Originally Posted by
febrioval
I been using my steel bike for a while now, i was using alumunium frame before too, but i like the way it feels with this steel bike. however, i want to upgrade my bike to make it lighter. so please, in your opinion, go for alumunium frame or lighter wheelset?
my steel frame is about 8.6 lbs (frame and fork)
and the the wheelset is about the same too (3.5lbs front wheel + 4,8lbs rear wheel , 105 hub with araya alumunium rim, 36 spokes, including the tire, and cassette)
and i figure, if i upgrade either 1 of those, it would save me about 3.3 to 4.4 lbs
ps : complete bike setup now is about 23.5 lbs. using ultegra 6600 groupset
Thank you very much
8.6# is crazy for a frame and fork. Thats 3900g.
Based on you mentioning 105 components on it, you have a road bike. Even in the largest of sizes, a custom road frame will weigh 2000g and the fork will weigh 800g. A production large frame will weigh up to 2500g and a production fork will weigh up to 1200g.
2700g gives you a seriously strong generic steel frameset in the largest of sizes(fitting someone 6'5 or even taller) and it is as heavy as steel road frames get.
You are saying yours weighs another 1200g/2.6# on top of this?
Get yourself a new frameset. It'll totally change your ride.