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You can have a go on my Zip when it's done Joe.
You can have a go on my Zip when it's done Joe.
Lightest factory MTB?
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Does anyone have a 1993/6 m400? Or the weight for one?
Edit: bikepedia says 24.9 lbs
Does anyone have a 1993/6 m400? Or the weight for one?
Edit: bikepedia says 24.9 lbs
My first torus xt/hope/rigid (straight out of the box from raleigh, just added pedals) was a nadge over 23lbs. That was 95.
By the time i got my team issue sorted (money no object) it was over 2lbs lighter and had suspension up front. Glad i wasn't paying retail. Would have cost me about four and a half thousand quid. For a Raleigh. The production ones were about 23/24 lbs, 550/600 model iirc.
It also broke down on a semi regular basis. So i added a bit of weight back in.
"Race weight" was about 23lbs. Heavier tyres, tubes, seatpin, saddle, pedals.
By the time i got my team issue sorted (money no object) it was over 2lbs lighter and had suspension up front. Glad i wasn't paying retail. Would have cost me about four and a half thousand quid. For a Raleigh. The production ones were about 23/24 lbs, 550/600 model iirc.
It also broke down on a semi regular basis. So i added a bit of weight back in.
"Race weight" was about 23lbs. Heavier tyres, tubes, seatpin, saddle, pedals.
FWIW, Ive just finished a build, and considered the frame a good half pound heavier than its stablemate, on finished assembly I was a little stunned that it really didn't feel heavier, so I weighed them.
Like you do... I started looking at the components. The Tioga Revolver one piece crankset/spider/integral bottom bracket and a set of Bell egg rings weighs 200grams lighter than a stock Suntour XC pro equivalent. Having never been someone that spent fortunes to save grams I was surprised especially given the bullet proof look of the Tioga set up, and how I would have naturally expected it too weigh more.
It got me to thinking, about Books and Covers and all that.
And to be fair, Cannondales frame weights and build quality have always impressed me.
Like you do... I started looking at the components. The Tioga Revolver one piece crankset/spider/integral bottom bracket and a set of Bell egg rings weighs 200grams lighter than a stock Suntour XC pro equivalent. Having never been someone that spent fortunes to save grams I was surprised especially given the bullet proof look of the Tioga set up, and how I would have naturally expected it too weigh more.
It got me to thinking, about Books and Covers and all that.
And to be fair, Cannondales frame weights and build quality have always impressed me.
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mattr":94q91grp said:
What modern bike would that be out of interest?
