|   Anyone compare the given weight of bike vs real weight? | snappy033
Jan 19, 2002 9:24 AM | | Im just curious if anyone has added up all the given weights for their bike's components and compared them to the actual bike weight. Thanks. |
| them fargin bastages! you mean they LIE about weights ?....... | IAmtnbikr
Jan 19, 2002 9:34 AM | | yes, most everyone here probably has figured out that FEW companies are honest with advertised weights. |
| my guess is that the lube, teflon tape, and grease are...... | IAmtnbikr
Jan 19, 2002 9:37 AM | | where the extra couple of pounds must come from, HA HA HA! |
| Here is the pic of Nino's bike on a hanging digital scale... | AZ X-Racer
Jan 19, 2002 9:45 AM | | As you can see. It actually says that it is about half a pound less than his claimed weight of 18.686lbs after adding up the components. This has been consistent with my experiences so far using real, calibrated digital standing scales like the MyWeigh 6001T that many of us use. I've already told the story of taking my old Jamis FS bike to 3 different shops and consitently getting lower weights than the bike actually came out to. Two of the 3 hanging shop scales were digital and they were all between 1/2 to 1 pound off!
Make your own judgement.
Nino, if you read this and you can tell us if the parts spec had been changed at all prior to the hanging scale picture, please let us know. Thanks! |
| What type of saddle is on Nino's bike in the pic?(nm) | tankhead10
Jan 19, 2002 12:02 PM | | |
| Looks like a Tune Speedneedle. (nm) | wfl3
Jan 19, 2002 12:32 PM | | |
| How many grams? Kevlar on the sides>where do I buy one?nm | tankhead10
Jan 19, 2002 4:01 PM | | |
| German made; 120 gs (well padded) and 100 gs (lightly padded) | Hoerni
Jan 21, 2002 5:06 AM | | |
| Ha,ha,ha! Unless, of course, this was ounces not tenths...! | AZ X-Racer
Jan 19, 2002 4:15 PM | | Then it would be around 2 tenths of a pound off. Actually fairly close... Jeez, I must not be getting enough sleep... |
| Have you actually weighed your NRS yet? | Fett
Jan 20, 2002 7:10 AM | | I know your calculated weight, but am curious about the "real world" weight. I will probably just get mad because your NRS is so much lighter than mine. I finally got rid of my XT rear derailleur last night and put an XTR on it. I stand an outside chance of getting in the 22s if the Shook BB pans out and I decide that I want to risk scrotum damage by replacing my Flite with an SLR. |
| The only scale I've been able to get it on read about 22.75lbs.. | AZ X-Racer
Jan 20, 2002 7:33 AM | | That was a non-digital scale at a shop on the north side of town. I'm trying to find a shop that still has a "working" digital hanging scale. They tend not to last as long as the non-hanging type for whatever reason. That was before changing my grips by the way. I also have a "special" Extralite seatpost clamp on the way and a couple of other things I can't talk about until they've been tested. They probably aren't what you think though...
When I find one that is "working," I'm probably going to take a 10 pound weight with me that I've verified the actual weight of on my own scale, then weigh thtat at the shop to get some sort of veracity out of the project. That should help give an idea of how accurate any hanging scale actually is before weighing my bike. |
| The only scale I've been able to get it on read about 22.75lbs.. | Patchito
Jan 20, 2002 9:17 AM | | Az, you cryptically refer to some parts that you're currently testing that you can't yet talk about. Would one of these include, by any chance, the inferno cassette you were waiting on. I'm curious to know how those cassettes shift and how long they last. |
| Actually, I haven't decided if it's worth shelling out the $120 | AZ X-Racer
Jan 20, 2002 10:56 AM | | to "test" the Inferno yet. If I'm going to a 3x9 ISIS system (which it looks like I'll be doing to sort out my chainline issue without using spacers or getting a heavier BB), it would make more economical sense to go with a cassette like Nino's custom 11-27t Dura-Ace--especially with a weight savings of only about 25g over a Dura-Ace. It will almost definitely last longer and the parts are readily available and easily replaced if anything goes wrong.
I will stop the "cryptic remarks" and just post the parts and the test results when I am allowed to. If they were parts already on the market and available to the general public, I would never keep you guys in suspense like that. |
| Actually, I haven't decided if it's worth shelling out the $120 | Patchito
Jan 21, 2002 9:12 AM | | Yeah, that makes sense. I'm not sure though that a 27t low gear will be enough for my anticipated 29x44 chainring setup. We'll see. Right now I run an 11-28 cassette on a compact 3x8 and manage to clear most steep stuff in the middle ring, so perhaps I could I could swing it. It'd be nice to have a bail out gear though. |
| I don't trust hanging scales..... | cyclejim
Jan 20, 2002 9:46 AM | | I have one that I believe is fairly accurate... however depending on where I hang the bike from I get different weight readings. So the question is, which one can be trusted????? The difference can be as much as .5-.7 lbs! With that in mind I just don't think they can be trusted as a truly accurate method of a bikes weight. |
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