How much does/should your MTB weigh?
05-12-12, 06:59 PM
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How much does/should your MTB weigh?
Im new to this, another noob question but an interesting on! So what does your bike weigh and how much does it with you on it?
*runs to scale*
*runs to scale*
05-12-12, 07:54 PM
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This is a rare thread that shows up around once per quarter or less.
It should weigh what you can monetarily justify. Of you're making money with it..our wiping your butt with twenties...then I'd say in the 18-22lb range. If you're the sole provider for your family like myself, then sky's the limit.
My hardtail is 32lbs. My dually is 34. My rigid is 25.
It should weigh what you can monetarily justify. Of you're making money with it..our wiping your butt with twenties...then I'd say in the 18-22lb range. If you're the sole provider for your family like myself, then sky's the limit.
My hardtail is 32lbs. My dually is 34. My rigid is 25.
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Rule of thumb I guess would be: XC race bike - sub-24 lbs(?); Dual-susp. trailbike - one side or the other of 30; Downhill race bike - sub 40 . . . in an ideal world.
Mine: Xc hardtail - 27#; dirt jumper - 32-34; dual susp. trailbike - 40#; downhill race bike - 41.5#
Mine: Xc hardtail - 27#; dirt jumper - 32-34; dual susp. trailbike - 40#; downhill race bike - 41.5#
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05-12-12, 08:25 PM
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My weenie FS is around 25lbs. Hardtail is 33ish. Rigid 24" is also around 33, I believe.
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My FS weighs somewhere around 32#, & around 170-175# with me on it.
05-12-12, 08:49 PM
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Dirt Jumper: 26.4 pounds
24: 27 pounds
Road: 16.8 pounds.
24: 27 pounds
Road: 16.8 pounds.
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Gary Fisher Hifi Pro 27.5 lbs. (FS)
Cannondale F600 (light duty hardtail) also 27.5
Self on either bike with light pack, about 145 lbs. total
Cannondale F600 (light duty hardtail) also 27.5
Self on either bike with light pack, about 145 lbs. total
05-12-12, 09:27 PM
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my daily everyday full suspension is 33#. my road bike is 17# i don't know or care what my other bikes weigh.
how much *should* a mountain bike weigh? i think that is a sort of silly question. there is no *should,* there is only what the bike weighs.
how much *should* a mountain bike weigh? i think that is a sort of silly question. there is no *should,* there is only what the bike weighs.
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05-12-12, 10:33 PM
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My XC hardtail can go out in several setups depending what I'm doing with it.
22.5 pounds in training mode, with the heavier wheelset/tires/cassette and a suspension fork.
21 pounds in raceday mode, with the raceday wheelset/tires/cassette and a suspension fork
Below 19 pounds in Midnight Century mode, with the raceday wheelset/cassette, superlight 1.9" tires and a rigid fork.
I weigh about 160 pounds with helmet and cycling clothes. Drinks can vary from a single waterbottle, to a Camelbak, to bottles plus a Camelbak, depending on the weather and the epic-ness of the ride. For a practice lap of the Midnight Century route on a hot summer day (over 90°F) I can burn through 8 quarts or more of Gatorade, which weighs nearly as much as the bike itself:
This, plus a Camelbak and bottles in my jersey pockets. Supertanker!
22.5 pounds in training mode, with the heavier wheelset/tires/cassette and a suspension fork.
21 pounds in raceday mode, with the raceday wheelset/tires/cassette and a suspension fork
Below 19 pounds in Midnight Century mode, with the raceday wheelset/cassette, superlight 1.9" tires and a rigid fork.
I weigh about 160 pounds with helmet and cycling clothes. Drinks can vary from a single waterbottle, to a Camelbak, to bottles plus a Camelbak, depending on the weather and the epic-ness of the ride. For a practice lap of the Midnight Century route on a hot summer day (over 90°F) I can burn through 8 quarts or more of Gatorade, which weighs nearly as much as the bike itself:
This, plus a Camelbak and bottles in my jersey pockets. Supertanker!
05-12-12, 10:46 PM
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XL SS rigid Karate Monkey = 27#
20L SS 140mm Kona Honzo = 30#
Add 250# for me & all my gear.
20L SS 140mm Kona Honzo = 30#
Add 250# for me & all my gear.
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you guys do century rides on a mtb? that sounds excruciatingly painful...
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Anyway yeah, riding on pitch-dark washboarded gravel farm roads at 3AM, fully self-supported, certainly can be painful, moreso when you're gunning for a personal best. That's just one of several painful things I do with a mountain bike
For the MC, I take ibuprofen tablets along.
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My MTBs weigh more than my road bike but less than my varsity.
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It should weigh the sum of all the parts. If you are a part add that in too.
05-13-12, 08:45 AM
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My FS 5" travel Moab style XC bike: 25 lbs. On this I can do 10hr centuries and as techie single track as I can muster.
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just for the hell of it, i weighed my singlespeed....25 pounds. i'm so fat it doesn't matter how light my bikes are, i will still be the last one up the hill.
I want to ride with you.
05-13-12, 08:38 PM
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Don't know, but it's a lower-end bike, so heavier than what y'all have posted I'm guessing. Meh, heavier = better workout.
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My GF Wahoo (hardtail) all up with 56 ounces of water (two light weight containers), speedo, horn, pump, lights, fenders (soon to come off), seat bag w/tools & spare rations is 40.1. Best weight loss strategy? Me losing 15.
05-13-12, 09:12 PM
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You guys are wrong. There is a weight that a MTB should weigh. It's 32lbs. Just so happens that's what my hardtail weighs, so I'm good there. 
Now if I can just learn to ride it even close to it's potential...
With me on it and my Camelbak, clothes, and helmet, I'd say add ~160lbs. So ~192lbs! Never thought of that, but my bike and I with gear are close to 200lbs. Wow.
Now if I can just learn to ride it even close to it's potential...With me on it and my Camelbak, clothes, and helmet, I'd say add ~160lbs. So ~192lbs! Never thought of that, but my bike and I with gear are close to 200lbs. Wow.
05-14-12, 12:40 AM
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Both my mountain bikes that get used for off road are steel... the rigid Moulden XC is 23 pounds and my Rocky Mountain Blizzard that rocks some beefier tyres is 24.
Am building up an '88 Kona Explosif and am aiming for something in the 21-22 pound range as a full rigid.
Am building up an '88 Kona Explosif and am aiming for something in the 21-22 pound range as a full rigid.