When it comes to making your bike lighter choosing your parts to upgrade to is very important to get the most weight saving for the price and performance.
- Firstly the part has to do its job, if it doesn't or is too flexy then its going to compromise your riding and enjoyment.
- Secondly it has to be as lightweight as possible.
- Thirdly you have to able to afford it. |
The cheapest way i have found to buy lightweight innertubes, eg a standard mountina bike tube can weight upto 200grams, where as a lightweight one can weight as little as 90grams. Costing around £8 compared to £5 for a normal tube the ration of weight per pound spend is massive.
Many people would spend hundreds to save 100grams on any other part. |
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Drilled a few holes in some of the thicker parts of my LX mech.
The XT mech below I took the drilling a bit further, especially on the alloy arm, and it was working fine for ages until I went out in thick mud. The the mud was soo thick the wheel was hard to turn round and the chain was made of mud. At that point a bit of chain suck caused the mech to bend up and snap.
Am sure it would have continued to work fine under normal conditions |
