How much should a Wheel/tire/cassette set weigh?

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So while I was cleaning my Road bike tonight before a ride I weighed the steed and found that it was a porkey 17 lbs. Thsi got me to thinking what exactly made this bike so heavy. So I took off the wheels and weighed everything that was left, 11 lbs, not bad I thought. So the question is: Should wheels tires and a cassette weigh in at 6lbs?

Discuss.

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They should weigh no more than 2.39475 lbs.

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I can’t believe you’re upset about a 17-pound complete bike.

Anyway, my Shimano R-550s with a ten-speed cassette and race tires & tubes would be around 5.75 pounds. So, depending on what you have, six pounds sounds a bit heavy but maybe not by too much.

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I know, i know, but I’m a bit of a weight weenie when it comes to my road bike and it just does not seem to be that light to me. I have to keep replacing parts with lighter ones a little bit at a time and the next thing is my wheel set if I win the lotto, or my wife goes into a coma.

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Keep replacing bits with lighter stuff until things start breaking, then it’s just right.

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So while I was cleaning my Road bike tonight before a ride I weighed the steed and found that it was a porkey 17 lbs. Thsi got me to thinking what exactly made this bike so heavy. So I took off the wheels and weighed everything that was left, 11 lbs, not bad I thought. So the question is: Should wheels tires and a cassette weigh in at 6lbs?
Discuss.

A PORKEY 17 lbs lol

How much do you weigh?

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My race wheelset weights 4.95# (That’s with a disc)
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My Litespeed Tuscany wt is 16 lbs. Don’t know if that’s good or bad.

Set up:

Campy Record compact
Easton assent wheels
Easton EC 90 SLX Fork
Look Keo Ti pedals
Ritchey- WCS stem, bars, seat post
PD carbon cages
Saddle Fizik Arione
Tires Conti GP 4000 w/NON latex tubes

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So, I’ll be that guy…

Descent training wheels- 1650-1800g w/ skewers (~3.5 to 4 pounds)
Ultegra cassette +/- 225g (1/2 pound)
Rim tape ~1/10 pound for both
Two Pro2Race’s 1 pound
two not-stupid-weight-tubes (.3 pounds +/1)

So, all told, 5.4 to 5.9 pounds. To have a 5 pound wheelset, you’d have to lose at least a half pound. You can’t lose more than 1/10th pound with lighter tubes, so you would have to lose it in your wheels, and 1400g wheels are NOT training wheels. Unless you have disposable income.