A year on and with no racing this weekend I thought it a good time to strip my Corratec Bow and give it a good service. Whilst apart I thought I would have a little session with the kitchen scales (shhh dont tell Cath) and look for some cost effective weight savings before I put it back together. I might even treat the frame to a little Purple Harry polish 😉
weight in gms
| Map Board | 350 | |
| Zefal plastic bottle cage | 46 | |
| Reba SL inc crown race | 1618 | |
| XT HT2 Chainset | 772 | |
| XT Rear Mech | 230 | |
| Chain | 274 | |
| XTR Pedals | 326 | |
| Seat Clamp | 28 | |
| XT Front mech | 150 | |
| LX Bottom Braket | 98 | |
| Lock on Grips | 80 | |
| Rest of headset and spacers | 88 | |
| 3T ARX team stem 110mm | 126 | |
| ZZYZX Bar-600mm 5degree | 230 | |
| Front Avid Elixir CR | 296 | |
| Rear Avid Elixir CR | 318 | |
| Reba SL Lockout | 42 | |
| XT Rear shifter & Cable | 188 | |
| XT Front shifter & Cable | 150 | |
| Seatpost | 160 | |
| Seat | 202 | |
| Frame | 2048 | |
| Avid 185 rotor | 148 | |
| 6 bolts | 12 | |
| Avid 160 mm rotor | 102 | |
| Rear wheel complete | 1920 | |
| Front wheel complete | 1616 | |
| 11356 |
You are a sad & obsessed man!!
Hard to say where to start making it lighter… I thought the wheels seamed heavy but then just weighed mine 1675g and 2040g still got the disks on… I know I am over heavey tyre wise but I got fed up of punctureing and the sealant failing so went for proper UST this time at 720g a piece.
I have been trying to work the weights for a light full sus 29er to see if I can justify somthing new for the 24 hour and general racing. To get a real low weight everything needs to be top notch and it ends up way expensive.
I think you can shave a few grams on that seat clamp
And, following on from Alan, are you sure you really need 6 bolts? Could you not get away with 4 or 5?
ha ha, Ive already done that, its the one off the XTC …
Hey Stodge..that’s pretty too much..but corratec is really
2kg? only some cheap suggestions: grips -> extralite
ultragrip bar -> something about 110g.. front mech ->
go for a road one and made your crank 40-26 wheels are heavy
too…in the italian team many of us have “Spada wheel” (Spada Hub
with ZTR rims): cheap and light! BYE!