Custom Trek ex9 Pearl white build**** complete****
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Go tubeless, similar weight to light weight tubes but far more reliable.
Giant did some blue Elixirs on their bikes a couple of years ago, along with blue Crossmax SLRs, they did look good I must say! Blue Toupe is a no though!0 -
njee20 wrote:Go tubeless, similar weight to light weight tubes but far more reliable.
Giant did some blue Elixirs on their bikes a couple of years ago, along with blue Crossmax SLRs, they did look good I must say! Blue Toupe is a no though!
Not to keen on tubeless tbh,
As for those SLR'S there nice a lot of £££ though, saying that when I first bought the trek I never had plans upgrading
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Well getting to the end of the WIP now was wanting to get down to 24 lbs, however managed at the min 25.1lbs.
arrived last week were my gold ti bolts from Probolts,tried to source the v type washers for the brake callipers but no joy as of yet unless I source from china.
Also arrived was my Rocket Rons Evo type, lighter than my Ralph's and 2x light weight inners only the Conti super sonics have arrived though.
Bike as it stands now
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looks nice mate made me want spend on my trek now 0
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Ti bolts in your brake levers? Alu are half the weight and about 1/10 the price!0
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njee20 wrote:Ti bolts in your brake levers? Alu are half the weight and about 1/10 the price!
I know buddy, the alu bolts were a different colour gold, compared to the ti bolts otherwise would of went for the lighter option on the levers as they didn't match the stem bolts.0 -
Just received a set of those Rocket Ron tyres (435g), yet to try them out so far.0
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I really like them. Wear out pretty quickly though!0
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I went for the 2.1, first ride with them at the week end, possibly Swinley.0
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Must say I've recently changed to the 2.25", barely any weight penalty and they are grippier.0
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That doesn't tell you anything at all.
If you believe some of the research Schwalbe did fatter tyres roll better anyway on rough ground (ignored a lot of other variables, but hey). Must say I'll probably replace all my Schwalbes with 2.25s as they wear out.0 -
njee20 wrote:That doesn't tell you anything at all.
If you believe some of the research Schwalbe did fatter tyres roll better anyway on rough ground (ignored a lot of other variables, but hey). Must say I'll probably replace all my Schwalbes with 2.25s as they wear out.
Rephrase there not draggy compared to the 2.1's 8)0 -
Great looking bike. Love the use of car detailing products to keep it clean and protected my garage is full of the same stuff, if you want to borrow my rotary just let me know __________________
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Myster101 wrote:Great looking bike. Love the use of car detailing products to keep it clean and protected my garage is full of the same stuff, if you want to borrow my rotary just let me know
Cheers buddy, ive got loads of detailing kit aswell and a Das-6
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So it's been a week or so since last post.
Postman arrived with the following items.
Carbon saddle 89 Grams
Kcnc ti trek fitment qr's
Kcnc seat clamp 10 grams
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To be honest, if you are getting that serious about weight saving, you should consider the wheels first.
Whilst not heavy, pro2s on xc717s arent exactly light either. Just switching to dt240s/tune/american classic/a2z hubs would save you at least 100g, and lighter rims such as stans crest or pacenti tl28 would save you even more. IMO its best to get big bits like these sorted before you start out with silly saddles and the like.
Unless you are racing, I dont see much point in going to extremes on the weight saving. Granted, its nice to have a light bike, but not to the point that it makes the riding experience suffer. I know someone that used to have a scott spark ltd that was somewhere between 22 and 24lbs iirc, but it was so twitchy and got deflected by obstacles so easily that it wasnt much fun to ride.0 -
I love my 20lb Top Fuel! In fact I prefer it (by a significant margin) with the 1240g A2Z/Podium wheels compared to my heavier 240/Alpine wheels. Light bikes now ride far far better than they did back in the day.
You're right about priorities though, no way in a million years I'd buy ti bolts whilst still using some heavy (comparatively) wheels. But that saddle was dirt cheap IIRC, be interested to see how you get on with it.0 -
leaflite wrote:To be honest, if you are getting that serious about weight saving, you should consider the wheels first.
Whilst not heavy, pro2s on xc717s arent exactly light either. Just switching to dt240s/tune/american classic/a2z hubs would save you at least 100g, and lighter rims such as stans crest or pacenti tl28 would save you even more. IMO its best to get big bits like these sorted before you start out with silly saddles and the like.
Unless you are racing, I dont see much point in going to extremes on the weight saving. Granted, its nice to have a light bike, but not to the point that it makes the riding experience suffer. I know someone that used to have a scott spark ltd that was somewhere between 22 and 24lbs iirc, but it was so twitchy and got deflected by obstacles so easily that it wasnt much fun to ride.
Cheers for your comments buddy.
As for weight tbh the 25lbs mark was good enough lol
I'm not going crazy light as its the wrong frame to be doing that, as for the wheels I'm looking mavic SLR'S if I were gonna go down that route.
I've got a couple of more add ons and that will be the project complete.0 -
njee20 wrote:I love my 20lb Top Fuel! In fact I prefer it (by a significant margin) with the 1240g A2Z/Podium wheels compared to my heavier 240/Alpine wheels. Light bikes now ride far far better than they did back in the day.
You're right about priorities though, no way in a million years I'd buy ti bolts whilst still using some heavy (comparatively) wheels. But that saddle was dirt cheap IIRC, be interested to see how you get on with it.
Yeah I'm liking your Top fuel may be my next buy :roll:
As for ti bolts and wheels tbh these wheels are only 3 months old these were the 2nd purchase after the SIDS,
And wasn't planning on spending £££ on it. Other wise the wheels would have been a better choice to start of with.
End of the day it's a
Project
As for the saddle brought from a bloke who used it in a few races he never had any drama's with it.
It's has flex so isn't rigid, there's a vid on you tube of this make of saddle getting battered with a metal seat post it is strong !0 -
raceface gt wrote:there's a vid on you tube of this make of saddle getting battered with a metal seat post it is strong !
Strong, yes. Comfort, ill reserve judgement until you've been out on a ride!0 -
I tried an SLR C64 on my road bike for a while, wasn't uncomfy, but was bloody slippery, felt very strange, couldn't really get on with it.0
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leaflite wrote:raceface gt wrote:there's a vid on you tube of this make of saddle getting battered with a metal seat post it is strong !
Strong, yes. Comfort, ill reserve judgement until you've been out on a ride!
Been out short ride about 6 miles not to bad tbh also wearing padded shorts would be a different story other wise nice and flexy.0 -
Be worried if anything was uncomfortable after 6 miles! Reckon it will be ok.0
