Seat Post.

[Boon 51]

I will hopefully buy a Trek Emonda ALR 6 and its fitted with a Carbon seat post offset 5mm but I want a lighter one.
I've looked at the Trek seat posts and can't find one the same they did however have a cheap carbon seat post which might be or might be not the one and that is 265 gms weight so I'm looking at getting a new seat post at about 160 ish gms.
What sort of stem size should it be for a 54cm frame size as there are several sizes?
Got any thoughts to whats a good one at about the £80/90 mark?
PS.. Matt or black in colour.
Cheers

 

[screenman]

Stem should be the length you need when measured for the bike.

Saving weight on a carbon seat post, have you tried shaving your legs and hair as that might save you a few grammes. I take it that you already weigh 6 stone.

 

[Drago]

Just skip breakfast!

 

[Citius]

I will hopefully buy a Trek Emonda ALR 6 and its fitted with a Carbon seat post offset 5mm but I want a lighter one.

How much does the Trek post weigh?

 

[Boon 51]

How much does the Trek post weigh?

Pretty vague from the Bontrager site but I think its about 265gms

 

[Citius]

So you think saving about 100g - approximately the weight of a bar of soap - is going to make a difference to you?

 

[Boon 51]

So you think saving about 100g - approximately the weight of a bar of soap - is going to make a difference to you?

No but lighter wheels and skewers, shorter stem, lighter seat post, handle bars, saddle, will be about
600 /650gms less. Most of which I have already.

 

[Citius]

Obviously you can do what you want - it's your money - as long as you realise that none of this is going to make any actual, real world difference to how fast you go.

 

[ANT 666]

Weight weenies, most of the ones i've met have £3or4 grand bikes and 50p legs.

 

[Drago]

Or 100kg waistlines.

 

[Boon 51]

Obviously you can do what you want - it's your money - as long as you realise that none of this is going to make any actual, real world difference to how fast you go.

I must be doing it wrong then as I'm faster on a 7.5 kg bike than I am on a 9.5 kg bike?

 

[Citius]

2kg is a bit more of a saving than 600g, especially if there is much climbing involved.. How much faster were you anyway?

 

[Drago]

Problem is unless you have your bike as it was, and the same bike but lightened and can test them simultaneously there is no way of telling why you went quicker. You may as well attribute it to your socks for all the scientific basis in such claims.

 

[Boon 51]

2kg is a bit more of a saving than 600g, especially if there is much climbing involved.. How much faster were you anyway?

The Trek Emonda ALR Ultegra is 7.8kg add 260 for carbon ultegra pedals that makes 8.60 then take off 600gms and it should be about 7.5kg mark and climbing is involved as I live on a mountain (1680 mtrs) and I'm almost at the top?

 

[Citius]

Yep - you might get home a couple of seconds quicker. Possibly. Or not.