Article on bike weight

[dtmeister]

http://www.torelli.com/tech/weight.shtml

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[Michael Warner]

On 22 Mar 2006 06:54:50 GMT, dtmeister wrote:

> http://www.torelli.com/tech/weight.shtml

> Everyone talks about bicycle weight. It consumes our discussions.
> Magazine reviews make it clear that if the very lightest parts are not chosen,
> if it is not as light as possible, the bicycle being examined is suspect.

Well, that's bull****, for starters. Every review I've seen considers
weight as just one of the factors that indicate whether the price is
fair for a bike's target market. It's the sort of paranoid twaddle that
only steel lovers would write.

> But, most weight conscious people aren't bringing their bikes down to 15
> pounds because down at that weight, the handling gets very sketchy.

It does? When climbing at 20 km/h? :-)

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[Random Data]

On Wed, 22 Mar 2006 06:54:50 +0000, dtmeister wrote:

> http://www.torelli.com/tech/weight.shtml

Bah, whinging from some poor bugger who can't afford a light bike :-)

My race bike is about 13kg ATM. My play bike is 17kg. I'm not looking to
lose any weight, because it'll be at the expense of durability, and I'm
hard on bikes.

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[Zebee Johnstone]

In aus.bicycle on Wed, 22 Mar 2006 21:43:37 +1100
Random Data > wrote:
> On Wed, 22 Mar 2006 06:54:50 +0000, dtmeister wrote:
>
>> http://www.torelli.com/tech/weight.shtml
>
> Bah, whinging from some poor bugger who can't afford a light bike :-)
>
> My race bike is about 13kg ATM. My play bike is 17kg. I'm not looking to
> lose any weight, because it'll be at the expense of durability, and I'm
> hard on bikes.

Wow, the bent's not as heavy as I thought it was then! Quoted weight
is 30lb without rack or lights, which is 13kg.

Damn, there goes another excuse.


Zebee

[Random Data]

On Wed, 22 Mar 2006 19:25:54 +0000, Zebee Johnstone wrote:

> Wow, the bent's not as heavy as I thought it was then! Quoted weight is
> 30lb without rack or lights, which is 13kg.

Those weights were for mountain bikes, so they're supposed to be somewhat
stronger. 13kg isn't that bad though.

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[Euan]

Michael Warner wrote:
> It does? When climbing at 20 km/h? :-)


Yeah, but then you've got to go downhill ;-)
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[Travis]

Euan wrote:
> Michael Warner wrote:
> > It does? When climbing at 20 km/h? :-)
>
>
> Yeah, but then you've got to go downhill ;-)

Not if you're climbing one of those Escher hills....

Travis

[Tamyka Bell]

Travis wrote:
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> Euan wrote:
> > Michael Warner wrote:
> > > It does? When climbing at 20 km/h? :-)
> >
> >
> > Yeah, but then you've got to go downhill ;-)
>
> Not if you're climbing one of those Escher hills....

Eeek, my worst nightmare! Although if you do it in reverse, does that
mean you never stop going downhill? Cool...

Tam