gaz
Cycle Camera TV
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Univega via strato Pro - 18lbs or 8.1kg
How heavy is yours?
- Thread starter porteous
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XmisterIS
Purveyor of fine nonsense
Giant FCR C - 10kg. (22 lbs, I think).
gazmercer
Well-Known Member
- Location
- Prescot, Merseyside
Apollo FS26S - 17kg / 37.4lbs
Boardman Road Comp 09 - 8.9kg / 19.5lbs
Boardman Road Comp 09 - 8.9kg / 19.5lbs
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chillyuk
Guest
I can't weigh mine.
I assume most people weigh themselves then again holding their bike. My bathroom scales stop at 18 stone, and I am 18 stone!!
I assume most people weigh themselves then again holding their bike. My bathroom scales stop at 18 stone, and I am 18 stone!!
MacB
Lover of things that come in 3's
- Location
- Farnborough, Hampshire
chillyuk said:
I have a £4 set of fishing scales on a hook in the garage ceiling. Won't do a refined weight analysis but good for about 4lbs to 50lbs. Can also use it for weighing luggage etc, or so I told myself when I bought it just for the bikes
Apeman
Über Member
- Location
- enniskillen co. fermanagh
Bought a Ridley Compact....18lbs......fast!
weevil
Active Member
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- Cambridgehsire
accountantpete said:
I'm guessing that you've never had to do engineering calculations in imperial units.
porteous said:
For those of us who are too lazy to enter that many digits into a calculator:
From kg to lbs, multiply by 2.2
From lbs to kg, divide by 2.2
It's not spot-on, but I doubt that anyone's going to worry about a 0.2% error when weighing bikes.
Cost benefit
Much more interesting than I thought it would be! Having had a rough look at what we could, I suppose, call loose data, I have come to the following conclusions:
1. Modern high performance bikes can weigh as little as 18 lb but cost between £1000 -£1400.
2. Old fashioned high performance bikes weigh around 24 - 29 lb and can be found in hedges or bought for up to £250, depending on how much work you are prepared to do yourself.
3. This is unlikely to make any difference to anything unless you seriously want to race.
4. Choice of your bike weight is, therefore, based on size of wallet and desired self image (i.e., old fart travelling gently, happy family out for a ride, father knowing tinies are having to put in 10 times the power to weight effort he is (see earlier posts), anal retentives in lycra travelling at speed of light, etc etc. Local topgraphy and reason for travelling ( Commuting, fitness, fun, enjoyment gained by shouting at motorists, etc, also major choice factors.)
5. It is a well known fact that if the human body travels at over 30 mph in the open air you will die*.
So, all in all it proves that cycling is (or aught to be!) a broad church and that a weight between 18 - 33 lb is likely to enable you to have fun regardless of hilly bits, and that if you want a seriously light bike it will cost you. Upgrading (?) from 33lb to 18lb will cost you around £80 per lb lost.
For that money you can buy at least a months worth of best bitter.
*I made this bit up. Actually you will die anyway.
Much more interesting than I thought it would be! Having had a rough look at what we could, I suppose, call loose data, I have come to the following conclusions:
1. Modern high performance bikes can weigh as little as 18 lb but cost between £1000 -£1400.
2. Old fashioned high performance bikes weigh around 24 - 29 lb and can be found in hedges or bought for up to £250, depending on how much work you are prepared to do yourself.
3. This is unlikely to make any difference to anything unless you seriously want to race.
4. Choice of your bike weight is, therefore, based on size of wallet and desired self image (i.e., old fart travelling gently, happy family out for a ride, father knowing tinies are having to put in 10 times the power to weight effort he is (see earlier posts), anal retentives in lycra travelling at speed of light, etc etc. Local topgraphy and reason for travelling ( Commuting, fitness, fun, enjoyment gained by shouting at motorists, etc, also major choice factors.)
5. It is a well known fact that if the human body travels at over 30 mph in the open air you will die*.
So, all in all it proves that cycling is (or aught to be!) a broad church and that a weight between 18 - 33 lb is likely to enable you to have fun regardless of hilly bits, and that if you want a seriously light bike it will cost you. Upgrading (?) from 33lb to 18lb will cost you around £80 per lb lost.
For that money you can buy at least a months worth of best bitter.
*I made this bit up. Actually you will die anyway.
PpPete
Legendary Member
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- Chandler's Ford
porteous said:
No you didnt make it up....it was a commonly held opinion before the railway age.
MacB said:I have a £4 set of fishing scales on a hook in the garage ceiling. Won't do a refined weight analysis but good for about 4lbs to 50lbs. Can also use it for weighing luggage etc, or so I told myself when I bought it just for the bikes
At least I'm not the only one who bought scales just to weigh my bikes
MacB
Lover of things that come in 3's
- Location
- Farnborough, Hampshire
tyred said:At least I'm not the only one who bought scales just to weigh my bikes
I had to stop myself spending £50 on fancy digital ones, I worry about myself sometimes
Nice round up Porteous
