**help reducing bike weight for dh racing**

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**help reducing bike weight for dh racing**
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flag samjoss
Posted: Apr 27, 2010 at 14:40 Quote
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please help any ideas/ cheapest ways to reduce bike weight apart from frame and forks would be much appreciated! thanks Smile

CURRENT SPEC:
Scott 03 high octane fr frame
boxxer 04/05?? race fork
avid juicy 5's 185mm
sram x9 shifter and short cage deralieur
manitou metal shock
atomlab wheel
mavic wheel Razz
maxxis minions
truvutiv husselfelts
crappy old pedals :L

sorry for kinda crappy spec list :L
flag riggadon
Posted: Apr 27, 2010 at 15:11 Quote
new pedals, lighter rear shock/ ti spring, not much else besides the frame/ fork
flag samjoss
Posted: Apr 27, 2010 at 16:04 Quote
thanks, just out of interest if i had to go for a new frame (second hand) what sort of thing is light good for dh??
flag riggadon
Posted: Apr 27, 2010 at 16:09 Quote
youre not exactly rideing the newest technology, so you wont need soemthing super fancy. a demo 7 would be great, or if you need something cheaper, a bighit. both are relatively light frames. do you know the weight of the one youre rising right now?
flag samjoss
Posted: Apr 27, 2010 at 16:55 Quote
ye we keep in oldskool in scotland :L ye was thinking a spesh but wasnt sure of the weight. no idea how heavy my high octane is tbh :L
flag riggadon
Posted: Apr 27, 2010 at 17:56 Quote
samjoss wrote:
ye we keep in oldskool in scotland :L ye was thinking a spesh but wasnt sure of the weight. no idea how heavy my high octane is tbh :L

well i can speak of my bighit frame weight from experience. my bike weighs about 38 lbs with a not so light build. you can check out my pics. i was building the bike up not thinking of weight at all, manily of low price/ high performance, and then bam, i weigh it and its 38 lbs
flag TimBigHitFSRII
Posted: May 25, 2010 at 21:08 Quote
my bighit2 is 18kg, straight off the shop floor
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