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OK, I'm sick of hauling my 30.75lb rig around the trails.
Give me some inspiration - I'm hankering after a 24-25lb bike again!
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22.5lb
this one is about 25lbs
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This one is about 24lbs
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Kev
I built this uber light 22lbs but it rode like a wooden horse so beefed it up as trailish bike and probably weighs less than 24lbs? 3.6lbs frame.
Personally I could be the one that needs to lose weight not the bike!
So what if your bike weighs more-how does it ride?
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dyls, with reflectors and pedal platforms, please tell me that was taken when you picked the bike up from the shop!
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Feel free to recoil in horror, but you can ride trails on it, and without the rack and guards it weighs a fair bit less than 25 lb. 🙂
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I am fairly rad on it to when i get the chance
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Why does your new bike have to be so heavy?
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Currently 20.7lbs
'dyls, with reflectors and pedal platforms, please tell me that was taken when you picked the bike up from the shop!'
haha, if I'm honest it took me quite a while to figure out how to remove the platforms.
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Heres a few of mine.
sheldona, that top one would be lighter without that stupid extra tube
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And the third one would be considerably lighter without the retard on board 😉
Yawns, spins around and walks off...........................
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OK...any excuse... 8)
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FoxyChick, I always like looking at your frame
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can't remeber the weight exactly.
Feel free to recoil in horror, but you can ride trails on it
I think your confusing 'trails' with canal toepaths there! 😆
CFH...thank goodness for the edit feature!
For a moment I thought I must have inadvertently shown you my fram!! 8)
You have to know me at leat 3 yrs before that happens!!! 😉
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2006 Fisher Zigguratt....
weight, dunno for sure, folk i ride with (when I do get out...) do the old 'pick it up' test and describe the result as 'cheating'...... 😀
FoxyChick - Member
CFH...thank goodness for the edit feature!
For a moment I thought I must have inadvertently shown you my fram!!You have to know me at leat 3 yrs before that happens!!!
I blame Ruddles.
Give me time, though! 😉
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21.5lbs (without the seatpack, but including pedals and computer).
25 and a half pounds and on ebay tonight,lighter still with air forks or a lefty
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Wheres all the bling full sus sub 25's. i know there out there, come on show the mojo's and sl's
How does that On-one weigh 22.5lbs pinches? I'm suspicious.... BTW you have a curious saddle angle!
Just been building this up today - weighed in at 23.4lbs without bottle cages; tyres are well over 600g each so could save a bit there. BTW, the zip-ties are helping the chain protector stick properly....
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20.57lbs. And that's with risers, not the silly flat bars in the picture.
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No silly german stuff. Nothing with a weight limit.
No silly german stuff.
Silly tyres though!
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21.8lbs
Singular Pegasus, ~18lbs as shown
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about to lose >1lb with a new fork and these wheels...
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Not an MTB but 22lbs and deliberately not built superlight coz I ain't superlight either
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Silly tyres though!
2.1 Ignitor on the front and a Crossmark on the back? Silly by 'not a downhill tyre' standards maybe. Don't believe in paper bag tyres, Maxxis 285/310 Schwalbe Rocket Ron etc.
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Around 22lbs.
Fair enough - from what I could see they looked like 285/310s which is what MSC seem to come specced with!
What's the frame weight and other spec on that - curious how you've got it almost a lb lighter than mine with no particularly obvious lighter bits.
Holy crap, that green Cannondale is gopping!
The MSC FS frames are stupidly light, (just over 3lbs without shock, so sub 3.5lbs with a DT Carbon) it'll be interesting to see how they last!
Their WCR hardtail seems flexy, a bit fragile, not that light and stupidly expensive, but the Carbon Koncept appears to be spot on. I really want to try one.
21lbs, weight limit on the seatpost, but nothing crazy and German 😉
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The MSC frames are stupidly light, (just over 3lbs without shock, so sub 3.5lbs with a DT Carbon)
Ah, there's the lb right there. Just crazy and Spanish then!
Does a F99 stem or Tune hubs count as crazy and German? If so guilty as charged. No weight limits though.
Only the Superscharf or Prince/Princess hubs are crazy, normal King & Kongs are good.
Frame is 1600g bang on with a Fox Float RP23. Medium, whatever that is in real measurements. How long will it last? Doubt I'll get to find out, as I'm only 59kg and will likely receive a 2010 one for next season. Has been very reliable so far though, about 40hr racing and 100 or so riding without anything going wrong.
Is pretty much as light as I'm comfortable taking it. F99 stem or Pace/DT forks are both items I've owned and disliked due to the lack of confidence they inspire, so I'm not willing to go down the route of weight for the sake of it again.
How does that On-one weigh 22.5lbs pinches? I'm suspicious.... BTW you have a curious saddle angle!
you either believe it or you don't. at the end of the day, its sub 25lb as per the requirement of this thread, curious seat angle also known as "perspective" is actually almost flat
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25lbs
Sorry just joining in with the hopelessly optimistic weight-weenying in this thread. 😛
grumm, i reckon you would come in under 25lb if it were not for the adjustable seatpost
Sorry just joining in with the hopelessly optimistic weight-weenying in this thread.
Was wondering how long it would take for one of the usual cynics who can't understand the concept of a light bike to appear.
I understand that your bike would ride like a dog on anything vaguely interesting. 😛
you either believe it or you don't. at the end of the day, its sub 25lb as per the requirement of this thread, curious seat angle also known as "perspective" is actually almost flat
Well I was hoping for a bit of justification as I can't see anything on your bike being lighter than on mine except the tyres and possibly the fork as I can't see what that is. Obviously if my scales turn out to be inaccurate, and my bike actually lighter than I think, then that's great! BTW, the saddle looks wrong compared to the window sill so thought I'd taken any possible perspective issues into account.
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Still a bit of room for weightloss, though I'm keeping it XT
Well under the requirement, bathroom scales say 22lb but that could be a big fat lie.
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22.1 lbs
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Singular Pegasus, ~18lbs as shown
Not fair. Can't buy. Me want.
Hurry up!
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Not Sure exactly, but well under 25lbs
24lbs:
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About 22lbs
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crap pic but about 24lbs (including pedals, not weighed on the moon)
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pinches you should stop borrowing vanessa felts scales to weigh your bike on
my old scale.
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20.54 lbs, now on a spark, at 22 and a bit.
spark to be replaced now, with either a moots rigor mootis. or something else, maybe a msc, i (at 20kg heavier than doug) could give it more of a testing 😀
Both Sub 25lbs
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7907g so well sub 18lb. Could easily loose another lb if I wanted a bike that I never fancied actually riding.
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Lynskey, like buses....
22.75lbs
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Yes Dougal I wasn't being facetious, it was a genuine query, in order to have made the frames that light there must be a compromise, I wonder if it's longevity. Like you I've not kept an MTB longer than a year for a long time now, so I'm not that fussed! I'm very tempted by one next year, as long as they ride nicely!
Anthony - Member
7907g so well sub 18lb. Could easily loose another lb if I wanted a bike that I never fancied actually riding.
I have no idea what I'm doing wrong, but my tripple butted pipedream Ti frame with pace RC31's, Ti BB, 350g tyres & Ibeam carbon post & FX saddle, also SS, weighed in at about 20/21lbs, ho hmmm.
Like you I've not kept an MTB longer than a year for a long time now
Mine's almost 3, and not getting replaced any time soon, so my attitude is slightly different - have to admit I'd be tempted by an MCS if I had the money spare, but then it's not all about weight, and I still really like the way the Genius rides (and the remote shock adjust).
being bigger, and heavier and harder on a bike than dougal, i'm tempted by the carbon santa cruz blur xc. still under 2 kg's. but said to be stupid strong/stiff...
but think it'll be a ti ht instead!
I have no idea what I'm doing wrong, but my tripple butted pipedream Ti frame with pace RC31's, Ti BB, 350g tyres & Ibeam carbon post & FX saddle, also SS, weighed in at about 20/21lbs, ho hmmm.
I was wondering what wheel/tyre combo he's using to get it to that weight - is it a 29er too? does seem unnaturally light.
Edit: sorry i was actually looking at Sam's bike - not the lynsky.
in order to have made the frames that light there must be a compromise, I wonder if it's longevity
I think the compromise is price. Strong light cheap, etc etc.
There are certainly quite a few candidates for my "Gaudy anodizing" thread of last week. At least I dont feel so alone now.
Mine's almost 3, and not getting replaced any time soon, so my attitude is slightly different
Do you pay retail for it? That's the difference!
Kramer: yes the MSC is expensive, but not outrageously so, and yet it is outrageously light. I'm in between Oli and Dougal weight wise, so perhaps the three of us ought to try one for a comparison!
It's all personal, I would never buy a Spark because I just don't ever use remote lockouts and in my opinion they ride horribly if you don't use it a lot. I like the Epic because you just don't have to think about it. I imagine the MSC with an RP23 does ride quite nicely, and the lack of a remote lockout certainly isn't a disadvantage as far as I'm concerned!
Do you pay retail for it?
Full retail no, but I don't get free bikes.
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Crack on 24lb, and properly thrashable with it.
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Well I was hoping for a bit of justification as I can't see anything on your bike being lighter than on mine except the tyres and possibly the fork as I can't see what that is. Obviously if my scales turn out to be inaccurate, and my bike actually lighter than I think, then that's great! BTW, the saddle looks wrong compared to the window sill so thought I'd taken any possible perspective issues into account.
Window is a large mirror! i've looked at a few photos of the same bike in the same room and the saddle looks the same, regardless of it actually being straight!
Not sure how you would like me to justify the weight really? i weighed literally every component as i built the bike originally apart from the wheels, regardless of which at worst i can still only get it to come out at 22.8lb even now! the tyres are nearly 200g lighter a pop at 440g, flyweight tubes 105g, i dont know what wheel build or fork is on yours to compare.
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ti altitude sub 25lbs and the io sub 20lbs
sorry i was actually looking at Sam's bike - not the lynsky.
DT Hubs, CXRay spokes, Stans 355 rims, tubeless, Karma rear, RRalph front. Lots of other light bits and pieces. Having no gears and no suspension really allows you to save quite a bit of weight 🙂 This was really as a show bike for people to pick up and go 'oooh, isn't it light' Just because a lot of people have the preconception 29ers can't be light fast bikes. As I normally ride it it's probably around 19-20.
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i weighed literally every component as i built the bike originally apart from the wheels
So weight is based on adding together all these part weights? A notoriously inaccurate method of weighing a bike.
DT Hubs, CXRay spokes, Stans 355 rims, tubeless, Karma rear, RRalph front. Lots of other light bits and pieces
None of which are [i]that [/i]light, except for the spokes, you can go a fair bit lighter on everything else, particularly if it's just for people to pick it up and go 'ooo'!
Ti spokes too for a showbike, Nick