My *speculative* thoughts on reducing weight on a bike but still keeping good functionality:
1. Luggage - use luggage that requires no rack. Try light bags: Sackville banana sax and sackville bartube, Brooks Milford, etc. 2. Lighter wheelsets. Aerohead by Velocity I think is their lightest rim that is Rivish ( and will fit wide tires). One of the Mavic Open Pro models is like 405 g rim. Shimano 105 hubs may be lighter than typical Rivbuild Deore? Guessing? 3. Remove fenders (they act as hood scoops and sails to catch air and slow you down. I don't care what Bicycle Quarterly says. 4. Don't use a Rando box shaped front bag - flatness of the front of the bag pushes air, slowing you down, I don't care what Bicycle Quarterly says. Plus Berthoud bags are heavy, even empty, even without the stiffners. My GB25 is a little over 600 grams empty/no stiffner. Sackville bartube is a little over 100g. Of course, the GB25 is more functional than a bartube, but with the also lightweight banana sax...or 400+g Milford you are still at less weight than a GB25 bag. 5. Carbon *non-structural* stuff all over bike: bottle cages, derailers, bike pump, etc. 6. Go to DT shifting to save weight on cables/housings and give bike cleaner look. 7. Losing body fat - changing your power to weight ratio should help make it easier pedalling on down the road. 8. Any component replaced has to be lighter than the previous one. 9. Use lightweight tires like Grand Bois tires. 10. Remove any bike computers and fittings and use a cycling phone app instead if you carry a cell phone anyway when you ride. I think it is a balancing act. Keeping the bike light but with the functionality you want. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
