Let’s talk about weight loss.
Fat Bikes, just look heavy. This is the first thing non-fat bike riders think when they see one and who can blame them when the tyres just look like they belong on a motorbike.
If your Fat Bike has a alloy frame and a carbon fork, rest assured your bike is not really that heavy.
There are several ways to reduce weight on your bike:
- Go Full Carbon
- Replace components with lighter components, go carbon or alloy. Go tubeless over tubes.
- Stop carrying so much when you ride
- Carry less water. 3
liters of water = 3Kg - Physically Lose weight
I have to mention, become a stronger rider. It’s not exactly weight loss. A stronger rider can move a bike better than a weaker rider.
My quest to lighten my Fat Boy weight, started with a purchase of a secondhand S-Works Carbon Seat post. She weighed in at 206 grams.
Then I turned to the Internet asking for it to tell me my bike weight. Which produced a
Going tubeless would reduce the weight of each wheel by…
the weight of the tube (go figure).
Then it appeared that tube weights varyed from 440 to 615 g per tyre.
Carbon Rims would be great, if they didn’t cost $1500 each.. Second hand they look to go for $900 a set. Still $900 better used elsewhere.
So what did I end up doing? I weighed my Bike on our everyday home scales.
I removed the wheels and awkwardly weighed the front, back wheels individually and then the frame.
The
The front Wheel assy, consisting of the 4.6″ Tyre, tube, rim linning, spokes, brake disc and front hub, weighted in at 2.9Kg
The back wheel assy, consisted of the tyre, tube, rim lining, spokes etc , brake disc, back hub and 10 Speed Cassette, came in at 3.1kg
All up that makes 12.5Kg. Pretty light for a Fat Boy. However, Home Scales lie to us at the best of times. I needed to find out using proper scales.
Wensley Cycles helped me by placing the Fat Boy on their digital Scales.
Here is the truth:
Not that Bad for a Fat Bike!