A grovel bike.....fastest build thread in the west!

[Mickeyspinn]

Just shy of 100 grams of steel......bye bye


Hello 30 g of aluminium bolts and seatpost has had another shave of 14g....that's the 4 lb weight saving target hit and passed

 

[Mickeyspinn]

Still hunting the grams !
Found some
Tricky buggers to make ...surface finish critical!
If they fail....I guess it's footbrake time if that's not enough face brake


Can you guess?

 

[Mickeyspinn]

That's another whopping load of weight trimmed....

Originals 38 grams
These flicker the scales between 12 and 13...
Scary....



Anyone recognise them now?

 

[Joe_Rides]

Brake pad carrier bolt thingy thingies?

 

[Mickeyspinn]

Brake pad carrier bolt thingy thingies?

Top marks and extra star badge for the correct technical name !

 

[R-V]

That's another whopping load of weight trimmed....

Originals 38 grams
These flicker the scales between 12 and 13...
Scary....


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Anyone recognise them now?

Ok you got rid of grams, but how much of extra grams you had with the paint?
I liked the purple, as i always prefer factory original condition, especially if it's mint like yours were, and i consider the most useless extra grams on a bike is the paintjob. I am on the lacquer coating side, less is more.
But being a weight weenie /gram hussard in our language/ is not my cup of tea, unless i ride with a heavy smartphone, and keys like this...


Enjoy your ride, your bike became really unique...

 

[Mickeyspinn]

Ok you got rid of grams, but how much of extra grams you had with the paint?
I liked the purple, as i always prefer factory original condition, especially if it's mint like yours were, and i consider the most useless extra grams on a bike is the paintjob. I am on the lacquer coating side, less is more.
But being a weight weenie /gram hussard in our language/ is not my cup of tea, unless i ride with a heavy smartphone, and keys like this...

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Enjoy your ride, your bike became really unique...

I think I might of checked how much weight of paint came off....it's usually around 45-60 grams on a frame I've found. When it was purple it wasn't mint.
Not in condition or colour!
A couple of my bikes are what I call test beds...trying things out just for fun....I so wish when I painted it id put another set of forks on as those are heavy...would of been nearly half a pound saving there! It was just an experiment on how much weight you can save using only time and cunning with random bits from stash!
Rides like a trooper tho comfortable and fast

 

[R-V]

I think I might of checked how much weight of paint came off....it's usually around 45-60 grams on a frame I've found. When it was purple it wasn't mint.
Not in condition or colour!
A couple of my bikes are what I call test beds...trying things out just for fun....I so wish when I painted it id put another set of forks on as those are heavy...would of been nearly half a pound saving there! It was just an experiment on how much weight you can save using only time and cunning with random bits from stash!
Rides like a trooper tho comfortable and fast

Ok, you measured your cans, but you know what? I reduced the weight of this bike by 50 kgs in two minutes and costed me nothin'

 

[Mickeyspinn]

Ok, you measured your cans, but you know what? I reduced the weight of this bike by 50 kgs in two minutes and costed me nothin'

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Pah!

You don't have the first clue about losing weight on a bike !

I've built a bike so light it defies gravity...

 

[R-V]

Pah!

You don't have the first clue about losing weight on a bike !

I've built a bike so light it defies gravity...

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Nice.
I will try the Everest Challenge next year this way