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Yesterday I had the front wheels off two bicycles and on impulse I weighed them. One bike front wheel with 23mm tire and skewer, complete as installed on the bike weighed 2.9Kg and the second bike wheel, again complete as installed, weighed 2.8Kg. The bikes are both steel frame road bike, not racing bikes and the wheels are typical aluminum rims. Would this be a typical wheel weight? Heavy? Light? -- Cheers, John B. |
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On 3/4/2019 4:58 PM, John B. Slocomb wrote:
Yesterday I had the front wheels off two bicycles and on impulse I weighed them. One bike front wheel with 23mm tire and skewer, complete as installed on the bike weighed 2.9Kg and the second bike wheel, again complete as installed, weighed 2.8Kg. The bikes are both steel frame road bike, not racing bikes and the wheels are typical aluminum rims. Would this be a typical wheel weight? Heavy? Light? Sounds typical. Two road front wheels w/rubber & skewer shown on scale he http://www.yellowjersey.org/frontwheel.html SuperChampion Record w/300g tubular 2lb 7.5oz Velocity Aerohead w/Michelin Lithion 2lb 12 oz -- Andrew Muzi www.yellowjersey.org/ Open every day since 1 April, 1971 |
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On 3/4/2019 6:13 PM, AMuzi wrote:
On 3/4/2019 4:58 PM, John B. Slocomb wrote: Yesterday I had the front wheels off two bicycles and on impulse I weighed them. One bike front wheel with 23mm tire and skewer, complete as installed on the bike weighed 2.9Kg and the second bike wheel, again complete as installed, weighed 2.8Kg. The bikes are both steel frame road bike, not racing bikes and the wheels are typical aluminum rims. Really? 2.8 kg is over 6 pounds. Can that be right? Would this be a typical wheel weight? Heavy? Light? Sounds typical. Two road front wheels w/rubber & skewer shown on scale he http://www.yellowjersey.org/frontwheel.html SuperChampion Record w/300g tubular 2lb 7.5oz Velocity Aerohead w/Michelin Lithion 2lb 12 oz John was talking kilograms, not pounds. His 2.8 kg sounds awfully heavy. I just weighed my front wheel twice, using two different scales. The small spring scale said 1500 grams. The digital scale said 1540 grams. That's about 3.3 pounds. That's a Sun CR-18 rim, Pasela 28mm tire, 36 spokes, SunTour hub and skewer. It's a touring wheel. -- - Frank Krygowski |
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On 5/3/19 2:26 pm, Frank Krygowski wrote:
On 3/4/2019 6:13 PM, AMuzi wrote: On 3/4/2019 4:58 PM, John B. Slocomb wrote: Yesterday I had the front wheels off two bicycles and on impulse I weighed them. One bike front wheel with 23mm tire and skewer, complete as installed on the bike weighed 2.9Kg and the second bike wheel, again complete as installed, weighed 2.8Kg. The bikes are both steel frame road bike, not racing bikes and the wheels are typical aluminum rims. Really? 2.8 kg is over 6 pounds. Can that be right? Would this be a typical wheel weight? Heavy? Light? Sounds typical. Two road front wheels w/rubber & skewer shown on scale he http://www.yellowjersey.org/frontwheel.html SuperChampion Record w/300g tubular 2lb 7.5oz Velocity Aerohead w/Michelin Lithion 2lb 12 oz John was talking kilograms, not pounds. His 2.8 kg sounds awfully heavy. I just weighed my front wheel twice, using two different scales. The small spring scale said 1500 grams. The digital scale said 1540 grams. That's about 3.3 pounds. That's a Sun CR-18 rim, Pasela 28mm tire, 36 spokes, SunTour hub and skewer. It's a touring wheel. Agree. I think a front wheel for racing would weigh about 1 kg. At least I think mine is close to that. John, Here is a listing of front and rear wheel weights, typically without a tyre mounted. Add maybe 200g for a that, for a relatively light weight tyre. https://weightweenies.starbike.com/listings/components.php?type=roadwheels -- JS |
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On Mon, 4 Mar 2019 22:26:16 -0500, Frank Krygowski
wrote: On 3/4/2019 6:13 PM, AMuzi wrote: On 3/4/2019 4:58 PM, John B. Slocomb wrote: Yesterday I had the front wheels off two bicycles and on impulse I weighed them. One bike front wheel with 23mm tire and skewer, complete as installed on the bike weighed 2.9Kg and the second bike wheel, again complete as installed, weighed 2.8Kg. The bikes are both steel frame road bike, not racing bikes and the wheels are typical aluminum rims. Really? 2.8 kg is over 6 pounds. Can that be right? Damn this is embarrassing. After reading your post and thinking "Hey! he's right" I went out and weighed a spare wheel. This time I took two scales and compared them. The wheel with tire, skewer, etc. weighed 1.40kg with one scale and 1.41 with the other. When I weighed it the first time I wrote down 3.1kg. Since normally I can read numerals pretty well I now have to try and figure out how I went wrong :-( -- Cheers, John B. |
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On Tue, 5 Mar 2019 17:57:19 +1100, James
wrote: On 5/3/19 2:26 pm, Frank Krygowski wrote: On 3/4/2019 6:13 PM, AMuzi wrote: On 3/4/2019 4:58 PM, John B. Slocomb wrote: Yesterday I had the front wheels off two bicycles and on impulse I weighed them. One bike front wheel with 23mm tire and skewer, complete as installed on the bike weighed 2.9Kg and the second bike wheel, again complete as installed, weighed 2.8Kg. The bikes are both steel frame road bike, not racing bikes and the wheels are typical aluminum rims. Really? 2.8 kg is over 6 pounds. Can that be right? Would this be a typical wheel weight? Heavy? Light? Sounds typical. Two road front wheels w/rubber & skewer shown on scale he http://www.yellowjersey.org/frontwheel.html SuperChampion Record w/300g tubular 2lb 7.5oz Velocity Aerohead w/Michelin Lithion 2lb 12 oz John was talking kilograms, not pounds. His 2.8 kg sounds awfully heavy. I just weighed my front wheel twice, using two different scales. The small spring scale said 1500 grams. The digital scale said 1540 grams. That's about 3.3 pounds. That's a Sun CR-18 rim, Pasela 28mm tire, 36 spokes, SunTour hub and skewer. It's a touring wheel. Agree. I think a front wheel for racing would weigh about 1 kg. At least I think mine is close to that. John, Here is a listing of front and rear wheel weights, typically without a tyre mounted. Add maybe 200g for a that, for a relatively light weight tyre. https://weightweenies.starbike.com/listings/components.php?type=roadwheels Thanks but before I use the table I need to re-weigh the wheels as I found, after checking with two scales that for some reason I had written down 3.1kg and when I weighed it again it had, somehow, become 1.4kg. Embarrassing, to say the least and I think I had better take more care in counting my change from the super market :-( -- Cheers, John B. |
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On Tuesday, March 5, 2019 at 9:44:38 AM UTC+1, John B. Slocomb wrote:
On Mon, 4 Mar 2019 22:26:16 -0500, Frank Krygowski wrote: On 3/4/2019 6:13 PM, AMuzi wrote: On 3/4/2019 4:58 PM, John B. Slocomb wrote: Yesterday I had the front wheels off two bicycles and on impulse I weighed them. One bike front wheel with 23mm tire and skewer, complete as installed on the bike weighed 2.9Kg and the second bike wheel, again complete as installed, weighed 2.8Kg. The bikes are both steel frame road bike, not racing bikes and the wheels are typical aluminum rims. Really? 2.8 kg is over 6 pounds. Can that be right? Damn this is embarrassing. After reading your post and thinking "Hey! he's right" I went out and weighed a spare wheel. This time I took two scales and compared them. The wheel with tire, skewer, etc. weighed 1.40kg with one scale and 1.41 with the other. When I weighed it the first time I wrote down 3.1kg. Since normally I can read numerals pretty well I now have to try and figure out how I went wrong :-( -- Cheers, John B. Still heavy in my world: https://photos.app.goo.gl/cmbDXwWvMibfs1Pg7 Lou |
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On Tuesday, March 5, 2019 at 10:31:05 AM UTC+1, John B. Slocomb wrote:
On Tue, 5 Mar 2019 01:12:01 -0800 (PST), wrote: On Tuesday, March 5, 2019 at 9:44:38 AM UTC+1, John B. Slocomb wrote: On Mon, 4 Mar 2019 22:26:16 -0500, Frank Krygowski wrote: On 3/4/2019 6:13 PM, AMuzi wrote: On 3/4/2019 4:58 PM, John B. Slocomb wrote: Yesterday I had the front wheels off two bicycles and on impulse I weighed them. One bike front wheel with 23mm tire and skewer, complete as installed on the bike weighed 2.9Kg and the second bike wheel, again complete as installed, weighed 2.8Kg. The bikes are both steel frame road bike, not racing bikes and the wheels are typical aluminum rims. Really? 2.8 kg is over 6 pounds. Can that be right? Damn this is embarrassing. After reading your post and thinking "Hey! he's right" I went out and weighed a spare wheel. This time I took two scales and compared them. The wheel with tire, skewer, etc. weighed 1.40kg with one scale and 1.41 with the other. When I weighed it the first time I wrote down 3.1kg. Since normally I can read numerals pretty well I now have to try and figure out how I went wrong :-( -- Cheers, John B. Still heavy in my world: https://photos.app.goo.gl/cmbDXwWvMibfs1Pg7 Lou Your photo isn't too clear. I copied it and enlarged it and the scale reading seems to be 1045, 1.45 Kg? Is that with the tire, skewer and any other normal bits and pieces included or is that the bare wheel? -- Cheers, John B. It is 1045 grams. Kilo means 10^3 so it is 1.045 kilogram. See how easy our units are; just shift the decimal point ;-). I don't know what that is in mickey mouse units. All bits and pieces included and that is a 32 spoke wheel. I have to admit it is a light rim (425 grams IIRC), a light Tune hub and reasonable light tube and tire. Lou Lou Lou |
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On Tuesday, March 5, 2019 at 3:44:38 AM UTC-5, John B. Slocomb wrote:
On Mon, 4 Mar 2019 22:26:16 -0500, Frank Krygowski wrote: On 3/4/2019 6:13 PM, AMuzi wrote: On 3/4/2019 4:58 PM, John B. Slocomb wrote: Yesterday I had the front wheels off two bicycles and on impulse I weighed them. One bike front wheel with 23mm tire and skewer, complete as installed on the bike weighed 2.9Kg and the second bike wheel, again complete as installed, weighed 2.8Kg. The bikes are both steel frame road bike, not racing bikes and the wheels are typical aluminum rims. Really? 2.8 kg is over 6 pounds. Can that be right? Damn this is embarrassing. After reading your post and thinking "Hey! he's right" I went out and weighed a spare wheel. This time I took two scales and compared them. The wheel with tire, skewer, etc. weighed 1.40kg with one scale and 1.41 with the other. When I weighed it the first time I wrote down 3.1kg. Since normally I can read numerals pretty well I now have to try and figure out how I went wrong :-( ~1.4 Kg doesn't actually sound too far off for a non-racing wheel. |
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