Thanks for posting this. A few years ago I did a similar experiment with my Ram, SOMA, and world championship, Marinoni classic steel racing frame. The differences were (2 lbs) too small for a recreational cyclist to worry about.
In the last few days I have been in communication with Rodriguez (mfg of steel single & tandem frames) about purchasing a custom frame from them. I asked about weight; they asked why; I said because I will have to lift this bike onto a repair stand and a roof rack. Here's there rather telling response: "6 S&S couplings add about 3 pounds to a tandem frame. You're right about weight differences and lifting. In the world of tandems, you'll find some amazing weight claims that are.....well..... let's say.... less than truthful. For instance, I once had a customer bring in his $20,000 (that's not a typo) carbon fiber travel tandem for us to see. He told me that it was 29 pounds. When we had the bike in the repair shop (we were fixing a flat tire) I went back and weighed it with our digital scale. It was 39 pounds. I didn't tell him, but I wanted to know for myself how much the bike actually weighed. I wrote an article about truth in weight publishing if you'd like to read it, let me know and I'll send it to you." peace, michael On Mar 24, 7:46 pm, Bruce <[email protected]> wrote: > Some time, not too far back, there was a discussion of the "heavy" 753 tube > set used on early Rivendells made by Waterford. Having time on my hands > tonight, I dragged a scale out in the garage and weighed my bikes. All were > weighed as is, with regular (in my case 28 to 37 mm) tires, brass bells, > steel railed leather saddles, and saddle bags (these were emptied though) > Things like pedals and bottle cages, and cylcometers are all attached. Many > of you know that the manufacturers who tout how light their bikes are take > much of this stuff off and fit the skinniest, thinnest tires they can on for > the weighing. > > Early Rivendell with "stout" tubes : 22 lbs 650B 32mm tires > Nashbar Mark III with 26" wheelset: 23 lbs 559 28 mm tires > Rambouillet: 24 lbs 559 32 mm tires > Saluki (with fenders and front rack ) 27.5 lbs 650B 37 mm tires > > They all feel great to ride, and honestly, the weight of two filled water > bottles on the 1st bike makes it about as heavy as the last without the > water! Of course, weights vary based on equipment, but nothing here is all > that heavy, considering what you get for the weight that's there. --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
