Originally Posted by
Jocache83
hi all,
i'm always looking for weighs to lighten up my bike, lighter is better right? but i notice when i ride with my neighbors who has lighter bikes than me, i can keep up with them. when does the weight of the bike factor in when riding?
I'm not sure what sort of discrepancy's we're talking about here with bike weights; i.e., are your bikes within two or three pounds of each other or is the difference closer to 10 pounds?
The weight of the bike has very little to do with anything. Take a typical person (150 pounds) on a typical bike (say 25 pounds when you include water, saddle bag, etc.). You're now moving 175 pounds of "stuff". Shave 1 pound of weight off the bike, and you have now saved a whopping 0.57% of the weight, which you will never notice on flat / rolling terrain.
When does the weight begin to matter? Mountains. Not hills.
Mountains.