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

[Duende]

Originally Posted by 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.

+1


This is what I ended up with. Carbon rims too. But I doubt it's sub 18. Will check it though!

[Bentley]

I'm thinking it would be close in the Elite build

Ray

[purpurite]

Sub-19 pounds—no discs, though...



54cm Serotta Fierte Cross
Steel frame, carbon fork, 1x SRAM Force, titanium EggBeaters, HED Aredennes+, Kevlar 35mm Contis with superlight tubes, etc.

[kppolich]

Again, no disc's but she's under 18!

[Mzilliox]

Im about to build up one that will be sub 18, and most likely sub 17. but that will have to wait. mean time, i offer this one at 19lbs with pump and all. Hydro discs? is that some new night club?

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[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.