On some parts it's hard to know how light it is possible to go without having problems. The wheels I bought for the Roadini have Velocity Race hubs, which are definitely thinner looking than the 105's on another bike. They must have smaller bearings as well as thinner metal at least in some places. I weigh 130 and don't carry a load, ride mostly on pavement, so I can most likely get away with it, but only experience will tell. I want wheels that don't need maintenance and will last a long time, Frame and seat post I'm pretty sure I could go lighter but light production frames are hard if not impossible to find and the Roadini has a seat post size that is hard to find in lighter models. Tires I had too many flats and had to take the Compass extralights off the back. Linda On Tuesday, March 23, 2021 at 9:49:28 AM UTC-7 philipr...@gmail.com wrote:
> @Jason - Agreed, I think there's weight-obsession BS & then there's > sensible reductions easily achieved. As above, if changing tires & a > seatpost can save you 5lbs I think that's an easy decision? Switching from > Deore to Dura-Ace to save 3ozs, not so much. > > On Tuesday, March 23, 2021 at 11:28:39 AM UTC-5 Jason Fuller wrote: > >> I am firmly of the opinion that "bike parts will weigh what they'll >> weigh" and that using weight as a metric for choosing what to buy is a bad >> idea - however! - I am also firmly of the opinion that unnecessary weight >> will be to the performance detriment of any bike part, especially frames. >> Frames should have the right "spring" for your weight and use, tires should >> have the most flexible casing you can get away with without too many flats, >> and even brake calipers should be whittled down so there is no excess >> inertia to them. >> >> With that in mind what I would absolutely love to see is a tubing spec of >> each frame cataloged somewhere. Without extensive experience it's not >> exactly a science to look at these specs and know ride quality, but IMO >> weight is just an indirect result of this, more useful, information :) > > -- 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 view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rbw-owners-bunch/2b2aceb8-849f-4c32-bb21-49d303510c8en%40googlegroups.com.
