Lightest Hardtail Mountain Bike Frame
Carbon is the lightest and strongest material available but due to the construction process costs more.
Lightest hardtail mountain bike frame. Gustav gullholm from a bike shop in mora sweden decided to take a couple of already light new scott bikes a hardtail scale rc 900 sl a full suspension spark rc 900 sl and shed more apparently unnecessary weight than you could probably imagine. A hardtail mountain bike will have a suspension fork with between 100mm and 140mm of travel. At 820g for a medium frame with rear axle and seat collar averaging 760g 1 72lb without specialized s new s works epic ht frame is the lightest mass production mountain bike chassis you can buy. The scott scale hardtail at 849g and the spark full suspension frame at 1 749g weight includes shock and mounting hardware.
Specialized has a proven reputation for spending big on r d and the new epic hardtail is evidence that its engineers are never content. How do you build the world s lightest 29er mountain bikes. But rarely is it said about a hardtail mountain bike. A hardtail is a mountain bike with a rigid frame and a suspension fork on the front.
Unno aora the world s lightest mountain bike frame. Scott sports has just released their new 2017 line of mountain bikes and the big story this year is the release of two of the lightest xc mountain bike frames in existence. Thanks to new carbon fibers and new lay up technologies the carbon experts at scott have. With a frame weight of only 790g the new epic is 75g lighter than its predecessor.
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