I'm guessing it's not so much a conspiracy as it is the fact that a lot of rivendell owners are the type of riders who just don't think or care as much about weight as some other bikers do. At least I'm that way: I dont buy cheap frames or put unnecessarily heavy or fragile components on them, so the bike weighs what it weighs. Sometimes I get curious, but not enough to buy or borrow a scale, or to go to the trouble of removing things like leather saddles and bags and racks fenders - which would be necessary to level the baseline to most cited bike weights, but which would make the measurement meaningless and the bike useless.
On Friday, November 19, 2021 at 10:34:47 AM UTC-7 aeroperf wrote: > While we’re going "arghhhh!"... > A number of threads have asked, and one of the questions could be answered > just by hanging a bike on the scale at your LBS. > > I was hoping Leah would weigh Peppermint Platy before and after her build, > but I guess that’s OBE. > How about somebody go weigh their Clem, and somebody go weigh their > Gus/Susie, and somebody go weigh their Platypus - and report back? > > Whether bike weight actually makes a difference or not, there seems to be > a conspiracy about not reporting Rivendell bike weights. > We’ve had people talk about getting them up a flight of stairs, or hanging > them on a rack, but nobody actually puts out a number. > > I’ll start. Here’s mine: > 2015 Sam, size 55, as supplied by Rivendell: > Bar end shifters, Suguino XD2 triple crank, FD-3030 front, Atlas 700c > wheels, Conti SpeedRide tubed tires, Shimano RD-M591 rear, Shimano R550 > levers, Tektro R-559 brakes, cork grips. > Add a Serfas RX-921V saddle, Blackspire pedals, Zefal fenders, and a bell. > 29 pounds, 3 oz > > Add a Blackburn EX-1 rack and BCC 12.12 computer and my typical riding > weight comes in a just a smidge under 30.5 pounds. > > A Homer, size 51, set up exactly the same way except Deore FC-M590 crank > and FD-M610 derailleur came in at 29 pounds 14 oz. Smaller bike, thinner > tubing, lighter crank. > > It’s not a Susie or a Clem or a Platy, but it is a data point. Next time > at your LBS, take one minute and have them weigh your bike. > > -- 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/497db48c-334f-48ec-9ac9-0f1fd6bc16ecn%40googlegroups.com.
