Lightest aero bike? - venge/madone/s5/aeroad/more...
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Which one is in your opinion easier to get to a light weight?
Seeing as many of these have integrated brakes, seatposts, handlebars, cables, not much can be done to minimize weight.
So in the search for a light aero bike these days, which one stands out?
Plus points if it's award winning aero design
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Seeing as many of these have integrated brakes, seatposts, handlebars, cables, not much can be done to minimize weight.
So in the search for a light aero bike these days, which one stands out?
Plus points if it's award winning aero design
/a
The least integrate designed has the best potential to get wwed. But that might lose the aero advantages... and I hope the selection of the ww components would beat the original aesthetic.
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Scott Foil will be one of your lightest options.
I had mine at 6.2kg with the RZRs, eeBrakes and a Red GXP Quarq (760g). I think I could have gotten it down to 5.5kg with some effort.
Subtract 200g for the power meter and add back 250g for Bora 50s to keep the build reasonable.
I had mine at 6.2kg with the RZRs, eeBrakes and a Red GXP Quarq (760g). I think I could have gotten it down to 5.5kg with some effort.
Subtract 200g for the power meter and add back 250g for Bora 50s to keep the build reasonable.
RyanH wrote:Scott Foil will be one of your lightest options.
I had mine at 6.2kg with the RZRs, eeBrakes and a Red GXP Quarq (760g). I think I could have gotten it down to 5.5kg with some effort.
Subtract 200g for the power meter and add back 250g for Bora 50s to keep the build reasonable.
A Felt AR FRD in a size 56 will be significantly lighter than a Foil Team size 52 frame
"Marginal gains are the only gains when all that's left to gain is in the margins."
The current Madone is heavy - there's just no way around it. It has proprietary brakes and bar/stem combo and the seattube w/in a seattube construction (for IsoSpeed).
If you can get your hands on a previous-generation Madone (the one with the BB mounted brakes), you can really get that light, while having good aero properties. To give you an idea, on a 54, my shop weighed an H1 Madone to an H1 Emonda, and found the Madone to be 50g heavier than the Emonda. It takes pretty much any off-the-shelf part, and if you can find a Vapor Coat, you're already ahead of the game.
If you can get your hands on a previous-generation Madone (the one with the BB mounted brakes), you can really get that light, while having good aero properties. To give you an idea, on a 54, my shop weighed an H1 Madone to an H1 Emonda, and found the Madone to be 50g heavier than the Emonda. It takes pretty much any off-the-shelf part, and if you can find a Vapor Coat, you're already ahead of the game.
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Last Tour test - "Gewicht Rahmen/Gabel/Steuerlager" is "weight frame/fork/headset".
Last Tour test - "Gewicht Rahmen/Gabel/Steuerlager" is "weight frame/fork/headset".
I think you should concern yourself with the components you're putting on the bike.
Tubulars + top of the line groupset will make something "light" automatically.
Let's face it: aerobikes are pigs (I own one). No matter what light components I put in it, it'll always be heavy unless I dig in my pockets deeper.
Tubulars + top of the line groupset will make something "light" automatically.
Let's face it: aerobikes are pigs (I own one). No matter what light components I put in it, it'll always be heavy unless I dig in my pockets deeper.
g32ecs wrote:Let's face it: aerobikes are pigs (I own one). No matter what light components I put in it, it'll always be heavy unless I dig in my pockets deeper.
yup. my Parlee ESX is pretty heavy. don't even have to weigh it. plus, i have 25mm tires on it with Enve SES 6.7 clinchers. i could probably throw more money at it, but don't see any reason to...or tune it by cutting the seat post shorter and putting tubulars on it.
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The NazareSL must be very close 920g frame in a L, 180g seat post and 360g Bar/Stem combo. NP are normally pretty accurate to claimed weight and some of the best riding bikes around, they have a really nice feel to them.
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The NazareSL must be very close 920g frame in a L, 180g seat post and 360g Bar/Stem combo. NP are normally pretty accurate to claimed weight and some of the best riding bikes around, they have a really nice feel to them.
J
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