Race bikes that take mudguards

[Dannnnn]

I'm now on the Ribble Endurance SL

It's very racey (I'm on a small frame slammed stem) which makes it very aggressive (normally on a 54cm tarmac - the seller told me the ribble was a med but it's actually small)
The bike is pretty good, takes 28mm tyres and full mudguards, but it's not light.

My set-up weighs 9kg bang on (it's now Ultegra R8x Di2)

9kg seems ultra weighty for a small frame size, and I can't believe their top end carbon frame is *that* heavy. What wheels, bar/stem, saddle do you have?

Assuming my scales are correct that is.

S-Works Tarmac SL7 stem (100mm), 42cm Aerofly 2 Bars with Supacaz tape, S-Works Power Saddle, VEL 38/50 wheelset (quoted 1590g).
Dura ace 140/160mm rotors and 28mm GP4seasons.

I do have the PDW mudguards fitted which are claimed around 450g, so that won't be helping.

The seatpost is pretty heavy, and the headset bearings and compression ring are big and heavy as well.

[bobones]

I'd say 9kg is a decent weight for a disc brake winter bike with full mudguards.

I dropped a fair bit of weight on my Venon by going to Red (from Force), Hylix post (from Prime carbon), Galfer waver rotors (140 rear), Elite Edge wheels (from 3T Discus), GP 5000 TT TR tyres (summer only), Avian Canary bars (from FSA SMR stem + Prime aero bars), lightweight carbon saddle from AliX, lighter steerer bung. Had it at 7.34 kg including Garmin Vector 3 pedals, Varia and computer mounts, but it's back up nearer 9kg in its winter garb. For reference frame was 1.1kg with hardware and uncut fork was 516g, so fairly chunky, but I guess it needs to be solid for off road use. (Compare with warnings in SL8 manual that it's strictly for use on tarmac roads only).