My DAHON Mu
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The wheels are customized, similar to DAHON American Eagle wheel set, but lighter.
KMC chain, FS Energy crankset, ceramic BB, customermized chainring. All are light, with decent performance and reasonable price.
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Really makes me wonder what is so heavy about my dahon mu. Most of my components should either be lighter or the same (carbon bar, carbon leavers, titanium seat rails, carbon cranks etc) plus I have a carbon fork & seatpost. Yet I am a good 1kg heavier. The only thing I can see that would be heavier on my bike are the grips as I love the full ergon grips, that is adding maybe 250grams.




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Really makes me wonder what is so heavy about my dahon mu. Most of my components should either be lighter or the same (carbon bar, carbon leavers, titanium seat rails, carbon cranks etc) plus I have a carbon fork & seatpost. Yet I am a good 1kg heavier. The only thing I can see that would be heavier on my bike are the grips as I love the full ergon grips, that is adding maybe 250grams.






Perhaps my fork (AL ultralight, 380g) is a little heavier, but all others are not.
e.g., brake lever--60g; pedals--125g.
The biggest difference could come from the frame. Not sure, but I estimate mine(PKA) is 400g lighter than yours(PAA).
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Really makes me wonder what is so heavy about my dahon mu. Most of my components should either be lighter or the same (carbon bar, carbon leavers, titanium seat rails, carbon cranks etc) plus I have a carbon fork & seatpost. Yet I am a good 1kg heavier. The only thing I can see that would be heavier on my bike are the grips as I love the full ergon grips, that is adding maybe 250grams.






Foe example again, I have this thing on top the fork (don't know how to call it), and it is 30+g lighter than the original one.
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Meh, I have a much lighter mini vello that I ride daily so it's all moot. Just kind of curious.
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Yeah I already have a litepro headset, and a lighter allu bolt for the stem. Every single part is about the lightest on the market. I do suspect my frame is much heavier as they use your style of mu for the lightest mu slx model. I also suspect the carbon FSA cranks might not be as light as they should be, be hard to tell as I haven't weighed them and it's impossible to tell exactly what model they are.
Meh, I have a much lighter mini vello that I ride daily so it's all moot. Just kind of curious.
Meh, I have a much lighter mini vello that I ride daily so it's all moot. Just kind of curious.
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I adore how that bike looks - especially black-on-gold and the spindly-looking chainring. How does that handle slight obstructions, though? Small, narrow, high-pressure wheels with no shocks can't be too comfortable if you hit something with any height to it.
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Light, fast, good look, relatively cheap, rare, so why not?
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And they are super light!
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I bought them quite long time ago, perhaps 6 years, but I was too fat--93kg--to use them. (also the wheel set has a rider weight limit of 80kg).
Luckily, they are still in perfect condition when I found them in my garage this year.
Some say the 406 ULTREMO is not durable, that's why it is gone and somehow replaced by DURANO.
Now this pair has done only 300km so I don't know the durability yet. We will see.
Luckily, they are still in perfect condition when I found them in my garage this year.
Some say the 406 ULTREMO is not durable, that's why it is gone and somehow replaced by DURANO.
Now this pair has done only 300km so I don't know the durability yet. We will see.














