Lightest Road Bike Components
The specialized s works tarmac sl6 that we reviewed here on road cc weighed in at just 6 35kg 14lb well below the uci s minimum weight limit for racing of 6 8kg 14 99lb and that got us thinking about the other super lightweight road bikes out there.
Lightest road bike components. A lighter road bike won t necessarily make you ride faster except in specific situations like a steep uphill time trial and lighter components are often more fickle and require more attention. Sram red 22 is believed to be the lightest groupset on the market at 1 747g. The bike you re about to see was an idea originally started and created in 2008 by a german guy named gunter mai who logged over 20 000km on the machine for a couple years and it weighed at around 3 2kg. These components are designed to be the lightest.
Trek émonda slr 9 etap project one 9 057. Here are six that barely trouble the scales. A road bike groupset is the collection of components that make you stop and go. Out of all of the lightest city bikes we ve listed the all city cycles macho man comes with off road capabilities.
With a cromoly frame disc brakes a flat bar and the ability to clear 38c tire 650b x 42c on the smaller sizes this city bike is ready for cross gravel and your morning and evening commute. Road bike groupset components. Primarily aimed at racing and endurance bikes the components comprise the lightest 2x11 rim brake group available. It s not the stiffest or the lightest bike on the market but the cable routing is simple and while the majority of the finishing kit comes from 4za ridley s in house components brand there s no.
Ax components actually feature on the lightest custom build as. Red is sram s shwankiest cable actuated road bike component group. The world s lightest production road bike is the ax lightness vial evo ultra which comes in at a claimed 4 4kg for the total bike. World s lightest road bike at 2 7kg this road bike weighs in at 6lbs 2 7kg.
Lighter than the laptop you re probably using right now.