How heavy is heavy?

AndyD2574

Do you reckon 16lbs is 'heavy' for an S3?

Thought it would be 15ish once built.

How heavy is heavy when talking road bikes??

Anonymous

Depends on how heavy the rider is. Pointless spending thousands on losing grammes here and there if you weigh 14 st,

peter101cycle

AndyD2574 wrote:

Do you reckon 16lbs is 'heavy' for an S3?

Thought it would be 15ish once built.

How heavy is heavy when talking road bikes??

Don't just equate lightness to automatically being better. There is a balance between light and stiff (efficiency). You don't always get both.

My bike is probably around the 16lbs mark. To get any lighter would cost a lot of money and is likely to effect either comfort or efficiency.

I have managed to get weight down to 12stone, having lost 8 pounds. Try to get that equivalent on a bike!

pauldavid

dmclite wrote:

Depends on how heavy the rider is. Pointless spending thousands on losing grammes here and there if you weigh 14 st,

On the other hand I have a medical problem relating to my feet that means I struggle to keep my weight down so I look for the lightest components for my bike to keep the combined rider/bike weight to a minimum.






Incidentally the foot problem mentioned above relates to not being able to keep them away from the fish shop counter, any advice on this short of amputation and letting the tyres down on my wheelchair happily accepted

jgsi

dmclite wrote:

Depends on how heavy the rider is. Pointless spending thousands on losing grammes here and there if you weigh 14 st,

Hold on there, I didnt know there was a weight limit for the larger rider not to be able to choose as light a bike as he/she wants and still be able to put you against the wall on a flat route... Magnus Bäckstedt ... who fancies chances against him for instance?
Point being you can be 14 stone and 1 hell of a quick rider.
I know this Cake Stop but stop adding to this perverse insinuation that we all have to be sub 10stone to do anything on a bike even in jest it is wearisome.

rick_chasey

JGSI wrote:

dmclite wrote:

Depends on how heavy the rider is. Pointless spending thousands on losing grammes here and there if you weigh 14 st,

Hold on there, I didnt know there was a weight limit for the larger rider not to be able to choose as light a bike as he/she wants and still be able to put you against the wall on a flat route... Magnus Bäckstedt ... who fancies chances against him for instance?
Point being you can be 14 stone and 1 hell of a quick rider.
I know this Cake Stop but stop adding to this perverse insinuation that we all have to be sub 10stone to do anything on a bike even in jest it is wearisome.

Take it you're not sub 10 stone, mm?

Ben6899

JGSI wrote:

dmclite wrote:

Depends on how heavy the rider is. Pointless spending thousands on losing grammes here and there if you weigh 14 st,

Hold on there, I didnt know there was a weight limit for the larger rider not to be able to choose as light a bike as he/she wants and still be able to put you against the wall on a flat route... Magnus Bäckstedt ... who fancies chances against him for instance?
Point being you can be 14 stone and 1 hell of a quick rider.
I know this Cake Stop but stop adding to this perverse insinuation that we all have to be sub 10stone to do anything on a bike even in jest it is wearisome.

I agree. We all know it's sub 11.5stone.

Pseudonym

AndyD2574 wrote:

Do you reckon 16lbs is 'heavy' for an S3?

Thought it would be 15ish once built.

if you built it with a Shimano Sora triple groupset, steel track bars and Schwalbe Marathons, I would say 16lbs would be pretty good....

Benjamin Hall

Only problem with dropping weight from your body is that you become very susceptible to illness. I'm now hovering around the 72kg mark (by the end of the summer i will probably drop under 70), having been 80kg for the past 5 years. I ride faster but i get every bug going! Just had two days off for a stomach upset, and after today's wet windy ride i can already feel a cold coming on....

Ben6899

But 70kg isn't that light.

Squarepants

peter101cycle wrote:

My bike is probably around the 16lbs mark

my bike weighs 16.5kg

Sorry, I'll go back to mtb :oops:

Anonymous

JGSI wrote:

dmclite wrote:

Depends on how heavy the rider is. Pointless spending thousands on losing grammes here and there if you weigh 14 st,

Hold on there, I didnt know there was a weight limit for the larger rider not to be able to choose as light a bike as he/she wants and still be able to put you against the wall on a flat route... Magnus Bäckstedt ... who fancies chances against him for instance?
Point being you can be 14 stone and 1 hell of a quick rider.
I know this Cake Stop but stop adding to this perverse insinuation that we all have to be sub 10stone to do anything on a bike even in jest it is wearisome.

You missed my point completely. You can be any size,shape or weight you want, I couldn't care less. My point is if it is the difference between eating a bit healthier and dropping a bit of weight or shelling out for carbon/ceramic jockey wheels for instance I know where I would look. Not adding to any perverse insinuation and not keen on your interpretation. Gosh you are serious, you are feeling weary, maybe a break from cakestop for a while is needed.

BelgianBeerGeek

That is a fair point. If you are a racing snake then you know what to to do, if not then relax and ride.
It's your bike and your ride, only you will know whether you feel comfortable on it or not.

peter101cycle

dmclite wrote:

JGSI wrote:

dmclite wrote:

Depends on how heavy the rider is. Pointless spending thousands on losing grammes here and there if you weigh 14 st,

Hold on there, I didnt know there was a weight limit for the larger rider not to be able to choose as light a bike as he/she wants and still be able to put you against the wall on a flat route... Magnus Bäckstedt ... who fancies chances against him for instance?
Point being you can be 14 stone and 1 hell of a quick rider.
I know this Cake Stop but stop adding to this perverse insinuation that we all have to be sub 10stone to do anything on a bike even in jest it is wearisome.

You missed my point completely. You can be any size,shape or weight you want, I couldn't care less. My point is if it is the difference between eating a bit healthier and dropping a bit of weight or shelling out for carbon/ceramic jockey wheels for instance I know where I would look. Not adding to any perverse insinuation and not keen on your interpretation. Gosh you are serious, you are feeling weary, maybe a break from cakestop for a while is needed.

+1, which was my point entirely.