Cheapest way to get a 6.8kg race bike

markhewitt1978

Solution: Weigh your pedals. Mine are 306g

bigmat

Indeed. If I see a bike weight "without pedals" I just add on 300g. Mine are 260g I think.

imposter2.0

If you weigh a bike without pedals, you might as well weigh it without wheels, bars or saddle...the end result will be just as meaningless...

ugo.santalucia

I never liked light bikes... the thought of my Raid Pyrenees mates thinking I dropped them all on the Aubisque, Aspin, Peyresourde and Portet D'Aspet among other cols because I was forced to rent a carbon bike still haunts me... but I can assure them I was in the form of my life and I would have dropped them on my Croix de Fer too...
Retrospectively... What a mistake not doing the Raid on the Croix de Fer!

charlie_potatoes

FWIW UCI Regs state....

"The minimum weight of the bicycle (in
working order) is 6.800 kg, considered
without on-board accessories in place,
that is to say those items that may be
removed during the event. The bottles,
on-board computers and GPS systems
must be removed during the weight
check. However, the bottle cages,
fixture systems and clipped-on
extensions are part of the bicycle and
stay in place during the weighing. "

Source...http://www.uci.ch/Modules/BUILTIN/getObject.asp?MenuId=&ObjTypeCode=FILE&type=FILE&id=Nzg4OTM&LangId=1

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markhewitt1978

So that is to say, pedals are included in the 6.8kg?

charlie_potatoes

markhewitt1978 wrote:

So that is to say, pedals are included in the 6.8kg?

Yes