Show me your sub 18 or 19lb gravel bikes made out of whatever dang material makes you happy

[geordanh]

After riding my 23 pound steel hydro disc gravel bike all winter, just pulled out the road bike, and holy smokes what a difference. Road bike still weighs almost 18 pounds, geo is very similar and tires are basically equivalent, but that 5lbs felt like 20 coming off on some of my routine climbs.

Have any of you built an 18 or 19lb ti or steel gravel bike with hydro discs? What were your builds?

[Erik_A]

Maybe ti and around 50cm could be 18.5lbs for a gravel bike; but much larger would be a tough build for a steel (or ti) frame and sturdy wheels.

[owly]

I'd love my new build to be as low weight as possible.

Starting out with the steel frame at 1850gm and fork 500g though, its hard.
Especially as I want to run 415gm 47mm to 2.1" tires.

Already have fairly lightweight parts for the build. Could probably drop 500gm max at wheels, seatpost, seat.

[sonicCows]

I have not seen a lot of light steel gravel bikes with discs. I suspect this is necessitated by frame design requiring frame reinforcements or heavier tubing from the extra forces. Also, most disc bikes have tapered headtubes that are heavier. High(er) end frames from Niner, Ritchey, and even Rock Lobster are all in the 1900g+ weight which makes me think it's a design limitation right now.

Wheels and lighter tires are probably your best bet to hit that, but tires are especially specific to what you ride. Then there's Ti but you'll surely pay

[happycampyer]

Originally Posted by sonicCows

I have not seen a lot of light steel gravel bikes with discs. I suspect this is necessitated by frame design requiring frame reinforcements or heavier tubing from the extra forces. Also, most disc bikes have tapered headtubes that are heavier. High(er) end frames from Niner, Ritchey, and even Rock Lobster are all in the 1900g+ weight which makes me think it's a design limitation right now.

Wheels and lighter tires are probably your best bet to hit that, but tires are especially specific to what you ride. Then there's Ti but you'll surely pay

Aside from the frame, this is where a lot of the weight is (and the extra weight of the disc brakes) compared to a road bike. My ti/carbon Firefly isn't all metal, but it's right around 18lbs. The wheels (Enve XC 27.5 rims and DT Swiss 180 hubs) plus Compass EL tires make the big difference in weight. All-road frames tend to wiegh about the same as 'cross frames, i.e., they are slightly heavier than comparably sized road frames.

[John H.]

Hydro disc?
Double crankset?
Tires with some meat on them?
18 isn't going happen.
My Scott is 18 with nice parts, and my frame is probably 1.5 lb lighter than any steel frame would be.

[Tim Porter]

My ti Firefly weighs 18 lbs 15 oz. in a configuration you can actually ride (but without the frame pump). If you want to weigh the bike like the "industry" does, take off the pedals, bottle cages, Garmin mount, etc., it's closer to 18 lbs 4 oz. That's with 32 mm Compass clinchers and heavy butyl tubes on the Enve wheels, btw. Phenomenal bike.

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[happycampyer]

Originally Posted by Tim Porter

My ti Firefly weighs 18 lbs 15 oz. in a configuration you can actually ride (but without the frame pump). If you want to weigh the bike like the "industry" does, take off the pedals, bottle cages, Garmin mount, etc., it's closer to 18 lbs 4 oz. That's with 32 mm Compass clinchers and heavy butyl tubes on the Enve wheels, btw. Phenomenal bike.

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You could take the silly fender-mount bolts off to save even more weight. All that blue paint weighs a ton, too.

Such a beautiful bike. Even more stunning in person than in the photos.

[Tim Porter]

[jtbadge]

This weighed sub 18. Columbus Zona + ENVE fork.

Disc brakes and tapered/44mm headtubes are killers for weight.

[AlanKHG]

I have a Motobacon titanium cross bike which apparently comes in at 19.5lb stock and costs less than a Surly Straggler (http://www.roadbikereview.com/review...-cross-team-ti) and would be easy to shave weight from with nicer components.

This is it built up pretty light and stock-ish last summer; currently it's built up heavier and tour-ish:

[joosttx]

this thing weighs a just over 18lbs. XTR brakes, Duraace cranks, Fizik R1 handlebars and Enve M50 rims were chosen to lighten the load without losing durability.

[doomridesout]

This thread is bad for my broke ass staring at my 22 pound Rock Lobster that's perfect except I can feel the weight...

Question: What's the weight diff between 9170 and 9070 w/R785 levers?

[yashcha]

My rs685 shifters are sooooooooooo heavy.

[geordanh]

There are some sweet builds in here. Tim and Houston, what do you figure the bare frames weigh for each of your bikes - 3.5ish lb?

The big problem with my current bike is that I can't swap my aluminum steerer fork for an equivalent full carbon without messing with the geo, which is perfect as is. Damn fork is a boat anchor and weighs almost as much as a steel fork.

Second problem is I'm addicted to power data and that adds a bit of weight. Third problem is 250+ grams in extra rim weight vs if I paid up for nicer. Fourth problem is the Aliante is too damn comfortable and I gotta have one on there.

Running campy 11 + trp hy rds. Really like the performance after some tweaking, and I think going to shimano or sram full hydro would only be heavier, unless maybe I went di2.