slowtwitch Posted February 10, 2009 Posted February 10, 2009 You should post the ride on weightweenies with all that effort in weighing each seperate part. That's how they do itGreat to see you going into so much detail
carlo_sg Posted February 13, 2009 Author Posted February 13, 2009 You should post the ride on weightweenies with all that effort in weighing each seperate part. That's how they do it Great to see you going into so much detail Thanks man. Thats actually where I got the idea from. http://weightweenies.starbike.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=52527 Plus lots of people are always asking the weight of stuff, so I thought I'd do it this way, considering I was stripping and putting it together all the time...
carlo_sg Posted March 24, 2009 Author Posted March 24, 2009 I reluctantly decided to change the ITM K-Sword Bars and Stem. I updated my bike with the ZIPP SL bar (42cm - Ergobend)and a matching ZIPP 145 Stem (100mm) The bar is a feather-light 170gand the stem was 152g http://i290.photobucket.com/albums/ll253/carlo_sg/IMG_0825.jpg http://i290.photobucket.com/albums/ll253/carlo_sg/IMG_0826.jpg http://i290.photobucket.com/albums/ll253/carlo_sg/IMG_0827.jpg http://i290.photobucket.com/albums/ll253/carlo_sg/IMG_0829.jpg
slowtwitch Posted March 26, 2009 Posted March 26, 2009 Aaah the pics as promised - NICE!!! Carlo I agree with waynedude. If you are able to ride lower in front, then remove all the spacers and cut that steerer. will also save some weight Obviously first ride with the spacers above the stem for some time to make sure you're comfy before cutting
ASTANA Posted March 26, 2009 Posted March 26, 2009 Your not practicing with those eastons are you? Tubbies are way to expensive to puncture during weekday rides. Whats your training wheels?
Speed Devil Posted March 26, 2009 Posted March 26, 2009 6.7kg... pics to follow shortly THIS BIKE IS ILLEGAL!!!!!...I think I will have to speak to a few race officials Well done Carlo. I hope you have plenty of happy km's on her
carlo_sg Posted March 26, 2009 Author Posted March 26, 2009 LOL Thanks everyone! Waynedude, Slowtwitch: The Felt frame geometry is very aggressive, see the 'side-on' pics previously posted. Therefore the steerer tube is already cut to under 200mm and it still sticks out the top of the stem. If I cut it more I'll save about 5-10g, and the fork will only be able to be used with this bike (it'll be too short to use elsewhere...) Astana:No, I dont play games with my tubulars - races only!I train on Easton EA50's with Continental GP4000's - these wheels are one of my best purchases.
carlo_sg Posted March 26, 2009 Author Posted March 26, 2009 Where else would you want to use it then? I might have other fork options in mind, and if I were this one cut it more, I wouldn't be able to sell it...
slowtwitch Posted March 27, 2009 Posted March 27, 2009 Hey Carlo stack hight and saddle to handlebar drop to suit your setup is much more important than a couple of grams saving. No use having a bling bike but you're so uncomfortable you don't wanna ride it!!! But you must luv the weightweenies who will cut steerers to the max and remove chain links to the max in order to save those extra 5g's
carlo_sg Posted March 27, 2009 Author Posted March 27, 2009 I was just piulling your leg dude LOL ja I know' date=' Sitting at 6730g, and wanna be in the 6.6's, and 5grammes is 5grammes hey... Hey Carlo stack hight and saddle to handlebar drop to suit your setup is much more important than a couple of grams saving. No use having a bling bike but you're so uncomfortable you don't wanna ride it!!! But you must luv the weightweenies who will cut steerers to the max and remove chain links to the max in order to save those extra 5g's I prefer a more agressive drop so all good. I'm not that much of a weightweenie though , I mean there are much lighter options that I didnt go for.My dream bike was a good combination of performance, quality, style & relatively lightweight, and after having ridden this baby, and comments from other people that have ridden it - I like to think I have achived that. Thanks to everyone for the comments, I really appreciate it.
AndreZA Posted March 27, 2009 Posted March 27, 2009 get the crinkle cut headset spacers from Kiwi. The 35mm you need will weigh in at about 10-12gr compared to the 18gr you have now. And it will only cost you about R30. Beware, they are not carbon.
slowtwitch Posted March 27, 2009 Posted March 27, 2009 Mampara now that advise sounds like a real weightweenie talking!!! I'm a bit of an undercover weenie myself heheheCarlo at 6.7k's I underatand you're not at real weenie weights, but as I state before, the amount of trouble you went through to weigh each component puts you nicely in that class. The one thing you forgot to weigh is the grease and lube you used
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