How Light Can We Go? | Rich Tries To Build The Ultimate XC Bike
How Light Can We Go? | Rich Tries To Build The Ultimate XC Bike
Weight in mountain biking has always been a hot topic and no more so than in the world of XC! With a few races and epic challenges coming up this year for Rich Payne, he wanted to see just how light can he go with his ultimate XC bike build!?
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Please do a full fat ebike next.
Inner tubes is not a good plan.
Iβve never wanted a bike more in all my life than this one. What was the total build cost?
So happy with the XC Race content!
Berd spokes will save even more!
Why not the new ASX SRAM eagle is stiffer, lighter and less Material.
You’re not going to run that thing with tubes in a race, are you? I don’t even understand the weight saving of using tubes.
Love the build
I had a bike that light; 2013 A Epic WC S-Works. Did I make a mistake selling it?
Rad!!!
I know you just built the bike up, but what about the new SRAM XX Sl drivetrain they just released? Is that any better for xc in terms of weigh?
Loved the video, but not the dim lighting. It was a bit hard to see what you were doing at times.
You lost me at swapping to SRAM 1:56 axs , itβs so heavyβ¦ why?!
Were those forks free from your local bike shop? …………………………..π sorry, had to do it..π
Perfect weight, but without suspension lockout?
I think you should hook me up with the parts you took away fam pls
I’d definetly go for an xx1 kassette for saving nearly annother 100g and then use those gramms to go tubeless for the added relyability.
Let’s see you go lighter and would it manage another Straffpuffer π
I love lightweight bikes
Great video π bike build , that’s always fun to watch π my bike weighs about 12 kilos maybe even 13 π¬π¬
I don’t know about the tubulitos. The point of being light is presumably to be faster. I’d rather a bit more weight and less chance of punctures as I believe there’s nothing slower than having to deal with a puncture. The best use for tubilito IMO is paired with tannus tubed armour – it can be lighter than a tubeless system with an insert and can have some advantages over it.
You could save most of a kg if you took all the paint off, a lot cheaper than a set of those wheels
Tires!! go way lower with schwalbe racing compounds in tubeless x 2.1 / 2.25, cassette throw a garbaruk in there, stem and steerer Ultralight… ~9.0 kg for your bike
While this is a dream build, have you ever thought real-world people cannot afford anything like this Β£1000 on brakes alone? I love your channel but please make content that real people can content with.
Normal people cannot afford the bikes you are sponsored with and get for free
WTF. First two things off the bike are thing you added in the first place. Not to mention that the removed bottlecage had TOOLKIT!
I really love the XC content!
Can you make a video about technical XC tips, for example tricky climbs or descents. Since all on YouTube I see are those videos but with 160 mm suspension.
I’m all about performance gains, but don’t be demotivated if your bike is a bit heavier, the majority of the riding weight is you, so get in shape you *lazy person*.
Was it a SRAM chain? Sram chains are slow according to other YouTubers..
Bin the innertubes and just set up tubelessly.
Awesome looking frame!
You are sounding like a triathlete when it comes to weight. @gtn
The fork completely destroyed the look of beautiful bike.
Those stickers weigh u downnnn
Money no object? Make a rig that breaks the UCI regulations in weight.
Dropper tho π
Lizard Skins ESP grips over the Ergon (also your bar end plugs were like absurdly long), Selle Italia SLR boost saddle will save you a chunk over the Ergon, The Fox 34 is a bit lighter than the SID and also allows the use of a 160mm front rotor instead of the 180 you have to run on the SID….although you might want to run 180 depending on the course. Resin pads are lighter than the metal whilst we’re at it too. Carbon-Ti axles. Carbon-Ti stem cap. Nylon bolts for the bottle cage. etc.
There’s one really KEY piece of information missing – the price of bike in the beginning vs. the price of the final bike. Is that really that big of a secret? Come on, Rich, share it!
XC is MTB, we need more XC content! Nice bike by the way 21LBS is amazing ππ»
Stunning
Right up my trail – but any weight weenie build must cover Β£ per gram. And ideally some controlled before and after timed tests please.
Now build the heaviest and race them
Curious how you saved 200g with tubes vs tubeless?
Don’t care, my do it all enduro bike(Reign) weighs about 15,5kg and it’s just fine. π #PedalHarder
I have a 2020 Orbea OIZ that weighs around 10.4kg. Complete XTR transmission and brakes, fox kashima fork and socks, dt swiss xrc 1200 with maxxis ikon, fox transfer sl telescopic seatpost. It means the best in terms of reliability and comfort at a reasonable budget
Do you know the weight of your bike? Have you made any changes to get it lighter? Let us know down below!π
That’s lighter than my road bikeπ
My MYO Orbea Oiz 2022 team TR full XTR in a small weighs in at 22.6 lbs stock set up tubeless with XTR pedals.
My 7k xc fully rigid fully carbon weighs more than that! Just wild..
How much did it cost to replace the parts
Bike looks awesome even before the exercise πππππ¦πΊ
Average xc rider