Are aluminium Rigid MTBs becoming harder to get hold of, or do they not make them?

[night cycler]

Just going through this.
http://www.cyclingweekly.co.uk/videos/cycling-tech/cyclocross-bikes

 

[Venod]

Cannondale Bad Boys are not exactly MTBs IMO but may be suitable for your requirements, don't know how much they weigh though.

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/cannondal...507425?hash=item2cba246161:g:8W4AAOSwLEtYh3OR

 

[marzjennings]

MTB under 10kg - not likely - that's road bike weight.

You can build up an Niner Air RDO for under 10kg easily. But not for cheap.

 

[Drago]

What's this obsession with weight? Most riders couldn't get the best out of a 15kg bike.

 

[ColinJ]

What's this obsession with weight? Most riders couldn't get the best out of a 15kg bike.

It's ok for you, but we aren't all humungous man-mountains with hulk-like strength!

 

[Grant Fondo]

MTB under 10kg - not likely - that's road bike weight.

Cannondale rigid MTBs from 90s are close to 10kg, my M500 is 10.5kg according to brochure, M900 and M2000 were a bit lighter as wheels and gruppo were higher spec

 

[Pat "5mph"]

Pinnacle Lithium is another one.

I second this: I've got one, dressed with Schwalbe Land Cruisers it took me to the Lakes and back along some very pot-holed NCN routes.
Great on the canals.
With mudguards and pannier rack I would guess it weights around 12kg, but it is an under £ 400 bike with hydrolic disks, can't have everything!

 

[Andy_R]

Ermmm..has anyone forgotten the other weight rule.....it's not about the bike, it's about the biker....'tis a lot easier to lose weight from the biker than the bike.....a 70kg rider on a 7 kg bike will need a lot more effort than a 60kg rider on a 7kg bike....just saying.....and BTW, I'm using 7kg as n ideal, not an actual weight

 

[Goggs]

This is light, although not 10kg light..

https://www.cube.eu/uk/2017/trekking/editor/cube-editor-blacknflashorange-2017/

A great bike but not cheap.

 

[Goggs]

Or this..

https://www.cube.eu/uk/2017/road-triathlon/sl-road/cube-sl-road-race-blacknflashgreen-2017/

 

[marzjennings]

Ermmm..has anyone forgotten the other weight rule.....it's not about the bike, it's about the biker....'tis a lot easier to lose weight from the biker than the bike.....a 70kg rider on a 7 kg bike will need a lot more effort than a 60kg rider on a 7kg bike....just saying.....and BTW, I'm using 7kg as n ideal, not an actual weight

That's such a roadie rule.

 

[bonsaibilly]

Cannondale rigid MTBs from 90s are close to 10kg, my M500 is 10.5kg according to brochure, M900 and M2000 were a bit lighter as wheels and gruppo were higher spec

Yet still not less than 10

 

[bonsaibilly]

That's such a roadie rule.

No.

 

[bonsaibilly]

Look for something like a Carrera Subway. Should be rugged enough for the sore of off reading you'd want to do without suspension. Must be plenty on fleabay and gumtree (just check they're not stolen)

Or someone might have one in their shed, put a wanted ad in the classifieds

Its not the kind of bike op is asking about.

 

[bonsaibilly]

I`ll look up that model online for the spec. Ideally I want something 10kg or under.

You're living in cloud cuckoo land.