I built up my 36er today and weighed all the parts as I swapped them over. The new wheel has saved a lot more weight than I guessed. For anyone who’s interested:
Old wheel (Qu-Ax steel rim, 12-gauge spokes, UDC extra wide hub): 3125g
New wheel (Stealth Pro rim, 14-gauge spokes, Nimbus ISIS hub): 2155g
Old cranks (steel): 685g
New cranks (Qu-Ax aluminium): 325g
Tyre (TA with about 2000 miles use): 1990g
Frame/saddle/seatpost/brake (Qu-Ax steel / KH Fusion / UDC 22.2 steel / bmx calliper with Tektro lever on steel bar end): 2670g
Forgot to weigh the pedals. They’re just standard DMR V8s (with pedal protectors at the moment).
Overall saving: 1330g, more than twice (almost three times) my guess, and all from the wheel.
I’m now starting to think I should save some weight from the saddle foam and bar end (it’s a REALLY heavy cheap steel one, but swapping it for a light one wouldn’t really make that much difference - I’ll probably cut the foam down a bit though and flatten the profile slightly while I’m at it).
I haven’t ridden it yet - might ride it to work tomorrow.
Here are a couple of pics of the complete machine (sorry about the quality - it was raining and the light was a bit funny):
Rob
