DJR Posted October 9, 2018 Share I hope never to catch the weigh weeny disease, it is incurable. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mongoose! Posted October 9, 2018 Share The only other way you will manage to get it lighter is if you replace the red etap with red 22 mechanical. *Edit: Weight weenie dream! Weight of cables? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
UK-Saffa Posted October 10, 2018 Share Weight of cables?Mechanical, even with the additional cables does work out lighter than eTAP. It would be worth using decent cables and probably something like I have on my brakes, alligator ilinks, which are lighter than standard cable housing Mongoose! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pure Savage Posted October 10, 2018 Share Wait, if its a hill climb bike why not just remove the front eTap battery? surely thats more weight saving than 30% of the upgrades? Also if climbing hills, probably dont need a full cassette, throw some carbon spacers on their and drop the weight 35g. FootballingCyclist 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pure Savage Posted October 10, 2018 Share Have you trimmed the seat post itself? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ZakAttak Posted October 10, 2018 Share Wait, if its a hill climb bike why not just remove the front eTap battery? surely thats more weight saving than 30% of the upgrades? Also if climbing hills, probably dont need a full cassette, throw some carbon spacers on their and drop the weight 35g. I'm pretty sure he is going to be riding his bike to the hills and would like to maintain a steady pace at that, to get there... Removing the eTap battery from the FD will having him spinning quite slowly to any nearby hill.... It is a functional roadie... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ZakAttak Posted October 10, 2018 Share It is an exceptional build... UK-Saffa 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Opc_danny Posted October 10, 2018 Share WOW WOW WOWNo words man UK-Saffa 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
partydave Posted October 10, 2018 Share This is a great build, but can I recommend removing the front brakes? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FootballingCyclist Posted October 10, 2018 Share Remove the bottle cage bolts which are in the frame but not in use, it may not be a lot, but every gram counts Long Wheel Base 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FootballingCyclist Posted October 10, 2018 Share And cut that extra piece off the bottle cage which runs downs the frame Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pure Savage Posted October 10, 2018 Share This is a great build, but can I recommend removing the front brakes?Nice try, hill climbs have rules peetwindhoek 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pure Savage Posted October 10, 2018 Share I'm pretty sure he is going to be riding his bike to the hills and would like to maintain a steady pace at that, to get there... Removing the eTap battery from the FD will having him spinning quite slowly to any nearby hill.... It is a functional roadie... You can use the rear battery to change into the big ring and then put it back. how often do you need to shift the front blade really? Edereese 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
UK-Saffa Posted October 10, 2018 Share Wait, if its a hill climb bike why not just remove the front eTap battery? surely thats more weight saving than 30% of the upgrades? Also if climbing hills, probably dont need a full cassette, throw some carbon spacers on their and drop the weight 35g.So as stated, this is a functional road bike as well as my hill climb machine. With the brilliant UK weather, this only every gets ridden June/July, rest of the year Im riding my caad12, so thats why its stayed as a regular looking functional bike Have you trimmed the seat post itself?Yes, there is the minimum 10cm in the frame with no room for moving the seatpost up I'm pretty sure he is going to be riding his bike to the hills and would like to maintain a steady pace at that, to get there... Removing the eTap battery from the FD will having him spinning quite slowly to any nearby hill.... It is a functional roadie... Exactly, function first This is a great build, but can I recommend removing the front brakes?HC rules dictate bikes must have both brakes Remove the bottle cage bolts which are in the frame but not in use, it may not be a lot, but every gram counts So the bolts on the down tube are for my fabric tool keg, for when out training, they are hoolow Ti bolts, they weight 1.1grams each. But yes, EVERY gram counts. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pure Savage Posted October 10, 2018 Share So as stated, this is a functional road bike as well as my hill climb machine. With the brilliant UK weather, this only every gets ridden June/July, rest of the year Im riding my caad12, so thats why its stayed as a regular looking functional bike Yes, there is the minimum 10cm in the frame with no room for moving the seatpost up Exactly, function first HC rules dictate bikes must have both brakes So the bolts on the down tube are for my fabric tool keg, for when out training, they are hoolow Ti bolts, they weight 1.1grams each. But yes, EVERY gram counts.Kudos Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
partydave Posted October 10, 2018 Share Remove the bottle cage bolts which are in the frame but not in use, it may not be a lot, but every gram counts What about one of these. Fabric cageless bottle system Edited October 10, 2018 by partydave Popit 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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