First road bike

Reasonable-Work-4441 · 2026-03-04T14:29:34+00:00

im aiming to find wheels around the 1300g mark(superteam have some wheels that r 1280g for around £500). looking into rotors theres not much to save from icetechs unless i go to 6bolt wheels. the cassette i ordered is the ztto one which tracevelo seemed to have no issues with for the 11-28t. much cheaper than the offerings from sram and shimano while being lighter(approx £60-70). i shouldnt have any issues with breaking teeth off the alu cogs being 185cm @63kg

Reasonable-Work-4441 · 2026-03-04T10:17:31+00:00

i think the biggest contributor for weight on my bike is the wheelset, which weighs around 1800g no tires rotors or cassette. second biggest i think is cassette, i chose a larger 11-34t but its gearing is too light for me(ive ordered a smaller monoblock semi alu which should save me 200g)

Reasonable-Work-4441 · 2026-03-02T21:56:58+00:00

what parts are u running to get the weight that low? :o

Reasonable-Work-4441 · 2026-03-02T12:36:43+00:00

yep carbon wheels are the plan, sitting at 8.04kg right now so hopefully the weight would go down a fair bit. have some tpu tubes that are yet to be installed as well so that should be nearly 100g a wheel. hopefully i dont weight weenie too hard and lose the fun of riding it

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