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Being 6ft 3 and riding an xl 29er I accepted a long time ago mine wouldn't be as light as others.
It would be helpful for me when stating weight what size the bike is too.
My friends Orange five (in diva size) with dropper comes in under 27 pounds.
my Spesh 2011 Enduro Expert comes in at 32.95 lbs 😯
No wonder I suffer when carrying it when looking at these other weights
munrobike is that a stumpy evo?
It would be helpful for me when stating weight what size the bike is too.
Despite being a favourite of everyone who doesn't ride XS frames it doesn't really make that much difference, half a pound or so.
Rider weight would be a more useful metric, so we can judge the fatties who buy performance 😉
badlama- yes. And no. It's a warranty Stumpy Expert which replaced a broken Stumpy Expert Evo. Specialized fitted an evo link and shock so the geometry is the same and I don't have to put up with a brain rear shock, but it has carbon stays for moar lightness.
It has not seen the Alps but did not expire in the Pyrenees.
My medium 2011 Enduro comes in at between 33 and 35lbs dependent on tyres. Not light but perfectly functional.
deviant - MemberSome of these sub 30lb Enduro bikes look like they'd break on seeing the Alps.
Probably. Though many of the riders won't care as that's not what they're for so what does it matter.
Mine seems to be one of the lighter bikes in the thread but it's race and alp ready as it is. I'm still "alping" it though just for the coil in the fork and because I've got cheap, tough wheels that I care less about. But you don't need to make a bike out of bricks these days to make it durable and effective, stuff like the cheap carbon wheels, new Pikes and 36s, etc's made a huge difference.
I had a 36lb downhill bike at one point, wheels weren't quite up to long term use though.
njee20 - Memberit doesn't really make that much difference, half a pound or so.
But that's TONS. (10 stone btw)
My large Spicy Team is 13.4 Kg or 25.54 lbs on the Lbs park scales, thought it would be lighter as Lapierre quote 12.5 Kg standard 🙄 Someone is fibing in France.
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Do I win?
I weighed my old IronHorse 6Point a couple of years back, on a set of workshop scales. 38lbs!! 😳
Lyrik u-turn coil
Flows/Pro2
2-ply Maxxis tyres
Saint mechs/shifters
Van R shock
Gravity Dropper post
It was a hoot on the downs, and was good for strength training on the climbs, but was a right PITA when carrying it over any stiles etc. To be fair though, I had built it up for Alps/Mega stuff, so I knew it was never going to be a lightweight.
My large Spicy Team is 13.4 Kg or 25.54 lbs
Did you mean 29.5lbs? That's heavier than you;d expect for one of them if so.
No idea what my Zesty weighed, but I'd be amazed if it was under 30lbs - and that was with a reasonably high spec (but a Marz 55).
😳 Yeh 29.54
Perhaps we do need a combined Rider & Bike weight?
Without any extra kit (ie camelback etc) me and mine total 81kg
Some of these sub 30lb Enduro bikes look like they'd break on seeing the Alps
I don't ride the Alps but a strong lightweight frame is useful when riding in Hong Kong.
I wouldnt want to haul around a heavy bike when I typically have 400-800 mtrs of steep climbing in temperatures of 30 plus, with humidity in the 80/90s, on my local trails.
We are on our last day of a three week trip in the Alps and Abigale on a five week trip. Two of our three sub 30 lbs bikes have broke this week. Mine has a big crack in the top tube from a crash over some rocks and down the side, Kevins from a slide on a rooty chute into a rock has big gouges on the downtube, now duct tapped up. Abigales bounced alongway down the mountain side yesterday but has survived. I think heavier bikes wouldnt have survived the falls any better.
33 lbs of Cannondale Jekyll in old aluminium , with a Reverb and the new Zee brakes I fitted last night. Its a chunky beast and riding it to work, seems the BB has decided to sound like a cement mixer full of rocks today on the way to work........... great, more money........ I am sure that the Schwalbe 2.5 tyres weigh 5 lb each.......
When i bought it new, it had 1.75 lightweight tubes in it, before I changed it to tubeless.
My XL 5 spot is 13.7kgs or 30.2lb using my suitcase scales which is the same as the calibrated scales at work..........
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Its not built up particularly light either. 
Some of these sub 30lb Enduro bikes look like they'd break on seeing the Alps
Better tell [url= http://www.cyclingnews.com/features/pro-bike-jared-graves-yeti-sb6c ]Jared[/url] and [url= http://www.cyclingnews.com/features/pro-bike-anne-caroline-chaussons-ibis-prototype ]Anne-Caroline[/url] 🙂
Someone is fibing in France.
I really dislike it when people fibe.
😉
Large Banshee Rune, Bos Devilles, Easton Havoc wheels, Magic Mary / Rock Razor tyres, ti Nano pedals, Zee mech, Saint Shifter, Atlas cranks, XT casette, 991r chain, Rever, Ti Fly saddle weighs in at 32.6lbs on digital scales.
Ditching the Reverb and getting some carbon bars would help but I like it as it is. It doesn't feel heavy to ride.
Every time I lift this up it amazes me how light it feels. Dunno the exact weight but have to find out.
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Here's a sub-30lb er that didn't break in the alps:
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Actual weight as it is on that chairlift (Alpine Sports Feedback Scales) = 29.01lbs/13.16Kgs.
Alp-ified along the same lines as Northwind, with Alex FR30 rims and Superstar hubs plus Specialized Butcher SX (f) and Specialized Purgatory Grid (r). Plus I put a Zee front brake on it from my DH bike.
In UK spec, with Light Bicycle 33mm rims and Hope Pro IIs plus Butcher and Purgatory Controls it is 27.36lbs/12.41Kgs.
Oh, it's a Giant Reign 2 with 160mm dual-position Pikes, Reverb, 203/180mm discs, running 1 x 10 with One-Up 42t rear and 34t Works Components N/W, Superstar Mag Alloy flats with Ti axles, Renthal Carbon Fatbar lites, TiFly saddle etc.
I want to borrow some scales off this forum, cheapest upgrade ever 😉
SC Newmad (debonair shock) DT 240s/E13 TRS rims/DT revs, Reverb, XTR brakes, full XO1 (XTR cranks), Haven stem, carbon bars, 130g saddle, mag/ti pedals, Schwalbe tyres, tubeless - 29lb 10oz.
21.5 remedy with coil dsp dueler shock, 650b conversion and Sweeps 32lbs.
Just fitted the 2015 fox 36 floats but have to rebuild wheel before can get weight on that setup
Cheers for the info munrobike 🙂
Any one got the Spesh Enduro Comp 2014 would love to know the weight of that, it's coming to n+1 time and I'm wanting a lighter AM machine ideally Specialize. Torn between 2014 Comp Enduro and Stumjumper FSR Comp Evo 😕
Canyon strive is 30lbs but as I've put on over a stone recently it hardly matters. FWIW I don't think that it's much better than the 33lbs meta 5 it replaced.
Certainly doesn't feel heavy to ride which is what matters to me.
That's the best thing about Zestys, they seem to pedal like they're a few lbs lighter.
Well that was interesting, first time I've ever weighed any of my bikes and what I thought was a 34-35lb beast is actually bang on, with mud attached 30lbs.....I really am unfit 😆
2013 Orange 5AM, CCDBA, Fox Float 36 20mmQR, crossmax SX wheelset, SLX/Zee/race face transmission, full width atlas bars and stem, 2.4UST nobby nics with two cups of Fenwicks sealant in each and Hope Tech Stealth V4s with twin vented floating discs 203mm size and Reverb post with Time DH pedals.
So I could get under the 30lb by putting my spare time Attacs on 😆
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El Guapo V3 Large
Rockshox Monarch RT3
Marzocchi 350 CR 650b 160mm Fork
On-One Smoothie headset
El Guapo corto stem
ABR Heat 760 mm handlebar
Superstar Excel Grips
SLX Crank
Superstar XCR ST chain guide
M540 pedals
Raceface NW 30t chainring
Deore clutch mech
Deore shifter
Deore cassette
TMARS Dropper seatpost
Selle Italia SLR Flow saddle
Superstar XM 490 rims on Switch Evo hubs
Chunky Monkey 2.4 front tyre Smorgasbord 2.25 rear
Downhill tubes
Deore M596 brakes 180mm front 160mm rear
XL Liteville 301 (alu frame) with air Lyriks, Mallets, XT and 1 by 10; Minions plus Flow at rear. No dropper though; 29.5 lbs.
I weigh 10st 3lbs.
My Pronghorn was a shade under 28 lbs: full XT, Fox Float 160 RLC, TRP Dash Carbon brakes, American Classic wheels. I've since ditched the flyweight tyres, carbon seatpost, stem and bars in favour of some Spesh DH tyres, Spank bars, Hussefelt stem and a KS Dropzone. Probably knocking on the door of 30 lbs now.
As said earlier, my Alpine 160 weighed in at 34.8lbs(15.78kg)(,combined with rider thats 265.8lbs, but I found it cheaper and better to reduce the rider weight by 34.6lbs over the last 8 months. So new combined weight is 231.2lb and that has helped a lot more than reducing the bike by a few grams here and there.
Nomad 650b
Pikes
XX1
XTR trail brakes
Vivid air shock
Reverb stealth 150mm
Enve M70/pro2 set up tubeless with HRIIs
Raceface sixc bars, atlas stem and pedals.
28lbs 10oz
Currently (touch wood) not breaking in Whistler.
5010c
Revelations
XX1
XTR trail brakes
Fox CTD kashima
Reverb stealth 125mm
Enve AM rims/pro 2 set up tubeless with HRII f Ardent r
Easton carbon bar, Thomson stem, penthouse pedals.
25lbs 14oz
Seen plenty of not broken ones on the bike park trails here in Whistler, plus thrashed mine all over the UK, still not broken.
Seems like there's a few 'optimistic' weights here. As well as flat out lies....
I weight around 175lbs
I'm afraid I'm with tomhoward here, some of the weights listed are hilarious, must be weighing them in water or just have wilful blindness!
My scales must be faulty as I have a fully rigid carbon xc bike that weighs not much less than some of these
Your joking right Suggsey?
Yeti SB66 Alloy,
Fox 34's,
1 x 10
XT Brakes, mech, shifter,
SLX crankset,
Superstar / Pacenti wheelset,
Reverb post,
30.2 lbs
No, I ain't joking, dead up straight honest weight....it doesnt really matter when your the wrong side of 17 stone does it?
I re weighed it several times... I think with the original hope wheels it was a lot heavier. The discs funnily enough are lighter than some solid 203mm ones I have in the spares box. I may have put an XT cassette (so maybe not SLX) on the new wheels when I fitted them and it's got a KMC SL gold 10 speed chain.
Update....you made me doubt my digital bathroom scales so much I've just gone and fished out a very cheap set of analogue luggage scale thingy and by them I am in fact a liar and the reason why it pedals like its 34-35lb is because indeed by those scales it registers exactly 34lbs.
Bad news is then as the bathroom scales are so inaccurate I'm really really overweight and must still be around 18 stones....arse 😆
28.43lb. Will drop slightly as I am putting on a lighter bar and stem next week.
Specialized S-Works Enduro 2007
Bos Devilles
Bos VIPR
Hope Hoops w/Stans Flows
Continental 2.2 UST Rubber Queens
XX1
KS Lev
Thomson stem
Easton Haven alloy bars
Fizik Gobi Ti saddle
Actually I was overestimating my xc bike weight! Not that it makes a difference; did 1800m climbing last weekend on a ride and not once did I feel the bike was heavy.
And just for fun I chucked my dh bike on too...no wonder my arms ached by the time I carried it up Ben Lomond 🙂
Salter samson digitals - the best way to get true bike weights! (and thats lbs and oz, not an odd combination of lbs and decimals}.
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Orange Five 2011
Hope/Arch Ex, 2.5 Minion Exo, Reverb, XT 24/36 double and bash, Gamut P30, 2010 Fox 36, Rp23, Hope V2s 203/180, Haven bar and stem, HT mag pedals...14.1 kg 31lb.
My Orange 5 was 33.8lb 36's , Vanr shock with Ti spring, XTR drive train , Hope Tech 4's, and Hope Hoops Flows, 2.25 Maxxis advantage tubless, Reverb.
I weighed my Liteville on the bathroom scales with me holding it and then subtracted the weight of Chickenman without the bike; got to be pretty accurate, no?
haha just done the same, me - the bike = 13.8kgs - 30lbs. Could drop a few kgs with lighter rims, forks and the cranks weigh a ton, but she's surprisingly nimble and you don't even notice that weight.
Spec : 2008 Giant Trance
Fork: RockShox Sektor TK 140mm
Rear shock: RockShox Monarch RL
Handlebars: Renthal Fatbar
Stem: Renthal Duo 50mm
Headset: Nukeproof Warhead
Grips: Renthal Kevlar
Rear shifter: SRAM X0
Front brake: Avid Elixir CR, 185 rotor
Rear brake: Avid Elixir CR, 160 rotor
Saddle: Fizik Arione Kium
Seatpost: Rockshox Reverb 400/125
Post collar: Nukeproof
Cranks: Truvativ Hussefelt 170mm
Chainring: Raceface N/W 32t
BB: Truvative Howitzer 51mm chainline
Pedals: Shimano XT Trail
Rear derailleur: SRAM X9 Type 2
Cassette: SRAM PG1030 11-40 10 Speed with OneUp Range Extender + 16t sprocket
Chain: KMC 10SL Gold
Front hub: Nukeproof
Rear hub: Nukeproof
Front rim: Sunringle Nukeproof
Rear rim: Sunringle Nukeproof
Tyres: Schwalbe Nobby Nic 2.25 P
Other:
Cables: Jagwire Ripcord braided, with KREX anodised guides
Hoses: Jagwire Hyflow Titanium braided with gold fitting kit
Specialized Enduro 2014 expert Carbon 29er. As stock was 28.6 lbs on the park tool scales at work. Just put a fatbar carbon on and converting to tubeless today so should be even lighter.
Freshly alped- coil lyriks, metal wheels, UST highrollers, lockon grips because the ESIs are a bit too easy to destroy, added a chain device which it probably doesn't need but would be a pain in the arse to find out it does. Oh and swapped my steel axled nanos on because why not. 31.75lbs on the +7 Scales Of Possible Optimism. Wish I still had my Van RC for it but the RP23'll do.
Though it dawns on me that I weighed a package with them a while back and it came up pretty much identical on the post office scales, so they can't be far off.
Five spot, flow ex on dt240s, mavic dual ply tyres, revs, dropper and 1x10 with steel nanos
Circa 31lbs on my luggage scales - so could be 30-32lbs. Or less. Or more (but not by much)
Hob Nob - Member
I want to borrow some scales off this forum, cheapest upgrade everSC Newmad (debonair shock) DT 240s/E13 TRS rims/DT revs, Reverb, XTR brakes, full XO1 (XTR cranks), Haven stem, carbon bars, 130g saddle, mag/ti pedals, Schwalbe tyres, tubeless - 29lb 10oz.
What tyres/forks? You should be miles lighter than me with that lot.
That aise - how are the E13 risms? Heard mixed reports, looked at a set of the LG1s for my DH bike.
Stanton slackline Ti - 25lbs. Hardtail FTW!
SC Heckler 6.1
30.85lb as per my luggage scales:
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Thats with Xfusion Vengeance forks, RP23, ArchEX rims Fat Albert front, NN rear (snakeskin). Reverb, 1x10 XT (SLX rear mech), Sunline V1 bars+stem, SS nano pedals, Excel grips, Charge Ti saddle.
What tyres/forks? You should be miles lighter than me with that lot.
That aise - how are the E13 risms? Heard mixed reports, looked at a set of the LG1s for my DH bike.
Pikes and Schwalbe Magic Mary/HD both in snakeskin 2.35". Both tubeless.
The TRS rims arn't bad, although I did crack the rear one racing the EWS in Whistler. It survived the rest of the holiday though, including a tonne of park laps.
The LG1 rims are a bit dent-tastic I think, there are probably better choices out there?
Hob Nob - MemberPikes and Schwalbe Magic Mary/HD both in snakeskin 2.35". Both tubeless.
The TRS rims arn't bad, although I did crack the rear one racing the EWS in Whistler. It survived the rest of the holiday though, including a tonne of park laps.
The LG1 rims are a bit dent-tastic I think, there are probably better choices out there?
Yeah - just liked the look of the LG1s as much as anything.
As for weights - my Ion 16 is 29.94 lbs on a new set of Feedback bike scales - and other than having 27.5 wheels amd the debonair being slightly heavier, I can't work out how your bike could be almost the same - either your scales is being unfair to you, or mine are being generous - I'd have expected your frame to be two pounds lighter than mine
I'm building a 2014 Orange Alpine 26" at the moment with pikes, monarch rc3 debonair, zee cranks and mech, saint flats, 780 renthal bars and stem, formula the ones with 203mm hope floating rotors flows on hope pro2 evo and specialized tyres, charge scoop and specialized command post dropper and by my adding up of parts I reckon it'll be about 32-33lbs. I've had a lightweight ish bike before and kept breaking it so I'd rather have a slightly heavier bike that doesn't break.
It would be helpful for me when stating weight what size the bike is too.
my frame is a small
and i weigh 11st...or there abouts
Transition Bandit 26 large
Fox Float 32, Float CTD rear
Mainly SRAM X9 2 x 10 (some X7)
Halo Vapour Carbon Wheels, Maxxis Minion DHF (Rear) & Nobby Nic (front)both tubed.
RS Reverb post
According to my luggage scales it's just under 31lbs, was a bit over 31 with the old alloy wheels.
Don't know if it is really enduro, but Pyga oneten 29'er, Arch on Hope, tubeless Nic / RR, XT double groupset, Hope M 4's 203/ 180 mm, reverb, XT trail pedals, thomson stem, Kinesis carbon bar is 30.2 lbs on Park Tool scales
Well just got my new Spesh enduro carbon 29er and fitted a renthal carbon fatbar and 50mm stem and mine comes in at 28.6lb
Alpine 160 - CCDB and coil Rc2 up front too.
35lbs.
Blech 😉
Never had so much fun in my life as pointing it down EWS8 and engaging gravity.
Oh what fun ....
As everyone's scales are apparently off kilter , which brand of scales are accepted as accurate ?
Mine
🙂
I have to fess up
When I weighed my bike Yesterday it came out at 14.2 kg rather than 13.5 as I stated before, must be selective LCD myopia or something
Joking apart, surely most scales are close enough ....
That's kinda what I thought. They aren't going to to be out by shedloads. Apart from the full sus on page two obvs...
I was a bit concerned that my 3 quid ebay luggage scales might be a bit flaky but i weighed my 5kg kettle bell and it came out at 4.99 kg which I'll take
Some of these weights seem perfectly fine to me to be honest.
The difference in weights of tyre is huge.
Put a SG Magic Mary on a 650b ... 1100g, put a lightweight tubeless Schwalbe on and you might be half that. That a 1lb per tyre.
Then use a fixed seatpost instead of heavy dropper, light'ish wheels and you would easily see 3lbs or more dropping off a bike, going from into the 30's back to the 20's.
So in short, with the right kit for what you want it's do'able without going carbon mental I think.
2001 (I think) Turner Rfx
Fox vanilla RC coil
Marz 66sl
X fusion Hilo dropper
Charge spoon ti saddle
D521 rims on hope bulbs (from the nineties).
Zee brakes on old hope 205 and 185 5 bolt rotors
Zee mech+shifter
Slx cranks + bash+Superstar thick thin chainring
Saint pedals+bb
Xt cassette
Smorgasbord and chunky monkey folding tyres
Nukeproof bars
Ragley stem
36lbs according to a set of fishing scales. It climbs very well but is a bit nose heavy.
@honourablegeorge. the Newmad in carbon starts at 2.5kg weight exl shock according to manufacturer. The Ion16 in a M is 3.1 excluding shock weighed by anal individuals. My FG Ion at 675mm TT is 3.4kg with steel hardware (cable guides, boltthru axle, shock mounts excl. shock
Like for like stiffness frames Carbon is typically 25% lighter give or take so smidge over 1lb give or take. Much more weight to be saved in careful or expensive component choices than frames.
Another proper bike Jamesoz, cheers!
13.6kg which is around 29.9lb, I'm not in the weight saving game it just happens to be the set up I chose.
cannondale prophet,
Revelation dual air 15mm maxed 150mm travel
Pro 2's on xm 321
Heavy duty tubes and single ply advantage tyres
Race face evolve xc stem and cranks 2x9 set up with bash XT mechs and shifters
Thompson seat post spoon saddle and rich wrc bars, Hayes 9 brakes and shamans m520 pedals the cassette chain and rings are all cheep deore atm.
I recon I could nock a lb off if I really wanted to but I'm not to fussed
31kg including bag, packaging, spares, tools, knee and elbow pads, 1kg of haribos, and 2 loaves of gluten free bread. I mean, nothing at all apart from the bike
Does anyone ride a Cannondale Jekyll carbon?
If so, how much does it weigh?
Was intrigued by this thread and about to build a new bike, so checked the calibration on our kitchen scales with a litre of water (pretty much spot on 1kg) and weighed EVERY component as I built.
Orange Alpine 160 26 (Small) with a reasonably 'enduro' build (Slants, Flow EX on Superstar Tesla, Butcher/The Captain, XT brakes, SRAM X9 1x10 with a TRex and XT cranks, Superstar Slider chain device).
Spreadsheet tells me 13.6kg / 29.9lb.
Average overall wieght on my archery scales over 5 weighings comes in around 31lb.
Was expecting 32lb or so, so am happy with that (and happy as I can be that a weight of 30.5lb give or take 1/2lb is real world accurate.
Was the litre of water weighed in a steel box?
Were you at sea level ?
As for weights - my Ion 16 is 29.94 lbs on a new set of Feedback bike scales - and other than having 27.5 wheels amd the debonair being slightly heavier, I can't work out how your bike could be almost the same - either your scales is being unfair to you, or mine are being generous - I'd have expected your frame to be two pounds lighter than mine
Maybe I'll weigh it again, my cheap luggage scales might be short changing me 🙂
It doesn't seem too out of range though, there are other bikes of similar spec that are similar weight? FWIW a few people have weighed the frame, they come out at 5.3lbs minus shock.
I still think I could build mine to ~27lbs if I threw a chunk of money at it, but I might start to jeopardise it's use with borderline inappropriate bits on it, and it doesn't make me go any faster anyway!
kimbers - Member
Were you at sea level ?
I live in the fens, so probably below it.
Cheers Glasgowdan, even my xc bikes start light then end up heavy as stuff dies. Either way a heavy bike can ride like a light bike if the design is right and damping is set well, in fact the Turner rides lighter than my hard tail but is physically heavier. The weight is only noticeable on short sharp climbs.
well, random update the wifes away so thought id check and see where I was at after going from the stock sram 1x10 to shimano and oneup and some onone carbon bars, by my maths shouldve had me down to 14kg exactly
hmmmm maybe if I clean it a bit better I can loose 80g
Almost bought a 153 Kimbers, but was put off by the money it would cost me to get it to a respectable weight!!



