Bike weight

phreak

Out of curiosity I weighed my bike today and it tipped the scales at 12kg. This seemed quite heavy to me but doing a quick browse on the web, few bikes seem to display weight.

The power/speed/cals type calculator I use has a default weight of around 9kg, I don't know if that's the standard.

How much do your bikes weigh?

redddraggon

About 8Kg.

My commuting bike with all the gizmos and mudguards must be over 12kg though.

phreak

Is there a rough guide for how much you have to spend to lose each kg?

redddraggon

phreak wrote:

Is there a rough guide for how much you have to spend to lose each kg?

The law of diminishing returns? If you are spending at least a grand on a road bike you're starting to look at 8Kg and less. From there you're spending a lot more money to save a couple of grams.

Garybee

My training bike is around 11kg. It's a low end aluminium frame with a low end groupset on it. In fact the rear wheel is worth considerably more than the rest of the bike. But it's a training bike so as long as the gears work and the contact points are in exactly the same position as my race bike it doesn't matter.

My road race bike weighs a little over 7kg. This only cost me about £750 - £800 though, you can put something very light together with a little research. I built this up myself from new parts which were cheap as they're not currently 'in vogue'. For example, a Campag Chorus chainset and FSA titanium BB cost me £70 as everyone is buying UltraTorque which dropped the price of square taper.

meagain

"a little over 7kg. This only cost me about £750 - £800 though"

Below 15 lbs! That is a very light bike for that money! Starting with a 2nd hand carbon TCR f'set and mainly ditto parts, 4 years ago it cost me 1600 quid to get to just over 16 lbs. As I recall, at the time I calculated ANOTHER grand to lose maybe another pound.

In general, my bikes never weigh as little as other people's, even when seemingly identical.

azzerb

Should be just under 8kg for my summer bike, and around the 10kg (on the plus side) for my winter.

grayo59

I think my new specialized allez double is listed at 10.5kg (no accessories so add pump, bottle, cage, set of tools, computer = another kg)

My halfords hack hybrid is 16.5kg with above accessories lights and mudguards

Garybee

meagain wrote:

"a little over 7kg. This only cost me about £750 - £800 though"

Below 15 lbs! That is a very light bike for that money! Starting with a 2nd hand carbon TCR f'set and mainly ditto parts, 4 years ago it cost me 1600 quid to get to just over 16 lbs. As I recall, at the time I calculated ANOTHER grand to lose maybe another pound.

In general, my bikes never weigh as little as other people's, even when seemingly identical.

It's perfectly do-able (if you're careful), you also need to avoid fashionable brand names. For instance, the frame is a Ribble scandium, 1kg and £300. An equivalent weight Scott/Trek etc. would cost probably 3 or 4 times that.

NWLondoner

My bike fully equipped roughly weighs 18kg

Is this too heavy??

Noclue

^^^^ not for a downhill mountain bike!

NWLondoner

Noclue wrote:

^^^^ not for a downhill mountain bike!

oops mine is a hybrid for road riding :oops:

huggy

My SCR 2.0 is 8.5kg with bottle cage and computer

benvickery

After reading this thread I weighed my bike for the first time. My XL carbon planet-x weighs about 9 kg with all the extras on it.

I rode it for the first time in a week today as I've been away and as I pulled away I remembered just how light it really was!!

wastelander

My winter spec commuter hits the scales at 10.60kg (23.4lbs) and the Ti 'best bike' weights in at a respectable 8.6kg (19.0lbs) - both with pedals and as ridden e.g. lights, mudguards etc on the winter bike and bugger all on the the other!

redddraggon

huggy wrote:

My SCR 2.0 is 8.5kg with bottle cage and computer

You sure? That seems pretty light for cheap (I don't mean that disrespectfully) bike with stock parts.

bigjim

80s 501 steel framed Raleigh Sprint =20lb. Progress. Huh.

Jim

graemecook

10.5 kg (ancient raleigh sirocco)

gkerr4

redddraggon wrote:

huggy wrote:

My SCR 2.0 is 8.5kg with bottle cage and computer

You sure? That seems pretty light for cheap (I don't mean that disrespectfully) bike with stock parts.

Hmmm - yes - I was thinking that - given that I have just spend the best part of two grand to try and get to that sort of weight.

no idea what Roubaix mkII will weigh-in at, but hopefully the good side of 8kg

markos1963

bigjim wrote:

80s 501 steel framed Raleigh Sprint =20lb. Progress. Huh.

Jim

Same hear! Just bought mine on ebay for 30 quid! Just weighed it and it tips the scales at 19.5lbs probably helped by the hand built Mavics that came with it. Bargain!

il_principe

Think the Prince weighs in at between 6.5 and 6.9kg. Just got some digital scales at home so I might have a weigh-in tonight.

Mog Uk

Summer bike was 7.6kg, I've not weighed it since getting new wheels.....

Dread to think what my winter hack weighs........

jedster

Not sure there's much point weighiing my commuter given that the single panier normally weighs at least 10lbs (tools, reading, ipod, phone, some clothes,etc). In any case, it's all training isn't it?

J

cpeachey

18kg (39lbs)...but then it is a tandem! Roberts steel frame, full touring spec with rack & mudguards. My HRMorris tourer is 13kg and older than most of the forum readers!
Chris

John C.

80s winter gas pipe hack, with every thing + the Kitchen sink 40 lbs

Kenesis Racelight mudguards etc 22lbs

Best bike, ill volpe alloy frame carbon fork 105/ultegra 20lbs

Most comfortable same order

most ridden ditto :oops:

Fasted reverse order

shockedsoshocked

New bike weighs in roughly 8kg. Some good wheels and a carbon stem and handlebars could probably see it down a bit less.

HungryCol

According to our digital baby weighing scales my Six13(Ultegra/Racing3's) weights 8900g but I'm not sure if that's with it's nappy on or off