Charlie horse LOL. That made me laugh. I caught the bug, too, but my candidate is an 87 Cannondale ST600 with some pretense at light weight. Large frame, not much lighter than yours. If I go through with it, I'll show some pics and some numbers. It's the dead of winter here in mid-Michigan. I'm riding a 93 Rockhopper with studded tires and and a three-speed IGH.
Are the modern Homers still this light? Compared with the numbers reported by Ted D on his small-size Sam, which is supposed to be only marginally more stout, that's quite the gap. Horses for courses, but I like me a lightweight somewhat springy bike for countryside rides with minimal loads. Regarding the wheels: I have a low-spoke-count wheelset that's about 15 years old and came off a Trek roadie. Aluminum, not carbon, and since rim brakes are out of fashion, you should be able to pick up a set cheap on FB or Craigslist. That's your best weight reduction right there. I've been riding these Bontrager rims/bladed spokes/SRAM Red hubs without maintenance or truing for maybe 4000 trouble-free miles. Great value if you can stand the look, and I don't really worry about it. Conti GP 5000s in 32 mm weigh just under 300 g each. Great tires, roll well, I've had one flat that may have been the tube's fault. cheers -m On Sunday, January 12, 2025 at 6:48:40 PM UTC-5 Eric Karnes wrote: > I too have a 63cm Waterford Hilsen and was very surprised when it first > arrived by how light it felt. Super interested to see how this progresses... > > Eric > > On Sunday, January 12, 2025 at 3:50:00 PM UTC-5 Davidbea wrote: > >> I'm running some BDOP cassettes. I have some 10 speeds but currently they >> only have 11 and 12 with the 11 speeds weighing 185g. >> https://bdopcycling.com/product/bdop-steel-cassette-shimano-sram-11spd-11-28t/ >> >> >> On Sunday, January 12, 2025 at 6:50:42 AM UTC-5 brendonoid wrote: >> >>> That is very useful info, cheers. It seems like I am getting very good >>> weight value out of my cheap, 9 speed 11-28 HG-400 at 260g? >>> >>> On Sunday, 12 January 2025 at 19:00:44 UTC+8 Nick Payne wrote: >>> >>>> For a light cassette, steel monoblock cassettes save weight, as they're >>>> mostly empty space. I just weighed an Edco 11-34 cassette I have, and it's >>>> 197g, which compares with 345g for the same size Ultegra cassette. The >>>> same >>>> size Dura-Ace comes in at 250g, but it manages that by using titanium for >>>> the large cogs, and they wear more rapidly than steel. >>>> [image: Dubied-monoblock-cassette-11spd_bottom[1].jpg] >>>> Nick Payne >>>> >>> -- 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/4a9a5c57-4765-4f4a-9fb3-42a3217f3d5cn%40googlegroups.com.
