How much does your bike really weigh?
04-14-17, 01:23 PM
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You, sir, are assuming that other people are equally interested in how much progress has been made in lightening bikes. 
Other well-washed and enlightened people have an equally (I'd argue more) valid interest in the experienced weight of the bicycles they actually encounter, pick up and ride today and couldn't care less how heavy they ever were, even yesterday.
In the end, even if one is interested in a sort of laboratory weight of ones bike, it's interesting to consider how well one might have accessorized it, or defeated the purpose (of lightening it) with superfluous or inconsistent additions.
Other well-washed and enlightened people have an equally (I'd argue more) valid interest in the experienced weight of the bicycles they actually encounter, pick up and ride today and couldn't care less how heavy they ever were, even yesterday.
In the end, even if one is interested in a sort of laboratory weight of ones bike, it's interesting to consider how well one might have accessorized it, or defeated the purpose (of lightening it) with superfluous or inconsistent additions.
04-14-17, 02:22 PM
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Harrumph!
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That's 'cause I don't wanna agree with you; I was insulted. I'm only interested in how much a bike weighs when you ride it, so you make me out to be one of the "unwashed masses." Just because I don't take an engineer's view doesn't mean I'm some scruffy peasant.
Harrumph!
Harrumph!
Yeah, I thought that "unwashed masses" comment might cause a dust up. But really, something that ridiculous and obviously thrown in for effect, how can you take it seriously?
04-14-17, 02:47 PM
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I said pages ago that both weights had their use. You guys need to pay attention.
Make me mad, i won't buy that scale and the economy will go right down the crapper.
Make me mad, i won't buy that scale and the economy will go right down the crapper.
04-14-17, 03:18 PM
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You don't want to understand the concept so you won't. Showroom weight is showroom weight. It includes the chain, because that is how a bike is displayed in the bike store, aka showroom. It is a constant bicycle condition that we can all understand and relate to...if we are willing. No substitute condition that you can offer will allow us all to compare all bikes that we either have access to at the LBS or just read about by weight. Showroom weight is precise, everything else is fuzzy.
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04-14-17, 03:58 PM
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04-14-17, 03:59 PM
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04-14-17, 08:34 PM
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Kid road to Chipolte tonight on bike #3 https://www.bikeforums.net/19509817-post64.html 17 miles. I took a picture of it. The weight is not so important. What is not on it is more to the point of this thread.
That is how it is ridden. It is pretty typical to throw a WB in the back pocket on longer rides.
Felt.jpg
That is how it is ridden. It is pretty typical to throw a WB in the back pocket on longer rides.
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04-14-17, 08:49 PM
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TIL: just as pieces of a broken cookie have no calories, items carried in jersey pockets have no weight.
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04-14-17, 10:41 PM
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Admitting you have a problem is the first step .... 
04-15-17, 06:00 AM
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04-15-17, 09:21 AM
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I wash ... because the weight of the dirt adds to the overall weight of the ready-to-ride bike.
You "Showroom condition" guys ... you can afford not to bathe, because the weight of the caked-on dirt doesn't matter. You can get all greasy, constantly assembling and disassembling you bikes to weigh them ...
We "ready-to-ride" weight aficionados are obviously a greater benefit to society.
You "Showroom condition" guys ... you can afford not to bathe, because the weight of the caked-on dirt doesn't matter. You can get all greasy, constantly assembling and disassembling you bikes to weigh them ...
We "ready-to-ride" weight aficionados are obviously a greater benefit to society.
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I wash ... because the weight of the dirt adds to the overall weight of the ready-to-ride bike.
You "Showroom condition" guys ... you can afford not to bathe, because the weight of the caked-on dirt doesn't matter. You can get all greasy, constantly assembling and disassembling you bikes to weigh them ...
We "ready-to-ride" weight aficionados are obviously a greater benefit to society.
You "Showroom condition" guys ... you can afford not to bathe, because the weight of the caked-on dirt doesn't matter. You can get all greasy, constantly assembling and disassembling you bikes to weigh them ...
We "ready-to-ride" weight aficionados are obviously a greater benefit to society.
04-15-17, 10:20 AM
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