General Cycling Discussion - How much does your bike weigh?

How much does your bike weigh? (excluding lights, bottles, bags, pumps, etc.)

You can select more than one option if you have several bikes...

My medium-weight commuting/tourer comes fully dressed with fenders/rack/lights. This morning it felt a bit lighter than normal, but when I reached the bike rack, I had forgotten my Kriptonite lock.

Id like to know the weight of your bike in its road-ready form, with whatever tools and stuff you carry, but excluding food/water.

my bike weighs 10 kgs, without the bottle, bags, etc.
the weight of my baby sinks in me perfectly, have no trouble speeding off the road, with care of course:rolleyes:

mine weighs slightly above the 8kg mark without the tools.

I'll check how much the tools weigh.. I'll post an update in a minute.

hybrid weighs 10kg (rigid Aluminum forks) with slicks.

MTB weighs 14.2 kg.

I guess my touring bike weighs about 16kg, including front and rear racks and the Kryptonite lock that is on the bike at all times. On day-rides, maybe a kilo or two in a handlebar-bag and a small bag on the rear rack. On multi-day tours the total weight (excluding only me) is about 40kg.

/Csson

'02 Stumpjumper FSRXC,

Last weigh in was 26.75lbs, mind you that was with the slicks on, but they are cheap wire beads, so Id say with the knobies itd be the same. No real plans to make it lighter.

My felt with everything on it but me,around 21.5 pounds.I want my steel bike 20 or less.

Less than my gut does unfortunately, which makes weighing bikes a moot point for me.

35.5 pounds. Thats my commuter, xc, freeride urban ht...

Which one.. this is to broad in reality if you want to compare road bikes.. or mountain bikes.. even in those categories you have quite a few sub categories.. My lightest bike is around 15.5 pounds, and my heaviest is around 28-29 pounds...

the road bike weighs about 24 lbs, the old beater mountain bike is probably 26 or so, the newish kona scab that i'm trying to get rid of is about 35, and the freakishly odd kona keiki is in the high twenties as well.

Whos bike weighs 4-15 pounds????????????:rolleyes:

Originally posted by smelly
Whos bike weighs 4-15 pounds????????????:rolleyes:

My roadbike weighs in at almost exactly 15lbs with all accessories removed. I did leave the computer, magnet sensor and head unit on though so with them removed, I'd probably be under 15. And although I do have some pretty light components, they aren't the utmost lightest.

Every time a manage to get my bike down a pound or two, I end up weighing two or four pounds more.

Sigh.... age.

Originally posted by closetbiker
Every time a manage to get my bike down a pound or two, I end up weighing two or four pounds more.

Sigh.... age.
he he he
see your bike is losing weight, in my case hope my wife will not read this, everytime I lose weight or my bike lose weight my wife gains weight, I am very mean, i WILL GIVE MY WIFE A BIG HUG AS SOON AS SHE COMES HOME FROM WORK, SHE deserved it:crash: :crash: this is my wife will be doing tome if she happens to open the site....:crash: :crash: :crash:

Let's hear it for the heavyweights!

32/33lbs - I'm more concerned about NOT having my bike or components fold in half on me out on the trail than I am about saving weight now.

If I was THAT concerned about weight...I'd drop the extra 25lbs on my GUT first! Hey! That's a great idea...that's the weight of an entire friggin bike that I'm carrying around on my body...

check the lightest bike out @ the weightweenies site. Of course the owner probably filled it with helium to reduce weight or something...

Originally posted by sparticus
check the lightest bike out @ the weightweenies site. Of course the owner probably filled it with helium to reduce weight or something...


hmmmm... not a bad idea... you should have that[idea] patented.

Originally posted by khuon
My roadbike weighs in at almost exactly 15lbs with all accessories removed. I did leave the computer, magnet sensor and head unit on though so with them removed, I'd probably be under 15. And although I do have some pretty light components, they aren't the utmost lightest.

Wow! a 15lb bike!

Originally posted by dexmax
hmmmm... not a bad idea... you should have that[idea] patented.

It's already been done. I think it was sometime in 1993 when some company displayed a helium filled MTB frame at the Anaheim bike show.

Originally posted by khuon
It's already been done. I think it was sometime in 1993 when some company displayed a helium filled MTB frame at the Anaheim bike show.
really? how much did it weigh?

Originally posted by dexmax
really? how much did it weigh?

I think the frame weight (as measured normally on a scale) came out to something like 3-1/2 lbs. It was a steel frame I believe. Of course as we all remember from highschool physics, scale-weight and mass are related but not necessarily equal. The helium just made the bike more bouyant but it still had the same (or very nearly the same) mass as if the tubes had normal air in them.

Originally posted by khuon
I think the frame weight (as measured normally on a scale) came out to something like 3-1/2 lbs. It was a steel frame I believe. Of course as we all remember from highschool physics, scale-weight and mass are related but not necessarily equal. The helium just made the bike more bouyant but it still had the same (or very nearly the same) mass as if the tubes had normal air in them.
yes, but because of the upward force the helium exerts it weighs less..
if only they would try that on a carbon/Ti frame... I believe frames like that weighs only 1kg-1.2kg(without the helium)

Originally posted by dexmax
yes, but because of the upward force the helium exerts it weighs less..
if only they would try that on a carbon/Ti frame... I believe frames like that weighs only 1kg-1.2kg(without the helium)

My CF roadbike frame weighs in at a tad over 3lbs but it's not the lightest CF frame out there. However, I don't see the real advantage to increased bouyancy except possibly while climbing and then it would be a slight detriment to descending. You still need to accelerate more or less the same mass. If you really wanted to play lightening tricks that way, you would evacuate the tubes. However, I'll bet the weight difference would be more than offset by the extra material required to seal the tubes.

Originally posted by khuon
My CF roadbike frame weighs in at a tad over 3lbs but it's not the lightest CF frame out there. However, I don't see the real advantage to increased bouyancy except possibly while climbing and then it would be a slight detriment to descending. You still need to accelerate more or less the same mass. If you really wanted to play lightening tricks that way, you would evacuate the tubes. However, I'll bet the weight difference would be more than offset by the extra material required to seal the tubes.
yup!

kaboom!!! -- this happens at about 15,000 ft, more or less.

Mountain bike: 21 lbs with a RS Duke that's not helping me.
Mountain singlespeed/urban assault: A tick over 20 lbs.
Road bike: 21 lbs with full bottles and a RS Judy (C'mon Alpha Q...)

My new Marinoni just weighed in at the 17lb mark with the pump, computer and HRM still attached.

Sure beats the 30 lb I have sitting down the basement.

My Trek weighs around 27 lbs with the saddle bag. Maybe 26 lbs w/o. I'd like to get lighter components, but my gf's Raleigh M20 needs them more than the Trek does.

hahahah. I must have the heaviest bike here.


38.5 LBS of pure Huckerific Specialized BigHit Comp :beer:

Originally posted by BigHit-Maniac
hahahah. I must have the heaviest bike here.


38.5 LBS of pure Huckerific Specialized BigHit Comp :beer:

I believe my there is a 40-45 pounder on my uncles garage. Its a vintage bike. The one with a tank beneath the top tube. It was painted green and white.. Its a single speed with baloon tires(i think that's what they call it -- 2.125")

33 of you are riding some loads.

Originally posted by BigHit-Maniac
hahahah. I must have the heaviest bike here.


38.5 LBS of pure Huckerific Specialized BigHit Comp :beer:

:O...holy thats a lightweight bighit...jees...I don't hear of too many getting under to 40 pound mark.

Anyways I own qa freeride ht sitting around 37 pounds.

My MTB (Kona Kula Scandium, XTR, SID Team) weighs about 21lbs.

My future Cannondale road bike will hopefully be less :)

um how does one weight a bike? they seem a little big to put on the bath room scales. as ive done some modifactions to mine i would like to know how heavy it is.

Originally posted by Mike in KS
um how does one weight a bike?

Some people use commercial grade hanging scales and just hang the bike by a wheel.



Originally posted by Mike in KS

they seem a little big to put on the bath room scales. as ive done some modifactions to mine i would like to know how heavy it is.

Actually, you can use a bathroom scale.

[1] Weigh yourself on the scale and record the number.

[2] Pick up the bike and stand with it on the scale.

[3] Subtract your own weight.

This is how I did it. Digital scales are easier to read of course and some of them have a "zero" feature so you just zero it after getting on the scale and before picking up the bike.

My main solo bike weighs @25 lbs; it's a steel road bike with fenders, generator lighting system, built of straight-gauge 531 with mostly Shimano Ultegra parts and quill stem/steel fork combination. Our tandem weighs maybe 38 or 40--divided by two that's two pretty light solo bikes. I seriously question the intelligence of people who weight-weenie tandems--there are a few on the road around here I'd be afraid to ride behind.

guess ill have to find another way as our bath room scale barely reads me let alone adding the weight of the bike
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Scuze me. I weighed mine today.

It's actually 41.5 LBS. Eeek.

My calculations from stock to mods were off a little! lol...

:beer: :D

Originally posted by BigHit-Maniac
Scuze me. I weighed mine today.

It's actually 41.5 LBS. Eeek.

My calculations from stock to mods were off a little! lol...

:beer: :D

Ahah...I knew it...you would have to have quite a bit of carbon and ti to get the weight of that bike down that far. And with how big you go thats just not an option ;)

Just kidding but cool I was worried I needed to put my bike on a diet.

My XC bike: 2001 Gary Fisher Sugar 3 - 29lbs 4oz
My DH bike: 2002 Turner DHR - 43lbs 3oz

Joe