Oh, BTW !!
25.5lbs (the whole thing)!
25.5lbs (the whole thing)!
Zion Rasta said:
Feliz Navidad from my 575 & HOPE skewers!
My female yeti 575 was freezing in the garage so I brought her inside for some lovin'
She says "I want to wish you all a merry X-MAS"! The HOPE skewers said "who's your bling daddy now"?
PS Desert Yeti - Take me for a ride in New Mexico, I am freezing my a$$. I'll buy you dinner...
She says "I want to wish you all a merry X-MAS"! The HOPE skewers said "who's your bling daddy now"?
PS Desert Yeti - Take me for a ride in New Mexico, I am freezing my a$$. I'll buy you dinner...
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If I may. I have some ideas for weight savings for you. Your stem looks pretty heavy. Weight Weenies has the Easton EA70 welded 100mm x 10 deg. at 215 grams. You could get a Syntace F99 260 105mm x 6 deg for 107 grams, a Ritchey WTC Mountain V2 100mm x 6 deg for 127 grams, or an Extralite Ultrastem 100mm for 106 grams. These stems are half the weight of the Easton.Zion Rasta said:
I know you just got those cool bling Hope QRs but they weight 114 grams, compared to bolt on for 65 grams and only $12. They will be stronger than QRs, key for your front end.
Also foam grips. Titec pork rinds are only 19 grams.
Just some ideas
How light would you want yout 575?
Now to the HOPE QR's. They are the blinggiest MTB part ever! I decided to carry 2oz. of water less so that I can counter the extra 20g from the HOPE. Dude, these grab...
I never intended for the bike to be that light, it just came out that way.
Thanks for the recommendations. Maybe you'll see a different stem here very soon.
BUT THE HOPE QR's STAY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I know I can get it stupid light, but I want to take a few 4' drops too.
Thank you for the ideas. I do have lighter stems - Thomson 100mm, Easton MG 110mm, Ritchey wcs 110mm. All those are very light 140g to 180g. But the truth of the matter is that I purposely put that tank of a stem on the bike. It matches the frame and it clamps very good to carbon. It is heavy, but it does not flex at all. It feels great and secure downhill. So I will not be looking at weight savings there.mtnfiend said:If I may. I have some ideas for weight savings for you. Your stem looks pretty heavy. Weight Weenies has the Easton EA70 welded 100mm x 10 deg. at 215 grams. You could get a Syntace F99 260 105mm x 6 deg for 107 grams, a Ritchey WTC Mountain V2 100mm x 6 deg for 127 grams, or an Extralite Ultrastem 100mm for 106 grams. These stems are half the weight of the Easton.
I know you just got those cool bling Hope QRs but they weight 114 grams, compared to bolt on for 65 grams and only $12. They will be stronger than QRs, key for your front end.
Also foam grips. Titec pork rinds are only 19 grams.
Just some ideas
Now to the HOPE QR's. They are the blinggiest MTB part ever! I decided to carry 2oz. of water less so that I can counter the extra 20g from the HOPE. Dude, these grab...
I never intended for the bike to be that light, it just came out that way.
Thanks for the recommendations. Maybe you'll see a different stem here very soon.
BUT THE HOPE QR's STAY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I know I can get it stupid light, but I want to take a few 4' drops too.
Man it's cold here too. Might get to 40 today if we're lucky. Last time I rode it was about 30 degrees not counting wind chill and there was a lot of wind chillZion Rasta said:
I got kinda sick after that ride.
Take me to NM!!
I'll take your 40 deg any day. It is freaking 10deg overhere. So you think twice about ridding. I got my winter bikes ready. One is a rigid Single Speed and the other one is my Trek 8900. We should all (the tribe) have a gathering at your place to go rip the trails...
Rock on dude!
Desert Yeti,DesertYeti said:Man it's cold here too. Might get to 40 today if we're lucky. Last time I rode it was about 30 degrees not counting wind chill and there was a lot of wind chill
I'll take your 40 deg any day. It is freaking 10deg overhere. So you think twice about ridding. I got my winter bikes ready. One is a rigid Single Speed and the other one is my Trek 8900. We should all (the tribe) have a gathering at your place to go rip the trails...
Rock on dude!
63 degrees here in the Phoenix area at 5:30pm...Brrrrr (insert "shiver" here)
I might have to wear full finger gloves by next week but I will never give up my riding shorts for any spandex looking leggie things, lol.
I might have to wear full finger gloves by next week but I will never give up my riding shorts for any spandex looking leggie things, lol.
Lucky dog!
I used to live in TEMPE back when the Refreshments were a hit band (circa 1994). Could you downhill Camelback with your 575?? Sedona and Flagstaff are kick a$$!!!!
Dude,eatdrinkride said:63 degrees here in the Phoenix area at 5:30pm...Brrrrr (insert "shiver" here)
I might have to wear full finger gloves by next week but I will never give up my riding shorts for any spandex looking leggie things, lol.
I used to live in TEMPE back when the Refreshments were a hit band (circa 1994). Could you downhill Camelback with your 575?? Sedona and Flagstaff are kick a$$!!!!
"Between your crank, tires, seat and front shock you can peel off 5 lbs. off your bike. That's if you are into the light bike crap. I never intended to make mine light, it just ended up that way."
Tell me about it. The cranks were a mistake. I'd like to sell them and get the Shimano Hone 2x9 crank set or lighter RF cranks, but my RF's have too many nicks from rocks to sell for any real money. I do like my tires. I went with the dual compound to save some weight and resisted the urge to go with 2.5 up front. I am going to ditch the tubes. The Nevegals are great tires for SoCal terrain. Plus I ride on really rocky trails and found the larger tires works well for me. I jumped to a 2.35 in the rear and will never look back.
"We are saying nothing fancy, but in general we have some of the best components money can get."
You're right. Didn't mean to imply anything negative. Compared to the folks on the Save Some Weight forum our parts are less exotic. They use all kinds of crazy parts. XTR is pretty meat and potatoes comparatively.
"I guess carbon and Ti bolts would be next? I am not a big fan of carbon on stays so that is out of the question, and Ti is a bit overrated IMHO (light but flexy)."
I agree not a big fan of carbon either. I'm also not a big fan anymore of carbon bars. Never broken one but did chip one. Gets expensive.
Tell me about it. The cranks were a mistake. I'd like to sell them and get the Shimano Hone 2x9 crank set or lighter RF cranks, but my RF's have too many nicks from rocks to sell for any real money. I do like my tires. I went with the dual compound to save some weight and resisted the urge to go with 2.5 up front. I am going to ditch the tubes. The Nevegals are great tires for SoCal terrain. Plus I ride on really rocky trails and found the larger tires works well for me. I jumped to a 2.35 in the rear and will never look back.
"We are saying nothing fancy, but in general we have some of the best components money can get."
You're right. Didn't mean to imply anything negative.
Compared to the folks on the Save Some Weight forum our parts are less exotic. They use all kinds of crazy parts. XTR is pretty meat and potatoes comparatively."I guess carbon and Ti bolts would be next? I am not a big fan of carbon on stays so that is out of the question, and Ti is a bit overrated IMHO (light but flexy)."
I agree not a big fan of carbon either. I'm also not a big fan anymore of carbon bars. Never broken one but did chip one. Gets expensive.
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