Just weighed my bike....

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  • dan shard
    dan shard Posts: 722
    Not as stupid as someone thats put himself in a wheelchair from not wearing one though
  • fattrucker
    fattrucker Posts: 39
    TickTockTick wrote:
    and regardless of how light it is, you always look stupid in a helmet.

    Possibly the most stupid comment on the forum :evil:
    dan shard wrote:
    Not as stupid as someone thats put himself in a wheelchair from not wearing one though

    Possibly the most sensible comment on the forum :D



    P.S. Sorry first post was a moan :oops: but this kind of attitude to helmets sucks. My friends son was jeered at last week by a group of youths for just the same thing (Helmet wearing)

    Youths: "Huhhuhuh you look stoopid in dat 'elmit mate ! Ow cum ya wearin it ?"
    Friends son "Because I've got intellegence worth savin' !"

    Result chased by youths hurling bricks , bottles and stones . Threats of bodily harm .
    Lad makes a hasty retreat off into the sunset unharmed thankfully .
  • Dick Scruttock
    Dick Scruttock Posts: 2,533
    My Blur LTc weighs in at 24.6 lbs RTR.
  • cavegiant
    cavegiant Posts: 1,546
    My bike weighs 45lb =-)

    Seems to ride very well on road, trail centers, mountain tracks and DH courses.

    It is not the total weight that is important, it is how that weight is invested.

    I did a mtb marathon last weekend and was the only one to clear the hill at the end.

    I do what I can to save weight though, I have powercordz gear cables, and the difference is noticeable ;-)
    Why would I care about 150g of bike weight, I just ate 400g of cookies while reading this?
  • sheepsteeth
    sheepsteeth Posts: 17,418
    edited May 2011
    firstly, i heard helmets can cause as many injuries during a crash as they prevent.

    secondly my bike weighs a tad under 31lbs and i like it, there arent any places that i would like to shave any weight compared to the cost of the upgrades.

    the lightest bike i had was a shade under 27lbs (before i fitted the joplin)and it climbed really well but felt less good everywhere else meaning i rode pretty much everything on my 31lb enduroinstead, on everything i liked to ride.

    i htink the bike itself is more important than the weight and personally, id prefer a heavier bike i enjoyed than a lighter bike i made compromises on.

    i wonder if i would like my current bike so much if it was a few pounds lighter :? i think i would but i know i wouldnt like to spend the monies it would cost so its a moot point i suppose.
    Harry von Big Sticks
  • dan shard
    dan shard Posts: 722
    sheepsteeth wrote:
    firstly, i heard helmets can cause as many injuries during a crash as they prevent.

    Im glad I didnt take that advice last year

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  • sheepsteeth
    sheepsteeth Posts: 17,418
    they are designed to do that though
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  • Shaggy_Dog
    Shaggy_Dog Posts: 688
    sheepsteeth wrote:
    firstly, i heard helmets can cause as many injuries during a crash as they prevent.

    So you don't wear a helmet then? I heard the moon was made of cheese.
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  • sheepsteeth
    sheepsteeth Posts: 17,418
    you lot are too easy.
    Harry von Big Sticks
  • njee20
    njee20 Posts: 9,613
    I did a mtb marathon last weekend and was the only one to clear the hill at the end.

    Out of absolutely everyone? Or just those who you saw attempt it? Not sure of the relevance there!
    I do what I can to save weight though, I have powercordz gear cables, and the difference is noticeable

    Ah yes, mine made a really noticeable difference, particularly when they snapped! Liked the theory, but they just weren't up to the job (the old 1.2mm ones anyway).
  • supersonic
    supersonic Posts: 82,708
    TickTockTick wrote:
    and regardless of how light it is, you always look stupid in a helmet.

    Don't start trolling. Ridiculous thing to say in the context of this thread.

    Anyway, let's stick to the topic in hand, no more comments on helmets in this thread.
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  • spongtastic
    spongtastic Posts: 2,651
    The wife's Africabike is a good weight. Solid steel with a kilo of leather brooks saddle. I think it's about 17-18kg. I know the marathon tyres are about 1.6kg without tubes

    No idea how much the inbred is, probably around 12kg, but I like it, nothing feels as it it's going to break when I hit a tree stump or land flat.
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  • Beardface
    Beardface Posts: 5,495
    My '06 Enduro shows about 27-28lbs on my luggage scales. However, I suspect it's probably a bit heavier than that on digital scales.

    Not that I care, it gets me up and down the hills without problem, if I wanted a super light bike, I'd buy one, but would constantly be a bit worried about buckling a wheel/breaking components etc (because of my shoddy riding skills!!).

    My build is a happy medium I reckon, good strength to weight ratio. :)
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  • Anonymous
    Anonymous Posts: 79,667
    (whether it was a troll comment or not. This is a big issue for me at present so I'll bite)
    sheepsteeth wrote:
    firstly, i heard helmets can cause as many injuries during a crash as they prevent.
    There's tonnes of BS and a hell of a lot of arguments about this. Typical anti-helmet arguments refer to statistics and cold analysis to promote their belief that we're better off without helmets, and rarely rely on actual experiences.

    Problem is, most studies and statistics fail to get reliable data from real crashes. A lot of crashes involving mountain bikes are not recorded at all, and those that involve a trip to A&E or similar often have no record of whether the person was wearing a helmet or even that they were on a mountain bike at all. A&E and ICU staff are primarily concerned with saving your life.

    Case in example is myself. I've got a copy of the recorded information they keep and also send to my GP. No where does it mention that it was a mountain bike accident or that I wore a helmet. Therefore I will not be recorded in the statistics.

    I'm am however absolutely positively certain that I would either be dead or have a far more serious injury than I got if I had not had a helmet.

    Problem however with the arguments is they also just concentrate on whether someone had an injury with a helmet. Not whether the helmet reduced the amount of injury. There is a high chance of having some kind of injury when wearing a helmet, especially with big impacts. It's unavoidable. That doesn't make helmets bad.

    Again in my case, I had a serious head injury. Concussion, unconsciousness, fair bit bleeding from back of the head, and I've got a fair bit of neck pain. Now the concussion is probably far better than a whacking hole in the head had I not had a helmet. The neck pain however may have actually been caused by wearing a helmet, or maybe not. The arguments about helmets refer to radial injuries by wearing them, though I feel that you may get that with or without a helmet if you land on the side of your head.

    Either way, though I've got injuries, and yes some may be related to wearing a helmet, I'm certain I'm a hell of a lot better of than if I hadn't.

    And I've seen numerous other incidents where I'm pretty convinced the helmet helped rather than hindered.


    Anyway...

    Referring to weight, an advantage of a smash, helmet or not, is you may lose weight due to a stay in hospital. I'm a stone down now! :D

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