Episode 92 - Why Bike Weight Doesn't Matter As Much As You Might Think

The Pinkbike Podcast

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4.8 • 718 Ratings

🗓️ 26 November 2021

⏱️ 54 minutes

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Summary

A lot of things have changed with mountain bikes over the last decade or so, but some obvious ones are an increase in both capability and weight. The two go hand in hand, of course, and while a contemporary trail bike comes in a few pounds heavier than it might have many years ago, I think we can all agree it's nice to know that your headtube (probably) won't peel off anytime soon, that your four-piston brakes can stop you like a brick wall, and that the only tacos you'll be seeing are the delicious kind. And not only is this newer and slightly heavier bike far more reliable, but it's also saving your ass instead of actively trying to murder you, which is always nice.

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0:00.0	If Aaron Gwynn was the national Tiddly Winks champion, we'd post him playing Tilly Wink.
0:05.3	I don't know what a Tidly Wink is. What kind of car is that? What's a Tidly Wink? It sounds neat.
0:19.3	Hey, everybody, and welcome back to another Pink Bike podcast. Today we're going to talk tech
0:24.4	and about a topic that's near and dear to my dorky little heart, bike weight. How much should
0:31.1	a trail bike weigh? How heavy is too heavy for an enduro bike or a downhill bike? And can
0:36.6	they be too light? Where does weight matter most
0:39.1	and least on your bike? And also, have we all been a little too concerned about how much our bikes weigh?
0:46.5	Now, I'm going to argue hell no on that last one, but I have someone here who's a hell of a lot
0:51.1	smarter than me. He's probably going to try to convince me otherwise.
0:54.6	His name is Seb Stott.
0:56.6	Hey, Seb, how much does your current enduro bike weigh?
1:00.2	Well, I don't currently own a bike,
1:02.0	but I've been riding that Privateer 1-161 a lot this year,
1:05.2	which kind of tells you everything you need to know,
1:06.9	but my attitude to weight.
1:08.5	I think it's somewhere in the 16s of kilograms,
1:11.6	so I don't know what that is in pounds.
1:13.4	Quite a lot.
1:14.5	We'll get the Googles going.
1:19.1	It's more than 30 pounds.
1:21.9	For sure.
1:22.5	And less than 50.
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