On Fri, Apr 10, 2009 at 7:34 AM, usuk2007 <[email protected]> wrote: > > I weighed my Quickbeam and my Rambouillet last night and both came in > at 25lbs. I was very surprised as I'd expected the Quickbeam to be a > couple of pounds lighter. The Quickbeam is stock apart from having a > double White Ind freewheel one one side and a 22t freewheel on the > other. The Ram has White Ind MI5 hubs, Velocity Dyad rims and a big > 11/34 Shimano cassette, XT RD and 105 FD. Both bikes have the same > handlebar and saddle set ups.........so why is the QB as heavy as the > RAM????
I'm not surprised by this, actually. Even average-quality modern cassettes and derailers don't really weigh that much, so the biggest difference between the bikes - the gearing - won't change the overall weight that much. It's a much more noticeable difference on an older singlespeed conversion project, where you might drop 5lb from the bike from two steel derailers, freewheel and steel chainrings. -- Bill Connell St. Paul, MN --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
