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I went to the vet last night to pick something up on the way home, while I was there I popped my bike on the scales to see how much it weighed. First time I've done that, and I figure there scales will be accurate - it was 16.5kg!
Granted I had a water bottle that was mostly full so lets say that was 500g. I purposefully took my rack pack off but 16kg is my on-the-road full commuter set up - rack, Abus x plus granit D lock (i.e. the heavy one), marathon plus tyres, full guards, lights.
It's an Arkose 2 running 1x10 and hydros. Not a heavy bike but not a light one either.
I thought that 16kg was pretty heavy but have no sense of other commuting bikes. I'll have a couple of kgs of random stuff each day too but that's luggage so not a fair comparison
How heavy is your commuter?
About 8.5kg. #Makecommutersposhagain.
Mine's about the same with the lock and water bottle on!! 🙂
202.8 tons approximately, Northern line tube.
I don't want to know...
Way more than it should -> weeride bar!
Current commutter - 23lbs - SS steel frame roadbike on 23mm tyres - I am only doing a mile
Previous - 55 lbs - ebike with full kit
Genesis Croix de Fer - advertised weight is 12.5kg or thereabouts, actual weight after swapping front wheel for one with a dynamo, adding bottle cage, mudguards, light, etc. is probably 15kg.
Yeah, whatever.
Not weighed it, but I do notice the weight is approximately doubled when the mudguards and lights are fitted for the winter. 🙂
ie. it's light.
Not weighed it but it's a Specialized Allez Comp 105 gruppo circa 2007 model.
Original lightweight Mavic wheelset bit the dust many years ago and were replaced with a cheap set of Shimano R501's, circa £60 for a pair from Ribble so I'm guessing 9 or 10kg's
Ranges between 16 and 45lbs. I’m an equal opportunities commuter when it comes to bikes.
I weighed mine to work out why I was so slow
15.5kg Bike plus 8kg of pannier and water bottle
11.5 kgs before mudguards
I thought mine was heavy until I started reading this thread.
10.2kg, singlespeed Charge Plug with 32s, PDW mudguards, otherwise un-fancy kit.
Makes me wonder how light I could get it for summer, the tyres are 1/2kg heavier than some GP4000 28s, the guards are 1/2kg, the wheels are probably 1/2kg heavier than I could build myself, could almost get it down to the weight of my summer road bike!
About 9.5kg with guards and lights. One gear and no freewheel though.
about 25kg but its electric so doesn't matter.
23.5lbs on the bathroom scales.
1 mile commute - Mid 90s steel Voodoo set up SS 69er with budget wheels and WTB Weirwolf 2.55 tyres (for taking the scenic route home)
ARGH - used 'there' instead of 'their', that's annoying
So 16kg is looking toppy compared with everyone else. Thanks. I can use that as an excuse when someone overtakes me and a put down when I overtake someone else 😀
I reckon I could save some weight (like switch to lighter tyres and lock) but I'd certainly lose convenience/piece of mind
It does explain how I can roll down some hills so quick!
Cannondale CAADX Tiagra Disc 2016 Cyclocross
9.9kg
Thanks. I can use that as an excuse when someone overtakes me and a put down when I overtake someone else
wont be immediately obvious though. There’s no greater feeling than overtaking a roadie, when on a fatbike. And no roadie is going to be ecstatic about overtaking you riding one either...
mine weighs slightly less than a small moon and combined with my alfine hub that I'l lubed with treacle and its a little bit like hard work. hence I hit the ribble winter bike as much as possible...reckon thats around 10-12kg with rack
don't have a suitable set of scales but I'd imagine that the dolan precursa is about 9kilo and the Kona ute about the same as a collapsing star, don't half notice the difference ! Kona makes for a brilliant resistance training device
At a guess, 12 or 13 KG, perhaps more. Not the lightweight option.
10.2kg on Park Tool scales - Kinesis 4S with dynamo, rack and mudguards.
I'm saying 8.5kg as it's just a smidge over 8kg from the factory and I've obviously added pedals
~15-16 kg before bags.
I don't generally weigh it, or care, as by the time you've slung the bags on (or attached trailer) a few kgs here or there is largely irrelevant.
It'll depend largely on whether the job of your commuter is simply to get arider to the location as fast as possible, or if it has other roles like 'carrying stuff', ie: travel Vs utility. When I don;t have anyhting to carry and the weather is nice my commuter might weigh <8kg, but that's beause it;s a different bike entirely.
TLDR: Don't get hung up on it as long as it does all the jobs you required of it without breaking.
2935kg. Vivaro.
13 kg without water
16 kg with water and rack and contents attached- bit more with lights as well.
No strava times are challenged on this beast.
Steel CX bike
23kg fully loaded Salsa Fargo with panniers, work clothes/food/coffee/more clothes/extra stuff I might need.
Nice to have a flask of hot coffee for when I arrive at work though. I don't worry about the weight at all, just take whatever I want to work. That, and taking the Garmin off / not worrying about my speed, have been the best things I've done regarding riding to work. I commute much more often now, and enjoy it. Only 9 miles each way though.
930KG Fiat 500
11kg Winterized London Road .
Going to chuck some lighter wheels and tyres on it for the summer.
12.5 to 13kg, not including lock or water. (but including rack, guards, dynamo lights)
I thought it was heavy too! Which I suppose it is compared with my road bike, it weighs about the same as my do-it-all hardtail.
7.5-8kg I think.
Whyte Glencoe, stated figure is 10.9kg
I have added
2 x bottle cages
1 x Light roadie pump
1 x Flashy light front
1 x flashy light rear
1 x Ass saver
1 x Cable lock
1 x Pair of Odyssey plastic pedals
So I would guess no more than 12.5kg
I would like to increase it a little more to add full length mudguards when Whyte finally release them.
I'm commuting on my steel jones / Ti truss with a rohloff....not light!
Spec:
Jones carbon loops
KS Dropper
Rear 650b+ WTB ranger on a 50mm carbon rim
Front 29 x 2.2 big apple on a rabbit hole
14.5kg inc water / tools & spare tube!
I used my sons uber light road bike for a week and ended up saving circa 4mins over 8 miles. It can't really be described as comfy, has scary little grip, has dodgy brakes (compared to a MTB) and was crap at weaving through the traffic. The Jones is just uber comfy, loads of grip, stops on a dime and can easily handles the twists and turns with loads of confidence.
I don't worry about the extra 4mins it takes me...
Mines just over 8kgs - Cannondale caad12 105 Disc with Hunt wheels. Fairly lightweight light to add onto that weight, and I’ll be hitting an sks raceblade to the back when I can be bothered. Use a lomo backpack for commuting gear.
Apparently my town/station commute bike is 15kg/33lb (including rack, empty panniers, guards and dyno lighting). The lock adds another 3kg, so I’m 18kg all up. And it doesn’t even have gears 🙂
The Brompton and the bike I use for the 30-mile full commute are both lighter…
My recumbent trike is 15 kg (aluminium Catrike), fixed steel road bike is 8 kg in summer, more in winter with guards and winter forks, winter bike is about 11 kg. The pannier can be 7 kg or more.
Race bike is 7.4 kg and I commute on that in summer when racing after work.
commute is 16-25 km depending on site. Or 40 km when getting in extra distance.
Somewhere around 11.5kg for my Surly Straggler - complete with 105 11sp, 41c knobbly tyres on Hope 20Five, BB7 SL discs, 50mm mudguards and Thomson finishing. Not as a slow as you might think, given that it has fairly low & compact classic road geometry and flies over cobbles etc.
Believe it or not, that's quite light for what it is! I used to run it with 28c tyres on lighter wheels during dry weather, losing around 1kg in the process.
I now have a Shand that's closer to 8.5kg with mudguards, which I haven't properly ridden in anger yet but is only quicker when the roads open up (i.e. not really quicker when commuting the urban jungle of Bristol).
I use a Whyte carbon road bike that is just under 10kg ish with hydraulic discs, mudguards, and dynamo lights. It's another 0.5kg if i put Marathon Greenguards on instead of the Conti 4Seasons. It was about 8.5kg before i added the stuff. The dynamo wheels were actually slightly lighter than the stock wheels (novatec/sp pd-8)
Mines just shy of 12kg. Cotic Solaris with rigid carbon forks, carbon post and bars, built with SLX/XT.
It feels light to me, since I don't own a road bike or CX 🙂
Thanks to finding a crack and having to use my road bike, mine's now 8.2kg (excluding saddle bag, bottle etc.).
It's fast, but I think that's mostly from the neck and back ache inducing position that I wouldn't want to risk on a bad back day.
Steel framed rigid 26" single speed mountain bike with tubeless Schwalbe Marathon Racers, rack and mudguards weighs 14.6 kg or 16.8 kg including lock and water bottle. However that does include pump, inner tube and a tool bottle all of which stay on the bike!
26" rigid 1x9 mtb
28lbs/12.7kg including small alpkit framebag + SKS Chromoplastics mudguards + mud