Originally Posted by
jdefran
What tires are you using? Also, as Frank mentioned, what else did you do to reduce weight?
I saved 2 pounds with tires alone, going from the comfy, fat Kendas to narrow slicks. Went from older freewheel style wheels to a modern freehub style (lighter wheels, lighter cassette), went with a lighter saddle (had a Ti rail racing saddle), even saved a fair amount on tubes, going from heavy 26 x 1.95 Shrader tubes, to 26 x 1.25 presta tubes, saved between 1/4 pound and 1/2 pound going from vintage bear trap pedals with steel cages to modern alloy caged bear traps (pic below, as found, with crappy plastic pedals). Used my standard KMC Z50 chain.
The new pedals were my only purchase, everything else came from the parts pile.
Now the starting weight of my Cimmaron was way over 30 pounds, as it came with rusty steel fenders, broken rack, quad crankset (homemade), old broken light, etc.
As acquired last fall, at a garage sale. I wish I had a picture of it as found, leaning against a tree, at a garage sale. Looked like a real POS, then I saw the Cimmaron model name (WTF), $15, sale had been going for over 3 hours, picked up two bikes at that one:
