Ok, I'm starting to build a light weight bike from scratch. At first, I wasn't too weight weenish about parts, but when I realized I could get the weight down to below 13 pounds for an aluminum frame, I knew I had a new mission. Right now calculations are 12.86 pounds(assuming manufacturers are true to their claimed weights(Yeah right!)) without cables. I'll save a little weight after I cut down chain and steerer down. Right now the front wheel I was going to use weighs 670 grams. I'm thinking about using the Alchemy Elf front hub, Kinlin XR-19W rim, and possibly Sapim Aero Bladed CX-Super spokes(not going to be racing with these so a little flex isn't a problem). I'm 150 pounds and wondering what spoke count to go with on front wheel. Also suggestions on spoke count on rear wheel with Sapim CS-Rays and Alchemy Orc-UL rear hub with Kinlin XR-19W rim. Any other suggestions?
Cycling Equipment · Public discussion
Sub 600 gram front wheel build
Thread navigation
Jump through the discussion
Go to the original post, the replies on this page, or the latest preserved contribution.
Thread details
What we know about this thread
- Original section
- Cycling Equipment
- Published
- 16 June 2013
- Last activity
- 16 June 2013
- Original author
- landdnl
- Posts
- 6
- Discussion status
- Public discussion
- Total views
- 1,103
- Views / 30 days
- 0
The navigation and discussion metadata provide context. Posts remain in their original chronological order.
-
-
Have you looked at the Stan's Alpha 340 rims?
I'm a big fan of Kinlin's and not personally much of a weight weenie but if you're shaving grams the Stan's rims are hard to beat in a clincher.
If you really want to shave weight I'll sell you a Lew full carbon wheelset mounted up with Bontrager [censored] light tubulars. That's an 1100 gram wheelset built on White Industry hubs. If you can deal with tubulars they'll pull that bike weight down another half pound or more.
-Dave
-
Are you wedded to the idea of using clinchers? I ask because an Enve 1.25 CF tubular rim weighs 260g, 150g less than the XR-19W. Yes, they're more expensive, but it's never really an economical choice to build a WW bike.
-
Yeah, I'd rather stay with clinchers with Continental supersonic tubes and tires(100 grams). Not a fan of tubulars or full carbon wheels.
-
What frame are you using?
-
I'm using a Pro-Lite Bella frame at 1165 grams.
Active in the last 60 minutes
Active in this thread
0 users · 1 guest ·0 bots ·1 total
No signed-in users are active right now.
No known search crawlers active right now.