Originally Posted by
mstateglfr
wouldn't that be 400g for the tires combined and 250 for the wheelset? So 650g saved.
and the stock tires are 40mm while you switched to 28mm(at widest) tires. Well yeah, that's weight saved because it's a totally different style tire. I could have aggressive trail mtb tires thst are light for their category, change to a 28mm conti gp4k, and save 800 combined grams...but that's apples and oranges.
unless i misunderstood(happens a lot), your example at 650g saved is still significant, but it also creates a totally different bike.
My bad. I saved about 1 lb rotational weight.
You are right – bad math on my part doubling the weight savings for the wheelset.
For 40mm tires, I use Maxxis Ramblers. Those save 80g each, total 160. So the 250g lighter wheels and 40mm Ramblers save 400g total or a bit under a pound for the package.