My deraileur bicycle weighs 45 pounds with Schwalbe 700x47's, Carradice Nelson Longflap, full water bottle, metal fenders, sprung leather saddle, tools and tire stuff, extra glasses, gloves, rain jacket, hub dynamo, rack, front and rear lights plus wiring, cable bike lock etc. etc. Its a comfy ride and when I get to hills I gear down and spin up.....no biggie. I have MTB gearing 44x32x22 and 12-32 seven speed so I get about a 18" low to a 100" high. I don't often think how much my bike weighs and really didn't know until just now when I weighed it. I'm still 70 pounds overweight though so.........
On Mar 2, 8:13 pm, "Bill M." <bmenn...@comcast.net> wrote: > With my commuting bike can run up to 42 pounds including front rack > and rack top bag, Carradice Nelson Longflap in back, home-made > headlights with a big battery pack, leather saddle, tools, tubes, > pump, fenders, 700 x 35 flat-resistant tires, bottles and cages, and a > change of clothing on board. It feels *heavy*, but everything on it > is there for a reason. > > One exhibitor at NAHBS today had a carbon racing frame that weighs out > at exactly 700 grams. Less than a Schwalbe Big Apple tire! It's > astonishing how little a carbon frame tube weighs. > > I'm not totally weight obsessed, but I do pay some attention to weight > in most of my bike builds, and don't tend to carry around more than I > need to. > > Bill > > On Mar 1, 11:15 pm, Ryan Ray <ryanr...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > > > > > > I have a 64cm road bike and I just made the mistake of weighing it. 35 lbs. > > THIRTY. FIVE. > > > It seems astronomical but is it? It's not like I have a dutch city bike > > (well it IS Dutch but a touring bike). Is 35lbs excessive? I kept my pump, > > an acorn bag, patch equipment and tools and fenders all on it. > > > It's the same bike Iv'e posted before... > > >http://www.flickr.com/photos/ryanrray/6747584237/in/photostream -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en.
