Sub 7kg Anyone?

[Steve B]

I finished putting my Ridley together last night after a complete strip down and thorough clean ready for the spring, and decided to weigh it as I cldn't remember if I'd done so before. It came in at 16.7lbs (7.5kg), with pedals and botle cage.

Admittedly, thats not super light, but the frame is 1200g, so anyone with a 1kg frame could quite easily get lower than that. All the other bits on the bike are pretty light so the figure of 7.0kg is going to be tough to get down to.

Anyone?

Steve

[Robh]

My Cervelo R3 is around 6.5kg

[-Adam-]

My R3, with Zipp 404 clinchers (what was I thinking?) weighs 7.3kg. But then I do have a UCI weight limit to adhere to huh Rob!! Plus my frame's bigger than yours

[Robh]

They always did say the later 08 white painted R3 are heavier....Only 2cm bigger? Mines a 54.

[-Adam-]

Yeah but thats a lot of extra material, not just 2cm! It probably adds 100g I reckon.

I'm not sure about a white one being much heavier, I mean the black and red one isn't totally nude carbon is it?

Plus, to me, white is just so much cooler!!

And I don't have super cool lightwight carbon Tubs either unfortunately...

[Robh]

On the Cervelo and Weight Weenies forum a few owners were complaining of the weight of the 08 model being a bit heavier

[-Adam-]

I know, but they weightweeinies are just totally bloody obsessed. And not many of the really prolific posters really do much riding do they! They spend all their time researching their next lightweight component, then selling their previous ''heavy'' component!!

And moan about the weight of saddles!! Christ, I bet none of them are able to have children judging by some of the saddles they 'use'!

But yeah, still, weight isn't everything...

[Robh]

I think weight weenie member Adam Hansen from T-Mobile does sum riding

Nah it isn't....I spend most of time riding on a porky 18lb bike, bloody turbo's

[-Adam-]

You mean Columbia!? Yeah, I think he does a bit everynow and then. That said, he just rides what he's given!

[Andrew G]

[quote="-Adam-"]Zipp 404 clinchers (what was I thinking?)

[djembi]

my cervelo slc is 6.1kg with reynolds tubs on.

[-Adam-]

[quote="Andrew G"]:lol: Didn't various people say tubs for pure racing wheels, but you wanted to be able to fix punctures easier when you were posing on Box Hill with them . Vanity can be a cruel mistress

[Sylv]

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[-Adam-]

For Andrew, with compliments!

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Cheers Sylv!!

[Sylv]

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