Check out the new Trek madone 6.9 SSL....They say its the first sub 900g straight tube frame .thats painted and decals included!!! He Ain't Heavy, He's My Bike Just before the Tour de France, French magazine Le Cycle visited each team mechanic at the d?part and asked if they could weigh their bikes on their own independent scales. The following provides some interesting reading. Coming out with the lightest bikes at the Tour was of course Gilberto Simoni?s beautiful Scott CR1, Rasmussen?s Colnago Extreme C and Popovych?s Trek Madone 6.9 which all barely scraped past the UCI?s limit of 6.8kg. Taking the bidon cages and computers off any of these bikes and they may be in trouble with the man? The heaviest bike that Le Cycle weighed was Erik Zabel?s, Colnago Extreme Power which came in at 7.795kg. Clearly Erik wanted the stiffness and reliability over the weight saving that KOM winner Rasmussen prefers. Of course all these figures are subjective in the fact that different size bikes were weighed from the different teams, but it still gives you a good idea of just what the pros are actually riding in the Grand Tours. Another interesting fact to point out is the difference between Lampre?s Damiano Cunego?s bike and Cofidis? Ivan Parra?s machine. They both have the same frame, but the equipment they chose to equipe it with varied the weights significantly. AG2R, J.L.Arrieta, BTwin FC 900, 7.5kg Agritubel, E.Gonzalo, MBK RD 1100, 7.7kg Bouygues Telecom, D.Rous, Time VXRS Ulteam, 7.2kg Caisse d?Epargne, I.Galvez, Pinarello Paris Carbon, 7.5kg Cofidis, I.Parra, Willier Le Roi, 7.4kg Credit Agricole, T.Hushovd, Look 595, 7.2kg CSC, D.Zabriskie, Cervelo Soloist Carbon SL, 6.9kg Davitamon Lotto, C.Evans, Ridley Noah, 7.1kg Discovery Channel, Y.Popovych, Trek Madone 6.9, 6.8kg Euskatel-Euskadi, I.Isasi, Orbea Orca, 7.6kg Francaise de Jeux, C.Mengin, Lapierre X-Lite, 7.2kg Gerolsteiner, L.Leipheimer, Specialized Tarmac SL, 6.9kg Lampre, D.Cunego, Wilier Le Roi, 7.0kg Liquigas, S.Garzelli, Bianchi FG Lite, 7.6kg Milram, E.Zabel, Colnago Extreme Power, 7.8kg Phonak, F.Landis, BMC SLC 01, 6.9kg Quick Step, J.Rujano, Time VXRS Ulteam, 7.0kg Rabobank, M.Rasmussen, Colnago Extreme C, 6.8kg Saunier Duval, G.Simoni, Scott CR1, 6.8kg T-Mobile, A.Kloden, Giant TCR Advanced, 7.0kg
