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New pedals arrived. According to the kitchen scales they come in at the claimed 95 grams / pedal. Not sure Mrs O would be happy about me using her kitchen scales for such matters.
Friday fun: New Bike - Guess the weight
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or convert to a unicycle
Psycolist
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95 gms...... are you sure, that seems unlikely t'me. Afraid I would want a 2nd opinion on that. Whats the make and model, out of interest
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I can't guarantee the accuracy of Mrs O's scales, but the needle pointed at 180 grams for the two of them and the manufacturer quoted weight is 'less than 95 grams / pedal', so I am thinking that it is near enough.
The pedals are Look Keo Blade Carbon Ti linky here: http://www.lookcycle.com/en/uk/route/pedales/keo-blade.html sorry on the ipad so it won't allow me to hyperlink.
They weren't cheap, so they ought to be light :-)
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Isn't cycling chronic? The more you pay, the less you get.
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JEEEESUS (thats pronounced heyzoos to the religious among us, not wanting to offend) my bloomin rear brake cable inner weighs more than one of them. Unbelievable to be honest. I'll just forgo my third sausage at breakfast tommorow.....same effect
Sorry, no disrespect intended
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That sounds about right, with regards to Look Keo2 Ti Blades weight I would expect them to be the 12nm spring at that weight. I run these pedals myself
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Sausages for breakfast, only permitted post Dunwich Dynamo if cycling :-)JEEEESUS (thats pronounced heyzoos to the religious among us, not wanting to offend) my bloomin rear brake cable inner weighs more than one of them. Unbelievable to be honest. I'll just forgo my third sausage at breakfast tommorow.....same effect
I was explaining my pedal dilemma to a friend and explained that I had set aside some of the new bike budget for pedals and that seeing as the bike wasn't cheap, the pedals might as well be good. He kind of got it having spent the same as my bike on a new gearbox for his rally car (and now being in the process of upgrading to flat shift, similar cost to new pedals)
Mr Haematocrit
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I don't think it will be particularly light, specially if its running Di2 group set... I think your looking at around 7.4 kg for the bike.
JEEEESUS (thats pronounced heyzoos to the religious among us, not wanting to offend) my bloomin rear brake cable inner weighs more than one of them. Unbelievable to be honest. I'll just forgo my third sausage at breakfast tommorow.....same effect
Think I'd rather have the 3rd sausage
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It's going to be running full SRAM Red, so hopefully that ought to shave a few grams.
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8.8kg
Mr Haematocrit
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Ahh yes that quite a bit lighter... I change my guess to 6.8 kg.
Really interested in the weight of bikes.
Me too. More so now that I'm going to have funds to treat myself to something decent.
My test is middle finger under the top tube. If I can't lift and hold the bike with one finger comfortably, then it's too heavy!
I'm guessing 6.95Kg
Mr Haematocrit
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I'm a little more 'mental' than that, I spend silly amount of time in my LBS with weighing scales
Or ordering a number of things and sending back the heaviest.... Really wish I could get on with SRAM Red as the weight advantages of that are massiveI'm really pleased though with the weights I'm hitting at the moment. (66.8 kg with me and bike)
I think this bike though could be a little heavier than we all expect, I find if any company has something really light they make claims about it to attract idiots like me, and I can't find any claims for this bike.
