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Your weight vs. Your bike's weight

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#1 ·
Couldn't find this posted, so apologies if it's redundant.

This forum focuses on bike weight and every once in awhile someone talks about the losing a pound from the engine. I'm curious about the ratios of rider to bike weights on this forum.

Me- 180 lbs; 6' 1"
Bike- about 17.5
(yeah, we're pigs by some standards)

I don't think we need to qualify rider weight, but with the whole "do pedals count?" thing...
 
#253 ·
I can reach the top shelf without needing a step-stool..

just sayin
 
#154 ·
155lbs and my Look 566 w/

Sram Rival weighs 16.375lbs w/ 2 cf bottle cages + computer + pedals
Sram Red (will) weigh 15.74lbs w/ 2 cf bottle cages + computer + pedals

*Rival setup w/o pedals = 15.58lbs w/o cages + computer + pedals
*Red setup w/o pedals = 14.98lbs w/o cages + computer + pedals

**i dont know why people weigh their bikes w/o pedals.
 
#157 ·
skyliner1004 said:
What about the UCI limit? Its 14.99lbs w/o pedals, computer, cages?
6.8kg x2.2=14.96. Fortunately I'm not racing UCI, although I'd probably just add a power meter or something if I had to.

I honestly didn't try to get my bike that low, but I'm sure a 51cm frame had a little to do with that. I went for nice components, but I don't think anything on the bike is considered the lightest on the market. The reported weight of my frame is 1040, so I could have probably saved another 100g or so if I got Bianchi's lightest frame, Super Record (opposed to Record), maybe some Zipp 202 style wheels, etc. It's really not that hard to get this light nowadays.
 
#165 · (Edited)
Me: 75 kg / 184 cm (165 lb / 6ft 1/3 in), BMI 22.4.
Me corrected. I ride too much all of a sudden: 73 kg /184cm (161 lb / 6ft 1/3 in), MBI 21.6.

Bike: Hilly race ready (computer, 2 cages, pedals, no toolbag) 6.55 kg (14.4 lb). Training porker wheels and tools 8.3 kg (18.3 lb).
 
#166 ·
What parts are on that bike? 22.14 lbs seems high as 1800 gram wheels aren't even that bad.

Ventruck said:
Me: 135-140lb
Bike: 22.14lbs

Other than the ~1,800g wheels, I'd find it hard to lose weight on the bike (2006 TCR Composite 2). I do prioritize something that'd take a beating, but I also hoped it'd not be more than 20lbs.
 
#170 ·
jkuo said:
What parts are on that bike? 22.14 lbs seems high as 1800 gram wheels aren't even that bad.
Breakdown with listed weights I could find.

Frame: 2006 TCR Composite (~1100g per Weight Weenies)
Fork: Wolf CL (original fork was cracked; 460g per Cervelo forums)
Wheels: Mavic Aksium (front; 902g per Weight Weenies); Forte Apollo (Rear; 935g per Performance)
Tires: Serfas Seca RS (208g per Weight Weenies)
Stem: 3T ARX Team (134g per Weight Weenies)
Handlebars: Shimano Pro Vibe Sprint (295g per Shimano)
Shifters: Ultegra 6600 (~490g per Weight Weenies)
Crankset: Shimano R700 (864g w/BB per Weight Weenies)
Chain: Shimano 5600 (n/a, not that I could shave much there anyway)
Seatpost: Luis Garneau Aero (n/a, but it's no chunk of lead)
Saddle: Fi'zi:k Aliante OEM (271g per Weight Weenies)
Cassette: SRAM OG-1070 12-26 (240g per Weight Weenies)
FD: Shimano Ultegra 6600 (104g per Weight Weenies)
RD: Shimano 105-5600 (220g per Weight Weenies)
Brakes: Shimano 105-5600 (346g per Weight Weenies)
Pedals: Shimano R600 (304g per Weight Weenies)

With the given values, it adds up to 6873grams/15.15lbs. Note this is without the seatpost, chain, tubes and tape. I weighed my bike on the bathroom scale, and while it's no Park Tool, I'd think it couldn't be ~5-6lbs off.

A thread at BikeForums says the TCR C2, which my bike started from, out the door weighs 19.5lbs w/o pedals. Another review at Riverfront Cycle says after switching to a full 6600 group, the bike came to 20.02lbs. I'm pretty sure there's no water in the bike, and ultimately, it should be lighter from its stock form. Only weight gain I can see is the handlebars - and that's probably ~70g.

I can't see any reasonable measures in losing weight on the bike. Cockpit is set to my ergonomic liking, wheels were meant to take a beating. Changing anything else would cost more than I'd benefit.
 
#174 ·
Trecia and the rule of tenths

I remembered reading about a bicycle maker in the 1980's who did everything with titanium. Well, I looked in my files and I happened to have saved the article. It's from Bicycle Guide Magazine, May 1988, about Amelio Riva, maker of the Trecia bicycle.

Quote: "My feeling is that a bicycle should weigh one-tenth of your body weight" ... "I cheat a little, though. My bike should weigh 6.2kg, because I weigh 62. But it really weighs only five kilos"



Hard to see in this photo, but almost everything on the bike was custom built out of titanium and drillium.



Myself, I'm 175lbs and my bike (Cannondale Super Six 105) is 17.5lbs, so I'm right on the money.
 
#175 ·
Cool pictures.

That's a tough criteria to meet. I am 5'8" and weigh 141 lbs. Under his criteria, my bike should weigh in about 14 lbs! :eek: Currently, I'm at 15.3 lbs with pedals and water cages. I guess it's time to get those Zipp 202s for climbing. Either that, or just gain 10 lbs :D
 
#176 ·
Cni2i said:
Cool pictures.

That's a tough criteria to meet. I am 5'8" and weigh 141 lbs. Under his criteria, my bike should weigh in about 14 lbs! :eek: Currently, I'm at 15.3 lbs with pedals and water cages. I guess it's time to get those Zipp 202s for climbing. Either that, or just gain 10 lbs :D
I have a feeling by race day, I'd need a sub-12lb bike to officially meet criteria.
 
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