http://weightweenies.starbike.com/articles.php?ID=65
Ginat got into the lightweight bike game. Check out the Tune Hex-taper BB. I have never really been a fan of splines, but I could see this as being a good compromise between the spline and and square taper BB.
I think it’s well under the UCI weight limit, as well. But this uberlight bike thing is definitely a new sport unto itself. Many of these bikes could easily be unusable for most riders.
That’s insane…now…if I only win the 30mil lottery next Friday…
Why does the UCI put weight limits on bikes?
That BB is pretty cool. The seatpost/saddle is pretty funky and I thought the pedals look like the ones Dan demoed and were recalled a while back.
The whole thing is a bit absurd if you ask me. Neato though. I’d love to be around when some poor soul lays one of these things down.
This thing weighs 4537.5 gram = 10.0034751 pound
I don’t think I want it for my next race!
He could put a pair of PowerCranks (at 3+ lbs) on that bike and it still wouldn’t be weight legal I think.
Frank
Why? Another one of the UCI nazis to make the bikes “on the same. level playing field” or some bullshit.
off by two pounds…
I saw some of those in a bike shop last week. Must have gotten all of the bugs worked out.
I still like the world’s lightest bike better- but doing this thing with regular shift/brake levers is downright impressive.
People wold go bonkers with stupid light bikes, if there were no weight limit. I wouldn’t want to ride a 10 pound bike and I wouldn’t want to be in a peleton with people that were riding such guaranteed accidents.
I think that 10 pound bikes are merely garage queens. I doubt anyone actually races these things.