Bike weights.....

[Shut Up Legs]

The total weight of mine is about 87kg. That's typically what I'm dragging up the hills, and includes the bike, attachments and myself. Any other weight measurement is pointless.

 

[Crandoggler]

About 120kg all said and done. Poor wheels.

 

[Tim Hall]

My Defy 1 carbon seems heavy compared to these weights @ 79 Kg.
Am I supposed to be sitting on it ??

Try standing and report back.

 

[Pale Rider]

I'd like to weigh my Rose trekking ebike, but the local weighbridge would charge me to do it.

 

[Elybazza61]

Planet X XLS in 1X10 mode with 'guards and lights on is 9.3kgs on the works shipping scales.

Ridley Icarus(ally frame) is approx 9.0kgs

Weigh steel ss is about 10kgs

Ridley Helium sl hasn't been weighed yet in with the Hunt wheels but was 6.8kgs with the Zondas.

 

[huwsparky]

No it's not. Climbing has little to do with weight and more to do with power-weight ratio. I weigh in at 104kg but I'm fairly handy at going up hills.

Buy what's that got to do with the weight of your bike?

 

[martint235]

Buy what's that got to do with the weight of your bike?

Not a lot but then I don't think the weight of a bike has that much to do with anything. It's a small percentage of the total weight.

The weight of the rims and the tyres is probably quite important though cos there's all complicated maths to do with inertia etc that involves multiplications and things.

 

[huwsparky]

Not a lot but then I don't think the weight of a bike has that much to do with anything. It's a small percentage of the total weight.

The weight of the rims and the tyres is probably quite important though cos there's all complicated maths to do with inertia etc that involves multiplications and things.

True, and I agree with you (but let's not forget the title of the thread!) The weight of the bike is largely irrelevant. However, a lighter bike does feel different, but that doesn't necessarily mean it's all that much faster. I'm sure I read somewhere that weight saved on wheels and tyres is worth 4 times that of the rider/bike weight saving.

Having just bought a new bike which is 2kg's roughly lighter than my old one I can say that it does 'feel' more responsive on steep hills. Around 400g of that 2kg's has come directly off the wheel/tyre combo which I'm guessing is the main difference in feel.

 

[Ajax Bay]

I read somewhere that weight saved on wheels and tyres is worth 4 times that of the rider/bike weight saving.

Do you believe this (ie what you say you've read somewhere) and if so, please explain what 'worth 4 times' means in reality, and how that 'worth' presents itself when riding?
If you lost 2kg of weight off your body weight, would you expect your older (2kg heavier) bike similarly to 'feel more responsive'?

 

[Illaveago]

I have just weighed my 1970's Holdsworth Record, 531 plain gauge tubing, Brooks leather saddle, 27by 11/8 tyres and tubes, GB stem and bars, Weinmann centre pull brakes and levers, Campag Record rear derailleur, Ta Stronglight double clanger, pedals and rat traps and SS short mud guards.
Total weight 10.2 KGS.

 

[si_c]

I have just weighed my 1970's Holdsworth Record.
Total weight 10.2 KGS.

That just amuses the hell out of me.

 

[Ajax Bay]

What are the wheels on your Holdsworth @Illaveago , Maillard; Weinmann?

 

[Dogtrousers]

Bike weights? Why in earth would you want to make your bike heavier? I expect Wiggle sell them.

 

[Ajax Bay]

Why in earth would you want to make your bike heavier?

To get the bike above the UCI minimum, obviously.

 

[huwsparky]

Do you believe this (ie what you say you've read somewhere)

No, I don't generally believe most things I read with regard to improving cycling performance etc, as it's usually to try and sell something. However it's totally conceivable that the best way to shed weight in climbing terms would be from the parts of the bike that actually move. The '4 times' bit though is just something I read, not something I would take as factual.