chaadster

Thanks, yes, I understood that, and I guess what I was saying that I (for one) often do not go straight between work and home; I often find need for a lock while grabbing a drink with a friend, going shopping, stopping for a bite to eat, mailing a package, or whatever. It would be FAR less convenient for me to not have the lock with me, especially since I don't need one at work at all.

I do get, however, that many find carrying a lock a pain-in-the-tuches; I was one of them in the pre-TiGr days. And I also get your point that lots of folks just ride between work and home, and don't need a lock for the space between.

treal512

Using the bathroom scale technique, it looks like my Miele weighs 31 lbs. That's including a Brooks Professional, a Bagman2 QR Sport rack + Carradice Pendle saddlebag holding my binder, pencil bag, calculator, mp3 player, and other various school supplies that I take on my typical commute to campus. Not bad, I think?

Riveting

The bathroom scale before-after technique is how I've weighed my dog (among other things) for years.

"The Neil" is 37 pounds (with empty Topeak MTX rear trunk, not shown), adjustable stem, mini-pump, tube and multi-tool in crotch bag, full plastic fenders, and 1.5 lbs. of Reelight RL770 magnetic induction lights (seen mounted near cassette on rear wheel). Original weight was 25 lbs.

kookaburra1701

56 lbs, completely unloaded.

I think the Chinese took all of the lead they aren't allowed to put in children's toys anymore and put it in my bike frame.

alexaschwanden

My Felt 29er when loaded with panniers,lock, trunk bag etc.. Is about 45 lbs. my road bike is 22 lbs. world of a difference.

Sixty Fiver

The winter fixed gear is 24 pounds with it's steel crank... for those lighter riding days.



The new old BRC is sub 30... haven't put it on the shop scale yet.

Sharpshin

I think I got everybody beat; EIGHTY-SEVEN pounds yo......

Here I is completing my first century last Saturday......

'89 Schwinn Voyageur w/ front and rear racks and fenders... 34lbs....

Four Orlieb panniers, four gallons of water plus assorted tools, lock, water bottles and clothing etc... ~53lbs.....



I commute on it too.

Mike

cyccommute 

What do you guys do, fill the frame tubes with lead? You work as masons and have to bring not only your tools but the bricks to work as well? Holy moly! I have mountain bikes with suspension that don't break 30 lbs. My commuting load would makes barely brings them up to 30 lbs. My road commuter just breaks 25 lbs.

Lighten up...literally

Andy_K 

My singlespeed Jake the Snake weighs about 20 pounds with rack and fenders.

wphamilton

My commuter with tools, lights, fenders, and frame pack weighs a little under 25 pounds. Nashbar aluminum road frame & carbon fork, generic wheels from Amazon, Sora and under components - it would be pretty deliberate to make it heavier than that.

JReade

Loaded, probably close to 50 pounds. It's a 63 cm steel frame tho, so it's not starting out light. Unloaded, maybe 35 pounds..fenders, racks, etc.

FedericoMena

With fenders, rack and panniers, tools, tube, and lock, 18 Kg = 39.6 pounds.

I think I can lighten my toolkit a little if I get a multitool - there's a small adjustable wrench and a full-sized screwdriver among the toolkit right now.

polishmadman

My ss sits at 35 on the nose. That rack, bags, lock and lights. With change of clothes and water it jumps to 40 to 50 lbs depending on the time of year.

bconneraz

I've never weighed my commuter until now. I hung it on my digital scale last night; just a hair over 36 lbs with no water bottles. I thought it would have been over 40. In any event, this bike is bomb proof, and will provide me with many more years of commuting.

alex jb

Planet X Kaffenback with discs, 29er MTB fork, bamboo fenders, lights and a bag of tools/spares.
33.5lb
The upgrade to disc and swap from carbon CX fork to rigid MTB fork added 2lb this winter but I love the new predictability (braking) and relaxed feel from an extra 30mm axle to crown on the fork. Better for the off road part of my commute.

wphamilton

I just finished checking up my foul-weather beater for Monday and weighed it to see how it stacks up in this thread. It has 32mm tires, light and battery pack, steel rack, and with the tool kit comes in at 31 pounds on the nose. I never would have guessed that my trusty old GMC Denali would come in as a relative light-weight!

e0richt

so you would recommend a gmc denali as a cheap commuter?

trailmix

27.5 without water. 94 Trek 370 Niterider dual headlight/ Solas taillight, 2 water bottle cages, Planet Bike hardcore fenders and Jandd lightweight rack.

AlTheKiller

I can't speak for who you quoted, but we've done some work on these bikes recently and I would absolutely not advise it. aside from basic things like ridiculously heavy tubing that they shaped in horrible ways just for appearances, and basic ****ty components, the thing was unsafe until we swapped out certain things on it. it had split handlebars for one thing... road drops that are cut in half and held together by one tiny bolt of questionable quality. yikes!

do yourself a favor and find something simple. whenever ****ty bike companies try to do things like shape aluminum tubing or "innovate" in any way, it's a bad thing. leave that to great companies like Giant, and just build a tried and true road frame already...

wphamilton

Now let's not derail the thread with a Denali argument please. Let's just say we disagree about that and leave it there. All right?

Somewhat modified it's my go-to beater bike and at 31 pounds evidently lighter than many of the commuter setups here.

Sixty Fiver

Today my commuter will weigh 50 pounds... you would never know it though as it rides rather light.

-=(8)=-

Nice!

You have me and my chubby stovepipage beat by about 10 lbs.
I try to keep it at 40lbs cuz anything more, this olde man might strain a part or bust some internal organ bringing it up the stairs
Big is beautiful, I fat bikes . . .

Sixty Fiver

I don't pick this bike up... the centre stand lets me service it while it is on the ground.

After I pack my tools and other things like my thermos and lock I am probably rolling 65 pounds of bike but the Extrabike design is such that it does not feel weighty unless the hills get extreme.

MrCjolsen

Around 26 lbs naked. Surly Crosscheck with zero consideration given to the weight of installed components. "Strong, Cheap, or Light" I always pick the first two.

When I add the rack, fenders, lights, bottle cages, it's more. How much more, no idea. All I know is that it doesn't seem any slower.

Hoang

My commuter weights 27lbs naked. Add to that a water bottle, some tools, my lunch, shoes, a toiletry kit and a change of clothes and it'll tip the scale at 45 lbs easy on most days.