What’s your “ready to ride” road-bike weight? I was surprised at mine!
03-05-18, 06:48 AM
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03-05-18, 09:48 AM
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I know we’re often a bit obsessed with our bike weight, and value upgrades that can shave off a couple of hundred grams here & there. However, I’ve often suspected that manufacturers or bike reviews take a very minimalist approach when listing weights, i.e. no pedals or accessories of any kind
Out of interest, I thought I should weigh my bike with the gear that I actually have with me when I ride.
I was surprised to find that my 2017 Specialized Roubaix Expert UDi2 weighs in at 10.2kg without a bidon. I excluded the bidon, because they come in a variety of sizes and people carry different amounts of water. With a full 700ml bottle, the total would be closer to 10.8kg.
This includes:
1) front & rear lights (Serfas / Lezyne),
2) SWAT box with CO2 bottle & valve, spare inner tube
3) Small multi-tool + 2nd lightweight tube in a tiny saddle bag (I have punctured twice on a ride, so always take two)
4) Small top-tube bag for phone, keys etc. (Empty for weigh-in)
5) Garmin Edge 200 + out-front bracket, a small Cateye cadence meter, a tiny bell (legal requirement),
6) Speedplay zero pedals
7) 28mm Conti GP4K II tires.
There isn’t really too much that I could get rid of here. Maybe ditch the lights if there’s no traffic (I always have flashing lights to help distracted drivers see me). I could go with one tube or use patches if got two flats. Reduce the electronics - but then the ride didn’t happen if it’s not on Strava :-)
I know that some of the gear could be carried in my jersey instead of the bike, but it’s still there in the total weight. (Which raises another question as to whether extra gear is best carried on the bike or on the rider....)
IIRC correctly, one review showed the Roubaix Expert as weighing 8.4kg. Does the rest of my gear really weight 1.8kg, or are the reviewers being “generous”?
Let’s have a weigh-in, and find out how much we’re really pushing up those hills :-)
Out of interest, I thought I should weigh my bike with the gear that I actually have with me when I ride.
I was surprised to find that my 2017 Specialized Roubaix Expert UDi2 weighs in at 10.2kg without a bidon. I excluded the bidon, because they come in a variety of sizes and people carry different amounts of water. With a full 700ml bottle, the total would be closer to 10.8kg.
This includes:
1) front & rear lights (Serfas / Lezyne),
2) SWAT box with CO2 bottle & valve, spare inner tube
3) Small multi-tool + 2nd lightweight tube in a tiny saddle bag (I have punctured twice on a ride, so always take two)
4) Small top-tube bag for phone, keys etc. (Empty for weigh-in)
5) Garmin Edge 200 + out-front bracket, a small Cateye cadence meter, a tiny bell (legal requirement),
6) Speedplay zero pedals
7) 28mm Conti GP4K II tires.
There isn’t really too much that I could get rid of here. Maybe ditch the lights if there’s no traffic (I always have flashing lights to help distracted drivers see me). I could go with one tube or use patches if got two flats. Reduce the electronics - but then the ride didn’t happen if it’s not on Strava :-)
I know that some of the gear could be carried in my jersey instead of the bike, but it’s still there in the total weight. (Which raises another question as to whether extra gear is best carried on the bike or on the rider....)
IIRC correctly, one review showed the Roubaix Expert as weighing 8.4kg. Does the rest of my gear really weight 1.8kg, or are the reviewers being “generous”?
Let’s have a weigh-in, and find out how much we’re really pushing up those hills :-)
In any case that is why bikes weights are advertised for showroom condition. So comparisons can be sensible made. Besides I don't ride on any hills. So there!
03-05-18, 09:51 AM
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The steel road bike is about 22 pounds. CF adventure bike probably around 23 pounds. This is without full water bottles, but does include lights and a saddle bag with repair items.
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It's a custom built Speedvagen (out of Portland), fairly small frame around 52cm. Tubes are a mix of Columbus and True Temper I believe. The seat tube and seat post topper are from Enve and made for Speedvagen.
03-05-18, 10:07 AM
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21.8 lbs empty
Will probably add about 3lbs of gear later
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21.8 lbs empty
Will probably add about 3lbs of gear later
Never give up,... Someone's always got it worse
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It's funny and continues to show that while being a weight weenie is fun, that it doesn't make much of a difference. This bike is just over a pound heavier than my Trek Domane was but dang the ride is so much better... or different anyway. Speedvagen has a frame/bike option called their ultra light or something like that, apparently can get to 13lbs fully built, but uber pricey even compared to their normal custom steeds which aint cheap. And of course one bottle is probably a couple pounds. We don't have much sustained climbing where I live but we'll see if I actually notice any difference in weight when I next ride up the closest mountain! Love those Gurus!
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Interesting. I know the weight weenies will be apoplectic, but "ready-to-ride" is the only weight i care about. Some of my bikes have a rack, or two, one or two bottle racks, various numbers of bags .... about 20 lbs for more to CF 'lightweights," about 27 for vintage steel with modern components, about the same for my aluminum rain/gravel (with a rack so it can double as a camera-bag bike or a commuter) and probably 30 for my Al tourer/grocery-getter. I weigh with everything (as a rule) except phone and water bottles, so add at least a couple pounds for water.
I think 30 lbs for my MTB but it doesn't get lights and if I bring my phone for GPS it will be wrapped well in a jersey pocket---so I can smash it more fully when I fall on it.
I think 30 lbs for my MTB but it doesn't get lights and if I bring my phone for GPS it will be wrapped well in a jersey pocket---so I can smash it more fully when I fall on it.
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It's funny and continues to show that while being a weight weenie is fun, that it doesn't make much of a difference. This bike is just over a pound heavier than my Trek Domane was but dang the ride is so much better... or different anyway. Speedvagen has a frame/bike option called their ultra light or something like that, apparently can get to 13lbs fully built, but uber pricey even compared to their normal custom steeds which aint cheap. And of course one bottle is probably a couple pounds. We don't have much sustained climbing where I live but we'll see if I actually notice any difference in weight when I next ride up the closest mountain! Love those Gurus!
03-07-18, 08:39 AM
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My 2008 Roubiux Fugi weighs 18 lbs. (I have no need for a water bottle - there are fountains where I go - only on Greenway passing by the hospital)
That's why I bought it, because I was carrying a sack of potatoes up those hills, and I knew I could not keep doing that on my old Trek (weighed 29 lbs) since I turned 75. So my Fugi has served me well (except for a wreck where I spent 1.5 days in ER, and almost was gone out of here - a story for another day)
That's why I bought it, because I was carrying a sack of potatoes up those hills, and I knew I could not keep doing that on my old Trek (weighed 29 lbs) since I turned 75. So my Fugi has served me well (except for a wreck where I spent 1.5 days in ER, and almost was gone out of here - a story for another day)
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All my bikes are weighed ready to go sans water bottles, that includes LOOK pedals, lights, saddle bag with tube, multi-wrench, CO2 kit, etc. bottle holders and cyclometer. The Tarmac Comp weighs in at 19.3 lbs sans water bottles. The Roubaix weighs in at 19.6 lbs and the old Giant OCR-C weighs in at 21.0 lbs, but it's about to go on a diet (replacing the Truvativ Elite crank with an Ultegra and an Ultegra rear derailer). The 1992 Schwinn Paramount that's been converted to 10 Speed Campy Chorus is the heavyweight at 23.5 lbs.
Now if I could only get the rider to lose a few lbs..........
Now if I could only get the rider to lose a few lbs..........
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Emonda SLR. 14.1 ready to ride but without a bottle of water........
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Finally weighed my 2018 Spec. Roubaix Expert with mech. Ultegra, aerobars, cable lock, bell, saddle bag and extra tools = 29lbs.
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This thread should be titled, What is YOUR road ride BODY WEIGHT, not your road bike weight. I'm 5'10" and weight 195. Not fat but spent most my life in a gym lifting weights before discovering cycling. My bike weighs around 19 lbs. but that's insignificant compared to my body weight. The weight weenies should focus more on themselves and not the bike.
My idea riding weight, or at least when I feel the most powerful is around 185 lbs. If my bike is a few pounds too heavy then that means I need to lay of the suds for a while.
It's really that simple, at least for us beer lovers....
My idea riding weight, or at least when I feel the most powerful is around 185 lbs. If my bike is a few pounds too heavy then that means I need to lay of the suds for a while.
It's really that simple, at least for us beer lovers....
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This thread should be titled, What is YOUR road ride BODY WEIGHT, not your road bike weight. I'm 5'10" and weight 195. Not fat but spent most my life in a gym lifting weights before discovering cycling. My bike weighs around 19 lbs. but that's insignificant compared to my body weight. The weight weenies should focus more on themselves and not the bike.
My idea riding weight, or at least when I feel the most powerful is around 185 lbs. If my bike is a few pounds too heavy then that means I need to lay of the suds for a while.
It's really that simple, at least for us beer lovers....
My idea riding weight, or at least when I feel the most powerful is around 185 lbs. If my bike is a few pounds too heavy then that means I need to lay of the suds for a while.
It's really that simple, at least for us beer lovers....
Last weekend riding with friends, a guy who is normally faster, and being at least 15 lbs lighter, normally a better climber than I, just couldn't keep up. Where usually he has plenty of energy to spare, at the end he seemed as beat as anyone. He wasn't complaining of illness, has been training no more or less than I, but he WAS complaining of the weight of his cx bike and his knobby tires. I, other hand, was riding the Helium with tubulars, and the biggest guy in the group was also on a light bike, so of course we were constantly dropping him and everyone else.
True story!Seriously, the difference that lighter bikes makes has been argued about plenty, but one thing people often discount too much or forget is the psychological effect. Perceptions, however slight, of the bike itself being more or less weighty can have a disproportionate effect on ones expectations, and skew ones perception of effort, so there's a bit of self-fulfilling prophecy and negative feedback that's inevitable, I think. I don't doubt that's half of what was going on with my friend, anyhow.
03-11-18, 08:59 PM
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My last weekend story:
Fast & long group ride w/ lots of climbing. The even faster crew show up,
many matches are burned to keep up. At the regroup about 1/3 way I & a number of others arrive minutes behind,
& the lead guys are kidding one guy about putting on weight.
5 or 6 guys say that they are about 195.
We start off again & after a couple of small hills they are gone.
Fast & long group ride w/ lots of climbing. The even faster crew show up,
many matches are burned to keep up. At the regroup about 1/3 way I & a number of others arrive minutes behind,
& the lead guys are kidding one guy about putting on weight.
5 or 6 guys say that they are about 195.
We start off again & after a couple of small hills they are gone.
03-12-18, 06:16 AM
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LOL I weighed my steel frame pinarello and it came in at 19.12 lbs w/garmin 800 and mount and w/o waterbottles. I weighed my surley cc and the scale said -err- .