Lightest Bike

DylanMurphy

What is the lightest bike that you know of under £1000. The best that I can find is 8.9KG for a B'twin 900AF. Does anybody know of anything lighter? Thanks.

SJH76

Merida Scultura is about 8.5 I think. That's for £999

craigus89

Advertised weight is usually exaggerated down.

If you're only looking at weight at that budget you're playing a fools game.

DylanMurphy

Craigus89 wrote:

Advertised weight is usually exaggerated down.

If you're only looking at weight at that budget you're playing a fools game.

I'm only interested in the weight of the bike.

shortfall

DylanMurphy wrote:

Craigus89 wrote:

Advertised weight is usually exaggerated down.

If you're only looking at weight at that budget you're playing a fools game.

I'm only interested in the weight of the bike.

Why?

DylanMurphy

Shortfall wrote:

DylanMurphy wrote:

Craigus89 wrote:

Advertised weight is usually exaggerated down.

If you're only looking at weight at that budget you're playing a fools game.

I'm only interested in the weight of the bike.

Why?

I live around hills and valleys.

jgsi

It's the gearing that helps there

N0bodyOfTheGoat

https://www.halfords.com/cycling/bikes/ ... 5cm-frames is claimed to be ~8Kg, absolute bargain for £900 with BC discount.

DylanMurphy

NitrousOxide wrote:

https://www.halfords.com/cycling/bikes/road-bikes/boardman-road-pro-carbon-bike-2016-51-5-53-55-5-57-5cm-frames is claimed to be ~8Kg, absolute bargain for £900 with BC discount.

Saw that but they only have it in 53cm unfortunately.

shortfall

DylanMurphy wrote:

Shortfall wrote:

DylanMurphy wrote:

Craigus89 wrote:

Advertised weight is usually exaggerated down.

If you're only looking at weight at that budget you're playing a fools game.

I'm only interested in the weight of the bike.

Why?

I live around hills and valleys.

Assuming you're not at an advanced level of fitness then a pound or two won't make a blind bit of difference to how well you can climb. There are many other things that "might" improve your climbing but buying a bag of sh1te that just happens to have a lower published weight than other bikes in your price bracket isn't one of them. As the previous poster informed you it is a fools errand.

joe_totale-2

2018 Caad12 Tiagra's are on sale for £880 and are around 8.5kg

If you can stretch another £100 you can get a 105 Supersix which is around the 8kg mark:

https://www.drakescycles.co.uk/m1b0s6p5 ... o_105_2018

thegreatdivide

NitrousOxide wrote:

https://www.halfords.com/cycling/bikes/road-bikes/boardman-road-pro-carbon-bike-2016-51-5-53-55-5-57-5cm-frames is claimed to be ~8Kg, absolute bargain for £900 with BC discount.

I reckon that's total BS. Maybe for the size XS with the wheels off.

DylanMurphy

Shortfall wrote:

DylanMurphy wrote:

Shortfall wrote:

DylanMurphy wrote:

Craigus89 wrote:

Advertised weight is usually exaggerated down.

If you're only looking at weight at that budget you're playing a fools game.

I'm only interested in the weight of the bike.

Why?

I live around hills and valleys.

Assuming you're not at an advanced level of fitness then a pound or two won't make a blind bit of difference to how well you can climb. Buying a bag of sh1te that just happens to have a lower published weight than other bikes in your price bracket is as the previous poster informed you is a fools errand.

Okay, i'll take that into account. Apart from gear ratio shall I look at anything else in particular with regards to a climbing bike?

haydenm

Craigus89 wrote:

Advertised weight is usually exaggerated down.

If you're only looking at weight at that budget you're playing a fools game.

I tend to assume they are all exaggerated down to a similar tune though so it's all relative even if the actual weight is higher. My other advice would be to buy in XS, ~400g in frame difference between mine and my mate's XL

shortfall

DylanMurphy wrote:

Shortfall wrote:

DylanMurphy wrote:

Shortfall wrote:

DylanMurphy wrote:

Craigus89 wrote:

Advertised weight is usually exaggerated down.

If you're only looking at weight at that budget you're playing a fools game.

I'm only interested in the weight of the bike.

Why?

I live around hills and valleys.

Assuming you're not at an advanced level of fitness then a pound or two won't make a blind bit of difference to how well you can climb. Buying a bag of sh1te that just happens to have a lower published weight than other bikes in your price bracket is as the previous poster informed you is a fools errand.

Okay, i'll take that into account. Apart from gear ratio shall I look at anything else in particular with regards to a climbing bike?

I wouldn't concentrate on getting a "climbing bike" whatever you think that is. I'd go to a reputable shop and tell them your budget, exactly what you want out of your bike, the type of riding and distances you do (or hope to do) and your current fitness levels and goals. Gearing, wheels, tyre choice, position and fit are likely to have more influence than whether bike "A" weighs a pound less than bike "B".

joey54321

Things I take into consideration when buying a bike for <£100/not for competing:

- My intended use
- If it fits me
- Gearing/other components I might have to change out at added £
- Reliability
- Price/value

Things I really do not care about:
- Weight

DylanMurphy

joey54321 wrote:

Things I take into consideration when buying a bike for <£100/not for competing:

- My intended use
- If it fits me
- Gearing/other components I might have to change out at added £
- Reliability
- Price/value

Things I really do not care about:
- Weight

Thanks. I'll search again for a bike with this criteria in mind.

fenix

No point in being light if its not stiff enough to transfer the power.

I've been riding 35 years and don't know the weight of any of my bikes or fret over it. It's really not as important as you think.

Joey has some good points there.

bmxboy10

thegreatdivide wrote:

NitrousOxide wrote:

https://www.halfords.com/cycling/bikes/road-bikes/boardman-road-pro-carbon-bike-2016-51-5-53-55-5-57-5cm-frames is claimed to be ~8Kg, absolute bargain for £900 with BC discount.

I reckon that's total BS. Maybe for the size XS with the wheels off.

Agreed!

fenix

Reviewed at 8.78 Kg so not a million miles out :

https://road.cc/content/review/184313-b ... pro-carbon

As they say - swap the wheels out for an upgrade and you're away.

cycleclinic

The quickest bike up a hill is not always the lightest.

Focusing on weight alone is not going to help you much at any budget.

One of the quickest road bikes I have in a climb is an old pinarello monvisio. Either the period kit, heavier tubular wheels, two spare tubs e.t.c it's 11kg. That does not slow me down though when I am climbing on it.

jamiedal

Planet X pro carbon with Ultegra currently less that 1k advertised weight 8kg. https://www.planetx.co.uk/i/q/CBPXSLPUL ... -road-bike

timothyw

The lightest bike you can get for under a grand is almost certainly a track bike with no gears, no brakes, and tubular tyres that cut up really easily outdoors.

Which would be rubbish for riding in a hilly area ;-)

Work out what you actually want from the bike - weight makes a pretty small difference to how a bike rides really.

Pro carbon track - 6.5kg, £800 - https://www.planetx.co.uk/i/q/CBPXPCTB/ ... sport-bike

craigus89

Also, how much do you weigh OP?

alex222

I'd go for the Rose below at 8.3kg, plus full 105 groupset.
https://www.rosebikes.co.uk/rose-pro-sl-105-2672333

cycleclinic

You could build. Sub 7kg or close to 6kg for £1000. I have done it.

To do light have some fun. Find an older alloy frame. Stop it and get it anodised. I have a contact for that. Anodising is cheap and light. Buy older kit. It does not have yo be fancy. Built a light set of wheels and enjoy. The first light bike I did for myself was a trek 2300 dating from 1992. The frame weighed 2kg and complete the bike was 7.57kg. It's now a bit over 9 kg

lettingthedaysgoby

DylanMurphy wrote:

Okay, i'll take that into account. Apart from gear ratio shall I look at anything else in particular with regards to a climbing bike?

The thing that makes a climbing bike is the lump of flesh pushing the pedals. Buy the bike that looks pretty, then ride it up some hills. Congratulations, you now own a climbing bike.

Candyon

8.2 kg for Canyon Endurace Al 7

https://www.canyon.com/en-gb/road/endur ... l-7-0.html

However I agree weight isn't the be all and end all.

I have a Canyon Ultimate CF SL weighing just over 7.5 kg and just recently got a Specialized Diverge E5 Comp that weighs about 10.5 kg (I've not weighed it so could be more).

On my first ride on the Diverge I went up a hill and posted my 3rd best time on Strava up it. The bike was stock apart from pedals, cages and a few other bits added to it. So it could have been faster with some better tyres and wheels. But the lower gearing certainly made up for the difference in weight I think.

Though I did go up the same hill a couple of days later and do a personal best up it on the Ultimate. But I thought I'd be nowhere near on the Diverge and it wasn't like that at all.

alistaird

Fenix wrote:

No point in being light if its not stiff enough to transfer the power.

I've been riding 35 years and don't know the weight of any of my bikes or fret over it. It's really not as important as you think.

Joey has some good points there.

+1 for this - especially if you are not 50kg... I'm nearer 100kg and stiffness is much more important that weight - I could relatively easily lose the weight of my bicycle (less pies...) Flex is worse than an extra 1kg of bicycle weight...

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cookeeemonster

Pretty standard bikeradar thread here. Guy asks a reasonable question and people jump on with arsey, pointless, timewasting answers intermixed with a few reasonable ones where they explain their opinion rather than act like a troll. Kudos to the 2nd type...to the others just stop will you?

fenix

And there's me thinking it was a pretty useful thread with some well thought out answers. Apart from the latest post ?