is 12.2 kg a respectable hardtail weight?

el_presidente
el_presidente Posts: 1,963
edited December 2007 in MTB general
Just rebuilt my circa 2000 stumpjumper hardtail with RS Rebas, new wheels and a few other bits & pieces

total weight is 12.2 kg (26.9 lbs). Is this a respectable weight, or could I have better spent my money buying a brand new £500 bike?? :)
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  • Steve I
    Steve I Posts: 428
    27 lbs is quite light for a bike in the £500 category, I'd be happy with that. My cross bike weighs 24lbs with cantis and rigid front end. In any case weight isn't the only criteria that determines how good a bike is. You've specced the bike to your own choice and had the satisfaction of building it up and knowing it was done properly. Hope you enjoy riding it.
  • el_presidente
    el_presidente Posts: 1,963
    Thanks, don't get me wrong I'm not overly worried, just wondered what a sort of benchmark weight might be. Out fora debut spin tomorrow so looking forward to that.
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  • benneally
    benneally Posts: 973
    My bike (rrp £1045...paid £800) weighs just under 26lbs...so yeah u did quite well i suppose.
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  • zero303
    zero303 Posts: 1,162
    You've forgotten one important detail...

    Where are the goddam pics!!! :wink:
  • Splasher
    Splasher Posts: 1,528
    £500 bikes are usually over 30lbs AND won't have a fork anywhere near the quality of a Reba. Money well spent if you ask me.
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  • nicklouse
    nicklouse Posts: 50,675
    12.2 is a fair weight. my reba equipped fully is 12kg less pedals.
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  • el_presidente
    el_presidente Posts: 1,963
    zero303 wrote:
    You've forgotten one important detail...

    Where are the goddam pics!!! :wink:

    well if you insist...

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    On reflection I prob spent a bit more than £500...


    circa 2000 Spesh Stumpjumper M2 alloy frame
    RS Rebas w/ poploc
    Velocity Deep Vs on XT hubs
    XT rear mech LX front mech
    XTR V-brakes rear / LX hydraulic disc front (soon to be upgraded to XT)
    Spesh branded chainset
    Race Face Evolve XC Stem / Easton EA50 bars / lizard skin lock-on grips
    Use Sumo post / Spesh Alias saddle
    Trailraker 2.1s

    The rims make it look like a frenchman's ski-suit but I like it ;)
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  • zero303
    zero303 Posts: 1,162
    ooooh, loving the 1960s Gulf Oil colour scheme on the frame!!!

    Looks like a proper racer - I do love the early 2000 geometries that were the norm then...
  • Chaka Ping
    Chaka Ping Posts: 1,451
    One of my favourite bike frame colours of all time, that Stumpjumper.

    Glad you mentioned the rims though, so I didn't have to. Very new rave!

    :D
  • el_presidente
    el_presidente Posts: 1,963
    Chaka Ping wrote:
    One of my favourite bike frame colours of all time, that Stumpjumper.

    Glad you mentioned the rims though, so I didn't have to. Very new rave!

    :D

    I could never part with that frame, as you say the colours are great. It orginally had orange forks & saddle to match but they had both seen much better days.

    I got the wheels cheap, wonder why ;) They might not last too long
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  • papasmurf.
    papasmurf. Posts: 2,382
    you seem to have the worlds longgest brake hose!
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  • el_presidente
    el_presidente Posts: 1,963
    papasmurf. wrote:
    you seem to have the worlds longgest brake hose!

    yeah I need to sort that out
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  • papasmurf.
    papasmurf. Posts: 2,382
    cable ties hehe
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  • zero303
    zero303 Posts: 1,162
    el_presidente wrote:
    papasmurf. wrote:
    you seem to have the worlds longgest brake hose!

    yeah I need to sort that out

    Yeah, there's a least another half pound to be saved there I reckon!!! :lol::lol:

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