Schmolke KOM - sub (6) 5 kg

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xsnailx wrote:
Fri Aug 28, 2020 3:39 pm
First - some background :)

After a few years of absence due to divorce and problems associated with it - i returned to the Polish roads and decided to replace the old Look 566 with something lighter. Of course, the Look with its weight of around 6.5 kg with Lightweight gen 3 wheels was not that heavy, but it can always be lighter.
Thats rough mate. Did you loose any bikes in the separation?

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Fortunately no, but sold my tt bike a yerar after that - because it hadnt seen any usage, i stopped training so it was pointless to keep it in that time
PLEASEpleasePlease wrote:
Thu Jul 22, 2021 5:42 am
xsnailx wrote:
Fri Aug 28, 2020 3:39 pm
First - some background :)

After a few years of absence due to divorce and problems associated with it - i returned to the Polish roads and decided to replace the old Look 566 with something lighter. Of course, the Look with its weight of around 6.5 kg with Lightweight gen 3 wheels was not that heavy, but it can always be lighter.
Thats rough mate. Did you loose any bikes in the separation?

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I am tinkering what (and if anything) needs to be done to get the bike sub5 kg without going into tubulars & extralite hubs (i am afraid of overtorqueing the freehub in extralite) :

1. extralite or bor chainrings
2. kcnc ti derralieur cables?
3. lighter headset? extralite?
4. rework syncros wheelset with berd spokes / add bitex driilium free hub (http://www.bitexhubs.com/htm/pd_detail.php?no=R07T-NAC2)

i dont want to get into stripping paint, but it would save me couple of grams too...

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ok, finally i got it sub 5 kg :) with extralite chainrings and new wheelset : Farsports rims ~215g each / DT aerolite / bitex rear hub, novatec front hub and VITTORIA Corsa Speed 23 mm tubulars: - hub and tubular choice is deliberate, i have one uphill that is more than 33,5% and was afraid that i need to use 1:1 ratio wich extralite does not support, possibly can shave another 70g with tufo tt tubulars or track tubulars, but i need reliability on poor quality segments
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Sorry about the divorce. With biking you will feel happy and hopefully meet someone else on group rides.

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Long story short - there is a happy end :)
doing now ~300 km / week happily and my girlfriend does not complain.
mike wrote:
Thu May 19, 2022 9:34 am
Sorry about the divorce. With biking you will feel happy and hopefully meet someone else on group rides.

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best of both worlds, congrats!

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Looking hot. I had no idea Schmolke made frames

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It's a rebranded workswell frame, I bought one from them before schmolke made it impossible to buy without their name.

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Schmolke, THM, AX Lightness, sram red 10s...youre taking me back to the old WW's here. Nice work and attention to detail!
Whats the influence behind the paint job?
"Notice how the door closes when the chimes of freedom ring." Joe Strummer
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Yes so many nice light parts there, last place to cut weight is probably on the chainrings; I know many don't like extralite rings but I always find them accurate in shifting, and they aren't very expensive too. This bike is a keeper!

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Influence behind paint job is my favourite metal band :) behemoth
the unholy trinity sigil on the front and the text on the top tube - the only thing i regret a little was that the letters shall be painted gold inside :)

another place for a further tunning can be:
- bartape (use babolat vs pro tennis one)
- extralite upper headset bearing (lower is 1 3/8 wich extralite does not make)
- saddle (but i am yet to find another that works for me as well as smp, maybe ask berk for a integrated copy of smp with seatpost?)
- pedals (this will involve for me to replace at least 3 pairs because of other bikes)

actually i use it as my uphill bike (for a daily i got another one) :
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spokenwords wrote:
Sat May 28, 2022 2:30 am
Schmolke, THM, AX Lightness, sram red 10s...youre taking me back to the old WW's here. Nice work and attention to detail!
Whats the influence behind the paint job?

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xsnailx wrote:
Tue May 31, 2022 6:13 am
Influence behind paint job is my favourite metal band :) behemoth
the unholy trinity sigil on the front and the text on the top tube - the only thing i regret a little was that the letters shall be painted gold inside :)

another place for a further tunning can be:
- bartape (use babolat vs pro tennis one)
- extralite upper headset bearing (lower is 1 3/8 wich extralite does not make)
- saddle (but i am yet to find another that works for me as well as smp, maybe ask berk for a integrated copy of smp with seatpost?)
- pedals (this will involve for me to replace at least 3 pairs because of other bikes)

actually i use it as my uphill bike (for a daily i got another one) :
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spokenwords wrote:
Sat May 28, 2022 2:30 am
Schmolke, THM, AX Lightness, sram red 10s...youre taking me back to the old WW's here. Nice work and attention to detail!
Whats the influence behind the paint job?
Good man! Same reason I have an Eddie on several of my bikes 🤘(different band obviously but just as good)
Allegra- Steel Lugs TBC
Aurelia- Stainless All Road 8.5kg
Bertha- TT 9.8kg
Perdita- Ti Turbo bike 8kg
Serenity- Ti Gravel 9.5kg/8.9kg
Verity- Ti Aero 8.2kg
Alya- Ti Climbing TBC

All weights with pedals,cages & garmin mount

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Ha Irons were first metal band that i have listend to. Moreover i attended all their gigs in poland from 90`s till 2000`s somehow i migrated into harder generes of metal around the Dance of Death was out. Still have plenty of their discs tho :)
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Tue May 31, 2022 9:49 am
Good man! Same reason I have an Eddie on several of my bikes 🤘(different band obviously but just as good)

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Thats dope. Havent listened to any Behemoth in a long while. Eddie is prominent though. I am now motivated to add something to my new build.
"Notice how the door closes when the chimes of freedom ring." Joe Strummer
"this goes to 11" Nigel Tufnel
Dont move to Austin
Major Taylor rules.

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