Craziest Bike or Bike Parts!!

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Craziest Bike or Bike Parts!!
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flag WaterWaterWaterWater
Posted: Feb 8, 2014 at 2:01 Quote
that bike is unbelievably sexy...
flag fantaman
Posted: Feb 8, 2014 at 2:09 Quote
2 months ago I met a guy at the lbs that he worked with Gunter Mai on his 7lbs project bike,they took a 15k Lew Racing VT-1 custom wheelset and they shaved 30g of it by removing excess materials of the axle end caps on the rear wheel.Replacing the steel freehub pawls and hub spacers with titanium versions, using tapered carbon/boron axles and full ceramic bearings. They also carved off some of the freehub splines that are not needed with the six-speed cassette Gunter Mai uses

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flag elanto
Posted: Feb 8, 2014 at 2:24 Quote
All that money for 30g

all you had to do was not eat that pack of crisps or have that sip of drink
flag fantaman
Posted: Feb 8, 2014 at 2:40 Quote
It's not only 30g but I will explain it the standard off the self Lew Racing VT-1 wheelset you can buy are 834g and cost arround 6K ,Lew Racing made a custom version that comes in at 734g for Gunter Mai but he shaved like I said 30g of that wheelset by removing excess materials.His wheelset was 130g lighter than the stock wheelset every one can buy,
flag ratcat
Posted: Feb 8, 2014 at 2:46 Quote
Am I the only person not know the weight of his bike nor cares anymore?

I can definitely respect the work that went into the bike and I can see why they would do it but I think their comes a point where the money isn't worth a few grams anymore...
I mean you said the wheels were 6k to begin with, how much more did the weight saving come to cost wise?? You can buy some pretty amazing things for that price...
flag dragonaut
Posted: Feb 8, 2014 at 2:47 Quote
Fanta just tell me one thing.

How thin is Gunther?
flag Mr-Magura
Posted: Feb 8, 2014 at 3:02 Quote
rAtty-c wrote:
Am I the only person not know the weight of his bike nor cares anymore?

I can definitely respect the work that went into the bike and I can see why they would do it but I think their comes a point where the money isn't worth a few grams anymore...
I mean you said the wheels were 6k to begin with, how much more did the weight saving come to cost wise?? You can buy some pretty amazing things for that price...

You're sure not the only one who does not care too much.
Personally I try to optimize the weight to functionality ratio, but it's always function>weight.

Most bikes today are so light, that things very early in the process of weight saving, hits the point of diminishing returns.
Functionality on the other hand, seems to be an issue to many parts, as now it's a matter of making things as cheap as possible, independent of the actual retail price.

Magura Smile
flag christianridesbikes
Posted: Feb 8, 2014 at 3:15 Quote
That bike that was 2.7kg, would I be wrong in saying that the rider would have to be a certain weight so that the bike didn't fail under stresses?
flag fantaman
Posted: Feb 8, 2014 at 3:17 Quote
Gunther is about 65kg,some more pics
Unsecure image, only https images allowed: http://idata.over-blog.com/0/02/72/10/lew/704g_2.jpgUnsecure image, only https images allowed: http://idata.over-blog.com/0/02/72/10/lew/704g.jpgUnsecure image, only https images allowed: http://idata.over-blog.com/0/02/72/10/lew/3195g.jpg
flag steezydozit
Posted: Feb 8, 2014 at 6:08 Quote
I think road bikers care more about bike weight than most as it has just become part of that culture to have light and aero. I personally don't care about my mtb weight too much but I'd consider myself a minor weight weenie for road.
flag dragonaut
Posted: Feb 8, 2014 at 6:12 Quote
fantaman wrote:
Gunther is about 65kg,some more pics
Unsecure image, only https images allowed: http://idata.over-blog.com/0/02/72/10/lew/704g_2.jpgUnsecure image, only https images allowed: http://idata.over-blog.com/0/02/72/10/lew/704g.jpgUnsecure image, only https images allowed: http://idata.over-blog.com/0/02/72/10/lew/3195g.jpg

Thank good! I was afraid that the creator of that masterpiece is some fat bloke. Because Usually here, the lightest MTB and Road bikes are ridden by fat middle aged man.
flag Mr-Magura
Posted: Feb 8, 2014 at 7:02 Quote
fantaman wrote:
Unsecure image, only https images allowed: http://idata.over-blog.com/0/02/72/10/lew/704g_2.jpgUnsecure image, only https images allowed: http://idata.over-blog.com/0/02/72/10/lew/704g.jpgUnsecure image, only https images allowed: http://idata.over-blog.com/0/02/72/10/lew/3195g.jpg

Pointless, but probably great fun as a project Smile


Magura Smile
flag iffy
Posted: Feb 8, 2014 at 7:05 Quote
I thought it was rather cool, almost everything is pointless from some perspective Smile
flag dragonaut
Posted: Feb 8, 2014 at 7:11 Quote
This is more weightless than pointless ;P
flag Quinn-39
O+
Posted: Feb 8, 2014 at 7:21 Quote
I've got a bit of a weenie bug myself, not to this extent as I don't have to money and I prefer to keep a little more 'solidness' for lack of a better word as most of these bikes are perfectly rideable. Following some of the projects in weightweenies you can see some pretty incredible stuff, both done via personal tuning or through tracking down the lightest and most suitable boutique parts.

 


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