How much does your gravel bike weigh? (why are they so heavy?)

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WorkonSunday
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kroem wrote:
Thu May 13, 2021 4:27 pm
WorkonSunday wrote:
Thu May 13, 2021 9:36 am
kroem wrote:
Thu May 13, 2021 9:16 am
WorkonSunday wrote:
Wed May 12, 2021 1:09 pm


Beautiful build :beerchug: what handlebar is that? thanks

EDIT: i spotted your other post in the open mold thread, you mentioned you may replace the handlebar, is that the new one? cheers.
Thanks! It's fun, but mainly used for road now...

It's a Yoeleo H10 bar, so much nicer than the Tantan one...
thanks! yes, your bike look totally awesome ! by the way, what gravel wheels were they in that 7.1x kg shot? :beerchug:
Farsports Gravel 30x30 on DT240 Exp, 1279g 👌
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nice! they look beautiful
Some say pour 10ml water out of your bottle to save that last bit of the weight. Sorry, i go one step further, i tend to the rider off my bikes. :thumbup:
n+1...14 last time i checked, but i lost count :mrgreen:

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pritish8287
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Just finished building Look Gravel RS with ekar groupset, alloy handlebars, alloy wheels. Bike with the bottle cage and pedals weighs 8.92 kgs.

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pritish8287 wrote:
Mon Jun 21, 2021 2:56 am
Just finished building Look Gravel RS with ekar groupset, alloy handlebars, alloy wheels. Bike with the bottle cage and pedals weighs 8.92 kgs.
Pics please!
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WorkonSunday
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by WorkonSunday

Just built a Ritchey Outback Carbon in size S:

pro discover 40cm 12F alloy bar
Ritchey C260 carbon stem 120mm
Ergon CF3 leave spring seatpost
Prologo NDR NACK
20mm spacers + FSA topcap / expander plug
Elite Rocko carbon bottle cage
Prime Attacquer disc
Goodyear Vector 4s 28mm (will switch to Gravelking SS 35mm later)
Schwalbe aerothan
Shimano XT MT8000 160mm rotors Front and rear
Tailfin thru axle
Shimano GRX di2 48/31 + M9050 LCD type junction A + external battery casing since the frame was never designed for di2
i also switched the cassette to ZTTO SLR 11-34 cassette
haven't thought of what pedals to use yet, so without pedals it's 7.96kg.

will add more pics later, only picture i got:
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Some say pour 10ml water out of your bottle to save that last bit of the weight. Sorry, i go one step further, i tend to the rider off my bikes. :thumbup:
n+1...14 last time i checked, but i lost count :mrgreen:

pritish8287
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bikewithnoname wrote:
Mon Jun 21, 2021 12:38 pm
pritish8287 wrote:
Mon Jun 21, 2021 2:56 am
Just finished building Look Gravel RS with ekar groupset, alloy handlebars, alloy wheels. Bike with the bottle cage and pedals weighs 8.92 kgs.


Pics please!
ok.. i tried a couple of options, i can't attach image

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Here you go! Figured out how to upload!!


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saldegracia
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Sweet bike! How are you finding Ekar so far? Can you actually ride in the drops and brake with this handlebar position?
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pritish8287
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saldegracia wrote:Sweet bike! How are you finding Ekar so far? Can you actually ride in the drops and brake with this handlebar position?
Thanks for the compliments.
Have only been on 2 rides so far… trying to fine tune some adjustments especially braking… struggled to get it right compared to when I did my Colnago with record setup… and this prebled system was supposed to be easier. Need to add a disclaimer though, I am a newbie so not super adept in bike building per say ;) only my 2nd build


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Miller
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I built up chorus with pre-filled hoses recently. One caliper was fine, one wasnt. For that one I did a proper bleed procedure then all was good. Great brakes actually. My potenza discs had a propensity to squeal but these chorus ones don't. Honestly, no idea why.

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Miller wrote:I built up chorus with pre-filled hoses recently. One caliper was fine, one wasnt. For that one I did a proper bleed procedure then all was good. Great brakes actually. My potenza discs had a propensity to squeal but these chorus ones don't. Honestly, no idea why.
Something tells me there is air in the system…the rear won’t lock up. The front on the other hand, had to go thru’ 3 sets of olives to finally seal the hose, and that caused a lot of oil leak, hence, bled the front brake. The rear assembly went ok, just very little leakage.
Any idea if the shimano or any aftermarket funnel system can mate with the Campy lever reservoir threads? Maybe I could do a quick burb / mini bleed?


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Miller
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Why not just get the proper Campag disc brake bleed kit.

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Miller wrote:Why not just get the proper Campag disc brake bleed kit.
I have it. Wanted to try something quick before connecting the syringes


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by Swano

Carbonda CFR696 size 52cm : 7.81kg as shown (minus the bags).

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A real joy to ride.

Phil =)

kroem
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Haha... I was like WTF CARBON TIRES!? :D

Nice!
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Waltly Gravel (stolen... and found!)
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Tifosiphil
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by Tifosiphil

Made me just go and weigh my Titanium gravel bike, 8,8kg with the 38mm Gravelking SK's and a cheap Fulcrum wheelset! I'm not feeling quite so bad about the weight of it now

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