Show us your super light road bike
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Postby pawnii » Sun May 05, 2013 10:50 am
at home i use my kitchen scales. They measure up to 5kg so i weigh my wheels separately.
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Re: Show us your super light road bike
Postby __PG__ » Sun May 05, 2013 11:54 am
Anyway, here is my new light road bike. It's about 7.4 kg so its not 'super light'
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Postby pawnii » Sun May 05, 2013 12:08 pm
that looks like 32/36 spokes, u must b a big boy
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Re: Show us your super light road bike
Postby __PG__ » Sun May 05, 2013 12:11 pm
It's funny how a conventionally spoked wheel looks so out of place these days
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Postby pawnii » Sun May 05, 2013 2:00 pm
these days you sort of expect 16/20 on 50mm deep rims.
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Postby __PG__ » Wed May 08, 2013 11:27 am
It seems that most lightweight Ti bike frames weight about 1200g. You can go lighter but the smaller diameter tubes used to save a bit of weight mean it might flex more if you are a larger rider. Compare that with most carbon frames which are around one 1kg, and some (BH, Cannondale, Parlee) which approach the 800 gram mark IIRC.
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Re: Show us your super light road bike
Postby flex5150 » Sun May 26, 2013 8:51 am
Vader weighs 6.3 kg on my fish weighing scale with the zipps and speedplay pedals not looks
comes down to 6.1 with my Farsport 38mm ultralight CC's
Should break 6kg with a lighter seatpost.
Madone came in at 6.5 with 808 and 303, alloy bars and stem.
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Re: Show us your super light road bike
Postby BrisVegas » Sun May 26, 2013 10:24 am
I'll have to weigh mine properly, but it's under 7.5kg which I'm stoked with for a "big boy build". With some fancy wheels, you could get it under 7kg. The Easton forks andfitout and SRAM Force help offset the heavyish frame and wheels.__PG__ wrote:You'll find people riding Ti bikes under 7 kgs but they have lighter groupsets, carbon wheelsets and more carbon in general.
It seems that most lightweight Ti bike frames weight about 1200g. You can go lighter but the smaller diameter tubes used to save a bit of weight mean it might flex more if you are a larger rider. Compare that with most carbon frames which are around one 1kg, and some (BH, Cannondale, Parlee) which approach the 800 gram mark IIRC.
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Postby flex5150 » Tue May 28, 2013 7:05 pm
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Postby Mulger bill » Tue May 28, 2013 8:27 pm
That would have to be the prettiest Spesh roadie ever!flex5150 wrote:your wish ......
You have missed a couple of the bike photography guidelines but I hardly looked at the gear choice, crank position or visible valves.
One thing I will jump on is the orientation of the tyres on the rims. Fitting tyres with the branding over the valve hole (like your rear wheel) makes checking for penetrations post puncture lots simpler
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Postby flex5150 » Tue May 28, 2013 8:36 pm
Thanks for the praise. Where are these guidlines published??Mulger bill wrote:That would have to be the prettiest Spesh roadie ever!flex5150 wrote:your wish ......
You have missed a couple of the bike photography guidelines but I hardly looked at the gear choice, crank position or visible valves.
One thing I will jump on is the orientation of the tyres on the rims. Fitting tyres with the branding over the valve hole (like your rear wheel) makes checking for penetrations post puncture lots simpler
I've been meaning to change the front tyre label position I only recently found out about this.
Also what is the optimum size for photos mine keep getting chopped off?
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Postby Mulger bill » Tue May 28, 2013 8:45 pm
800x600px image size will fit comfortably on most desktop monitors.
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Postby flex5150 » Tue May 28, 2013 8:56 pm
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Re: Show us your super light road bike
Postby HAKS » Tue May 28, 2013 11:18 pm
Just kiding. Absolutly amazing looking machine which is making my current search for a Tarmac Pro frame even harder when trying to seperate head from heart!
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Re: Show us your super light road bike
Postby Uncle Just » Tue May 28, 2013 11:34 pm
Re guidelines IIRC they were discussed or referred to in detail on a thread on here some time back. I vaguely remember it being discussed somewhere else but it's late and I CBF googling.
Here's my list:
1) consider your background so it enhances the bike not distracts from it;
2) chain on big ring and a suitable cog at rear;
3) cranks to follow line of chain stay;
4) strip extraneous do-dads from bike such as lights, saddle bags, garmins, valve caps etc;
5) align tyre markings with valves and have both wheels at same position;
6) ensure seat is level;
7) bike is clean and presentable.
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Re: Show us your super light road bike
Postby flex5150 » Wed May 29, 2013 8:59 am
Any reason the seat should be level if its not your riding position?
Haks there was a 56 on ebay 2 days ago exactly same as mine but for size, passed in at $1999 ( not that I want you to get in trouble with the missus or anything)
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Re: Show us your super light road bike
Postby Uncle Just » Wed May 29, 2013 11:40 am
Now for many coming into bikes over recent times and from what I observe out on the road etc some do have their seats at various angles. Maybe it's their physiology or they haven't been setup on the bike. Is it a way for the rider to get comfortable perhaps because the bars, stem, TT length etc are not suitable for that rider? However notwithstanding this and the attendant comfort that must be achieved for the rider, I think aesthetically a level seat looks correct for photographic purposes. That's how I have always set mine up because it suits me. (But of course we are not talking pro peloton standard bikes here but those every day riders who are naturally proud enough of their bike to submit it to forum scrutiny.)
When I look at the previous pics of your bike the seat angle does not look to slope as much. The last pic slightly exaggerates the seat slope I think. If you are comfortable that is all that matters. Enjoy your bike, it's a nice one.
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Postby im_no_pro » Wed May 29, 2013 12:28 pm
1 - IIRC (clean) beige roller doors were the preferred backgroundUncle Just wrote:
1) consider your background so it enhances the bike not distracts from it;
5) align tyre markings with valves and have both wheels at same position
5 - same position ideally being valves at 6 o'clock for mine, although all the wheelsets ive had the logo lined up with the valve. With the Zipps on the spesh I wonder if you could hide the valves behind the frame/fork and still have logo's orientated correctly. Then align tyres to corresponding Zipp logos (although that probably kills the puncture finding benefits)
edit: just to be clear there is a (small) element of tongue in cheek in all this
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