Weight of your bike?

[jimbo]

Since lokomonkey brought it up.  You want to list the estimated weight of your bike, Proflex/K2 or whatever bike you ride.

Small 2000 Evo weighing in about 32-33 lbs.  Pyslo SL, Avids disc, Rhino Lites, Answer Pro Taper bars, Azonic Shorty stem, Sram X-ray shifters, Avid 2.OSD levers, old WTB saddle, American Classic post, Noleen NR2 shock, XT derailleurs, Raceface Protigy(sp) crankset, Shimano bottom bracket, Sram 5.0 cassette and Specialized Roller Pro 2.5F and 2.3R.  

[Matno]

Somewhere in there. I'd prefer 27, but the disc brakes are worth the extra weight! This is a '98 5000 size Large with X-vert Super (actually not a Super, but it has an alloy steerer. Must be OEM), LX cranks, XT shifters/front der., XTR rear der., Kalloy bar, Kore Lite Forged Stem, Speed V saddle, Avid Discs w/ SD5 levers, Bontrager Race Disc Modified wheelset, Helix Pro rear, etc.

My wife's Medium '98 5000 has Avid Arch rivals, same fork, 8-speed GripShift (w/ Shimano XTR rear), Mavic CrossLink wheelset, Risse Astro-5 rear shock, Real brake levers (light buggers), etc. Feels about 2 lbs lighter (but that's not confirmed with a scale - just my guess! It's enough of a difference that it's noticeable. Especially with that Risse). Probably under 27lbs. A very nice ride considering I got it virtually new for $450 (I replaced the RaceFace cranks with Shimano and the RockShox fork with the superior Manitou and actually came out almost $100 AHEAD! That means the actual cost was closer to $350!!! Hard to believe. (though I did get a brand new set of Shimano hollowtech cranks for $12...)

[jimbo]

"Bontrager Race Disc Modified wheelset"





Are the Bontrager XC specific?  The only way I could decently lighten my bike is with a lighter wheelset and tires.  I weight about 140 lbs.

[GET*]

My 5500C weighs in at just over 28 pounds with disc brakes.  I had it just below 26 with vees and some other lighter components.  The couple of extra pounds is well worth it.







My 98 Animal (it really is a '98  ) tips the scale right at 33 pounds.  Its built tough.  I also added metal springs to the Chubby LT fork.  Again, well worth the weight.







When I'm throwing the bike around on a fast crosscountry trail, I do like the lighter bike.  But, I've never really had a problem peddling the Animal up our Ozark hills.

[Matno]

Are the Bontragers XC specific? The only way I could decently lighten my bike is with a lighter wheelset and tires.  I weigh about 140 lbs.







I think they are. I was told they are a pretty tough wheelset, but I'm pretty sure they're not downhillers! I'm not at home right now or I'd post their actual weight, but it was surprisingly light. However, they are a little heavier than my previous set of Ritchey XC wheels. (Which was disappointing since according to claimed weights, they should have been lighter! However, I never actually knew what my old wheels were supposed to weigh, so I suspect they were lighter than I thought. The Bontragers are quite light. OP has a set (which are either the same model or a very similar one) and says he has roughed them up quite a bit with no problems.







All that rambling aside, at 140 (same as me), an XC wheelset will be fine for all but the roughest of riding (big drops that is). I rode my Ritchey wheels in some super rocky conditions when I lived in Utah, and never even had to true them. So far, the Bontragers have stayed perfect, though I haven't ridden them as much as I would like!







A good light wheelset will make more of a difference in your bike's performance than anything except maybe suspension and/or tires. If yours are heavier than you want, an upgrade is in order!

[Carbon_Angus]

Large Oz, Hopey, Mega~Air, Xt drivetrain with/Xtr rear der. dinner plate 34t XTR cass. Xt disc, Hugi hubs Mavic rims, brass nips, taper spokes RaceFace Xy post, Thompson stem, Monkeylite bar, wtb saddle and the other little things add up to a hair under 28#

for the kind of riding i do the weakest link is probably...me!

[IFO]

03 BIGHIT expert: light for a DH/freeeride bike..

01 Azonic DS1 HT: heavy for a light freeride/trail bike...

im not posting numbers...

im not a weight-weenie enuf to care about teh actual numbers, i go by feel...

[GrimJack]

03 BIGHIT expert: light for a DH/freeeride bike..

That's ok, I'll post numbers for him.  I weighed his recently, his Big Hit is 41lbs.  Lucky guy has 5 lbs on me!

[GrimJack]

Oh ya, and as for my bike, here's the specs:

46 lbs includes:

• 2002 Santa Cruz Bullit, size Large
  
• Progressive Suspension 5th Element shock, gives 7 inches of rear wheel travel
  
• 2001 Stratos SS7 with 7 inches on the front
  
• Mavic D321 rims with straight guage spokes
  
• WTB front thru axle
  
• Shimano XT rear
  
• Michelin Wildgripper DH tire front and Maxxis High Roller ST rear
  
• FBI issue secret compound inner tubes. I could tell you what they are made of, but then I'd have to dispose of you!
  
• Hayes Hydraulic brakes, 8 inch rotors front and rear
  
• Profile Racing 3 piece CroMo cranks, the extra tough SS version.
  
• XT drivetrain
  
• Thompson seatpost
  
• Thompson stem, 90mm 15 degree rise
  
• Titec Hellbent bars
  
• ODI lock on grips
  
• Chris King headset
  
• WTB Speed V saddle
  
• Shimano clipless pedals
  

[jimbo]

"That's ok, I'll post numbers for him.  I weighed his recently, his Big Hit is 41lbs.  Lucky guy has 5 lbs on me!"



Hey, since you have access to IFO's bike, I'm assuming you rode it.  What's the difference in ride compared to your Bullit?  Pluses - Minus?



I don't want to hear IFO's opinion because we all know it's biased.

[Joe]

'00 Evo 3.0 Large; '02 Pyslo Race, Fox Vanilla RC, Hopey steering damper, Grimeca Sys8 fr, Hayes mech rr, wtb speed v, odi ruffian, king headset, king hubs, mavic 317's, dt spokes, spline drive nipples---hand built by me!!! conti survivals fr rr. mines up to 32-33lbs, and i love every pound!!!!

[GrimJack]

Yes, I have access to ride his bike, and do so on a pretty regular basis.  Hell, I put it together!  (And stole the first test ride on it, but that is a whole different story.

IFO's Big Hit is very nice.  He runs flats, and I run SPDs, his bike is a little lighter (but so is he) and his front fork is more responsive on the little stuff, but more flexy.

The Big Hit rear suspension feels more active, and eats up bigger bumps than my 5th element.  My 5th element pedals a lot better, the suspension doesn't steal any effort.

I want to try a lighter weight spring on my 5th, as the one that is on there is I think one grade too high for my riding weight now.

I've always been a big fan of single pivot bikes, but I gotta admit, if I were buying another new bike today, and could get the Big Hit with a Romic or 5th element instead of the Fox RC, it would surely be in my short list of frames.

The ONLY reason that I bought the Bullit was the 5th element.  I wouldn't buy a bike without it, now - that or the Romic, anyhow.

Bottom line - for riding down the hill, I prefer IFO's bike to mine.  For pedaling up the hill, I prefer my Bullit.  Kinda ironic, considering as how you normally would rather pedal the lighter weight bike!

[IFO]

dont beleive Dave his scale is wacked...

no way my bike weighs 41 lbs...

[Scott]

Yes, I'm a weight weenie!  But a frugal one thanks to eBay and a willingness (read necessity) to turn my own wrenches. I added up my parts cost/weight though and it wasn't so bad:

Had it weighed on a calibrated l.b.s. scale-22.30 w/o pedals, fender, SKS airgun, or mud.  For some reason manufacturers claimed weights do not include pedals.  You could always run Conti Twister Supersonics or Fast Freds tires instead-they weigh the same at a normal width but are expensive too.  I race with the 1.5 in back and a 2.35 Vertical pro up front it's a fast, safe combo @ 1000 grams

1. frame $449
2. Nuke Proof Marwi/Synergy rim wheels $300
3. Look Fournales fork 200
4. xtr      r.d. 50
5. xtr f.d. 34
6. Action Tec ti b.b. 80
7. SRAM 5.0 11/28 cass. 24
8. KMC chain 10
9. LX crank 40
10. Specialized h.set 22
11. American Classic 230mm seatpost 36
12. FRM Web 100mm stem 55
13. Sram Plasma shifters 30
14. Avid Mag/ti brakes 55
15. Avid V chip/ti levers 43
16. CT2 bars 40
17. Gippemme Pluma ti saddle 27
18. Conti X/C 1.5tires 40
19. tubes 5
20. cable/housing 17
21. Egg beaters 62
$1619 total build cost, though that's having figured in a purchase of every component new/used (mostly used) and not swapping anything over from the 5000.  

[Scott]

I shoud've added that it's an Oz frame just to keep the K2 theme going!