They are making new flights again
itâs an FS mtb right? weight no longer matters on those
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Yeah, FS bikes are all about sitting and spinning up climbs. Donât let a few ounces get betwixt your Calvins and the right saddle. Or do, rather.
i mean the amount you need to spend to get a 120 bike below 30lbs even if carbon is ludicrous. and holy shit a 34 lb bike rides so goddamned well if the suspension more or less geared towards your kind of riding
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Iâm pretty sure my XL 120mm bike is like 28 lbs and it doesnât really have exotic components. Alu wheels, heavy tires with inserts, mostly SLX drivetrain. Carbon frame helps a lot in MTB land.
Honestly I went to a carbon frame on my bigger bike after building this one because it actually does suck to lug 34-35 lbs up a hill. Great exercise though!
I agree though that what your saddle weighs isnât really a big deal. Iâd be more concerned about the lack of padding on that thing for when your bike starts moving to and fro between your legs, attacking your thighs. Long nose is probably not ideal either.
What you are describing is what happens with the flite that is on the bike now and the cambium that is on the ATB. Iâll probably look at a WTB or the like.
My past 3 mtbs with carbon frames, carbon handlebar, and carbon wheels have all been over 30 lbs.
Theyâre all more travel though which adds some weight. I think itâs very difficult to get a trail bike under 30 lbs.
I renember watching some video a while back where a guy weighed a bunch of the pros bikes at an EWS and while theyâre not timed up so weight doesnât matter, was still shocked to find them all riding 35+ lb bikes. Their bikes were all heavy af.
I assume theyâre all running like 1200g tires and inserts, some coils, etc. But yeah⌠my XC frame doesnât even have a pivot at the chainstay/seatstay junction. Stepcast fork helps too. But the build is pretty standard!
Itâs deffo not the weight of my bike that is making me slow!
For an aluminum bike with Deore my Ripmo doesnât feel nearly as heavy as I had anticipated. I have been avoiding weighing it.
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i found a great way to make your bike feel light as a feather
do a bike packing trip with it loaded up with 20-25lbs of weight on it, then take that off. boom, lightweight xc bike. nimble and fast.
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Those Ibis bikes are magic
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My bikes have generally been âquirkyâ or âinterestingâ and I am enjoying having an actual nice bike.
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My Jeffsy has a waterbottle mount under the top tube for a spare tube/tool carrier thing, but Iâd rather use it for a little pouch for keys/wallet/tiny tool. I guess I could get a Wolf Tooth BRad thing but is there anything else worth checking out?
ok so itâs been a bit since i paid attention, and when i did, 120 was still âtrailâ. but a 5 bong stumpy is still over 30 lbs stock and i guess a $5k epic is like 29 lbs
i stand corrected, though i still insist that weight barely matters if you have decent suspension and arenât in danger of winning any races.
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my personal philosophy is that the lighter you weigh, the more weight matters.
i ride with plenty of small women and a 35+ lb bike can be pretty unwieldy for them as it gets difficult to load onto a rack, lift over an obstacle, push up the trail, etc. and if youâre small, you put out less watts, so itâs more of a burden pedaling it uphill.
while iâm not small, i couldnt put most alloy full suspensions on a roof rack, but my 30lb bike is just light enough that i can manage it.
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i appreciate that perspective. i am a fairly normal sized bordering on overweight man who barely rides anymore and when i did ride my mtb a lot i lived right near the trails. didnât take all that into account and i appreciate you making sure it is a perspective that is heard
edit: also i have a hitch rack and have never owned a roof rack so that thought never occurred to me
Mountain bikes are hard to get on roof racks. I didnât even think about that possibility when committing to the roof system.
So now Iâm building a sub 20lb rigid mtb
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Good luck with that
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