Why not lighter?
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Rpenmanparker. I just got back into town and read this today. I found your initial post interesting and thought-provoking, which I think is the spirit in which it was offered. I was pretty surprised, too, at how nasty and questioning a lot of people got right out of the gate. A fair number of people seem to want to lord it over other people at times on this forum, even when it often turns out they don't know much about much. Probably is boring at their job. I assumed you were being straightforward at the beginning. Maybe no pedals and cages threw some people, but 14.61 lbs. is good no matter what. I guess a lot of people just like to be snide. Good job on the bikes, and thanks for the original post. It just does show what you can do with normal parts. I think more reasoned discourse would be a plus generally.
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Glad you stuck with this thread, but ready to roll is how I weigh my bike.
Depending on your pedals and cages, you actually have a bike that's somewhere around 14.5 to 14.75 pounds. However I do see that your method is probably the same as magazine tests, as new bikes don't come with pedals (unless low-end, then very crappy platforms) or bottle cages.
Depending on your pedals and cages, you actually have a bike that's somewhere around 14.5 to 14.75 pounds. However I do see that your method is probably the same as magazine tests, as new bikes don't come with pedals (unless low-end, then very crappy platforms) or bottle cages.
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I agree. Weighing your bike should be how you ride it. You can't ride w/o pedals, and you can't ride far without bottle cages, unless you have a camelbak, and in that case, you are a moron. Camelbaks are only for pot smoking mountain bikers. In any event, my Speedplay Zeros with Ti spindles, and a pair of New Ultimate cages is about .42lbs, or 190g including bottle cage bolts. So with my cages, and pedals you are at just over 14lbs. Not too shabby.
maybe i need to pick one up...of course, some mountain bikers have full carbon bikes with very light weight components.
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I have one hanging from a hook in my basement. Most of them even come with pockets that you can use to stuff your doobies, and or pipe, and herbs in. I just put some big 42cm tires on my SS CX bike. I plan to try it on some trails soon, while wearing my Camelbak. It's the closest thing I have to a mountain bike currently.
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I have one hanging from a hook in my basement. Most of them even come with pockets that you can use to stuff your doobies, and or pipe, and herbs in. I just put some big 42cm tires on my SS CX bike. I plan to try it on some trails soon, while wearing my Camelbak. It's the closest thing I have to a mountain bike currently.
of course, you could always go the michael phelps route and enjoy water when you're not swimming with gold medals.
what tires btw?
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Tires were nothing special. Some IRC things one of the guys at the LBS gave me. They came on some 29er mountain bike he had. They make that bike a lot of fun though. They also inspired me to try a 25mm Evo CX on my rear 404. I just got done gluing that on actually.
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Tires were nothing special. Some IRC things one of the guys at the LBS gave me. They came on some 29er mountain bike he had. They make that bike a lot of fun though. They also inspired me to try a 25mm Evo CX on my rear 404. I just got done gluing that on actually.
pics of mtb?
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It's still not a mtb technically. To keep this on track. It was 17.8lbs with the old tires, and a heavier saddle. With pedals of course. Rolling a 34-14 gear.


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What is the standard way to weigh a bike?
I agree. Weighing your bike should be how you ride it. You can't ride w/o pedals, and you can't ride far without bottle cages, unless you have a camelbak, and in that case, you are a moron. Camelbaks are only for pot smoking mountain bikers. In any event, my Speedplay Zeros with Ti spindles, and a pair of New Ultimate cages is about .42lbs, or 190g including bottle cage bolts. So with my cages, and pedals you are at just over 14lbs. Not too shabby.
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