Kestrel Project Complete (bar the fine tune set up) 17lb.4oz

[tintin40]

A good starting point for sub 19 lb build

 

[mikee]

get on with it then

 

[marin man]

That frame weighs nearly four pounds :shock: is there some lead in it

Seriously though,nice frame , buy some manitou mars carbon cl as they are one of the lightest forks ever built at 2.76lb or less with some tweaking That would give you a great chance

 

[Tad]

Funny looking Trimble.

 

[tintin40]

Funny looking Trimble.

Made by the man before the Trimble. So that's OK

 

[the great roberto]

I'm missing something here.

My 19" zaskar frame weighs 4lb/1800g and the 18" m2 stumpy frame 1400g/3.1 lb , but i'll be buggered if i could get either less than 24lbs.............unless i forgot the wheels.

Good luck with sub 19lbs though

 

[marin man]

Alot of the weight loss is in the fork and wheels,If you get the lightest you can find then you could get to sub 21 easily,but to go lower costs a fortune and becomes an obsession.

 

[mikee]

T wont put suss forks on this (or any other bike )

 

[tintin40]

I'm missing something here.

My 19" zaskar frame weighs 4lb/1800g and the 18" m2 stumpy frame 1400g/3.1 lb , but i'll be buggered if i could get either less than 24lbs.............unless i forgot the wheels.

Good luck with sub 19lbs though

Are those bikes full correct vintage build?? Have you suser forks?As my Trimble frames weigh 5lb 8oz and have them down to 21lb but with modern rims, stem & rigid forks. Look in my gallery.

 

[the great roberto]

I'm missing something here.

My 19" zaskar frame weighs 4lb/1800g and the 18" m2 stumpy frame 1400g/3.1 lb , but i'll be buggered if i could get either less than 24lbs.............unless i forgot the wheels.

Good luck with sub 19lbs though

Are those bikes full correct vintage build?? Have you suser forks?As my Trimble frames weigh 5lb 8oz and have them down to 21lb but with modern rims, stem & rigid forks. Look in my gallery.

errrrrrrrrr no. in fact the zaskar is far from it.hope pro 2 wheels,nobbly nic tyres,m4 hope brakes. it does have an m739 chainset though! And a fox float 80rl fork. whoops

the m2 is a little for period, but only a little