dissector 27.5x2.4 Double Down (@ 1,420g on scales 😳 )
reserve valves, sealant.
2,770g
Rear wheel 1
2,930g
Wheel: DT 350 hub, EX511 rim 32 spoke brass nipples, 27.5"
Tyre: Aggressor 2.5 dual ply
Selant: 100ml Stans
Cassette: SLX 12sp cassette
Rotor: TRP 2.3mm thick 203mm
Rear wheel 2
2,640g
Wheel: DT Swiss XM1700 29er
Tyre: Maxxis Rekon 2.4" 29" dual ply
Selant: 100ml Stans
Cassette: Sunrace 12sp cassette
Rotor: Galfer 180mm
Nextie 25mm int carbon rim, Chris King hub, Sapim CX Rays, Bontrager XR4 2.4, Hope 180mm floating rotor and XTR 10-45 cassette.
2.08kg.
That's an expensive wheel! 🙂
2.723kg
Light bicycle 30mm carbon rim
Hope Pro4 boost hub
Hope 10-48 11 speed cassette
CX-ray spokes/brass nipples
Hope 200x2.3 rotor
Maxxis DHR II double down maxx terra 27.5 x 2.4
120ml Stans sealant
Tubeless valve
No tape
That's a lot of wheel I'm lugging around.
Back wheel from my Gravel bike : 
XTR 142mm rear hib with Ti freehub
SLX 11-40t cassette (lumpen!)
Shimano 160mm IceTec centre lock rotor
DT spokes x32
XR391 rim
Goodyear Connector 700x50mm
a *lot* of Stans sealant
2295 grams! No wonder it feels a bit 'steady' on the road. To be fair, it is basically a 2010ish spec Mountain bike wheel.
I'll do my two MTB's wheels soon.
One up boost hub, EX511, 28h
Sapim race spokes
Conti Kryptotal SS DH
Garbaruk 11 SPD cassette, XD
Hope valve
Formula 203x2.2 rotor
3.00 kg according to the scale in our warehouse.
300g more than Daffy's and a good slice cheaper. spot the difference...
2370g
2.4 Maxxis Dissector, 80ml sealant (probably-ish by now)
DT M1700 wheel (350 hub, 481 rim, 28 spokes) £230 F&R on sale a while back
180mm RT66
19T Surly sprocket, freewheel spacers.
Roval Control carbon
Garbaruk 10-50 cassette
Clarks rotor
Maxxis Ikon
2,054g apparently.
Bitex 211R hub
SunRace 11spd 11/46 cassette
160mm SLX rotor,
Sapim Spokes
Stans Arch MK4 aluminium rim
valve & tape & a good dollop of sealant
Schwalbe Rick XC 29x2.4" tyre.
2395g
Gravel/commuting wheel or, more accurately, xc mtb wheel with a gravel tyre.
Hope Pro II Evo
WTB KOM Light i25
dt spokes
XG 1295 cassette
Hope 160mm floating rotor
Maxxis Reaver 700x40 tanwalls
Valves and sealant
2,030g
1980g.
XTR9100 hub, XTR 10-51 cassette, rt-79 disc, Race King 29x2.2, 28xCXRAY spokes, Venn carbon rim 25mm inner, unknown sealant level.
As there's no front wheel thread...
1465g.
XTR9100 hub, MT900 disc, Race King, 28 x laser spokes, Light Bicycle rim. Some sealant.
Hope pro4 / EX471 wheel
Sunrace cassette
Wild Enduro rear tyre
180mm rotor
2,925gI'm sure someone can come in heavier than that though
Easy - as I have a rohloff.
Halo rim. wtb nano 2.1 tyre tyre set up tubeless, rohloff with strengthening rings, 32 spoke, hope 160mm disc 3.5 kg
I have to say I am pleasantly surprised with that in comparison to other weights here considering a fair comparison would include a mech as well
2007g
Gravel Bike rear
Ethirteen xcx carbon wheel
Thunder Burt 29 x 2.0 Liteskin
Sram XPLR cassette 9-44
Sram Centreline 160mm rotor
75ml Peatys Holeshot
mtb race
netxtie omega rims (30mm internal), oldish dt 240s hubset, cx-ray spokes, schwalbe racing rick 2.25(F) + thunderburt 2.25(R), sram 10-36 12spd XDR cassette.
front 1503g
rear 1876g
(I suppose I might need to add on the weight of FD and 2nd chainring...)
gravel race
light bicycle wg44 rims (30mm internal), dt350 hubs, cx-ray spokes, specialized s-works pathfinder pro (42mm), 105 R7100 11-34 12spd Cassette
front 1473g
rear 1857g