Weight Weenies Thread

Ha, will feed back. I did think the rims looked unnecessarily deep.

Swap that DA for Red 22 surely

Not bad, though only thing weight weenie is EE brakes.
Maybe Speedplay Ti.

Apparently every bolt has been replaced with titanium ones. Brakes are the AliExpress copies & allegedly okay.

My 2 weight weenie builds will soon ready for thread scrutiny…

Sadly not an infinite budget.

Scott Addict RC
Sram Etap 11
11-28 Duraace cassette
Rotor Aldhu 165mm direct mount 44T chainring
S-works shallow bend carbon handlebar
Extralite 120mm -12 stem
Reynolds attack clincher wheels
TPU inner tubes
Veloflex record 23mm clinchers
Elita one carbon seatpost
Selle Italia Carbon saddle

Look Madison Track
Alpina TT drilled forks
Duraace 7710 165mm cranks 45t chainring + stages
Sram s900 carbon tt lever
Deda dabar carbon bullhorn
American classic aero 420 clinchers
TPU tubes
GP attack clincher tyres
Speedplay ti spindles

I have a fixed carbon tubular wheelset that I can put on as needed if I enter any special event.

Need a weenie front brake for the Madison track, currently has a good but weighty Duraace 7800 brake on it.

Any bets on the weights?

Some impressively light bikes at the National Hill Climb Championship this year.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O_IdcYmuZWs

Some impressively ugly bikes at the National Hill Climb Championship this year.

Ftfy.

Seeing as this thread has popped up, would anyone be interested in slightly damaged/badly partially fixed AX Lightness Phoenix saddle? I wouldn't trust riding it for much more than a hill climb, but it weighs about as much as a fart

Ugly perhaps but this is the weight weenies thread - not the bike porn thread. Thought there was a specific hill climb bikes thread here but couldn't find it.

If my fart weighed 60g I'd be rather worried! But am interested in the saddle - how damaged are we talking?

How's that Scott coming along?

It exists!
Not ridden in anger at all this year.

I was using a 27.2 - 31.6 shim for the seatpost, but have a 31.6 light seatpost to still fit.

Cranks are Sram force with a 44t garbaruk direct mount chainring.

Anyone know where I can find a grommet to replace the ugly cable adapter one in the pic?

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https://youtu.be/ZvI4ZpD_7EA?si=GHGmItaw8wuoKI9c

A good meal and a couple of beers would weigh more than that bike. I would be happier riding the turd that inevitably resulted than risking my life on that machine.

Holding up a bike that's light for this century with one finger doesn't show it. You show it by holding the whole bike up level, by the stem.

Sram red 10 speed - the peak of cycling. Except the front mech

That sounds like a 2024 bike build challenge...

I'm off to get one of those forearm/ grip strength trainers...

I'm going to give it a go with a 5kg bike.

Di2 aside, that Yaw FD is pretty great when it's set up properly (which is admittedly something I have to look up every time)... That came out on the 2nd gen 10s, if I remember right.

Come to think of it, is there any difference between 10s Red v2 and 11s aside from chain, cogs/rings, and indexing bit in the rear shifter?

I'd call 5kg this century light; almost impossible before the noughties, right?

Hey, get a mate to take a photo when you do it

5kg is harder and more expensive with disc brakes now, but 2010-2015 era rim brake frames are weight weenie gold.
I'm aiming to have less frames and bikes around, so I'll put weight weenie bits on my S-Works SL6 rim brake.
Should be able to get that to 5kg, but wouldn't want to run tubulars regularly.

Surly don't need these thingies.

So now it only weighs 26kg!

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