Originally Posted by bbattle
Frame weights of Orbea bikes:
Carbon: Orca, 1.07kg
Opal, 1.05kg
Onix, 1.25kg
Aluminum: Arin, 950g new 6000-series .6mm tubing thickness
Lobular, 1.23kg hydroformed tubing
Aqua, 1.5 kg hydroformed tubing
Mitis, 1.32kg double-butted 7005, carbon seat and chainstays
Line, 1.65kg double-butted 7005, carbon seatstays
Asphalt, 1.8 kg
Steel: Spirit, 1.65kg Columbus Spirit tubing .38mm thick (at the thinnest part)
You weighed ALL those frames or those are the specs? I suspect some of these specs are done without deralier hangers or seat tube clamps which I included because their integrated into the steel Zona frame. Also I wasn't saying that expensive aluminium frames couldn't be made light but I was interested in what a regular sort of aluminium frame weighs and the difference isn't that great. Also superlight aluminium frames aren't renowned for their longevity.
Spirit tubed frame weighs 1.65 kg? That's what my Zona frame weighs in all seriousness although it is a 48cm frame. I calculate that if my same frame design was made with Spirit tubing it would weigh in at around 1.35 kg.
Regards, Anthony