Weight, modern MTB's compared ?

[legrandefromage]

Most modern bikes that are not silly money seem heavier then retro ones from what I've seen.

I read an old MBUK full suss test the other day that discounted one bike as it was far too heavy at 29lbs. A three grand all round modern full suss can easily weigh that (+ more) and not be considered a lump. :?

yeah but.. if you expect the bike to go up as well as down 3K will get you a full susser that weighs as much as your (light) retro hardtail. Or 3K will get you a bike that will go down things you previously thought need crampons! Its about diversity, you can get whatever you want!

or learn to ride a bike properly and you wont need what the magazines and marketing men or fashion say you need.***EDIT*** written while in the realm of the beer which is full of Vikings boasting of conquests past

 

[kaiser]

Most modern bikes that are not silly money seem heavier then retro ones from what I've seen.

I read an old MBUK full suss test the other day that discounted one bike as it was far too heavy at 29lbs. A three grand all round modern full suss can easily weigh that (+ more) and not be considered a lump. :?

yeah but.. if you expect the bike to go up as well as down 3K will get you a full susser that weighs as much as your (light) retro hardtail. Or 3K will get you a bike that will go down things you previously thought need crampons! Its about diversity, you can get whatever you want!

or learn to ride a bike properly and you wont need what the magazines and marketing men or fashion say you need.

but how will that make it lighter?

 

[legrandefromage]

Most modern bikes that are not silly money seem heavier then retro ones from what I've seen.

I read an old MBUK full suss test the other day that discounted one bike as it was far too heavy at 29lbs. A three grand all round modern full suss can easily weigh that (+ more) and not be considered a lump. :?

yeah but.. if you expect the bike to go up as well as down 3K will get you a full susser that weighs as much as your (light) retro hardtail. Or 3K will get you a bike that will go down things you previously thought need crampons! Its about diversity, you can get whatever you want!

or learn to ride a bike properly and you wont need what the magazines and marketing men or fashion say you need.

but how will that make it lighter?

you wont worry about 'light' just the joy of cycling. ***EDIT*** Drunken ****!!

 

[tintin40]

or learn to ride a bike properly and you wont need what the magazines and marketing men or fashion say you need.

+2 that

I'm lost were this thread is going

 

[kaiser]

I'm lost were this thread is going

aye me too I think I'm trying to say that you can get whatever you want, not all modern bikes are full sussers. Look beyond halfords/evans/mbr.

 

[Lid]

I love you guys.

[/quote] or learn to ride a bike properly and you wont need what the magazines and marketing men or fashion say you need.[/quote]

Man I must have heard you say this a hundred times.

I think you should come with me to Vancouver's North Shore this weekend so I can watch your amazing bike techniques overcome the need for disc brakes and at the very least front suspension.
Even if you are the master and can ride CBC fully rigid with canti-crap brakes the poop in your pants at the end would still be funny.

Get off the tow path.

 

[marin man]

Ha ha ha ha ha ^^^^^^^what he said

 

[legrandefromage]

I love you guys.

a drunk man wrote some pretentious crap that he now thoroughly regrets in the morning but will stand by it anyway

Man I must have heard you say this a hundred times.

I think you should come with me to Vancouver's North Shore this weekend so I can watch your amazing bike techniques overcome the need for disc brakes and at the very least front suspension.
Even if you are the master and can ride CBC fully rigid with canti-crap brakes the poop in your pants at the end would still be funny.

Get off the tow path.

A. theres no canals around here

B. I'm still learning, I'll still be learning to my last bike ride.

 

[legrandefromage]

New bikes suffer from CEN which initially seem to make builders over build everything to pass. I'm sure time will make parts & frame go lighter again:

http://www.bikebiz.com/news/29509/CEN-s ... January-09

Old bikes suffer from experimental builds which often went 'twang!' at an inopportune moment.

I've been bitterly disappointed in the past with 'modern' purchases but not having bought anything new since joining this site, I am woefully out of date on whats hot and whats not. But then this a retro site after all, so I needn't worry....

should I?

 

[FairfaxPat]

My '91 Funk weighs 25.5 lb. with a Mag 21 Fork. My 2009 Fisher HiFi Pro Carbon with 5 inches of travel and disc brakes weighs 25 lb.