My 2012 Madone 4.5

[erwizy4p5]

Hi I'm new to WW but the site has been helpful for me building this bike.
I've done the best I can to drop the weight from a stock 4.5
The latest weight is 15 lbs and 02 oz.
I want it to be at least below 15 so it's not UCI legal
Ideas anyone?

[btompkins0112]

Build list?

[erwizy4p5]

Frame 2012 Madone 4.5 OCLV
Fork Bontrager Race Lite Fork
Headset FSA
Bar Tape Specialized S Classic
Handlebar Bontrager Race X Lite Blade
Stem Bontrager XXX Lite
Shifters Sram Red 2012
Brakes Sram Red 2012
Front Whl Bontrager XXX Lite
Skewers KCNC Ti
Seatpost Bontrager XXX Lite
Saddle Fizik Antares Versus
Seatpost Clamp Generic
Crankset Sram Red 2012
Pedals Look Keo Blade Ti
Front Der Sram Red 2012
BotCages Bontrager RL
Rear Der Sram Red 2012
Cassette Ultegra 6700
Chain Sram PC1091R
Rear Wheel Bontrager XXX Lite
Tires Conti 4000S GP

[Stefano]

Hi,

Looks you are more than off to a good start, that is seriously ww for just coming here! I guess a few areas you could look into for quick savings are:

brakes: something like the planetx cnc, I have them and they're awesome
bartape: deda is the lightest nice cork tape I think
bars/stem: if you're looking for a bargain, the williams cycling stuff is pretty good. for more preformance, maybe some ritchey wcs stuff?
cables/ housings: look into alligator/aican/powercords, you can get some real savings there
fork: if I remember correctly, the race lite fork has an aluminum steerer, which is REALLY heavy. maybe the higher end all carbon trek fork? or aftermarket if that ends up being cheaper
tires/tubes: while the gp4000s are pretty nice all arounders, something like a michelin latex or ultralight butyl tube with some lighter tires could save you serious weight.
chainrings: sram red 2012 is heavy, 50g savings from switching the big ring to a stronglight ct2 would not be unreasonable

Hope this helps!

Stefano

[erwizy4p5]

Thanks I'll definitely look into those things

[erwizy4p5]

Recently upgraded to emonda sl

[amey]

Emonda looks great! Does SL take direct mount brakes? Also which bontrager stem is that?

[erwizy4p5]

The sl uses center mount brakes standard so i just use sram red. The stem is bontrager xxx stem comes in half white half matte black