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Goose2k7Goose2k7 Posts: 67
edited March 2009 in MTB general
I have looked everywhere and to no avail!! I'm trying to find out the weight of my 09 Trek Fuel Ex8. Everything is standard apart from the Kenda Nevegal 2.35 tyres i've changed too!!! Just can't find this info anywhere.
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Cheers
Ride : 09 Trek Fuel EX 8

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  • nicklousenicklouse Posts: 50,675 Lives Here
    weight it.

    Most companies no longer give weights.
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  • NorthwindNorthwind Posts: 14,675
    Yup. If you have decent bathroom scales (most aren't) weigh yourself, then climb on with the bike and weigh both- these scales are useless for low weights but OK for higher weights. Or, if you're obsessed like some people (er, me), get yourself a cheap fishing scale off ebay, mine was £2.99 from hong kong and it's proven accurate from 5kg to 20kg, which is good going. And a precision food scale for small stuff.
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  • bells0bells0 Posts: 414
    Had mine weighed when i picked it up from All Terrain on proper hanging scales.

    28.6 lbs with the Crank Bros pedals - 18.5in Size.
    Trek Fuel EX8 & Canyon Torque
  • gcwebbyukgcwebbyuk Posts: 1,926
    Northwind wrote:
    Yup. If you have decent bathroom scales (most aren't) weigh yourself, then climb on with the bike and weigh both- these scales are useless for low weights but OK for higher weights. Or, if you're obsessed like some people (er, me), get yourself a cheap fishing scale off ebay, mine was £2.99 from hong kong and it's proven accurate from 5kg to 20kg, which is good going. And a precision food scale for small stuff.

    I bought one - was happy with it the first few times I weighed the bike, then all of a sudden it gained a kg! Think it might be due to me leaving the scale in the cold garage - but I didnt trust it after that!
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  • littleandy0410littleandy0410 Posts: 631
    gcwebbyuk wrote:
    I bought one - was happy with it the first few times I weighed the bike, then all of a sudden it gained a kg! Think it might be due to me leaving the scale in the cold garage - but I didnt trust it after that!

    Would make you feel better if you were fishing, but has the opposite effect for biking!

    :idea: Sell it on a fishing forum!
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  • NorthwindNorthwind Posts: 14,675
    Mine's about a year old, still works perfectly- I've got a couple of set weights to check it by so I know it's still accurate. But it's a good point, it's a good idea to be able to calibrate it, having some known quantity weights sat around to check against is easy enough (I use a 1kg lead weight, and a big chunk of motorbike)

    Ah. All of this post is outing me as a weight weenie isn't it. I kept that quite secret til a mate saw my whiteboard in the garage all covered in weights and numbers :lol:
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  • turnercraigturnercraig Posts: 537
    Having looked at the thread earlier, I had a look on ebay for some scales, there are loads to choose from under £10 (many under £5).

    I'm just building a bike from a frame and would be interested in buying one to check it's final weight (not a weight weenie).

    Some of the scales are digital and some are normal dial ones, don't know if I would trust a digital one at that sort of price, what do you use?
  • turnercraigturnercraig Posts: 537
    Having looked at the thread earlier, I had a look on ebay for some scales, there are loads to choose from under £10 (many under £5).

    I'm just building a bike from a frame and would be interested in buying one to check it's final weight (not a weight weenie).

    Some of the scales are digital and some are normal dial ones, don't know if I would trust a digital one at that sort of price, what do you use?
  • papasmurf.papasmurf. Posts: 2,382
    I've got some balanzza travel scales...digital..about 15 quid..used mainly to weight my ski gear for sleazyjet etc..but it also fits perfectly round a top tube. accurate enough as it usually matches the airport checkin desk ones
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  • VividVivid Posts: 267
    Northwind wrote:
    Yup. If you have decent bathroom scales (most aren't) weigh yourself, then climb on with the bike and weigh both- these scales are useless for low weights but OK for higher weights. Or, if you're obsessed like some people (er, me), get yourself a cheap fishing scale off ebay, mine was £2.99 from hong kong and it's proven accurate from 5kg to 20kg, which is good going. And a precision food scale for small stuff.

    Cheers matey.

    Never considered using fishing scales before! just so happens i am 100 quid lighter after purchasing a set off Ebay :)
  • NorthwindNorthwind Posts: 14,675
    turnercraig wrote:
    Some of the scales are digital and some are normal dial ones, don't know if I would trust a digital one at that sort of price, what do you use?

    Mine is a digi, I've got a really nice old-school spring scale somewhere which I use if I ever need to look like I know what I'm doing (setting motorbike head bearing preload usually) but tbh digital is cheaper to make than analogue, these days.
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  • Goose2k7Goose2k7 Posts: 67
    Finally by luck got an answer from the new issue of What Mountain Bike which I bought to read on a boring journey! The weight is 27.8llbs for the trek EX8

    Thanks

    Just got to get that down a little now!

    goose
    Ride : 09 Trek Fuel EX 8
  • pilsburypiepilsburypie Posts: 891
    weighed mine at 28.3 with flat pedals and tubeless mud-x tyres. if manufacturers are gonna tell us the weight of a bike they will weigh an extra small one which is no use to most of us...
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