- All weighed on the same hanging scale at the LBS I wrench at p/t.Spin Cycle said:does just over equal .25 lbs ? .5 lbs ?? do you have actual weights say maybe in grams
are just over / under bathroom scale weights??? just wondering !
thats w/o shock right?Hecubus said:The Spider should be a heavier bike. If you compare them side by side you can tell the Spider is clearly a more overbuilt bike. Spider weights will vary because in about mid 2004 they switched to larger bearings on the bottom (same size as 5.5) and the same swingarm as the 5.5. The older model Spiders are around 5.5lbs for a polished medium and about 5.8 for powdercoated medium. The heaviest model is the large powdercoated which is 6 lbs.
DMFT said:I've weighed numerous Blur XC's - XS through Lrg, both Ano & Powdercoated, all with RP3's. The Smaller Ano frames have been just under 5 pounds to 5 pounds even, the Med & Lrg frames have been 5 pounds even to just over 5 pounds. The Powdercoated frames have been consistently 1/2 a pound heavier.
Performance wise - Geared for the racer totally. Long low front, Short rear, and built to utilize a 100mm fork.
I owned a racer-x 3 years ago...a 2003 intense spider, a 2005 intense spider and I'm now riding a 2005 asr-sl.guava said:Okay, so now that i've started all this, What about the yeti asr sl? I'm coming from a hardtail xc racer perspective, but I ride a lot of nasty, rocky, rooty stuff out here in the north east, And I'm thinking about building a 23-24lb racer that is just a little more versitile than my alum. HT arse breaker. I avoided fs until now because of the weight and dreaded bob, but the new frames and shocks seem to have caught up to my expectations, I want to be faster in the rough stuff and save my energy for the distance, but I need something light, responsive, and EFFICIENT. I'm looking around and hearing a lot of good stuff @ the yeti. The bottom line is; Do I need VPP, or do the new shocks make it a moot point?
guava said:Okay, so now that i've started all this, What about the yeti asr sl? I'm coming from a hardtail xc racer perspective, but I ride a lot of nasty, rocky, rooty stuff out here in the north east, And I'm thinking about building a 23-24lb racer that is just a little more versitile than my alum. HT arse breaker. I avoided fs until now because of the weight and dreaded bob, but the new frames and shocks seem to have caught up to my expectations, I want to be faster in the rough stuff and save my energy for the distance, but I need something light, responsive, and EFFICIENT. I'm looking around and hearing a lot of good stuff @ the yeti. The bottom line is; Do I need VPP, or do the new shocks make it a moot point?
My med sized ano blur xc weighed 5.2lbs on an electronic postage scale.Motivated said:SC website says 5.2lb, which I also don't beleive. There is just no way that frame with all those pivots and links could come in at sub 5.0lb. A hanging spring scale is just not accurate - maybe some 40lb downhill bikes have been hanging on there and stretched out the spring.
Anyway, I would definitely lean towards the Intense because the the BB area is stiffer than the Blur.
Thats with the shock. I don't know where you get that the spider is nearly 7 lbs with a shock, thats nowhere near correct. Not even a 5.5 EVP with the heavier 4 way Swinger weighs that much. I verified my large 2003 with a custom thicker powder job and w/RP3 to be right on the 6lb mark. With the factory powder coat it was slightly under that. The 5.5 pound weight is for a medium POLISHED frame. The powder coating can add up 150g-250g more to the weight.preparation_h said:thats w/o shock right?