weight of ur bikes

[ferg]

hey just wondering wat everyones dh bikes weighs. also in kg please

also wat are good ways to get the weight lower

[Wattsy]

21.5 Kgs, balfa BB7 with 888 . i need to put it on a diet cauz its to friggin heavy

[Jordy]

Turner DHR with Sherman slider +'s
19 kgs, with tubeless and Ti spring it would be a fair bit lighter tho

[junior]

19kg my ironhorse sunday team, should come down abit more with my new wheels and other various upgrades.

[Ayden Eves]

hey, ive got the new v10 with wc boxxers it weighs in at 18.5kg, with tubeless happy to be of any help :)

[Daver]

I *think* my Peeler will be maybe a kilo lighter with the new wheels, so maybe 20 kilos by the time it gets to the start line.

[mike&nat]

my 222 is 18kgs wat i think is heavy for a 222

[DWNHLR01]

My Patriot weighs about 16kg...only a 14in" Frame

[Inoue]

17.5kg aprox.
Sunday World cup with 05 dorado's, tubeless and variouse other modifications.

[W2ttsy]

d8 rolls in at 20.0 kgs. but that was without full pressure in the tyres, so maybe 20.5...

could do with some weight loss.

not having a gigapipe BB, lighter cranks, tubeless, not having a 6 foot long seat tube and cut the steerer down.

at the moment weight weeny tactics are not going to help me much. ill just peddle a little harder and rape the shit out of the bike and track.

W2ttsy

[DWNHLR01]

A little off topic, but still on the whole weight thing...How many of you guys run one spring in your boxxers? I run one hard spring instead of two soft springs, cuts down on a bit of weight and there is no difference in handling.

[2sxy4u]

yer my bro runs one spring in his 02 boxxers on his d8 and i know lots of ppl that do

[Tomas]

20.4kgs. Not to bad. Its a banshee tho. Light parts, but a banshee.

[udi]

OMG111 DO A SEARCH

I made a few threads on the topic myself and got some good replies. I might search myself and post them here later if I can be stuffed.

[LordNikon]

My Cannondale weighs in at 16 kgs.

No weight saving mods yet, I don't see the need.

[toodles]

Turner DHR. Right on 19kg (41.8lb) at the moment. Aiming for sub-40 which should be doable with a few mods (Ti spring, lighter wheels, etc)

Interestingly (for me anyway), I've been in contact with some other DHR owners in the US who have built DHRs to about 38lbs. However, when comparing part lists they've saved weight in different areas to me so with careful part selection I think a 36-37lb DHR is quite possible without sacrificing durability or strength too much.

[W2ttsy]

A little off topic, but still on the whole weightthing...How many of you guys run one spring in your boxxers? I run onehard spring instead of two soft springs, cuts down on a bit of weightand there is no difference in handling.

well IIRC, when you stick a mojo kit in a boxxer, it removes the needfor a spring and oil in one side. plus you get all the joy of fox-esqueinternals too.

W2ttsy

[Cave Dweller]

Turner DHR. Right on 19kg (41.8lb) at the moment. Aiming for sub-40 which should be doable with a few mods (Ti spring, lighter wheels, etc)

Interestingly (for me anyway), I've been in contact with some other DHR owners in the US who have built DHRs to about 38lbs. However, when comparing part lists they've saved weight in different areas to me so with careful part selection I think a 36-37lb DHR is quite possible without sacrificing durability or strength too much.

Hahah... Your not going to get the 36 if you put a 888 on there.

Got to weigh mine soon. I reckon around the 46lb mark for mine, but i couldn't really care. As long as nothing breaks and i don't have to constantly keep buying new parts then i am happy.

-Matt

[ajay]

norco team dh - 20kg with 888's, ill save some weight by using standard tubes (not dh tubes), put on a 105 derailuer and cassette...

but, yeah, as long as it holds up im happy - you can save a bit of weight here and there, but you may as well just take a shit before the race.

I think if your frame is heavy to start with then you shouldnt cut the weight out everywhere else, it'll most likely make it weaker and weight mods cost ALOT - TI springs = $$$$$

if you ride a 223 the weight will be pretty low with a average build anyway, so if you are weight weeny, just buy a weight weeny bike to start with ;)

[toodles]

Hahah... Your not going to get the 36 if you put a 888 on there.

Yeah... the mojo Boxxer comes in at 2860 (complete w/oil, crowns and steerer - take that Marzocchi!) so changing to any other fork is going to add weight. One thing about the new breed of larger bore shocks (Romic, Avalanche, Curnett, etc) is the huge weight of the spring. Changing to Ti is over a pound saved on the Romic and even more on a Curnett.

[S.]

46.5lbs for my SGS Team, stock.

[Sutek]

hey just wondering wat everyones dh bikes weighs. also in kg please
also wat are good ways to get the weight lower

Good on S.

I just had to mate.... ;)

[demo man]

my monster Demo 9 pro with 888 and a e.13 weight somewhere around 22kgs. such a heavy bastard! but it's a damn Demo 9 so it doesn't matter!

[dhd]

Medium Turner DHR
18.5 kgs
with Ti spring and Mojo kit.
The rest is errring on the sid eof unbreakable.

[Beena]

I have 2 bikes with a combined weight of 17.2kg's (10.2 and 7). Unfortunately neither of them are DH bikes....

[luckyphil]

d8 rolls in at 20.0 kgs. but that was without full pressure in the tyres, so maybe 20.5...


i REALLY hope your joking...

[W2ttsy]

i REALLY hope your joking...

why should i be joking?

thats the weight that was generated when i stuck it on the scales at the airport.

im gussing that the weight of the tyres with air might be 500grams inflated. i dunno. never weighed a full tyre...

and that was pre box weight. i wanted to know how heavy my bike was and that was before i broke it down. so pedals, seat, frame, fork, deflated wheels... i just rolled it onto the big scale and it came up 20.0kgs.

W2ttsy

[Kona.S.P]

My Kona Stab Primo weighs 19.4 kg's

[928stu]

My D8 with Shivers is 21.5Kgs - a bit on the heavy side.
Son's Stinky Jr - 15.5Kgs - more than half his weight ;)

[Mugger]

Norco Rampage - Apx. 18kg's

Has Alex DX32 Rims, Michelin Tyres front and rear, Normaly black Bashguard, DMR Chainguide, Da Bomb Stem, Ritchy Handlebars and some other crap that probably dosn't make a difference.

[luckyphil]

why should i be joking?

thats the weight that was generated when i stuck it on the scales at the airport.

im gussing that the weight of the tyres with air might be 500grams inflated. i dunno. never weighed a full tyre...

and that was pre box weight. i wanted to know how heavy my bike was and that was before i broke it down. so pedals, seat, frame, fork, deflated wheels... i just rolled it onto the big scale and it came up 20.0kgs.

W2ttsy

if your bike weighs in at 20 kegges, dont u think your turning into a bit of a weight weenie by even CONSIDERING how much AIR weighs? listen to yourself man?
what are yo ugonna do? fill them with helium? who cares?

[scottmeister]

DaBomb Molotov, comes in @ 18.4kg. Ouch.

[W2ttsy]

if your bike weighs in at 20 kegges, dont u think your turning into a bit of a weight weenie by even CONSIDERING how much AIR weighs? listen to yourself man?
what are yo ugonna do? fill them with helium? who cares?


i was just joking. i thought the "dunno, never weighed a full tyre" sort of showed that. probably better to have used the :p or ;) emots.

W2ttsy

[No Skid Marks]

BB7 19kg/41.8lbs. I will get it lower when I get rid of the goofy heavy rear wheel and whack something light in there. Also havn't gone tubless yet. Whats lighter, Mavic DH tubless set up, Stans, or Getto BMX tube deal? Do any 888 owners want to get some Titanium springs, I'm gonna look into it. I must brake 40lbs. I've not sacraficed on strength as yet.

[smooth]

My 02 big hit with 888 comes in at just under 25 kgs but i think bout 3 of them could be lost if i changed my wheelset,but big and beefey (usually)dosnt pinch

[Oddjob]

My D8 weighs approximately 23 kgs, maybe more.

DNM USDs, cro-mo cranks and a cro-mo frame does not, a light bike, make.

[Duff_Man]

My Bike is a bit of a bitch, 2005 Stinky Supreme with tubeless and it still comes it at around 21.5kg. It also has a few other changes to make it lighter but it just dosnt wana lose weight, bit like me i guess, a fat mofo.

[Cave Dweller]

BB7 19kg/41.8lbs. I will get it lower when I get rid of the goofy heavy rear wheel and whack something light in there. Also havn't gone tubless yet. Whats lighter, Mavic DH tubless set up, Stans, or Getto BMX tube deal? Do any 888 owners want to get some Titanium springs, I'm gonna look into it. I must brake 40lbs. I've not sacraficed on strength as yet.

A proper mavic tubless setup will work best. mavic UST rim with UST tires eliminates the need to run stans at all. Problem is the mavic UST rims are crap and fold really easy.

Stans is the next best, with a proper rim strip.

Getto is a pain to setup, the folded over BMX tube needs alot of pressure to seat propeperly, you need an air compressor to get it to work and it will be spraying white shit every where until it seals.

Also, putting in 300ml of stans or liquid latex or whatever doesn't save alot of weight. What it does do is make the tire ride and grip a little better, at the expense of being a real pain to setup and change tires. Stans or the latex only lasts a few months before it dries up and needs to be done again.

I would run DH tires and XC tubes if you want to save weight. I have gone through the whole tubless thing and won't run it again until mavic fix up the rim problems and UST tires are cheap and reliable so i don't have to mess around with a stans setup. My 2 cents

-Matt

[No Skid Marks]

Yeah I run XC tubes in the front and a semi DH tube in the rear. How light are D-Max wheels compared to say a 521 Mavic with a Hadley for example?

[Cave Dweller]

Yeah I run XC tubes in the front and a semi DH tube in the rear. How light are D-Max wheels compared to say a 521 Mavic with a Hadley for example?

Rim for rim they are almost the same weight. The thing with mavic tubless rims, like the deemax and EX823, is they weigh the rims without the screw-in eyelets. With the eyelets in a mavic 521 (ex721) is slightly lighter. Mavic 521's are alot stronger then deemax or 823 rims. I would bet money that a hadley would be lighter then the mavic hub as well. On top of that mavic hubs do not engage as fast (like 16 engaement points) and the cones always come loose (or so i have read on ridemonkey).

If i were given the choice of a 521/ Hadley combo or mavic DeeMax i would take the hadley combo. Easy to get rims, spokes and hub parts. If you then want tubless get the stans setup but just be prepared for a bit of stuffing around when you want to change tires. If you don't mind that it's fine.

-Matt

[udi]

Mountain cycle shockwave, 888, D321's, all the strong stuff...
19kg (maybe a few dot points more, i'll recheck when ive got my bike back together.. the frame/shock is 9.7lbs so thats light even though my parts arent)

Skiddy - i'm half interested in that, but the deciding questions, how much weight would the Ti springs save, and how much would they cost? i'm sure more guys would be interested too.

[Samos]

My GT dhi weighs in at 18kg's with boxxers and other small changes to stock. I am running Dh tubes and maxxis 2.5's on it aswell. It is 2kg's lighter than my mates M3! Not that it makes a difference though.

[BJ-]

my huge ass DEMO9 with 888s and fairly light DH build weighs about 21.kgs...

only fat girl ive ever ridden and or plan on riding...

[vgisit]

03 BigHit DH, at 20.7 kg

[milne]

sasquatch 18kgs
soon to be like 17.5
thank god there heavy

[jeremyb]

Keewee cromotoze, 4130 goodness, 18Kg dead :)

[rimas]

My DaBomb hardtail weighs in at 17Kg

[hardinge915]

16-17kg is my standard Thunderball which is now getting raced DH.... i dont think itll last long :(

[No_dice]

wow...stock bighit comp, 19 kilos, friends bighit comp wit monsters an moto tubes 24ish, other friends craftworks 208 with monsters, moto tubes, moto handle bars weighed in at 27!! the rider was a twig of a fellow too.

[lotec]

balfa bb7 dorados 321 front mag 30 rear 2.5" rear 2.7" front maxxis tyres lots of parts im not listing (im at school) weighed in at just under 47 pounds yesterday.

[Fallsrider]

04 Norco Bigfoot, Race face stem,funn bars, 2.5 Minions, Maxxis DH tubes. Weighs about 18 kilos I think.

[protecon]

Norco Team DH / Stratos S8 / D321 / Gigapipe / Evolve = 18.5Kg

[udi]

Norco Team DH / Stratos S8 / D321 / Gigapipe / Evolve = 18.5Kg

thats sounds awfully light for that gear, are you sure your scales are good?

if that figure is right, thats pretty sweet.

[protecon]

thats sounds awfully light for that gear, are you sure your scales are good?

if that figure is right, thats pretty sweet.
Yeah I was pleasantly suprised - it could be wrong though.
I know the forks are over 8lbs by themselves (http://members.westnet.com.au/drivenine/farkin/guards5.jpg)...

Did the old home scale (me plus bike - me).

[DiMmY]

My stock 2005 Sasquatch weighs 18kg :|

[No Skid Marks]

Brand new stock Craftworks FRM125 was just over 40lb. Sweet bike though and easy to shed a couple of pounds with new bits. I recon I could get one under 37lbs without much effort.

[cutter]

Craftworks DHR with boxxers, Risse shock and MAG 30 rims weighs just on 26 kgs.you could drop this beast off anything. too heavy to race though

[Butch]

norco shore 18.7 kg's will post pics of the beauty later - grant

[Dicky]

Cannondale 04 Gemini 2000 (non DH frame) - 16.5kg / 36lb ish.
very much not stock setup.

e13 going on this arvo will add a bit.
Full length post needs chopping.
Bloody Cramers are not doing Ti springs for Swingers..... at least I can get 'em for the fork.

I reckon I can get it sub 35lb...

[hairy]

avanti D8 with 03 monster's, dice smo's and cromo cranks weighed in at almost 28kgs.:o ah well still goes hard.

[chooie]

My Bullit is 18 kgs with 888's, D729's and down hill tubes. Rather carry some extra weight than break stuff.