HOW MUCH? (weight!)

joshtp

the other day i weighed my rear wheel sans tyre and tube, i didnt however remove the cassette, it weighed in at .... 1800 G (aproxx) i know it had the cassette on, but you can get whole wheelsets that weigh that much, its not right, surely? how much does my cassette weigh? and if not, well, i feel some new wheels coming along...

jay12

what cassete have you got?
or remove it and weigh it

and did you leavr the tube and tyre on aswelll?

Salsa

Being a GT it's more than likely got a SRAM cassette (or maybe a Deore), they are not really light weight, change to an XT, or XTR if you have cash to splash. That wheelset will be quite porky though as an XCR is quite a tuff style HT, plus you rarely get light wheels on complete bikes.

joshtp

not sure about the casette, came with me bike, and it was weighed without tyre, tube...

allthegearnoidea

my old wheelset was much the same, rigida zac 2000, rear was 1800g and front 1200, good solid wheel set though, took a lot of abuse but was so heavy,
i got the xero session free ride wheel set of woollyhatshop which at 2kg set were a lot lighter lol and have been very good! cant complain for £85!!

supersonic

Disc rotor on too? QR?!

Given that some cassettes can weigh 400g easily, a steel QR skewer 100g, and a disc rotor say 150g...

You can take 500g at least of what you weighed.

joshtp

supersonic wrote:

Disc rotor on too? QR?!

Given that some cassettes can weigh 400g easily, a steel QR skewer 100g, and a disc rotor say 150g...

You can take 500g at least of what you weighed.

good thought! still seems heavy tho....

supersonic

1200g for a rear wheel ain't bad at all, especially one designed to be strong.

For example:

Shimano SLX rear on a 719 rim with PG spokes.

384g + 470g + 240g (est) + 30g for nipples = 1126g

Plus a bit more because they never come to what the individual bits weigh!