My old Litespeed sits around 18.5 lbs. My Cervelo sits just a tick over 13 lbs. I like a little weight. Sometimes the Cervelo is too light. :?:
Ok.... I might lighten it where I can, I'm no weight weenie!! but areas I can lighten it up w/o worrying about strength, I will.... looking into a lighter stem and seatpost....
I have a GT GTR Carbon Pro Rival at 17.8 lbs, dunno current weight right now since I changed the handlebar and stem to carbon.
I was watching a show a week ago and they were interviewing Lance. He mentioned that in '99 they were riding 20lb bikes and that was a "wow." My road bike is 15.2lbs. Amazing how light they've become for the average joe.
I have a mostly stock 08 Specialized Allez Double (Upgraded brakes, crank, saddle, and wheels only) and it weights 19lbs exact... which i thought was heavy... Just as an FYI, 14.96lbs is the minimal bike weight for UCI road events (ie, TdF)... so we're 4lbs heavier than what the pro's ride in races... #-o
Seems Alu framed bikes will never get to the 14-16lb range. Carbon is probably the reason bikes have hit the 14lb level And Ti bolts/parts
Well a funny thing happened. Road bikes were fairly steadily getting lighter for a long time, until Mountain Biking exploded in the late 80's, & the aerospace cutbacks freed up a whole horde of industrial designers and machinists who quickly found a niche in making lightweight widgets for MTBers. Road bike sales were essentially dead, and there wasn't as much reason to innovate there. By the early-mid 90's, we had MTB's down to 19-20 lbs, or as low as 17-18 lbs if you went nuts. Meanwhile, road bikes were still sitting at 19-21lbs. And then people started to get hurt. Cause at some point, you can only drill so many holes in billet aluminum. Hence the term "stupid-light". Anyway, that started to happen around the same time that people finally started realizing "hey, this mountain biking thing, it's kinda hard", and for most folks, getting out to trails isn't that convenient either. Then Shimano Killed the aftermarket industry with an ugly but very functional m950 XTR gruppo. Focus shifted from weight to making bikes sturdy just enough to avoid lawsuits again, and the big strides in innovation shifted to suspension. We decided we could live with a little weight after all. And then there was Lance. MTB sales wound up in the tank, and attention shifted back to road bikes. Which have been experiencing their own stupid-light era. Thankfully, materials have come a long way, making for more capable parts, but, regardless, people are building components and frames with the same rabid fervor to score that fleeting but profitable tag "lightest", as if they learned nothing from MTBing going through this 15 years earlier. Still, road bikes should weigh considerably less than MTB's, just based on the demands of an ideal ride, but then, marginally less based on the consequences of a failure... At any rate, road bikes will find their equilibrium eventually, where the amount of sales balances with the amount of liability risk and lawsuits in an acceptable proportion. And that's the short version.
My Allez was around 19 and my Roubaix is 15. I wouldnt worry about the weight you have it at just ride it
Oh I know Jordan.... I just was curious since I have a boat anchor as a seat post and Im running steel pedal extensions
My road bike weighs in at 19 pounds. I personally like the weight. I've rode a number of bikes that were less and I don't care for the feel. Think about it....will 4 pounds make you any faster? Will 4 pounds give you more endurance? Not really, it might help a little but eventually you'll be just as fast on a 19 pound bike as a 15.My suggestion, ride what you got and stay away from Up-grade-atitus.
I know... I just see these 13+ lb bikes and wondered with my build if it is close to the bikes the rest of us ride weight wise.... Until I reach my sub 200lb goal, Im sticking to an Aluminum frame anyways... I've taken my old Centurion from a dead stop to 35mph on the santa ana riverbed....
Im 200lbs and I ride a full carbon 15lb bike and its fine. I also feel like the 4lbs I lost from the last bike made a world of difference. However, I attribute most of that difference going from alum to carbon.
For an Al frame - about right. The Trek Al I had for a few years was right around that weight. My replacement carbon Speccy is at 17.5 and it feels too light on some decents. I don't miss the road buzz though.
Yeah I pretty much realized if I want anything lighter, a carbon frame is required... but I will worry about that when I win the lottery and finish losing weight
