Morewood Zula weight

[Rather Large Legend]

Good day fellow hubbers. This is my first posting, so I hope I don't need to go through a vetting process.

 

I am the very proud owner of a Morewood Zula, but I'm a touch concerned about the weight. I constantly hear people mentioning their bikes being in the 10's and early 11's, but mine seems to come in at a rather bloated 12 kg's.

 

Is it that my scale is broken or is there something obvious that stands out in the build:

 

Frame: Zula medium

Fork: RS Revelation U-Turn Air

Shock: RS Ario

XT drivetrain

Formula ORO brakes

Fulcrum Red Metal 3 wheels, with Maxxis Crossmark LUST tyres

Truvativ Stylo Bar, Stem, Seatpost

Fizik Wingflex seat

 

Any help is appreciated

[gummibear]

Welcome

Take it to your lbs and put it on their scale.

 

Don't believe everything they tell you

[Hairy]

I am curious ... that u-turn fork of yours, how much travel does she have?

[Rather Large Legend]

100 to 130, but I rarely go above 120

[Hairy]

Cool, just asking because that frame is designed around a 100m fork with the ability to run at 120mm ... I have also have a rev with u-turn but a 120-150mm fork .... if you were running this on the Zula I would be concerned

[Rather Large Legend]

It would be like riding a chopper!

[Nobody]

Mine is barely under 12.5kg.

Only way to lose more weight is to put the recommended amount of sealant in the tires but i would rather spend that extra weight riding than pushing something lighter.

NO carbon.

 

Your fork may be the weight issue on your bike.

[Zook]

12's just fine. Usually the limiting factor is our own weight, so when you've lost all you can and you're being held back by your bike, upgrade something.

[Cappi]

hi, my zula weighs in at 12.1kg ( bathroom scale) happy with it. if u want it much lighter u gotta spend $$! easier and cheaper to shed a kilo or 2 of body weight!

[El Dodgius Bastardo]

I have a very similarly specked Zula, including the same fork also weighing around that weight. The fork is brilliant and whilst not being the lightest, is bulletproof. The adjustability makes it more than worth the slight weight penalty. At 87 odd kilos I'd much rather have reliable components that can take a beating than push a super light bike with a broken stem

[banna]

Mine's a large with a 120mm Fox and Mavic Crossmax wheels, Maxxis monorails and XX/XT combo and is 11.7kg. So ja, 12kg is about the ball park for a decently specked Zula. I've ordered a dropper seat post, so that will in fact take mine also to 12kg.

[Airborne]

My wife's Zula comes in at just over 12.5Kg's with Carbon Crank, 100mm Fox, hayes carbon brakes, AC wheels with Hope 2 hubs.

Mine comes in at about 13.5 with 120mm fork, XT crank and mostly deore products.

 

Both are running kenda Nevegal tubeless.

 

 

[rob7x]

My Zula size large. Weighs 12.0kg

Weighed the frame alone at 2.7 or 2.8kg (cant remember exactly) and its far off the the 2.4 claimed weight. (but thats doesnt bother me)

I have a 100mm sid, am classic wheels and xt groupset.

 

Compared to my old 10.5kg hardtail, I'd say I'm quicker for sure on the Zula. Heavier bike for sure, but my wheels are the same and still get up to speed just as fast as my hardtail. I do however notice I ride in 1 or 2 lighter gears on the big hills.

[koukie]

I got mine down to 10.7kg! But its was build with the lightest components I could find. Although my wheels weighed 1.4kg which is not the lightest. It was a fun project, and i realy regret selling it!

[Warrior]

The only major weight saving you can make with the least amount of money is by getting lighter tyres. If you can get your hands on some 26' Maxxis Ikon you should drop close to 450g.

[Bos]

Interesting..@Airborne, I cant beleve your wife's bike still comes in at over 12.5? is she running very heavy tyres?

My Zula is around 11.5 with xtr, fairly light wheels and light ali parts.. I'm running specialised 2bliss tires which are about 250g lighter than a maxxis LUST per wheel! so I'd say your best bet is saving some gramms there, however, being the "rather large legend" you might be best running the near indestructable lust's..

 

On the fork topic. Although the Zula can apparently be ran with a 120 fork I found it to be terrible.. Maybe since Im a bit of a lanky oke and even ran my Blur LT with a slammed stem and 100mm fork I just like the front end low, but here's what I found...

 

When Riding my reba 120mm the bike was more playfull and a bit easier to loft about, but when taking hits or G-outs at speed the fact that the rear ramped up quicker than the front almost sent me over the bars a few times, and the only way this would stop was when I adjusted the fork to ramp up prematurely. Further more, I found the bike climed like a pig with the front end that high..and needed to drop the fork to 105mm which finally did the trick..Now The fact that I do most of my Mtbing around tablemountain which is steep up or steep down and nothing inbetween could have something to do with it.

 

Horses for courses... just interrested to know what you guys found.