HI all! Love the ww website/forum and have been reading / following it for ages. Never really felt i had anything worthwhile to contribute till now (if there's nothing worth saying - don't say anything!).

Noticed that most light bikes are made with small/standard sized frames. all good and well if you're not 190cm / 6"4'.

So, for the last year or so I've been working on (saving every penny) to build a sub 6kg 60cm bike (whilst still keeping reliability etc).

Last week that mission was acomplished.

60cm Orbea Orca with Orbea SL fork, Lightweight obermayer wheels, zg, m2racer, etc etc (will post full listing soon when i have a chance) and is under 6kg - even with bottle cages and pedals plus all fittings and bar tape.

Will post pics and parts listing soon.

I feel I have arrived as a ww !

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Welcome ejm , looking forward to your pictures . sounds a nice build.

Wahoo! Another tall Australian...and your bikes a hell of a lot lighter than mine

Welcome to the board, again as above, looking forward to some pics

Hi, i've finally taken some pics of the bike...

and the spec's;
Frame Orbea Orca 60cm 1332g
Fork Orbea SL 323g
Headset FSA w/spacers 65g
Crank Set Dura Ace 177.5mm 666g
Bottom Bracket Dura Ace External 97g
Pedals m2racer ORB ti 99g
Stem Oval R700 110mm w/upgrade 130g
Handlebar Oval R900 31.8mm 190g
Shifters/Levers Left Dura Ace 7800 197g
Shifters/Levers Right Dura Ace 7800 196g
Seatpost m2racer 27.2 300mm 100g
Brake Caliper Front Zero Gravity 0g-05 84g
Brake Caliper Rear Zero Gravity 0g-05 86g
Front Deraileur Dura Ace 7800 72g
Front Deraileur Hanger Shimano 31.8mm 31g
Rear Deraileur Dura Ace 7800 180g
Cable Set 150g
Chain Dura Ace 7800 260g
Bar Tape Wrap 39g
Seat m2racer eagle 52g
Headset Cap Custom 20g
Bottle Cages carbon 18g each 36g
polar mounts/sensors 44g

SUB TOTAL FRAME 4449g


Wheel Front Lightweight Obermayer 16sp 455g
Wheel Rear Lightweight Obermayer 20sp 558g
Skewer Front M2Racer 19g
Skewer Rear M2Racer 21g
Sprocket Rear Pro Lite Al Billet 108g
Tyre Rear Vittoria Crono 175g
Tyre Front Vittoria Crono 180g
Tube Front Singles n/a
Tube Rear Singles n/a

SUB TOTAL WHEEL 1516g

BIKE TOTAL WEIGHT 5965g

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Visiting Southwest Western Australia? Visit our store, Crank'n Cycles, in Collie!

very nice, some cool kit you have on it

I'm almost as tall and probably quite a bit heavier than you, so I love to see posts/pics with lightweight, big frames. Welcome.

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WOW! Very nice bike!