haanjo/ultegra is $1400 today because of comp cyclist tdf sale:
Also probably because they just released a new one:
They had the base model Diamondback Mason 27.5+ on sale for $750 with the Suntour Raidon and I resisted. I showed my mtbros and they were like ‘Diamondback? Ewww.’ I made up a plan to buy a boost Fox 34 and upgrade frame later.
Now they put the next one up with a Reba for $999, and I’m seriously considering. This thing is a couple Monster stickers and a dropper away from being fucking siiick.
trek 920? or other similar bike.
Why is the 920 so heavy (12.5 kg)?
Still a lot of bike for the loot.
27.5 lbs is not very heavy for all that shit. Get a good wheelset on that thing and take the rear rack off.
pretty sure there ain’t a light part on that bike. the stock tires are wirebead even. dunno what the hylex weighs you gotta add the the barcon weight. 4/4 people I know who owned one loved
it without much modification tho.
27.5 lbs is totally respectable, and easily manageable with some basic (and probably essential) straight-outta-the-box upgrades.
what’s your elephant weigh josh?
Lots. I have never weighed it, but I didn’t deliberately put anything light on it.
Edit - Just weighed it with fenders, rack with no box, feedbag, etc - 27.53 lbs/12.460 kg. I could get it down a bit, with a lighter crankset and rear hub, and maybe lighter fenders. Otherwise, everything is basically as light as it gets (carbon seatpost, Ti-railed Flite saddle, 7000-series Deda bars, Record 11 shifters and carbon Centaur RD), without having Glenn build me one with Fred tubing, or buying stupid Ti hardware for my brake calipers and shit.
Searching for a single speed cross bike in tiny human size (42-48.)
Other people will probably have better ideas, but Islabikes makes 24", 26", and 622mm wheel size cross bikes. None are stock singlespeed, but check boxes otherwise. http://www.islabikes.com/luath-pro-series/ They’re nominally a kid bike brand, but these look as if they’re basically adult sized bikes.
I seem to recall Thorn from the UK having had some options for tiny cross frame + any drivetrain ever. You’re welcome to check out their catalog, I haven’t had enough coffee to wade through 500 pages of dense, chaotic dayglo font pdf (all 30mb of it!): Thorn touring bikes and tandems
My pal made a Bianchi Volpe (iirc model name) in the smallest size work very well, and she is a tiny human. Don’t recall what about the geo was right, but she trained real hard on that bike until it finally conflicted with sponsor.
get a cheap lightweight tiny hardtail mtb (you may already have one?)
strip some drivetrain to make it even lighter and cheaper, only fancy thing to focus on would be some supple 1.8-2.0" cross-country weenie racing tires
skinny tires on big wheels with narrow drop bars work against you tenfold on a tiny bike
that’s actually a pretty good idea. plenty of cheap carbon forks floating around out there on ebay too
actually, if you do wanna go that route let me know. we’ve had a tiny jamis dragon kicking around the shop for forever that’d be a good candidate for this
I have no specific advice for tinycrossbiek other than if you plan to race it, check to see if you can shoulder it.
[quote=JUGE FREDD]
get a cheap lightweight tiny hardtail mtb (you may already have one?)
strip some drivetrain to make it even lighter and cheaper, only fancy thing to focus on would be some supple 1.8-2.0" cross-country weenie racing tires[/quote]
These tires seem to made for tinymtbcxers:
$12.14 and 300 grams-ish
get a cheap lightweight tiny hardtail mtb (you may already have one?)
strip some drivetrain to make it even lighter and cheaper, only fancy thing to focus on would be some supple 1.8-2.0" cross-country weenie racing tires
skinny tires on big wheels with narrow drop bars work against you tenfold on a tiny bike[/quote]
this might be the best idea i’ve heard. I have a specialized hard rock that could maybe be converted. and would be fun as hell to race.
do it. 26erssmtbcx is boat loads of fun and does the job more or less as well as a normal cross bike.
we have this classic bmx dad who got into the local cross race scene somehow, and has for years running been riding his old school bmx racing bike in the beginner’s race. 26erssmtbcx brings basically all the stuff that you could imagine would be fun about riding a bmx on a cross course, but with none of the things that make it a completely untenable option.
really, it’s fun!
A level top tube as found on an old MTB could also be a good thing from a shouldering standpoint. I’m not trying to place too much emphasis on shouldering. It’s rare that you actually need do it when racing around here, but there are times when it’s the faster or less horrible option vs. pushing the bike.
I strongly endorse the run what you brung thing, or at the least doing a cheap build.