It's fun thinking about lighter weight builds... but forgive me because Bill's already posted about all the bits and pieces that in sum can add/subtract weight. But you said a WI bottom bracket (roughly $100 more than normal BBs) is 'expensive'. There's no magic affordable weight savings when you're looking to drop 3/4 kilograms. Just sayin. RH cranks, Hunt (or similar DTC) wheels, perhaps RH tires, ti version of the B17 you already love... these are the big 100g, 250g, 500g weight savings you're looking for. But big changes cost real money. Differentiating the weight of inner tubes, bolts, spacers, chopped seatposts, is just pissing in the wind in comparison to your goal.
If you're not a Clydesdale, then wise money is on lighter wheels. If you're not a home wheel builder, and not stuck on 1980s (and US hand built) wheel dogma, then IMHO you should be shopping Hunt 'Superdura' wheels (their heaviest alloy rim brake wheels, wide'ish, still under 1600g) or something comparable. They're regularly discounted. I wouldn't ride your old heavy wheel weight unless I was pannier touring. Or you could lose half *less *weight than Hunt wheels by economizing on Ritchey Zeta Comp alloy wheels (hand built/signed by talented wheelbuilders in S Korea) at half the cost of Hunt (if you wait until the next time that Performance discounts the Ritcheys to $250, as I did for my daughter's bike on Black Friday). On Saturday, January 11, 2025 at 11:53:36 PM UTC-7 brendonoid wrote: > Inspired by Bill Lindsay's recent posts about light builds and his new > Charlie horse I had a little go at seeing how little effort I could put > into making my former commuter Homer into a lightweight. The bike in full > fendered dyno-lighted basketed form weighed in at 13.9kg, which actually > isn't too bad. So I stripped it down headset out and all. > > Firstly, I was surprised to find that the 63cm Waterford built Homer only > weighed in at just over 3kg. Whilst I didn't write the specific number down > because that's how I am, the frame was in the 2200g area and I'm pretty > sure the fork was exactly 870g. That was a lot lighter than I was > expecting, considering the 'heft' of the 57cm Charlie. > > So just by stripping accessories, removing the front derailleur and granny > ring, changing the crank and pedals I have reached the amazing (to me) heft > of 10.71kg! > > [image: DSC_0508.JPG] > > So, to the group: How do I get lighter with the smallest amount of > money/effort? > > - I would like to lose at least 720grams so I can sneak under the 10kg > mark. I want to keep the B-17 (which weighs 520 grams!) Changing the > saddle > would be the easiest choice, but I really like that saddle. > - A new wheel set could save quite a lot, but is probably the most > expensive option. My current wheelset is only 1410g rear 960g front (with > 260g cassette) So I don't now how much weight I could really save without > going ugly carbon or somesuch. > - The cassette? How light do roadie cassettes get these days? This is > not my wheel house at all. > - TPU tubes and Rene Herse tyres. Probably a few hundred grams there. > - How much weight per cm of S-65 seatpost can I save if I chop it? > Does anyone know? > - The BB weighs 260g, a titanium WI BB weighs 140g. That's an > expensive 120grams > - A lighter crank. The XD2 isn't a lightweight, any recommendations? > - Obviously I could lose the chainring guard, get a proper 1x > chainring with alloy bolts. 80-90 gram saving? > - The headset spacers are steel and brass, so I could change them but > they are pretty, as are the brass ferrules. > > Any other Ideas? > Thanks for reading! > Brendon McLoughney > -- 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/5f1f0087-9ad6-497a-bd7e-0add695cd964n%40googlegroups.com.
