853 Weight?

[David B]

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TIG welding is the least attractive way of joining the tubes in my opinion although it is strong and light. Some builders weld the tubes then braze a fillet over the weld. The fillet can be smaller and lighter as the strength is in the weld but the join appears smoothly blended.

I have a TIG-welded cross frame (Columbus Foco) which is incredibly neatly done compared to my road bike (853) - I guess a lot of filing and burnishing must have been done before it was primed and painted. Still lacks the "fluid" look of fillet brazing though.

David

 

[bm0p700f]

most 853 frames are in the 1800g range. Some maybe a bit lighter some a bit heavier. I don't think 1500g is atainable.

 

[Glider]

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I have a 2004 55cm Lemond Zurich Reynolds 853 pro.. The bare frame set minus fork weighs 1750 grams. It's tig welded so would be considerably lighter than a lugged and brazed frame..

 

[47p2]

Frame, forks, headset, boss screws and seatpin weigh in at 2.735kgs on my Graham Weigh 853

Complete bike comes in at 8.6k as it stands

 

[bikenrrd]

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My 2013 Bob Jackson 853 with oversize tubes, 1 1/8th headtube, lugs and cast bottom bracket weighs 2.1kg for just the frame:

All up weight for the bike is about 8.2kg

 

[rusty bodie]

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does anyone here have a bare 753 frame and fork set that they could weigh for me?

 

[glpinxit]

My Raleigh Team Pro bare frame is 1.794 Kg (58.5cm) and the forks 670g. (For comparison, the 531C frame, see below, is 2.0Kg.)

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[rusty bodie]

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cheers for that.

 

[cce]

For reference, my "big 56" Ribble 653 record frame weighs 1800g with a quality flamboyant paint job. Forks 640g

 

[mattr]

FWIW and IIRC my Raleigh 853 (custom build, non-standard tubeset) was just shy of 1700g after it's last repaint (it's quite intricate paint work, and fairly thick too!). It's about a 51/52 cm frame, so quite small........ Probably why they weren't too bothered about using lighter/different tubes to standard.