9kg hardtail

[cwfourie]

Eish, I dont think so hey...

I've got a heavyish frame (1,6kg) but most of my other stuff is light - full KCNC cockpit, ESI grips, X0 gripshifters + RD, juicy carbon brakes, alligator rotors, reba fork, american classic wheelset and racing ralph evo non-ust tyres (running tubeless tho). I think mine comes in at about 10.4kg at the moment... I think your biggest problem is your wheelset and tyres - if you lose some weight there you could go below 10kg

Well I have my eyes on a set of Easton EXC 70 wheel set it comes in at about 1.6kg?

What tires can I use that has excellent grip, and lightweight?

[mtb_Josh]

Well I have my eyes on a set of Easton EXC 70 wheel set it comes in at about 1.6kg?

What tires can I use that has excellent grip, and lightweight?

 

I reckon 1.6kg is decent for a wheelset, as long as the price is right When it comes to tyres you're going to open a can of worms here! Personally I like my racing ralph EVOs (non-ust). They weigh about 500g each. 2 problems with them tho; they're stupidly expensive, and wear quite quickly if you ride on tar. A friend that I ride with likes his maxxis aspens. They look quite decent, cost about half of racing ralphs and weigh a bit less if I remember correctly.

But as I said, you're going to get 100 different opinions when it comes to tyres!

 

Let us have a pic or 2 of the bike when its done

[Shebeen]

BOOM thread revival.

 

ok, so I've formally retired my bulletproof 2002 model Santa Cruz superlight. It eventually got tired so requested a spot on the wall rather.

 

I've picked up a quasi lightweight carbon hardtail (~1350gr frame) and built everything over.

What's considered light these days it's sitting about 10.3kgs

If I say it's sub 10 will that be cool, or do you need to go sub 9 to raise eyebrows? (i worked out that 20lbs is 9.1kg - might have to settle on that).

 

26 inch obviously, but I think the gap between the two has closed considerably.

[Lone_Ranger]

BOOM thread revival.

 

ok, so I've formally retired my bulletproof 2002 model Santa Cruz superlight. It eventually got tired so requested a spot on the wall rather.

 

I've picked up a quasi lightweight carbon hardtail (~1350gr frame) and built everything over.

What's considered light these days it's sitting about 10.3kgs

If I say it's sub 10 will that be cool, or do you need to go sub 9 to raise eyebrows? (i worked out that 20lbs is 9.1kg - might have to settle on that).

 

26 inch obviously, but I think the gap between the two has closed considerably.

26" can get below 8 if you're really trying. Lefty fork is first option, otherwise DT Swiss have some superlight forks. Schwalbe tyres are quite light.

[Eddie Stafford]

I recently build up a titanium 1 x 10 hardtail and managed to keep the weight down to 10.35 kg including pedals and tyre sealant.  I went for what I think is affordable parts good value for money parts and kept the stem and seat post aluminum.  The frame was heavy at 1.9 kg, but if you use a light carbon frame then you can drop the bike’s weight to below 10 kg.  Attached is a spreadsheet of the cost and weight of the difference parts.  The frame, fork, wheelset and tires represents 60% of the weight.

29er Bike Build.pdf