Lightest road bike?

spoke2cun

I'm wondering if anyone can tell me what is the lightest road bike available out there for a budget of €1200 or less, new or used. Thanks.

iwillhtfu

Why is weight your main priority?

It's easier and cheaper to lose weight off yourself and you'll lose more pushing a heavier bike around.

You could pick up as stock bike from canyon for around 8kg that'd be as low as you'd get new.

http://www.canyon.com/_en/roadbikes/bike.html?b=3193#tab-reiter2

2nd hand who knows?? Possibly .5kg lighter but you'll hardly notice that if you're carrying excess weight.

Concentrate on quality components you can always upgrade the frame later.

Seweryn

spoke2cun wrote: »

I'm wondering if anyone can tell me what is the lightest road bike available out there for a budget of €1200 or less, new or used. Thanks.

I don't think anybody can give you the right answer to this. All road bikes in that price range will be of similar weight, +/- 1 kg. But tere will always be a lighter one out there. And if you want to make it even lighter, just remove the bar tape and strip the paint off. And it is worth mentioning that the smaller the frame size, the lighter the bike.

But anyway, the best piece of advise you get when buying a new bike is to find a bike that fits you best overal. You can always find the lightest one with the top of the range parts fitted, and so on, but if it is the wrong size or the wrong type of bike for your needs, then all these things become meaningless.

Buzwaldo

Where's the PlanetX fan club?
What's keeping them!

WillyFXP

http://www.rosebikes.com/bike/rose-pro-sl-2000-2014/aid:668081
57cm under 8kg, not too shabby for less than a grand.

laraghrider

Well weight depends on so many variables such as components, finishing kit, wheels and frame size. A 50cm frame will weight less than a 60cm frame and usually when you see weight referenced against a bike on a site more often than not they give you the weight of the smallest frame they make giving a slightly unrealistic number.

So I wouldn't tend to be too worried by weight. If you can find the raw frame weight and see one is 900g and another 1100g the 1100g one may have ultegra where as the 900g one tiagra thus cancelling out any weight gain in the frame. It's all about balance of frame v's components and wheels! Wheels are often a point where manufacturers save big by putting on crap that weigh a tonne. That's the best perfromance/weight per euro that you can upgrade.

Carpenter

Buzwaldo wrote: »

Where's the PlanetX fan club?
What's keeping them!

Here

fat bloke

Second hand definitely. If you can pick up a bike that someone else paid 2500 to 3000 for within the last couple of years, then you should have a much lighter bike than anything you'd buy new for your money.

mamax

A top bike for €1299 http://planetxireland.com/products-page/bikes/sl-pro-franco-bianco/

And it's a Planet X

fat bloke

mamax wrote: »

A top bike for €1299 http://planetxireland.com/products-page/bikes/sl-pro-franco-bianco/

And it's a Planet X

Jayus, you wouldn't want to take it out in the fog!

c50

ill have a 5.5kg ritte bosberg with sr11 and lightweight standards for sale after i win the national hill climb championships on it if you willing to stretch your budget a small bit to €4500? (p.s i wont actually win the HC's regardless of how much vodka i consume)

spoke2cun

I was just curious. I'm more than happy with the bike I have. The lightest best bike would be the obvious choice.

spoke2cun

I was just curious. I'm more than happy with the bike I have. The lightest best bike would be the obvious choice.

Mycroft H

spoke2cun wrote: »

I was just curious. I'm more than happy with the bike I have. The lightest best bike would be the obvious choice.

How heavy is the current one?

Mycroft H

spoke2cun wrote: »

I was just curious. I'm more than happy with the bike I have. The lightest best bike would be the obvious choice.

How heavy is the current one?

iwillhtfu

spoke2cun wrote: »

I was just curious. I'm more than happy with the bike I have. The lightest best bike would be the obvious choice.

I'd go with comfort and quality first light bikes are usually stripped right back to the bare bones and not particularly comfortable. Most of the ordinary bikes you see will be around 8-9kg and the better ones 7-8kg you'll rarely see a sub 7 bike in everyday use unless someone has a lot of money to throw about or is very small.

You could have this for a measley 45k

http://www.bikeradar.com/road/gear/article/the-worlds-lightest-bike-36902/

AstraMonti

iwillhtfu wrote: »

I'd go with comfort and quality first light bikes are usually stripped right back to the bare bones and not particularly comfortable.

Old wives tale

iwillhtfu

AstraMonti wrote: »

Old wives tale

I'll heed her advice so