worlds lights road bike

[Tuxstir]

i thought some of the bikes on the hub where light but damm.

check this out

 

worlds lightest bike

 

heres a brief snippet

 

In 2008, a German named Gunter Mai stunned the cycling world by building the lightest road bike ever made. The initial build of his light bike tipped the scales at just under 3.2 kg, and he eventually tuned it down even more to roughly 2.8kg. And it was no mere show bike; Mai reportedly logged over 20,000km on the machine in its first couple years. But he shocked the cycling commumity again when, early this year, he suddenly parted out the entire bike and sold each piece individually, scattered to the four winds.

 

But some of the key parts made it into the hands of a Colorado rider who wanted to reincarnate the anorexic beast, and he sent off the custom Spin frame, THM fork, the stem/handlebars, and a few more parts to Jason Woznick of Fairwheel Bikes in Tuscon, Arizona. There, Woznick set to work sourcing the lightest parts available to finish off the build. Almost every part on the bike is completely custom, and cannot be purchased off the shelf anywhere, for any price.

 

Holding the machine is truly breathtaking. There's nothing to it. Even picking up another object of similar weight isn't quite illustrative, because, for example, a gallon of milk is very dense (and also two pounds heavier). Picking up a six-pound bike is different -- it simply feels like nothing is there.

 

 

[Capricorn]

yo Mr Tedibear: love that website! such interesting articles on gear and tri-stuff.... any other recommendations for a similar type of site?

[Tuxstir]

yo Mr Tedibear: love that website! such interesting articles on gear and tri-stuff.... any other recommendations for a similar type of site?

 

yeah heres one....

bicyle design