Originally Posted by
TransitBiker
The hub weighs 5 and a half pounds. It has solid steel spheres inside, and its full of friction fluid. The input and output discs are also about 2x thicker than a standard gear sprocket.
- Andy
Shimano stops listing weight for most parts below Deore 9-speed level where the RD, cassette, and hub add up north of 2 lb. I'd bet the Altus or Acera level that comes on your equivalent bike is around three. So it's a 2.5 pound difference, not a 5.5 pound difference, and so your bike is 35ish rather than 30-some pounds. That doesn't excuse all the other components.
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