DH/4X - The Weight Game.

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DH/4X - The Weight Game.
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flag Muttley
Posted: Feb 5, 2009 at 14:24 Quote
cheers. cant decide on whether to drop to 36T for the acceleration or notConfused
flag dhdeven
Posted: Feb 5, 2009 at 14:25 Quote
you guys think its worth a couple bucks buyin carbon spacer?Any idea how much weight youd save(g)?
flag pbuser102331
Posted: Feb 5, 2009 at 14:26 Quote
Muttley wrote:
cheers. cant decide on whether to drop to 36T for the acceleration or notConfused

cant help there but i do know the e13 g-ring is a shit load lighter @ about 44 grammes.

http://www.sicklines.com/weights/chainrings/
flag Muttley
Posted: Feb 5, 2009 at 14:31 Quote
mmm yeah, may do, bit better for the tighter tracks down south, + saving a whole 30g, WOW massive!.

hah, , bike would get moving even faster though, its like a rocket sled with the light wheels at the moment! sooo nearly finished, just needs a direct mount, and i may be changing the elixirs as they are absolute shite.
flag crs-one
Posted: Feb 5, 2009 at 14:34 Quote
Muttley wrote:
well rotor bolts save 40g alone, 1lb is roughly 400g, ALOT of people run Ti stem bolts with no trouble, if your a big guy then yes, the risk is greater, but if your light, its not so bad, think about how small rotor bolts are, and then consider large things like pivot bolts etc, at least 1/2lb would be fairly easily reachable.

Rotor bolts saved me roughly 7g a wheel - so 14g total, not exactly 40. One pound is roughly 454g, I believe.
flag Muttley
Posted: Feb 5, 2009 at 14:36 Quote
well sicklines weighed 6 Steel bolts are 27g, and 6 Ti ones at 7g, therefore 20g a wheel, and there are 2 wheels on a bicycle, this adds up to 40g.
flag mr-wilson
Posted: Feb 5, 2009 at 14:36 Quote
453 Wink (that really doesn't look like like wink, looks more condescending)
flag crs-one
Posted: Feb 5, 2009 at 14:38 Quote
Muttley wrote:
well sicklines weighed 6 Steel bolts are 27g, and 6 Ti ones at 7g, therefore 20g a wheel, and there are 2 wheels on a bicycle, this adds up to 40g.

I agree with the 7g figure, but when I weighed 6 steel rotor bolts, I got 13g. (I have a photo of the ti bolts, need I upload one of the steel bolts?)

Just saying what happened in my case. If I ran two brakes and ti bolts on both, I would've saved 12g, not 40.
flag rigodon777
Posted: Feb 5, 2009 at 14:39 Quote
Muttley wrote:
well sicklines weighed 6 Steel bolts are 27g, and 6 Ti ones at 7g, therefore 20g a wheel, and there are 2 wheels on a bicycle, this adds up to 40g.

First, you have 2 discs on a wheel? How come 6 bolts that weigh 7g goes to 20.. 7+7=14.. so, yeah, 14g for the 2 wheel...
flag undercoverfreak
Posted: Feb 5, 2009 at 14:39 Quote
mr-wilson wrote:
453 Wink (that really doesn't look like like wink, looks more condescending)

Actually its 454....:P
flag blacksim549
Posted: Feb 5, 2009 at 14:39 Quote
1 pound = 453.592 gram.
flag timlake
Posted: Feb 5, 2009 at 14:40 Quote
Run only 3 rotor bolts. It's what all the cool kids do!
flag mr-wilson
Posted: Feb 5, 2009 at 14:40 Quote
Ahhh blacksim....stupid rounding up. I beg forgiveness.
flag undercoverfreak
Posted: Feb 5, 2009 at 14:40 Quote
This is the height of weightweenieness...we are arguing over 0.5 grams....

edit: you are forgiven...
flag me2menow
Posted: Feb 5, 2009 at 14:41 Quote
blacksim549 wrote:
1 pound = 453.592 gram.
winner winner chicken dinner!

 


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