markgc Posted January 3, 2012 Share What is considered a "light" road bike in both carbon and ally.. what is average and what is considered too heavy..? any thoughts on this? or maybe i should be asking is 8.4kg too heavy for an ally bike? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zac.A Posted January 3, 2012 Share Mines 8.2kg with a powermeter, garmin cadence sensor, saddle bag and a crappy super heavy junior cassete on. With the racing setup - non junior it weighs 7.5 I think. Depends how serious you are, My 1st bike weighed 10.5kg's stock for a small.But it made me faster. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gummibear Posted January 3, 2012 Share Under 9 kg is light....105 levelUnder 8 kg is very light......Ultegra levelUnder 7kg is superlight and Dura Ace or Red levelUnder 6 kg you have to much money ....exotic carbon parts. Edited January 3, 2012 by gummibear Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeepdude Posted January 3, 2012 Share Under 9 kg is light....105 levelUnder 8 kg is very light......Ultegra levelUnder 7kg is superlight and Dura Ace or Red levelUnder 6 kg you have to much money ....exotic carbon parts.AMEN Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MariusL Posted January 3, 2012 Share Doesn't matter what your bike weighs if you have a few extra kilos around the waist... happens to be my problem even if I have a super light bike Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Falco Posted January 3, 2012 Share Doesn't matter what your bike weighs if you have a few extra kilos around the waist...Spot on.Forget about overall bike weight, that is only used by manufacturers to fleece the foolish. Reduce rotational weight as much as possible, and cut as many kilos off the rider as possible. Much easier, not to mention cheaper. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
markgc Posted January 3, 2012 Share Under 9 kg is light....105 levelUnder 8 kg is very light......Ultegra levelUnder 7kg is superlight and Dura Ace or Red levelUnder 6 kg you have to much money ....exotic carbon parts. great !.. this helps Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
markgc Posted January 3, 2012 Share Doesn't matter what your bike weighs if you have a few extra kilos around the waist... happens to be my problem even if I have a super light bike 100% agree.. just dont want to buy and realise a month later that i bought a farm fence. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DJR Posted January 3, 2012 Share Under 9 kg is light....105 levelUnder 8 kg is very light......Ultegra levelUnder 7kg is superlight and Dura Ace or Red levelUnder 6 kg you have too much money ....exotic carbon parts.I like your answer. (Just a pity to have it confirmed that I DON'T have too much money) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
_freak_ Posted January 3, 2012 Share Mines 9.2Kg, running Tiagra, compact frame with carbon fork, this is very light in my books and my wallet... Gonna be much cheeper loosing that extra 2kg's on the waist, i have to agree... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ispeed_V Posted January 3, 2012 Share 7.5 Kg, carbon frame, bar and seatpost. 105 groupo. Now to loose the 10kg round the waistline and all good to go Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MTB_Roadie Posted January 3, 2012 Share 7.5 Kg, carbon frame, bar and seatpost. 105 groupo. Now to loose the 10kg round the waistline and all good to go What frame, bar and seatpost? And what wheels? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andretraut Posted January 3, 2012 Share Spez Tarmac S-Works SL4, Sram Red, Zipp 404 Firecrest with Continental GP4000s, Look Blade Ti, Spez Toupe S-Works carbon saddle, FSA K-Wing compact = 6.5kg. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LeTurbo Posted January 3, 2012 Share Use psychology. Ride a good old farmgate. If you do badly in a race, you can blame the bike; if you do well, you can say it's despite the bike. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zaShadow Posted January 3, 2012 Share Doesn't matter what your bike weighs if you have a few extra kilos around the waist... happens to be my problem even if I have a super light bike Ja-ja, but you can have a light bike AND loose the kilos around the waist. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gummibear Posted January 4, 2012 Share This is what the sub 6kg segment bikes look like.All that money and it doesn't have a UCI sticker on it http://parlee.pk0r.com/Bike/maximg/Parlee%20Z3SL%20-%2001-12%20-%20top.jpg Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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