[Willy Vanilly]

I'm really hoping I'll get all sorts of super sarcastic remarks and responses about how dumb this thread is.

So everyone is always talking about bike weight but I was curious how the bike weight related to your body weight to see what kinds of ranges people run and for what sorts of bikes. Kind of stemmed from my days wrestling in high school; dropping 5 pounds for the lightweights was impossible while the heavyweights could drop 5 pounds pissing. With that said, post your bike's purpose, bike's weight, your weight, and dust off the Texas Instruments and calculate the percentage

Bike type: xc/am/everything else (my only bike)
bike weight: 29 pounds
rider weight: 142 pounds
bike/rider ratio: 20.4 percent

 

[LordOpie]

if you're suggesting that bike weight is over-rated, then i 100% agree.

 

[Jettj45]

Bike weight is definitely not as imporant as a lot of people try and make you think on here.

 

[PatBranch]

I'm like 150-160lbs and my dh/fr bike weighs 38lbs. I can throw around a lighter bike a lot easier and quicker. I do think there is a point that a dh bike would be too light that it would lose momentum more easily and become less stable.

 

[eaterofdog]

I'm 175 and any hardtail bike about 33 lbs or less is fine with me. 35 lbs feels heavy.

 

[Austin Bike]

I ride xc so my bike is probably 25-26 pounds, never bothered to weigh it.

Bike weight is over-rated. People will obsess on shaving a few grams off, then reach for the 4th piece of pizza.

One of the guys I know supposedly walked out of a mcdonald's bathroom on the way to a ride and exclaimed "I just upgraded to XTR"

 

[giantrider89]

hardtail/urban bike = 33lbs
DH/fully = 42 lbs
Me = 200 lbs
16.5% - 21%

goes to show ya, ten pounds of weight difference doesn't even make a 5% change in the ratio.......

honestly you could be on to something here.....i would think a rider to bike ratio like this would be a more valuable number than just simply the weight......

maybe then when people post a 35 lb bike that looks like it'll shatter under you, we can skip all the ridicule and name calling, because immediately we know that they hardly weigh 135 soaking wet. So that bike might be appropriate for dh for them......

i could be wrong, but about a 20% weight ratio for DH bikes seems like a really good number to me.....

 

[Willy Vanilly]

I'm 175 and any hardtail bike about 33 lbs or less is fine with me. 35 lbs feels heavy.

18.9%

 

[Willy Vanilly]

I'm like 150-160lbs and my dh/fr bike weighs 38lbs. I can throw around a lighter bike a lot easier and quicker. I do think there is a point that a dh bike would be too light that it would lose momentum more easily and become less stable.

23.8% to 25.3%

 

[Willy Vanilly]

Spread rep.




150#, 21-33# bike weight.

21/150 = 14% (!!!)
33/150 = 22%

 

[manimal]

i'm 230 and my bottlerocket is about 39lbs so with my off the cuff guestimation that's right around 15%. for noah...his bike is roughly 20lbs and he weighs about 52lbs so that's roughly the same ratio as early 2000's bender
at my size, i don't feel comfortable on smaller "trailbikes" under about 35lbs. i think geometry and suspension performance is more important that overall bike weight.

 

[ire]

There are a bunch of DH racers around here who brag about their sub 40lb bike and how much better it is having a light bike; the funny thing is most of these guys are 20-30lbs overweight, if they worked at it they could damn near drop the weight of their bike off their gut. I didn't build a light XC rig until I lost a bunch of weight, I figured its cheaper to lose my gut

 

[FOXROX]

me-145 DH-39.5

to lazy to remember how to do ratios give me a brake I'm in the slow class's

 

[SkaredShtles]

me-145 DH-39.5

to lazy to remember how to do ratios give me a brake I'm in the slow class's

Shocked. I'm absolutely SHOCKED.

Bike type: everything bike
bike weight: 28 pounds (est)
rider weight: 175 pounds
bike/rider ratio: 16% (est)

 

[Willy Vanilly]

me-145 DH-39.5

to lazy to remember how to do ratios give me a brake I'm in the slow class's

27.2%

 

[jimmydean]

...at my size, i don't feel comfortable on smaller "trailbikes" under about 35lbs. i think geometry and suspension performance is more important that overall bike weight.

240 by race season, bike is a slim 48#.

When I say "looks flexy", it's because it is.

 

[DirtyMike]

Personally I float between 245 and 250 the bike weighs in at 42.5 currently. I dont care about overall weight of my bikes, Anf d personally dont mind the ratio or anything like that, The only weights I really worry about are rotational mass's IE cranks Maybe but defenetly wheels and tires, but at teh same time, I wont Sacrifice performance to get a lower weight.

Something touched on in this thread...... If your looking for better performance, best look in the mirror before looking at the bike for that little extra weight savings

 

[Wumpus]

Going from a 38# Banshee to a low 30ish DakarXC to my now 30# Trance X, to me the weight difference was huge. I was 220# but I'm down to 210# and trying to lose a little more.

38/220=17.3%
32/220=14.5%
30/220=13.6%

30/210=14.3%

 

[FriedRys]

I'm not sure what my bike weighs, somewhere in the 50lb area. I'm about 180, closer to 200 geared up. I think I could drop about 10 pounds by getting rid of the beers and the bowl in my pack. So that's put's me at about .19%
















BAC. :biggrin:

 

[Serial Midget]

I have a 19LB steel road bike, I have no idea what my mountain bike weighs since I put on a fox vanilla coil fork & shock. More than is used too... is that enough? I also weigh more than I should.

 

[stoney]

Me - 220#
Hard Tail XC - 24# =10.9%
FS XC - 27# = 12.3%
Roadie - 17#= 7.7%

 

[Willy Vanilly]

240 by race season, bike is a slim 48#.

When I say "looks flexy", it's because it is.

20% on the dot.

 

[allsk8sno]

1-(150-42)/150=0.28
but i built it strong so i wouldn't worry about it...and i don't

hardtail is 33lbs or 0.22

 

[John P.]

Me: 163 lbs
DH Bike (Shocker/888 Air/DHX 5.0): 41 lbs = 25.1%
AM Bike (Bullit/Totem Air/DHX Air): 31 lbs = 19.0%

 

[Brian HCM#1]

Me=fat
DH Bike=Alot
Other Bikes=Not as much
=100% Beer weigh

 

[Nick]

Me: 185lbs.
Turner RFX: 36 lbs = 19.45%
Evil DOC: 30 lbs = 16.2%
Trek road bike: 19 lbs. = 10.2%

 

[BMXman]

i think geometry and suspension performance is more important that overall bike weight.

there it is in a nutshell...D

 

[dirttastesgood]

Bike use-DH
Bike weight-36
my weight-160-165

 

[Willy Vanilly]

Bike use-DH
Bike weight-36
my weight-160-165

21.8 - 22.5%

 

[Rip]

I'm not going to comment.

 

[Willy Vanilly]

Man, they're just egging you on. Chill out.

 

[Echo]

You idiots need to stop bickering at each other. When the bans start getting handed out, trust me, it won't be just pit.steelers getting one. All you rimmers who think it's funny to sh!t all over the lounge messing with him are going to reap the fruits too.