your bike - weight and travel

[jacksonpt]

Just curious to know how heavy yoru XC/all mountain bike is, and how much travel you ride. Not sure what mine currently weights, but if I replace it, the bikes I'm looking at are between 28 and 30lbs (all 5" f/r travel bikes)

[Serial Midget]

I have a Trek Y-22 carbon with the Boulton JackRabbit swing arm, depending on which plate you use it has 5.5 to 6" of rear travel. Mine is set at 5.75 and mated to a Stratos XC-Pro shock. The set up weighs just under 27LBS.

[Tenchiro]

My '02 AC2 has about 35ish lbs and 6" of travel.

[bikeCOLORADO]

Giant AC Air Light
- 4.5, 5.15 and 6 inches adjustable rear travel. I only ride in the 6 inch mode.
- Rockshox Psylo up from 5 inches travel
- I weigh about 180lbs
- The bike weighs in at 32lbs

I used to ride a Giant NRS-1. Weighed 26lbs with 3.75 inches of travel. It was just too lightweight for the kind of riding I started to get into.

[Westy]

My Superlight with 4" or rear travel and a Fox float 100RL weighs in a hair under 24lbs. My Giant AC air with a 5" fork and up to 6" rear comes in about 32lbs.

[mrbigisbudgood]

'02 AC2

'03 Z.1 FR QR20
5th element
Tioga White Tigers
X-Drives and Gigapipe BB

It's pushing about 38lbs and I leave it in 6" because it pedals so so so so so so well with the 5th.

[scroungydog]

right now i'm riding a norco launch
pyslo x/c
5.75 rear, 5 in front
36lbs
moving up to a bullit w/a 5th and a zoke z1fr later this week. i'm going to try and keep the weight about the same.

[peter6061]

Choice of either...

Titus Quasimoto - 6" Rear / Marz Z1 - 5" Front
weighs 34 pounds but will gain a few with the addition of a boxxer/superT, etc,... now that a more XCish FS bike has arrived.

(This just in)C'dale Scalpel - 2.75" Rear / Lefty DLR Ti - 4" Front
weighs 26.5 pounds and may lose a couple in the next few months.

Raced the Quasi at the 24 hours of Seven Springs, so yes it's and XC bike (lol) Raced the Scalpel this past weekend for it's virgin ride at the 12 hours of Wisp(solo).

Now if the rain would just quit for more than 2 days around here, maybe the trails would dry out enough for me to take one of them out. :angry:

[I Are Baboon]

My Titus Quasi Moto is running 4.5" in the back and 5" up front. It weighs 31 lbs. I have not adjusted mine for 6" of rear travel like Peter has.

[wooglin]

3" on the Sugar 2 I think, and around 26lbs. 4" on the 1x1 and maybe 24lbs.

[Zark]

Azonic DS1, with Hayes and a Z1
Evil DRS 22-36 set up
5"up front/no rear
31 pounds with DH tubes n tires (too many flats around here)
28 or so with xc tubes and real light tires (that I never run)

[sub6]

Well, my xc HARDTAIL has no rear travel and 65mm up front. Weighs around 24 pounds. I'm the only guy in here who doesn't ride a FS?? :confused:

[ET_SoCal]

'02 Titus Switchblade
4.5 Rear (Stock) 5 front ('02 Z1 FR)
27 lbs

(Pic from yesterday)

[Serial Midget]

Originally posted by sub6
Well, my xc HARDTAIL has no rear travel and 65mm up front. Weighs around 24 pounds. I'm the only guy in here who doesn't ride a FS?? :confused:

Giant is going to warranty my ATX with an XTC SE1 (or 2) hardtail so I will be joining you soon. My goal is to have it built under 24LBS with Moto Raptor 2.4s, Avid disks and my Zuccinni Bomber Z1... frame weighs under 1400 grams but that other crap is HEAVY.

[Westy]

Originally posted by sub6
Well, my xc HARDTAIL has no rear travel and 65mm up front. Weighs around 24 pounds. I'm the only guy in here who doesn't ride a FS?? :confused:

I have a XC hardtail too. With a 80mm Manipoo MARS Fork, it weighs in at about 21lbs depending on the tires. It does not get ridden much because I can't stand the fork and the rest of it is built out of high quality but worn out parts.

[spincrazy]

My Loco weighs less than 27 I'd guess, get's 5" x 5" and is currently for sale. [hint].

[wooglin]

Originally posted by sub6
Well, my xc HARDTAIL has no rear travel and 65mm up front. Weighs around 24 pounds. I'm the only guy in here who doesn't ride a FS?? :confused: I said I have a Sugar. Didn't say I ride it much. ;)

http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid60/p4b353e76bcca2c8cb6e60f7326efa0eb/fc559a91.jpg

[BikeGeek]

Originally posted by sub6
Well, my xc HARDTAIL has no rear travel and 65mm up front. Weighs around 24 pounds. I'm the only guy in here who doesn't ride a FS?? :confused:

Nope. Mine's coming in around 25 lbs with 70mm up front.

:thumb:

[jacksonpt]

Originally posted by spincrazy
My Loco is currently for sale. [hint].

Any specs? Is it listed somewhere?

[Echo]

'03 Jekyll, 5.3" rear travel, 4" front travel, about 26.5 lbs. If I find some extra money for some carbon bars, eggbeaters, and a Thompson seatpost, I can probably drop about a pound more...

[Morryjg]

'02 Enduro
'03 Psylo SL up front - 5" when it is dialed all the way out
5" rear travel
All the components are stock except the fork, and it comes in around 32 lbs. Don't have any $$ to replace stuff yet to bring the weight down. Guess I'll just have to get stronger. ;)

[spincrazy]

Originally posted by jacksonpt
Any specs? Is it listed somewhere?

Not listed anywhere yet. I hope to have a complete spec list and photos sometime this week, along with parts and another bike.

If you are interested, pm me and I'll give you the run-down on it. I'm only selling it because I tore my ACL. I love this bike.

[geargrrl]

Kona King Kikapu, 25 #, not sure how much travel but maybe 3" or so in the back, 4 or so in the front.

geargrrl

[SuspectDevice]

Yo Eddy 22 lbs. One gear. no cush, all crush

[Gyro]

giant SE2 hardtail (yay for hardtails!). 80mm of flimsy manipoo squish up front. About 25 pounds, might be breaking into 24 now.:rolleyes:

[bURKeNSTiEN]

Merida magnesium elite

I guess I will use imperial measurements to keep everyone happy.

Depends on tires but 20-21lbs

3inches up front, HT back

[TN]

weight?
just guessing......27 or so.

travel?
3" in the rear. 100mm in the front.

[Fuelish]

80 mm front / 78 mm (I think) rear travel, approx 26 lbs, give or take a couple oz's.

[PaulE]

Diamondback hardtail, 4" front travel, about 27lbs

Kona Cindercone singlespeed, no travel, about 23lbs

Dirtworks Monster, 5.5" rear, 5" front, 35lbs

[llkoolkeg]

XC: Isis/Z1 4.0"/4.0" 31#
DH: Scream/Super T 6.6"/6.0" 44#

[Toshi]

Originally posted by sub6
Well, my xc HARDTAIL has no rear travel and 65mm up front. Weighs around 24 pounds. I'm the only guy in here who doesn't ride a FS?? :confused:
my xc bike is fully rigid, and about 25 lbs. dbr axis, full xtr/chris king/slightly heavy tires (2.6 gazzi dual as a substitute for a fork, probably will come off before the season, and a 2.4 vertical pro in the rear).

[henrymiller]

Ted Wojcik Single Speed, 22lbs +/- .5 lbs, O travel, rigid fork

Cove Single Speed, 32lbs 4 inches in the front and a front 2.6 gazzi, with a 2.35 nokian (?) on the rear

[stosh]

Originally posted by Drunken_Ninja
i think mine is at 27lbs +- 1/2 lb of mud.

I gots a HT
a 4" fork
hayes mechanical discs
and a 4" suspension seatpost.

I know that I could easily lose a pound of tire weight right now and still ride a wire bead.


4" OF TRAVEL IN YOUR SEAT POST??????????

[Deyv]

Medium blur 4.5 " travel
Fox F100 rlc
25ish

[bad andy]

'03 Jamis XLT2
30 lbs.
5" and 5"
-thinking about adding a hardtail to my stable, anyone want a '99 Idrive?

[ARmtnBIKER]

I've got a Sofa King single speed with a 80mm Sid Team w/remote lockout, Chris King single speed hubs, Avid Ti brakes, Sram 9.0 SL carbon levers, FSA XC 190 bars, Ritchey WCS Pro stem, Thomson post, SDG landing strip saddle, Race Face cranks, very cheap and heavy bottom bracket, Time Atac pedals and running stans tubless on Mavic 517's. Weighs 20.4 lbs

[wooglin]

Originally posted by henrymiller
Ted Wojcik Single Speed Sweet. Got pics?

[Evilmunch]

Giant AC1

4" or 5" front / 4.5", 5.15" or 6" rear

31 lbs.

Bobs like a mofo in 6" I mostly ride in the 4.5 or 5.15 setting.

[Dropout]

Weighs in at 33 lbs, a lot more than the kona web site states, and that weight is with some lighter components I have already put on.

4" rear, 3-5" front (I put a TALAS R on the front).

I haven't even started to look at how to lighten things up, and so far it rides lighter than it weighs.

[reflux]

I ride a 2000 Dean steel hardtail

5" Fox RLC
Avid disc front
WTB Tires
Everything is kinda pieced together with random parts, but works fine.

The bikes rides pretty poorly with the 5" fork. I've been meaning to fix it; perhaps I'll take care of that in another month.

I'd attach a pic, but I've never done that before.

[fonseca]

'02 Titus Switchblade
5.7" rear travel
5" front with '02 psylo sl, sometimes a manitou black super air at 120mm
26-29lbs, depending on which wheelset, fork and tires I am running

I get 45mm shock travel on average with the fox float, or 135mm total travel, of a claimed 50mm, but I can only get a max of 49 when the shock is deflated and the most I ever got was 47mm with proper sag.

All this will change when I get the manitou swinger upgrade in a month. I'll probably lose some weight with that shock, but gain it right back and more when I put a new fork on. I was ready to buy an '03 sherman firefly, but the '04s will have SPV, and be available in a few months anyway, so I may as well wait. The new Minute forks look interesting, but no thru-axle means I won't be buying one.

I also have an '01 Jamis Dakar expert, '02 GF Paragon, '96 nishiki pinnacle (my 1st real mtn bike), and some other frames and partially built bikes.

[douglas]

'02 Kona ManoMano 80mm F/ 3(?)"R >29-29.5 lbs*
'01 IH SGS-DH 6" F/ 6.5" R >42lbs


*damn, my XC bike is heavy compared to most of you guys and I do race it

[rockracing]

25.2 lbs with avid disks....that was before I added barends @ 120g. don't know what I need to do to get it lighter, its a 16 " frame, headshok is under 3 lbs, XT, 317's with mosquito's (485g)....I know the disks are heavy, but they WORK like nothing else.....

anyway its 8.5 lbs lighter than my previous bike !

[bomberz1qr20]

Santa Cruz Chameleon HT, single speed.
36+ lbs, depending on the scale I use.


:D

[ummbikes]

K2 Evo

Heavy Parts including Fox RLC forx w/ 5" travel

It goes, oh, 40lbs or so.

I run DH tires for everything.

[Joe Pozer]

I have a C-dale Raven that is about 25 pounds. It has 70mm of travel up front and 80mm in back.

Also ride my Giant AC1 from time to time and it weighs around 32 pounds.

[Skookum]

Giant VT-2 fresh outta the LBS was weighing a hefty 34, but i've since replaced the front tire (weirwolf 2.4 wire bead) with a lighter tire (Spec. Roller pro 2.3 kevlar bead). Also replaced the thornproof tubes for regular ones. And replaced the titec seatpost that i bent after 5 rides with a thomson. So i'm guesstamating i dropped at least a pound after all that.....
My Bullit only wieghs about 38 pounds it's kinda funny my trail bike is kind of a pig and my play bike is the lightest one in the shuttle truck usually.....
oh travel? 5.75 back air manitou spv
5 front Marzocchi z1 fr sl air
on my trail bike.......

[Mike E.]

-Large Blur
-Talas RL
-King H/S
-XT/317 wheels
-Race Face LPS
-Speedplay Frogs
etc

I'm guessing around the 27-28lb range. Feels great.
Pic shows old parts.

[Scooby Snax]

'02 Specialized FSR, 26.5lbs 3.5" rear 3" up front,

'99 Raleigh Peak STX, 28 lbs, 3" front

[rockstar]

Blur 4.5 of rear squish and 4 inches of front squish, 26 pounds

[Ian F]

I have two XC bikes:

IF Deluxe hardtail weighing in around 23 lbs and a Yeti Lawwill 6 which is around 38 lbs.

I could probably throw some money at the Yeti and drop a pound or three, but I'd rather save up an invest in a lighter frame and start over. No matter what I do, the Yeti is still a 8.5 lb frame.

[special O]

vt1 with 03 z1 fr sl, coil swinger shock and diff tires, 30.5 (small)

5/5.75 travel

[El Jefe]

Kona Roast dj hardtail, 5" front travel and 29-30lbs
Kona Stinky Dee Lux, 7" front and 6.5" rear travel 41lbs. I ride this XC a lot actually.
Being built by me this weekend, and Azonic Propulsion, 4" in front, 3.5" rear, 24.5lbs.

[Softy]

Superlight w/ psylo sl for 4"rear and 5" up front .
I get all my travel on my most casual ride so it wieghs in at a tough wieght of 31.4' .

[Drunken_Ninja]

Rocky Mountain HT frame
105mm fork
with a Diablos stem in...

custom built 27.2lbs

There have been some changes since my last post. I haven't weighed it in for awhile.

I have never ridden it and enjoyed it at this weight so much before even though I thought that I clocked in a 25lbs or less.

[mobius]

2002 Giant AC1
4.5/5.15/6 in the rear getting a romic soon for it.
5" 125RLC vanilla 03 on it.
mostly DH/FR parts

36lbs with tiogas and xc tubes 38 with dh tires/tubes.

I run 4.5 for climbs 5.15 for general all around trails and 6 for teh fun stuff.

[VooDoo]

myFS (bighit) has 6"f+r, 42lbs
myHT (ftw)has4.5inches, 33lbs (34/11-27 gearing to boot)

[the BIG cheese]

XC bike - 25-26lbs 4 and 4. KHSfxt pro (i think, its thier top of the line in 2002 carbon everything and full xtr)
other no particular use bike - 36lbs 0 and 6 evil with a sherman and nothing light except for my 105 mech and thomson post:)

[Softy]

:D Yeah thanks to carbon and kevlar in my new handlebar a Thomson post and an XT cog set I'm down to 30.00 pounds. On my SC superlight (4") with a Psylo SL (5")

[pixelninja]

03 Ellsworth Isis
4 inches front and back
approx 27.5 lbs

[-BB-]

IH Hollowpoint

FOX 125RL (Coil)
4.5in Rear via ROMIC Coil
Tubeless
30-31 lbs.

[Flipper]

Turner xce 4" with manitou factory supernova 4"
around 30 pounds with dh wheels and 2.35 larson tt's

other xc bike
Orange Patriot 6" inches with darado sc 5 inches
about 34 pounds maybe more with Dh tires.

[scroungydog]

Originally posted by scroungydog
right now i'm riding a norco launch
pyslo x/c
5.75 rear, 5 in front
36lbs
moving up to a bullit w/a 5th and a zoke z1fr later this week. i'm going to try and keep the weight about the same.
now i have the bullit
7inch rear travel 5 in front
34lbs

[neversummersnow]

Clark Kent Ti---0"
18 lbs

LeMond Zurich---0"
20.5 lbs

GF Sugar 1---3"
24 lbs

Specialized SX---4.5"
34lbs

BCD Inedible---8.5"
40 lbs

[gooch]

02' Giant DH comp--- 7" in front & 8.25" in rear :40lbs

01' Giant AC-1--- 6" rear & 5" front: 34lbs

Diamond back 3.1--- 3"(or so) rear 4" front: 28ish lbs

Note: i hade my 2000 Giant SE-2 built up @ 24lbs, but I am now building up a Ellsworth Truth. Anyone know what the Truths weigh in at?? BTW the SE-2 frame is for sale now:D

[biggins]

iron horse sgs expert with 2003 junior t;. 7 and 7 at 41 lbs. my all mountain bike/cross country. my other bike is a specialized p1 single speed 5 in the front my urban bike but fun for xc. weighs 32 lbs

[Clark Kent]

Gotta Voodo Wanga... probably around 24 25 pounds...But then again I aint no gram head so I have never weighed it! Also got a Clark Kent f-14... Weighs in at around 23 pounds... Travel? Around 40 miles at a time....;)

[bikebabe]

C-dale scalpel 2000. Stock weight=24.5 but probably at 25 now with wider tubeless tires. Going to try stans soon with regular tires so the weight should go back down. Travel? What travel?70mm in front and about 2.5" in back.

[Airborne]

26.2 lbs as shown

modified Giant Iguana, 4" Duke SL

pretty heavy for a XC bike, but it was cheap!

[Airborne]

Originally posted by gooch


Note: i hade my 2000 Giant SE-2 built up @ 24lbs, but I am now building up a Ellsworth Truth. Anyone know what the Truths weigh in at?? BTW the SE-2 frame is for sale now:D

prolly as much as the se-2. they are light at 4.2 lbs for a medium truth frame

[axlvid23]

01' jamis comet- 0in. 18lbs
03' Gary fisher sugar team issue- 3in. 23lbs
02' azonic ds-1- 5in front/ 0in rear. 31lbs
03' giant dh comp- 7 front. 8.25 rear. 46lbs

[rockracing]

Originally posted by Airborne
26.2 lbs as shown

modified Giant Iguana, 4" Duke SL

pretty heavy for a XC bike, but it was cheap!

at last a realistic bike weight, so tired o people with 4" full suspension bikes with LX claimming 24 or 25 lbs.

my ht weight a little over 25 and thats a 16" CAAD5 hardtail.

[stubacca]

Klein Attitude.... bog standard except for a Specialized bike computer and a water bottle cage (for the quick trips where it ain't worth taking the camelbak).

80mm travel in the front, and the padding on my arse at the back. :D

27 lbs even... making the bike lighter would just seem silly, given how much of me there is to go around!

[Airborne]

Originally posted by rockracing
at last a realistic bike weight, so tired o people with 4" full suspension bikes with LX claimming 24 or 25 lbs.

my ht weight a little over 25 and thats a 16" CAAD5 hardtail.

i assume thats accurate, as i weighed it on a nice tanita digital scale.

...a little sketchy getting to stay on one wheel on there though. i even tested the scale by putting all my weight on one foot to see if i would get a good reading with the bike propped up on the rear wheel on one side.

seems like it worked for me. i see no point on guessing. how do you judge your upgrades otherwise?;)

i will say though that its possible to get a FS under 25#. - my buddy's Giant NRS Air FS is 25 on the nose (weighed it) - with tubeless and discs!

[Airborne]

Originally posted by rockracing
at last a realistic bike weight, so tired o people with 4" full suspension bikes with LX claimming 24 or 25 lbs.


everyone here can stand to shed 5 lbs too - and i guarentee thats a cheaper upgrade than any shiny new lightweight part!;)