Upgrades weigh saved ?

[dave147]

so gone from 5800 cassette to r8000
Cranksets rf500 to r8000
Brakes brr561 to 6800
Front mec fd580 to r8000
Wheels pr2 giant to vison team 35comp
Tyres pr3 giant to gp4000

Been looking around as I have been board today don’t now if all the weights are accurate but think I have saved 400 + grams. Does that sound rite only going of the eights I cud find online

 

[vickster]

so gone from 5800 cassette to r8000
Cranksets rf500 to r8000
Brakes brr561 to 6800
Front mec fd580 to r8000
Wheels pr2 giant to vison team 35comp
Tyres pr3 giant to gp4000

Been looking around as I have been board today don’t now if all the weights are accurate but think I have saved 400 + grams. Does that sound rite only going of the eights I cud find online

And how much did it cost to save the weight of a water bottle?

You could try weightweenies

https://weightweenies.starbike.com/forum/

 

[dave147]

A bit ha ha but got the bike to how I wanted the weight saving wasn’t main thing or cost. Need to get the weight of me first. Was just woundering if it sounded about rite

 

[Deleted member 1258]

It doesn't sound a lot, was it worth it?

 

[vickster]

A bit ha ha but got the bike to how I wanted the weight saving wasn’t main thing or cost. Need to get the weight of me first. Was just woundering if it sounded about rite

As edited, try

https://weightweenies.starbike.com/forum/

 

[lane]

I am planning on upgrading myself and saving 10kg. Does that sound about right?

 

[Heltor Chasca]

I need to cut my hair and I’ll save that 400g easily. Imagine the aero advantage.

And maybe I’ll leave that tin of rice pudding at home.

 

[Deleted member 1258]

I need to cut my hair and I’ll save that 400g easily.

And maybe leave that tin of rice pudding at home.

I recon if I shave of my beard and loose a bit of weight I should see an improvement.

 

[Yellow Saddle]

A bit ha ha but got the bike to how I wanted the weight saving wasn’t main thing or cost. Need to get the weight of me first. Was just woundering if it sounded about rite

Yeah, it is a rite of passage for many cyclist to start weight weenying after a while.

 

[DCLane]

@dave147 - most of the weight saved will be the crankset (~100g) and wheels (~300g).

In all honesty they're not the lightest wheels. You could have saved much more weight by simply upgrading the wheels to a significantly lighter set and leaving the rest alone; i.e. Superstar Components ones are about 1500g so would save 200g+ or you could go even further with a pair of Lightweight wheels, although these cost as much as a decent holiday.

 

[Spiderweb]

I’m hoping some of the original parts needed replacing through wear and tear otherwise it’s been quite an expensive exercise for not much gain.

 

[roadrash]

I loose more weight than that each morning having an eartha kitt

 

[Drago]

400g? I could save more than that by simply visiting the bathroom, and I isnt joking!

 

[Ming the Merciless]

Take my rack bag off and I would save about 600g. I plan to lose 5kg off myself between now and May so 12.5 times your saving and saving money at the same time!

 

[fossyant]

You can drop a fair amount of weight depending upon which saddle you have !