cheapest under 7kg bike ?
stronginthesun
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I guess its going to be canyon or rose , any others ?
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What's so special about a bike weighing 6.99kg?WyndyMilla Massive Attack | Rourke 953 | Condor Italia 531 Pro | Boardman CX Pro | DT Swiss RR440 Tubeless Wheels
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Keith Bontrager and his famous aphorism: "Strong. Light. Cheap. Pick Two" comes to mind.
“Give a man a fish and feed him for a day. Teach a man to fish and feed him for a lifetime. Teach a man to cycle and he will realize fishing is stupid and boring”
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Buy the parts yourself, a few hundred quid if you know what you're doing...0
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nothing but that wasn't the questionWhat's so special about a bike weighing 6.99kg?0 -
CanyonRule #5 // Harden The Feck Up.
Rule #9 // If you are out riding in bad weather, it means you are a badass. Period.
Rule #12 // The correct number of bikes to own is n+1.
Rule #42 // A bike race shall never be preceded with a swim and/or followed by a run.0 -
nothing but that wasn't the questionWhat's so special about a bike weighing 6.99kg?
Nothing? Really?
They usually feel pretty special to me!0 -
Lots of open mold chinese carbon frames plus Sram Force and cheap carbon wheels will come in well under 7kg and cost less than £1000. I will never buy branded frames again.0
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The problem with bikes as you get higher spec you're spending increasingly more for less and less weight difference. To the point where you're spending an extra £100 on a seatpost that is only 6g lighter ! Crazy.
Fizik Cyrano 00 Seat Post vs Ritchey WCS Carbon Flexlogic Link Seatpost"The Prince of Wales is now the King of France" - Calton Kirby0 -
The other way to look at it is that better parts are lighter - like for like generally they are - but there are a few things you can often save a lot of weight on, which is why you don't necessarily have to spend a lot.0
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When I looked into this question in 2012 the cheapest option (other than self-built) was Boardman 9.4 SLR which was 6.8kg @£3200 (see http://www.boardmanbikes.com/road/2013_Elite/slr94_2013.html) although it also been measured at 6.37kg (14lb) see http://decaironman-training.com/2014/01/08/deca-ironman-bike-boardman-slr-9-4/. The new version is pretty much the same weight http://www.boardmanbikes.com/road/slr94.html. Confession time, I bought this bike in black and have been v v happy with it see viewtopic.php?f=40044&t=128574240
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I've yet to get a bike under 7Kg.0
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Just get a really small one. That's going to be lightest.0
