How Heavy are Your Wheels

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  • ride_whenever
    ride_whenever Posts: 13,279
    You could save weight by going for a rim brake up front and the 36g tune front hub...
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  • njee20
    njee20 Posts: 9,613
    Aye, but the Extralite's only 95g, add full ceramic bearings, that's 75g, then a rim that's about 120g lighter than the nearest rim brake one!

    Again SS, add full ceramic bearings to the Extralite and it's about 155g IIRC, plus it's straight pull spokes, saving a chunk. That and those Tune hubs don't exist in any sensible quantities sadly. There's a thread on his wheels on WW.

    Must say Ive seen nowt but bad press for full ceramic bearings in hubs, but as it's clearly just an exercise in mental weight saving then fair play!
  • gezzza
    gezzza Posts: 324
    I must try harder :(

    njee20 wrote:
    Amateur Gezza:

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    Add Furious Freds, Scrub Raceday rotors with 3 ti bolts, Tune Skyline skewers and an alu cassette and you'd save about a pound.
  • Anonymous
    Anonymous Posts: 79,667
    You could always take your bike up a very tall mountain. It would weigh fractionally less then. More so in a plane at high altitude. Or get on a vomet comet and it would be weightless during the freefall parts of the flight. Better still, ask Branson if he'll take your bike up on one of his trips.

    :P

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