Originally Posted by
ColinL
Glad you stuck with this thread, but ready to roll is how I weigh my bike.
Depending on your pedals and cages, you actually have a bike that's somewhere around 14.5 to 14.75 pounds. However I do see that your method is probably the same as magazine tests, as new bikes don't come with pedals (unless low-end, then very crappy platforms) or bottle cages.
I agree. Weighing your bike should be how you ride it. You can't ride w/o pedals, and you can't ride far without bottle cages, unless you have a camelbak, and in that case, you are a moron. Camelbaks are only for pot smoking mountain bikers. In any event, my Speedplay Zeros with Ti spindles, and a pair of New Ultimate cages is about .42lbs, or 190g including bottle cage bolts. So with my cages, and pedals you are at just over 14lbs. Not too shabby.