Lightest S-Works Aethos possible?

[marsrides]

I had bought the bronze one on 54. Got bored of it and got it repainted with a chrome-like effect. Then I had a setback with that color and decided to go full blown weightweenie.

The frame and fork were sanded to the limit to reveal raw carbon. Some interesting tags showed up in the process. Then a very light matte clear coat was applied. No decals.

Frame: 559g
Fork (cut, but not too short): 273g

No hardware on the scale, just carbon

Photos below, please share your thoughts and references to other colors / sizes.

[Maddie]

Nice work! Paint was removed carefully, I like this.

My bronze 54 was 588g without any hardware

[marsrides]

Thanks [mention]Maddie [/mention] I forgot to take the expander out, do you know how much it weighs? The bike is now in my shop to be built. I had hopes to make it a sub 5, but I will probably be over it by 150 to 200 grams

[Maddie]

Aethos expander is 17g, the standard Specialized one is 28g.

[marsrides]

Aethos expander is 17g, the standard Specialized one is 28g.

Awesome, thank you. I got the extralite one which is less than 5g

[eucalyptus]

What wheelset are u aiming for?
The lightest for road I could come up with would be something like MCFK or Schmolke (clincher) at 350g/rim, Berd spokes 2g/pcs (96gram) and Extralite or 180 EXP hubs which would be something like 1007g or 1070 gram.

May I ask your weight? Because this build looks ridiculously light, and using a 5g expander in that fork. I mean if you are not a heavy person it probably works. Just don't want you to die.

[robbosmans]

*Moved to introduce yourself/the build thread

[CustomMetal]

What wheelset are u aiming for?
The lightest for road I could come up with would be something like MCFK or Schmolke (clincher) at 350g/rim, Berd spokes 2g/pcs (96gram) and Extralite or 180 EXP hubs which would be something like 1007g or 1070 gram.

May I ask your weight? Because this build looks ridiculously light, and using a 5g expander in that fork. I mean if you are not a heavy person it probably works. Just don't want you to die.

330g a rim
https://beast-components.de/en/road/road-wheelset/rs25/

[sebejo]

Amazing work with the sanding. How did you end up with such a clean result? Normal wet sanding with hight grit? Used a machine or chemicals?
I have an incoming Crux Pro frameset and want to custom paint the rear triangle...

[prebsy]

very nice. do you know how much the paint removal saved?

[Lucendi]

This is going to be an interesting build to follow! You are off to a great start with the paint stripped frameset!

[Klaster_1]

Any news? Your thread inspired me to strip an Aethos too

[mike]

Liking this a lot. Can you break 4K?