All right, first of all, congratulations.
Bike industry won a war with grams. Bicycles have made great progress to come to an unthinkable point. Today’s bikes are incredibly lightweight, sturdy, and respectable long-life.
But instead of saving on grams, we prefer to vote for increasing the life of components.
Are really lighter bikes always faster? Losing weight from your bike or your body, which actually makes you faster? The weight of a bicycle is not as important as it is actually a small percentage of the total package, which is: exactly you, clothes, shoes, helmet, things in pockets, water bottles and eventually a bike.
When you add all the parts, after all, this is what actually happens on the hill. The actual weight of a bicycle is a small percentage of the total. And what’s even smaller is the difference between last year’s bike of 7.3kg and the new, fancy this year’s bike of 6.9kg.
It’s simple mathematics. Let’s say you have 72kg, and your bike, weighs 7.2kg. So your bicycle is 10 percent of the total weight. Saving money to buy a new box that is 400g lighter is about 0.50 percent of the total weight. So less than 1 percent. Profitable? Not really.
Weight is important, but it should not be at the top of the list.
What we dream of and what should be done is still components that behave better and last longer. Imagine a world without pierced tires, with no grudging crackling, unpleasant sounds.
Wheel bearings that do not sound like a bike breaks down, a bicycle that does not require complete overhaul if you drive it in the rain. Imagine a rotary disc of a brake that always remains flat and not blamed, a hydraulic fluid that you do not need to change every few months, brake packs that work in both dry and rainy weather? Sounds unreal? Should not all of this matter be more important than those pragmatic 12 grams of savings?
The weight of a bicycle is not what keeps people in this beautiful sport. It’s functionality, but people are looking for it. Bicycles are light enough to make them even better. After all, all bikers have a common desire. And that’s to drive their bicycle longer and happier, and enjoy the benefits of it.
Source: bikemagazin.info
