Lightest Road Bike Frameset 2017

In the past finding the best lightweight road bike has been the sole requirement for a road cyclist when buying a new bike.

Lightest road bike frameset 2017.

Best road bikes. We built our frameset into a 6 7kg bike we reckon it s the lightest disc brake equipped bike we ve tested yet. Wilier jena carbon gravel disc brake frameset blue red price 191. The urgestalt is all about performance key aspects of the design are efficient power transmission best directional stability and maximum.

Lightweight urgestalt 5500 00. Cut down bars and continental. Early in 2011 he parted out the bike and sold each piece individually around the world. This road bike weighs in at 6lbs 2 7kg.

The bike you re about to see was an idea originally started and created in 2008 by a german guy named gunter mai who logged over 20 000km on the machine for a couple years and it weighed at around 3 2kg. Lighter than the laptop you re probably using right now. The clx is lighter and costs less as a complete bike than just the c60. Here are six that barely trouble the scales.

13 new road bikes for 2017. The specialized s works tarmac sl6 that we reviewed here on road cc weighed in at just 6 35kg 14lb well below the uci s minimum weight limit for racing of 6 8kg 14 99lb and that got us thinking about the other super lightweight road bikes out there. Trek émonda slr 9 etap project one 9 057. Saving weight was a racer s primary concern in the pursuit of speed.

Claimed to weigh 11kg the ribble endurance sl e is one of the lightest e road bikes currently available and visually the frame is almost identical to its non assisted sibling including the. What is nice about this frame however is the smooth welds at the seatstay. Boardman slr 8 6 is a 6061 alloy frame completed with a lightweight carbon fork and steerer. At 7 9kg size large it s not the lightest bike we ve ever tested but this does include 50mm deep aero wheels and with a frame weight of just 890g claimed it could certainly be lightened.

Road bike handlebar carbon fiber children balance bike handlebar size. The 2012 national hill climb champion used a fixed gear bike at monsal in 2016 with a lightweight rear wheel and an edco front on a dolan aluminium track frame. It s stiff too but the fact that you can fit wider tyres dials in some comfort.