talas 36 160
sram 9 rear derailleur
truvativ hammerschimidt
avid xo brakes
Chris king hubs with mavic rims
continental UST queen 2.4 front and back
crank brother mallets pedals.
I am wondering of changing the hammerschmidt for a double crank like sram 9 with chain guide will be enough to light this bike up and make it more climb friendly? any other suggestions without braking the bank??
What is the total weight of the bike now? What Mavic rims are you running? If you sell your wheels you could get a set of Hope Pro2 Evo SP hubs on Stan's Flow EX rims. About 1800 grams for the pair. Drop the Mallets for something lighter. Ditch the Rubber Queen UST for Schwalbe Hans Dampfs. What shock/spring are you running. If you have coil sprung shock swap to an air shock to save a lot of weight albeit with some potential draw backs. But you can gain some sort of a pedal platform...
If you want a lighter bike that can climb, keep your current parts and sell your frame and buy a Tracer maybe?
The hammerschmidt is pretty heavy too, some 1600g. Unless you absolutely love it, there's a couple of pounds to be saved going to something like an xt crankset.
i think my bike is @ 38 lb, I have the fox talas 36 (air). I am not planning in selling it, just want to change some parts to make it more climb friendly. I think I would star with the hammerschmidt. also any suggestion on tires, I really like the continentals but I think when I am climbing feels like a tractor.
sits at 32.5#. Just weighed it the other day. Was surprised. XT cranks (1x9), XT brakes, x9 shifters, thomson stem and post. float 160 up front, dbl barrel w/ti spring rear. old havoc wheels, ardent 2.4s, kona wahs, . . . no ti, no carbon.
concur w/others. drop the schmidt, pedals, maybe tires...if you're running a coil find a used ti spring . . .
I really like them. I did have one pair where the side knobbies seemed to come about half unglued from the body of the tire.. which then made cornering really sketchy. But, the other sets of FA's that I've had haven't done that, so maybe it was a quality issue with one particular production run.
do some diligence when shopping for a ti spring. The cost/reward ratio can be quite large depending on what steel spring you are using. And definitely dial your suspension in finding the correct steel spring before shopping for a ti spring.
If you can locate an old Manitou ti spring in the correct weight/length on ebay, they are by far the lightest ti springs around. They are getting more rare all the time though. Cost is usually very good too.
Sorry about hijacking this thread, but I´m also looking ways to lighten my Uzzi up. Here she is:
She´s right now at 14,8kg. I don´t know if I have reached the limit with it without losing strenght component vice. I don´t think there are any majos wight savings to be made.
The brakes are Juicy 5´s wich work just fine. Could they be changed to somethin lighter?
I have some advice of changing the seal spring for Ti, but no much info where I could get one, also I would like to get the input form people that have done it
It looks like you have a bike that is the jack of all trades, but the master of none.
There are a couple areas where sacrifices could be made, but it would help to know your weight and the terrain you ride (lighter rims and faster rolling tires do wonders for making a bike `feel lighter`). The rim/ tire combo is heavy.
An air shock will save weight and will most likely perform better than the DHX 4. It`s not a great shock (don`t waste money putting a Ti spring on it).
If you are just riding long fire roads up and then descending, maybe a traditional post is more advantageous. The Hammerschmidt isn`t light, but it is low and keeps the handling of the bike in check.
A light cassette, saddle, and a ghetto UST tire setup are cheaper ways to drop weight. Again, rolling speed can be more important than weight.
Well I ride demo forest a lot, also I like to do technical climbs and come down as fast as I can. I did some changes already, change the hammerschidt for a race face atlas 2x9, changed tires, I am running nubby nick UST. and the last time I rode my bike it felt smooth but checking its weight just dropped only half pound. I think I would change my rims for stand no tube flows. I had tried air shock in the past but i did like much ( I am 220#) also I got ti spring.
I recently did a minor overhaul on the bike and it's now down to 33 lbs. I recently swapped out my stem/bar to havocs ( -100g)and changed my CCDB w/ti coil (755g) to a x-fusion H3 air (382g)...that's minus 0.8 lbs. The CCDB coil was awesome to say the least but with the x-fusion, I'm now able to climb much better because it has a lock-out switch. Basic setup....Fox float 180 (5.3 lbs), Easton Havens (1650g), Kenda nevagals (700g each), easton havoc stem (170g), havoc carbon bar (220g), Raceface deus crankset (850g), Formula the one brakes (700g/pair). Other than maybe swapping out the crankset for some carbon ones, I can't think of anything else that I can shave weight on. The dropper post adds about 1/2 lb, but I can't even imagine not riding without one. Like everyone mentioned above, biggest weight savings to cost will be wheels/tires and air shock. Everything else, you'll be paying big bucks for a few grams.
Please tell us more about the setup and send us more pictures about clearance e.t.c.
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