H O T , like the hoods...

You can get there with some light tubular wheelset and tires.

My CAAD10 in 58 is sitting high 15s right now with "heavy" wheels by WW standards. They are 1650g +600g Fusion 3 tubeless tires + sealant/valves + Ultegra cassette. I can get it close to mid 14 with a light tubular wheelset and red cassette. Also still have a 240g aluminum seatpost that can drop a chunk of weight.

I don't want to go tubular though

lol.............

Do you actually have 2 R2000s that you're actively modifying to look cool for this thread? I prefer the yellow one because my first road bike was a CAAD3 in the same color, but why would you want 2 bikes that are so similar? Not that there's anything wrong with that, but I'd be glad to take one off your hands for you.

Yes, I have 2 R2000si since last Friday. I hope some people were impressed by this fact. I would not call "modification" wheels and handlebar tapes swap.
If I will get 5 more R2000si I still would not look as cool as the guy with 13lbs bike with Reynolds wheels.

Eventually I will make one of them 15 lbs race machine and the other flat-bar hybrid to pull kids trailer...or fixie. ;)

Cleave - Super HOT bike. Only the S-Works stem bothers me slightly, although it does add a little quirky charm.

bianchi10 - If you want to go light, you gotta go tubular. There's really not much to be afraid of. Vittorias mount super easy - I went with them for my first tubular tire install and I couldn't believe what all the fuss is about!

Dafuq. 13.07 is considered pig heavy?

I'm still amazed at the weight of your S2. Mine is stuck at 15lb limbo. If I pull the plastic Elite cages I'd be in the high 14's...but that's cheating.

Hi,

Thanks for the votes of hotness. I know how hotness is in the eye of the beholder and YMMV and... I just wish it was red. :D

I hadn't heard anything about UCI rules changes regarding weight. At Masters Natz last year the officials were measuring dimensions of TT bikes with the official jig and then weighing them at the staging area just before you started. (They had a "courtesy" bike check the day before at registration.) I found the weighing part humorous for TT bikes because it was pretty clear that no one had a sub 15 lb TT bike. On the other hand, they did not check road bikes. One official said to me, "If you have an underweight bike, you better not get dropped on the climb."

I got dropped on the climb riding my 14.5 lb SuperSix Hi-Mod. :o

What is funny to me is that I am not inherently a weight weenie. In fact, the Specialized stem is one of the heavier stems that I could have used on this bike. Record-10 stuff is light but not the lightest and the Look Kéo Max 2 Carbon pedals are heavier than the Kéo Carbon pedals that I used last year. Admittedly, the Zipp carbon cages are weight weenie pieces, but they hold the bottles as securely as any cage that I've owned.

What I meant was, if it was a Evo, or a R5ca or something like that, it would be over a pound lighter.

Yeah, I had to employ some pretty light parts to get there. My post/saddle combo dropped 1/4lb off my SLR, with the tuned Cervelo post, Lightning cranks are light, KCNC brakes, 404 tubies, it all chips away at the total. Then I got silly with things like my Red RD. I still think I could get another few grams out of it, and I haven't touched the Yaw FD yet. It was part of the gain up to 13.07....
http://crxbart.com/cycling/s2v8pic5.jpg

You got me on the cranks and post/saddle combo and tuning.

I have 404 tubulars, Gravitas brakes, Rotor 3D/Aero Q-Rings. My SC CSL bars are on the heavier side. I'm also running the heavier Vittoria Corsa CR on the front wheel and the CX II on the rear.

I'm trying to decide whether to go with the new Ciamillo crank. Even at my cost...its still a decent chunk of change.

Here is how it stands now. Maybe just one part away. Like a Red cassette...

http://i195.photobucket.com/albums/z...pscc558e7d.jpg

Very nice! Keep in mind my post/saddle combo is 7g lighter than my original seatpost was with the original hardware. So whatever your saddle weighs is increase +7g. That, and the cranks/chainrings are probably the big difference. Not sure if you have ti spindles in your pedals or not, but that is a big savings. Your bars are probably close to the weight of my Vukas. Vukas are heavy mine were 232g before I cut the ends down. Then all those small little differences add up. The brakes, cassette, cages, skewers, and the 23g I cut out of my RD. Plus your bike looks to be a 56cm, and mine is a 54cm. Or maybe you are just way shorter than me. I think I actually like the look of your bike with the -17 stem better than my setup. Mine just looks like it has a ton of exposed seatpost, which it does, but the post combo exaggerates that. If you wanted to, you could be sub thirteen. It would just cost a bunch. I still kick around the idea of the THM Scapula F fork and dropping it well below thirteen, but I hear it isn't as aero as my Funda Pro. Then I think about putting Tri-Rig brakes on, and adding a half pound, and gaining aero. It's always a compromise. For now, I just enjoy it with every pedal stroke. It was a fun project, but burning money on it constantly did get old after awhile.

Its a 54 like yours. I'm 5'8" with more torso than legs.

The Speedplays are stainless. I think the San Marco saddle is around 164gr...a bit lighter than the Specialized Romin it replaced. Zipp advertizes the SC CSL bars at 290gr (not sure what size). Mine are 40cm o-to-o. The Ciamillo cranks are tempting...but even if I sold the Rotor cranks and Q-Rings at full pop...I'd still have to put in extra cash to get the Ciamillo's.

I know what you mean by burning money. I think I've gone as far as I want to with this.

http://i588.photobucket.com/albums/s...5/54138fdb.jpg

http://i588.photobucket.com/albums/s...5/bb7bf663.jpg

http://i588.photobucket.com/albums/s...5/50fd4386.jpg

I do not expect much...

http://i1091.photobucket.com/albums/...ps077ea4ff.jpg

Hot.

Nice!

Are those the Ward's spindles?

No. These came from Germany, I believe. Cycling Tech in Boulder used to sell them.

Has potential but you need to restage the shot. Awful night time lighting there.

Fixed.

http://i1091.photobucket.com/albums/...ps5e1cec63.jpg

not to get all "photographer" on you, but next time watch for other angles in the photo that may take away from the lines of your bike. AKA...the concrete wheel chalks have a different line than the frame and takes away from the bike for me. Other than lines, there is a lot of background stuff going on and I find it distracting. try to find a wall or background that will allow for good contrast between the background and the subject. This allows for everything on the bike that should be seen to be seen.

I like the bike, but I am hesitant to give it a hot. I think its close but not yet sizzling

Nagrom, bike looks great, I agree it needs a better background for tis thread though.

HOT Kuota