johngwheeler

I know we’re often a bit obsessed with our bike weight, and value upgrades that can shave off a couple of hundred grams here & there. However, I’ve often suspected that manufacturers or bike reviews take a very minimalist approach when listing weights, i.e. no pedals or accessories of any kind

Out of interest, I thought I should weigh my bike with the gear that I actually have with me when I ride.

I was surprised to find that my 2017 Specialized Roubaix Expert UDi2 weighs in at 10.2kg without a bidon. I excluded the bidon, because they come in a variety of sizes and people carry different amounts of water. With a full 700ml bottle, the total would be closer to 10.8kg.

This includes:
1) front & rear lights (Serfas / Lezyne),
2) SWAT box with CO2 bottle & valve, spare inner tube
3) Small multi-tool + 2nd lightweight tube in a tiny saddle bag (I have punctured twice on a ride, so always take two)
4) Small top-tube bag for phone, keys etc. (Empty for weigh-in)
5) Garmin Edge 200 + out-front bracket, a small Cateye cadence meter, a tiny bell (legal requirement),
6) Speedplay zero pedals
7) 28mm Conti GP4K II tires.

There isn’t really too much that I could get rid of here. Maybe ditch the lights if there’s no traffic (I always have flashing lights to help distracted drivers see me). I could go with one tube or use patches if got two flats. Reduce the electronics - but then the ride didn’t happen if it’s not on Strava :-)

I know that some of the gear could be carried in my jersey instead of the bike, but it’s still there in the total weight. (Which raises another question as to whether extra gear is best carried on the bike or on the rider....)

IIRC correctly, one review showed the Roubaix Expert as weighing 8.4kg. Does the rest of my gear really weight 1.8kg, or are the reviewers being “generous”?

Let’s have a weigh-in, and find out how much we’re really pushing up those hills :-)

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bogydave

24 lbs / 10.8 k
No water bottles

rosefarts

18.47lbs ready to go but with no repair kit.

I only carry a tube and teeny multi tool plus a small frame pump.

I'd imagine it would go up a pound with that.

kbarch

1.8 kg sounds like a lot for accessories, but they do add up - the full saddle bag especially. I would expect it to account for up to 1/3 of that weight.
I can understand not wanting to put tubes, tools and canisters in ones pockets, and the lights, and even the bell, but the top tube bag - that's gotta go. Phone and keys? That's what jersey pockets are for. You're not carrying a three-course meal back there, are you? And by the way, what do you do for long rides when you might need to change out gloves or doff your warmers or windbreaker? Mount panniers?

Bob Ross

I don't own a scale, so I have no idea.
But I do know "a pint's a pound the whole world 'round" so whatever my bike weighs, add 3lbs for the two 24oz water bottles that invariably get loaded onto it.

johngwheeler

Yes, 1.8kg for gear feels like a lot me. I guess I could take everything off (maybe excluding the pedals with weigh 206g for the pair I understand), and weight the bike. I suspect it would be more than the 8.4kg that I read in a review (not on Specialized's web-site). The top-bag may not be cool, but it I do feel that my phone is more secure there than in a jersey pocket that is a bit loose-fitting.

For winter or the possibility of wet weather I often have an old water bottle converted to hold a Gillet or waterproof - so even more weight!

PepeM

Remember to go to the bathroom before every ride.

woodcraft

16.55lbs
w/ front & rear blinkies, bell, Garmin & mount, PM,
spare tire, pump, tools including pliers & chain tool, tire levers, 1st aid kit, needle thread thimble,
valve cores, extension, quick link, patch kit, $, paper & pencil, tape, knife, zip ties
& the new, weighty 11/32 cassette.

Everything except water bottle & 1 1/2 oz of sealant that I carry in jersey pocket.

johngwheeler

Wow - that’s light! What is your bike, and is it under the 6.8kg UCI limit without the extra gear?

BTW, did you mean spare tire, or spare inner tube? That would be even more impressive!

woodcraft

It's a Tarmac, & has weighed just under 15lbs, so just about the UCI limit.

I run tubulars, so yes a whole spare tire.

It will run on a clincher wheel in a pinch as well, so good to have one of us in the group

if you slash your tire.

mstateglfr 

23.85#
23.15#
24.30#

Weights of my 3 current road bikes. Pedals, cages, wedge bag of stuff included.

63-64cm steel frames.

canklecat

"Ready to ride," meaning full water bottles, saddle bag with minimal spares and tools, pedals, etc.? Gotta be close to 28 lbs. This 1980s steel road bike weighs about 23 lbs without all that stuff, but that's not how it's ridden. I suspect Centurion omitted the pedals from the weight because those aluminum Look pedals were heavy.

berner

I don't obsess too much about weight although no more than I find necessary of convenient. The basic bike is 20.5 pounds and tools add another 2 to 4 pounds. Then, I usually have an extra layer in a handlebar bag unless it is mid summer. Around town could add another 10 pounds worth of library books.

Spoonrobot 

Like 30 pounds.

After leaving the road race-industrial complex behind I basically ride a sport touring bike festooned with lights, fenders, framebag and three water bottles. Handles gravel and riding through the middle of nowhere without cell signal or water availability. It's overkill when I go for shorter local rides but it seems pointless to remove things when it rides fine, just slower, with all the stuff. Helps keep me strong for thrashing around my gravel racers and MTB, at least that's what I tell myself.

bruce19

Guru Sidero (steel) w/Garmin, 1 bottle cage, 1 Italian roadbike mirror, blinkie light, seat bag w/levers(1 lb), tube, Pump/inflator, etc. , Speedplay Pedals and no water bottle.......19 lbs even. Not bad for steel IMO. I thinks that's 8/66 KG.

robbyville

16 lbs 14oz with garmin vector 3 pedals, tail light, garmin edge 520 and metal kedge mount. Bottle cages (no bottles), tool pouch with tube, co2, adapter, levers, multi tool. 38mm carbon wheels set up tubeless 25mm tires with 2oz of sealant in each.

Bike is steel with carbon seat tube

bruce19

Bike brand? Tubing? My bike is about that weight w/pedals only but not "as ridden." Columbus Spirit tubing.

HTupolev

Why would they weigh the product with stuff added to it?

Doge

11lbs, 15 oz as ridden by my kid.

HTupolev

My heaviest bike that could be vaguely construed as a road bike weighs about 35 pounds when complete with full water bottles.

Doge

As we are into this weight thing...

Some of us like to carry more stuff on the body and less stuff on the bike.

That could be spares, bidon, heavy shoes/cleats with light pedals, and padding in shorts vs saddle. ~2lbs there easy.

The "real" test would be to put everything but your naked body in a pile with bike and weigh it.

rgr555

23.7lbs

this is with me just standing on my scale with my bike so not sure how accurate that is

will be about 22.7 once I get my new tires on there in a week

Pizzaiolo Americano 

Probably doesn't matter with my fat butt on it...

zacster

I don't know. My bike stripped is at 17lbs with pedals. 30 pounds came off the rider. The rest is minor by comparison.