I bought a Shift R5 early this year and I´m really happy with my bike. The thing is I recently putted it on a scale and it weighs in at 32.5 pounds which seems a tad heavy for a bike with 120mm of travel on both ends…
I´m no weight weenie by any chance and you can see from the upgrades I´ve made. I always look for function before making crazy weight cuts. The thing is I want my bike to drop a couple of pounds maybe by upgrading the wheel set. I was thinking of using transition hubs laced to some mavic rims, maybe some xm-819. Would that manage to cut some weight? Is there another upgrade that I could make to lighten my ride?
I´m a heavy rider, 200 pounds with gear and ride mostly trails with some occasional downhill tracks.
My current setup is:
Frame Shift 6061 Hydroformed Aluminum; 120mm Wheel Travel
Sizes 18"
Frame Shock RockShox Ario 2.1
Fork Rock Shox Reba Team with 20mm Thru-axle
Headset Ritchey Comp Logic Drop In
Crank Set Truvativ Fire-X 3.0 22/32/44
Bottom Bracket Truvativ GXP
Derailleur Front Sram X.7
Derailleur Rear Sram X.9
Freewheel Sram PG970 9 Speed 11-34
Chain Shimano HG53
Pedals Cranckbrothers Candy X
Handlebar BlackMarket Badaboom
Stem Ritchey Comp mtn; 6 degree; 31.8 clamp
Grips Lizard Skins Steve Peat Lock-ons
Derailleur Shifter Sram X.7 9-Speed
Saddle WTB Rocket V Comp
Seat Post Ritchey Comp 30.9
Seat Post Clamp Pivit alloy QR
Hubset Transition Revolution Front/Shimano M475 32h Rear
Rim Ritchey OCR Pro
Spokes Stainless steel 14g w/ Alloy Nipples
Tires Kenda Kinetics 2.35 Front/Maxxis Ranchero 2.1 Rear
Shimano SLX w/ 160mm Rotors
Brake Lever Shimano SLX
I´m no weight weenie by any chance and you can see from the upgrades I´ve made. I always look for function before making crazy weight cuts. The thing is I want my bike to drop a couple of pounds maybe by upgrading the wheel set. I was thinking of using transition hubs laced to some mavic rims, maybe some xm-819. Would that manage to cut some weight? Is there another upgrade that I could make to lighten my ride?
I´m a heavy rider, 200 pounds with gear and ride mostly trails with some occasional downhill tracks.
My current setup is:
Frame Shift 6061 Hydroformed Aluminum; 120mm Wheel Travel
Sizes 18"
Frame Shock RockShox Ario 2.1
Fork Rock Shox Reba Team with 20mm Thru-axle
Headset Ritchey Comp Logic Drop In
Crank Set Truvativ Fire-X 3.0 22/32/44
Bottom Bracket Truvativ GXP
Derailleur Front Sram X.7
Derailleur Rear Sram X.9
Freewheel Sram PG970 9 Speed 11-34
Chain Shimano HG53
Pedals Cranckbrothers Candy X
Handlebar BlackMarket Badaboom
Stem Ritchey Comp mtn; 6 degree; 31.8 clamp
Grips Lizard Skins Steve Peat Lock-ons
Derailleur Shifter Sram X.7 9-Speed
Saddle WTB Rocket V Comp
Seat Post Ritchey Comp 30.9
Seat Post Clamp Pivit alloy QR
Hubset Transition Revolution Front/Shimano M475 32h Rear
Rim Ritchey OCR Pro
Spokes Stainless steel 14g w/ Alloy Nipples
Tires Kenda Kinetics 2.35 Front/Maxxis Ranchero 2.1 Rear
Shimano SLX w/ 160mm Rotors
Brake Lever Shimano SLX
