This blog thread caused me to think about why my '04 Ram seems heavier on the back end than the re-built '72 Fuji finest when I lift it off the ceiling hooks in the garage. Of course, there's a Mark's mini-rack back there plus saddle bag, but it suddenly occurred to me that when I bought the bike I installed one of the last silver Salsa Shaft seat posts to go with it and that seat post was 350mm long. I just shoved the entire length into the seat tube until I got it to the height I wanted. I suspect that if I would cut off the excess length it would make some difference in the bike's weight. Hopefully I can get it out of the seat tube without too much difficulty.
On Wednesday, November 27, 2024 at 12:40:12 PM UTC-6 Bill Lindsay wrote: > What "shop scales" did you inherit? Is it the kind with a hook that > weighs the whole bike? Digital/analog/both? Did you get a gram scale for > small parts? > > The thing to buy, IMO is a food scale. They are super affordable, and > accurate enough, and typically have a capacity up to 5kg (11 pounds), so > there is no individual part on a build that you can't weigh. Once you've > got a food scale, it opens up a whole new way to follow recipes for dry > ingredients that have variable density. Things like flour or chopped herbs > don't lend themselves to volumetric portioning, but the weight is pretty > reliable. It's a great tool in the kitchen for people who like to follow > recipes. You free-form-jazz cooks who use the recipe as a suggestion would > likely disapprove of that regimentation. :) > > Like I said at the beginning, trying to make a heavy build light can be a > tough task, unless maybe you are already content to take everything off, > weigh every piece, and then scatter those bits to other parts of your > stable, and start a brand new ground-up build. If you are frugal, and > don't have the ability or the will to let go of "perfectly good" pieces > that happen to be heavy, then you may be better off adopting the healthier > attitude that the weight of your bike has nothing to do with your enjoyment > of a bike ride. > > Bill Lindsay > El Cerrito, CA > > On Wednesday, November 27, 2024 at 2:38:21 AM UTC-8 brendonoid wrote: > >> Jumping in as this tails off, but recently I inherited some shop scales >> and started weighing everything. >> It has only just occurred to me how light our Rivendells generally are in >> the grand scheme of things. Rim brakes really do make a difference in how >> light the forks can be built and that seems to be a huge factor in overall >> weights. >> Just something that's been on my radar lately, I have been planning on >> trying to get my Homer as light as possible now that it has been retired >> from commuter duty. Excited to see a lightweight build to get the ideas >> flowing! >> >> On Tuesday, 26 November 2024 at 22:21:15 UTC+8 Bill Lindsay wrote: >> >>> Ha ha. I guarantee Grant will approve of my build. I'd wager on it. >>> >>> Bill Lindsay >>> El Cerrito, CA >>> >>> On Tuesday, November 26, 2024 at 5:40:11 AM UTC-8 Brian Turner wrote: >>> >>>> For real! I was just thinking the same thing. >>>> >>>> On Tue, Nov 26, 2024 at 8:21 AM Johnny Alien <johnny....@gmail.com> >>>> wrote: >>>> >>>>> Grant is so disappointed in this group right now >>>>> >>>> -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rbw-owners-bunch/4da03275-f326-4458-9f0c-0ea7fd4f244fn%40googlegroups.com.
