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Mine weighs 34lbs, coil both ends, 1x10, lightish but dependable build, would not change a thing to ride anything in the alps or whistler, that's hitting the big bike park jumps etc without debating the capability of my bike, so 100% trust.
I could blow a load of money to get the bike lighter, maybe down to 31lbs without going ott and losing loads of strength, is this in line with what others have?
Is dropping to 31lbs, only a little from the wheels ~200g if that, is it going to make a worthwhile improvement on xc (trail or whatever you want to call it) rides?
34 ish (on a good day)
Heckler
EX721 Wheels
Marz 55 Coil Front
RP23 rear
Dropper post
2.35 minions
Hope Tech M4's on 200mm Floating
760mm NP Warhead bars
2x9
Light enough to ride all day and have fun downhill
Drop the rear coil if anything, good air shocks are good these days
It's currently 180mm and 37lbs but when I eventually get a new shorter fork it should be about 35lbs, that's about what it was last time. It's a Santa Cruz Bullit so it's never gonna be properly light weight anyway.
28lbs to 34lbs with pedals depends on the route to play in regards to nature of bike.
About 34lb.
Lapierre Spicy
Hope/Stans Flow Wheels
Maxxis Minion DHF dual plys tubeless
2x9, soon to be 2x10
Air both ends
No dropper post yet
Renthal bars
I ride everything on it. XC, DH, week in the Alps and I race Gravity Enduros too.
Depends. Day to day, about 29lbs. Alped up, about 34lbs (largely in the wheels and tyres). It could easily be lighter but it'd be a tradeoff.
Currently about 33lbs I think but the frame is a couple of lbs heavier than a nukeproof mega. used for gravity enduro races, 2 alps holidays and trail centre riding.
Last Herb FR with monarch plus
Bos deville
hope/flows with schwalbe hans dampf tubeless
1x9 (32 or 34 x 11-34T)
hope m4's
reverb post
slx cranks
Only reason I haven't got a new frame to drop the weight further is because I know mine is bombproof. Can launch jumps and drops and not worry about bottoming out.
How's/what's the last herb like?
They look tastiful! 8)
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Finished building it last night, 34.75lb on scales that are actually accurate....
Dirtbiker - if your frame is a couple of pounds heavier than the mega, where is a weight premium on my build? Only thing I can think of is the front mech + chain ring. The rest appears the same? Maybe the forks (coil lyriks) - would welcome suggestions!
Devilles are about a half kilo lighter than coil lyriks.
F Mech, fork and maybe the tubless if I were to guess
SC Heckler (Large frame)
Fox Talas 36 (120-160)
RP23
EX721 Pro II rear CK front
Conti Mountain King 2.2 rear 2.4 front
Holzefeller bars
Hope Tech M4
3x9 XT
32lbs.
It's tubeless already - kevlar single ply hirollers which are quite light.
Didn't realise the devilles are so light - that's the difference rigght there...
my 160 bike (mega) weighs a bit more than my 130 (pa).
i really must buy some scales
Another Heckler (Large, 06)
Magura Wotan
DHX5 coil
Superstar/Flow
Schwalbe Wicked Will FR Evo tyres (tubeless)
Deore/SLX drivetrain, 1x10 w/Gamut P20
Gravity Dropper and Charge Spoon
Sunline bars and PRO FRS stem
Formula K18 203/180
33lbs exactly (according to cheap luggage-scales).
Lol my Heckler some days weighs the same as my 456 (in 150/160 mode)
Both built with the same idea - fast fun hard
hmmm, Alpine 160 with coils front and rear, GD, saint cranks and easton f(l)atboy pedals, minions... I reckon 35lbs is being hopeful!
My Absolut sx weighs quite a bit more than my trance but rides much better.
I have no idea on actual weights
Pitch, 1x9, coil both ends. Light chain device, tubeless and no adjustable seatpost has mine at 31lbs.
Intense slopestyle mk 1
Coil rear, lyrik coil front
3x9 full XTR (soon to be double and bash)
King hubs on ex729s
Reverb
minion f+r single ply 2.35
36.01 lbs
Giant Reign x1 about 44 lbs
about 35 lbs...
Orange Alpine 160
CCDB coil rear
Lyrik air front
SS-AMX wheels with downhill tyres
Yeah Ewan, as everyone has already said devilles and single front ring will drop a big chunk of weight. I went from air totems and 2x9 to the above setup in almost one go and dropped about 3lbs.
Onceinalifetime - Love mine, the 165 FR is almost exactly the same as the old 140mm AM, just a slightly thicker downtube for rock strikes/ability to run 180 forks and a different shock. Really really good at sucking up trail chatter, many a time have I stopped to check the rear tyre hasn't dropped in pressure, its leverage ratio means its great at sucking up big drops (5+ft to flat / 10ft+ to transition) and great at trail centre style riding. Only down sides are weight and DH style riding its progressive ratio rather than linear means it struggles. But hey can't have linear and progressive at the same time.
Looks like STW tends towards more gravity orientated builds on their 160mm bikes then.
No real chance of ditching coil suspension, big hit performance and composure is too good to compromise on. This is coming from really good air sus too.
About 30lb, with pedals.
Ibis mojo hd, fox 36 air forks, ccdb air shock, rockshox reverb, dt 5.1ex rims, hans dampf 2.3 tyres (tubeless), 2x 9 drivetrain
The thought just crossed my mind in typical stw shocker, ''was there a need to make this thread''
Ermmmm... the jury is out on this one.
34lbs - Orange Blood with RP23 and Lyriks. Still the bike I reach for when I want a rest though 😉 (singlespeed XC bike and BMX are both circa 26lbs).
29lbs all Alp'd up
29lbs all Alp'd up
Blimey what 160mm bike weighs 29lb in alps mode? (assuming alps mode is double ply tyres etc)
someone here just got a digital bathroom scales so here's my first attempt at weighing a bike (really!).
El Guapo medium (155mm alright, suck it)
Revelation/Monarch
2 x 10 mostly SLX
Hope Flow, tubeless Advantage/Minion
No dropper post
some mud.
er.. no stickers or reflectors.
about 13.3kg.. 29lbs?
How boringly normal! but suggests i could get to 27 or something if i really wanted to.. i'm a big believer in ride feel, suspension and tyres, being more important than weight on scales though.
Remedy 9, 29lbs. Currently fitted with a Maxxis highroller Maxpro 60A up front and 2.35 HR lust rear and CB Acid 2 pedals. Talas 36 120-160 up front. Easton Haven wheels and bars. Elixir CR brakes 180/180. Reverb post. 3x10 XT chainset. XTR shifters, XTR front mech and rear D'. 😀
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A shade under 28lbs
Pronghorn PR6 Trail
Float 160 FIT RLC/RP2
American Classic MTB26 wheels
TRP Dash Carbon brakes
Various carbon finishing bits
It surprises me how light it really is. Weight is based on me holding bike - me, on our bathroom scales
Just finished building my El Guapo and that came out at 34lbs.
Large El Guapo
Cane Creek DB air
Fox Talas 36r
Hope hubs with XM321 rims, Panaracer Rampage tyres
XT double cranks, e13 bash, X0 mech and shifters
Carbon bars, very old answer seatpost, On One stem
18 inch Orange Alpine. All standard apart from 2 ply minions, Syncros FR31 bars and Gusset Slim Jim pedals comes in at 15.42kg (34lb dead). Not tried to lighten it yet. Might go back to single ply tires now i'm back in the UK.
Maverick ML8 - 31lbs
XTR 2 x 10
Talas 36s
Reverb
Bonty Rhythm Pro scandium wheels
Had it down to 29lbs at one point with lighter parts and tyres but it rides really well now and still climbs brilliantly.
Frame is 7lbs so relatively lightweight build kit I guess?
Ewan - MemberBlimey what 160mm bike weighs 29lb in alps mode? (assuming alps mode is double ply tyres etc)
Hmmmmmm. If I was to stick with my Traversees, and SX-carcass Specialized tyres (sort of ply-and-a-half) but with minimal sealant, and lose the dropper post and keep my lighter pedals on it, and go with an air fork- Float or Deville, and 1x10 it... Yeah, I'd not be so far off it I reckon. And that's not a particularily light frame.
But tbh I'd sooner have it bombproof, adaptable, and heavy.
My Nicolai Helius FR is somewhere between 34 & 35lbs with.....
36 Vans and CCDB shock with ti spring
Flows with big volume rubber
XT drivetrain
The One brakes
Reverb Post
The lightest I've had it is 32lbs dead with 36 Floats and an air can at the back, but TBH it rides way better with coil at both ends so I'm happy to put up with the extra weight.
Hmmmmmm. If I was to stick with my Traversees, and SX-carcass Specialized tyres (sort of ply-and-a-half) but with minimal sealant, and lose the dropper post and keep my lighter pedals on it, and go with an air fork- Float or Deville, and 1x10 it... Yeah, I'd not be so far off it I reckon. And that's not a particularily light frame.
That wouldn't count as alpified in my book... double ply tyres, sealant, uppy down post, coil shock etc.
Cube Fritzz...31lb at present. Add another pound or so for the alps when it gets Minions put on
Dont know what it weighs but its light and just done 2 great weeks in the Alps
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Why do you think a dropper's essential for the alps? I found mine pointless with the extended descents, barely used it. And then I broke it in a crash! Wouldn't be without it here but I'll probably not bother with it next time.
Coil shock, meh. I had a coil for this bike, but it didn't add much, and had some disadvantages. Hardly an essential with modern air shocks.
And duaplies... well, I swapped to the SX carcasses for the endurance dh at fort william this year, they were spot on. So had no worries about taking them to the alps either. Could have wished for a slightly stickier front, mind, but they're tough as old boots.
My do-everything bike is pretty heavy so I have decided to put it on a diet, no idea on current weight.
From:
CCDB steel coil
Saint 2x9 +bash
Mavic 721 on evo2s
2.2 RQs with DH tubes
To:
CCBD Ti coil
Saint 1x9 +chain device
Easton havoc UST
Hans dampf tubeless
Back of a fag packet calculations come in at ~3.7lbs saving, mostly from the wheels. Should make it a bit easier uphill at least! Although I'll probably stick the 721s back on when Alpsing.
2006 Enduro, Marz 66 forks, XT kit, Saint cranks, Thomson. 35lbs with heavy wheels and tyres, 33 lbs with mid-weight.
Not good for all day rides but did PPdS on it in mid-weight guise and it was perfect. Amazing the difference on character wheels and tyres makes.
30lbs
Carbon Nomad
Float RLC's
2x10 XTR group
Crossmax SX wheels
Reverb
Carbon Haven bars
Straitline Amp pedals
Intense Slopestyle Mk1
Marzocchi 66s
1x9
Reverb
Big tyres and DH tubes
38lbs. That means I win right?
Spesh Pitch
Lyrics
Hope/EN521 wheels
reverb
1x10 + silentguide
About 32lb with pedals on average, under 30lb with SPD's and a normal post, could probbaly be under 29 comfortably with the OEM wheels and light tyres. Holiday mode depends on the holiday, I think the record is about 38lb with DH bits and the reverb, lightest was the 29lb with SPD's and conti superonics for a trail center.
Medium Pitch but still air front and rear, dropper post, hope 2 / flows / FR4's, stubby stem, steel chainrings (2) / heavy cassette, mud / gaffer tape / million zip ties / far too much grease etc = 35.1 lbs.
It gets a bit heavy when it needs lifting over fences / gates etc at the end of a ride, but I've deliberately gone for a (cheap-ish) burly build.
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I've no idea (nor care) how much weight its added but I've replaced pretty much all bolts / fixings with chunky stainless steel parts, except the m14 axles
Spicy 516
Full xt 2 x 9
u-turn lyriks
dhx5 coil with Ti
syncross dp 25,s on pro2,s
Haven bars and stem
hayes stroker trail
ks remote dropper
2.4 NN evo,s
34.5 lbs on the bathroom scales so i don,t know what it weighs. 😉
27.5lbs.
31 lb for my heckler bathroom scales
Xfusion vengeance forks
Rp23
single ply tyres
2x9xt
Superstar &flow wheels
Reverb post
Xt &hope components
38.2lbs...!
mondraker prayer (coil shock)
domain forks
bunch of other sturdy things
it's ace! 🙂
Remedy 9 09
31.2lbs
ccdb with ti spring
stealth reverb
1x10 xtr
xtr trail brakes
36 talas rlc
rhythm pro carbon bars
dt ex1750 wheels
2.4 rubber queens
superstar ultra mag pedals
27lbs near enough on the nose. Nomad carbon with Lyrik solo air & vivid air. All light but strong kit
My Mrs has a Meta SX which came out at 29.9.
Light but strong?
Seriously doubt you can build any 160mm bike under 29lb and keep it strong/stiff.
Which begs the question, why would you want a weak build on a long travel bike?
Which begs the question, why would you want a weak build on a long travel bike?
Makes it easier to pedal round Llandegla.
Sad but probably all too true
Full component spec of some of these bikes would be "interesting"
No idea. Lighter than my old DH bike, heavier than my hardtail.
Which begs the question, why would you want a weak build on a long travel bike?
For straightlining down steps?
Anyway - not everybody is the same weight. I know that at 60kg, I'd want to keep a 160mm bike at around 30lb, with only tyre changes dipping it under or over.
Hey Ewan...swapped the cruz for a mega?
My mega with...
Float 36 kashima front and rear
mavic sx with 2.35 maxxis single ply
1 x 10
no dropperpost
XTR brakes
nukeproof finishing kit is about 30.5 - 31 pounds (me and bike on bathroom scales) so some margin of error there..
The new 2013 mega is about a pound lighter so that will be interesting to see.
Light but strong?Seriously doubt you can build any 160mm bike under 29lb and keep it strong/stiff. Which begs the question, why would you want a weak build on a long travel bike?
Quite easily actually.
GW - MemberSad but probably all too true
Hob Nob's biek seemed to cope OK with the Mega....
That's your benchmark?
GW - Member
That's your benchmark?
Not necessarily, but it does counter your suggestion that the bike is only used for trail centres. Obviously it would have to be built a lot more solidly to survive the rigours of the constant trolling on here.
Amazed people have Saint Cranks on trail bikes 🙂
Someone asked about full Specs so here goes
SC Heckler Mk6.1
Fox RP23 From Orange Alpine (Slightly different e2e I think)
Marz 55 09/11 Hybrids Coil
Hope BB & Headset
Easton Vice 50mm Stem
Nukeproof Warhead Bars
Hope Tech M4's on 200mm Floating (Black)
XT Mechs and shifters - cables no idea
SLX Cranks
Middleburn Rings 22-36
FSA Bash
Blackspire Stinger
SRAM PC991 Chain & Cassette (9 Speed)
Hope Pro II on EX721 (Hoops)
KS900 Post lever not remote
Charge Spoon Ti
CB Mallet 2's (Soon to be the new 3's)
Minion DHF 2.35 Single Ply or HRII 2.4 Single Ply
Maxxis lightweight tubes
PRO Endless Grips
missed anything
hits around 34-35lb pedals well rides fun.
Throw some 2.5 Minion DP for alps or down only riding.
Its 200mm but it only weighs 28lb13oz
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'd love a shot on that, but hate to own it. ^^
George - I didn't actually make such a suggestion.
Screaming "troll" the second someone questions/challenges you is pathetic. And a big part of what's wrong with this place.
I'll thing you'll GW is a big part of what's wrong with this place 😉
You'll "thing" me?
That's the strangest dig anyone's ever had at me on here
put it away lads
Only if you buy me dinner first.
No, you merely said it was "probably all to true".
And I'd say that a bunch of people automatically jumping to negative conclusions about someone based on a scrap of information about a bike is a somewhat larger part of what's wrong with this place. "His bike is a bit lighter than mine - he mus be a mincer/doesn't know how to ride it/etc, etc." is either jealousy or trolling. Grren face, either way.
I'd like to thank GW, after two of his posts in any thread I now stop reading as they seem to go off topic and verge on bickering.
I now have much more free time instead of being on here all the time.
Hey Ewan...swapped the cruz for a mega?
Your bikes inspired my Ady! For the time being at least - picked the frame up for just under 600, a change is always good. Inital impressions seems to be that the shock is indeed quite a hard tune, but climbs well and jumps better. Quite like it and was fine in nagery singletrack, tho not quite as good as my nickel (that is 3 inches shorter tho!).
Why do you think a dropper's essential for the alps? I found mine pointless with the extended descents, barely used it. And then I broke it in a crash! Wouldn't be without it here but I'll probably not bother with it next time.
Guess like anything it depends on what you ride when you're there. Totally agree it's pointless on the Pleny etc, but on some of the slightly undulating singletrack that's less well known it's quite handy. Even when I was in Whistler it was useful ocassionally (riding rom the bottom lift to the bottom of the top lift! Certainly when we rode with Riveriabike they came into their own, that's more the martime alps than the alps proper.
Jealous? 😆 of what?
havimg a lighter bike takes nothing more than spending cash on lighter parts. Did plenty of that in the 90s thanks.
my covert is 31lbs with
medium covert
bos deville
american classic wheels+tubless
fox rp23
1 x 10+e13 srs
hope tech m4
reverb+belair t1 saddle
high rollers 2.35
xt gears
have a ccdb for rougher stuff dh
Rorsch - KFC do?
GW - Member
Jealous? of what?havimg a lighter bike takes nothing more than spending cash on lighter parts. Did plenty of that in the 90s thanks.
Ok, so we can rule out jealousy in your case, then.
Makes me guff....but if you don't mind the smell it'll do.