Road Bike Setup

A note to lighten up my road bike with durable, lightweight, and high quality components towards sub 6kg.

Trade Info: I have several stuffs that are not to my taste. Please e-mail y.naoki (Gmail) if you're interested.

GIANT OCR C2 '05

The first road bike I bought from Nalsima Frend in Apr. '05. The component list is shown (italics indicate the actual weight) with the lightest configuration currently available. I'm pleased with the components in bold fonts.

Specification (Stock: hide; Limit: hide)
Component Stock Current (Nov., 2008) Limit (available)
Frame GIANT OCR Composite 1,141 ← 1,140 ax-lightness alpha [ref]
Fork GIANT OCR Composite 563 Reynolds UL 293 ax-lightness AX6000 [ref] 225
Headset FSA Orbit SPX 65 ← 65 Extralite IntegrHead 2 [ref] 37
Crank Arm FSA Gossamer Triple 707 Sugino Alpina 398 ax-lightness Morpheus 375
--- bolts | 18 Tiso 17 | |
BB FSA BB-6000 101 Shimano D/A BB-7700 173 | |
Outer ring FSA Pro Road 52T 104 Sugino 50T 86 Fibre-Lyte 50T [ref] 38
Middle --- FSA Pro Road 42T 62 Sugino 36T 41 Fibre-Lyte 34T [ref] 14
Inner --- FSA Pro Road 30T 73
--- bolts | 37 Tiso 9 tune 9
Chain Shimano CN-HG53 272 KMC X9 262 YABAN SL-210 202
Pedals MKS Sylvan Promenade 302 AeroLite Lite (old) 94 AeroLite Lite 66
Handlebar GIANT HL DR-AL56B 372 Syntace Racelite Carbon 177 Schmolke Compact-0° TLO 130
Bartape GIANT w/ end caps 60 Deda Nastro tuned 17 Velox Tressostar tuned 12
Stem GIANT Alloy 142 New Ultimate 97 ax-lightness Zeus 59
Ahead cap GIANT 16 EASTON BearTrap 5 Carbonice 2
Spacer GIANT Alloy 5/7/10mm 21 GIANT Carbon 7/10mm 7
F Rim Kinlin Niobium 30 16H 692 Nimble FLY 20H 553 ax-lightness SRT24 Road 195
F hub Formula SC92 | American Classic micro mod | XXLight FH36 mod 29
R Rim Kinlin Niobium 30 20H 896 Nimble FLY 28H 778 ax-lightness SRT24 Road 195
R hub Formula SC37 | DT Swiss 240s mod | Mag 90 [ref] 96
Spokes DT Competition w/ brass | Nimble wire w/ hidden aero | Pillar PST X-TRA-LITE
w/ T73 Alloy Standard		 125
tape/glue GIANT? 28 Continental [ref] 11
QR Formula QR55 106 Controltech Race Light 28 tune Skyline / U20 19
Tires Michelin Dynamic 630 Contineltal Competition 469 Tufo Elite 100g 200
Tubes Kenda 208 |
Brakes TEKTRO 521AG 273 Shimano D/A BR-7700 tuned +
Shimano BR-R600 tuned		 238 ax-lightness AX3000 74
Pads/Shoes TEKTRO P420 78 Ashima AR70CF + Corima 32 BTP glue-on carbon 25
Levers Shimano Ultegra ST-6510 498 Shimano D/A ST-7700 tuned 392 Campagnolo Record tuned 167
Shifters | | | | BTP carbon downtube 7
FD Shimano 105 FD-5504-F 89 Shimano D/A FD-7700-F tuned 69 BTP w/ carbon screws 33
RD Shimano Ultegra RD-6500 221 Shimano D/A RD-7700 tuned 176 CarbonSports Lightweight tuned 106
Cassette SRAM PG950 12-26T 229 Cycle Dynamics 11-19T 111 RECON RHG-RS10AL 91
Shift Cable Jagwire Sterling 87 Shimano SIS-SP41 68 Alligator iLINK w/ Power Cordz 11
Brake --- Jagwire Sterling 87 Nokon Konkavex 64 Alligator iLINK w/ Power Cordz 38
Saddle Selle Royal Viper 370 Selle Italia SLR tuned 118 Signature seat/seatpost [ref] 81
Seatpost FSA SL-K 224 ax-lightness Europa 91 | |
Seatpin GIANT Alloy 28 M2racer 8 carbonschmiede SL 2
air/grease 20
Total 8,800 6,076 3,274
w/o pedal 8,498 5,982 3,208

Note on the lightest configuration

There is no consensus on what road bikes should be, and I assume they should be equipped with 700c wheels, 2/3X10s gears, drop bars, and front/rear brakes. Brent's frame (48cm) is equipped with an extended seatmast, molded carbon front derailleur mount and downtube shifter mounts. The weights of a chain and spokes are estimated by a simple math. Please kindly e-mail y.naoki (Gmail) if you find obsolete/update.

Build Policy

A comfy, durable, and light bike for everyday ride, with a plain/classic look & feel. GIANT frameset is one of the best BANG for the BUCK. I upgrade the inferior parts tie-in with the frameset in a cost-effective order, without sacrificing the comfort and durability. I'm reluctant to adopt things unsuitable for daily ride: skewers w/ Al rods, CF rings, Al cogs, track tubies <150g, CF-railed saddles <60g, wheels <1kg (or rims <250g).

Future plan

The order of the following replacement would be: chain (-50g) → tuning (RD: -30g) → Record ergo (-60g) → chainring (-10g) → tubies (-50g). If allowed, saddle (-50g) → brake (-100g) → cable (-30g) → tubies (-100g) → bar (-20g) → crank & BB (-200g) → wheel (-300g) → frame (:-p, -300g).

Other useful info.

Sub-4 bikes and other benchmarks

Fixed gear bikes:

Selfmade

Impressive selfmade (see also German craftwork) or tuned parts built by some weightweenies (incl. Samu Ilonen and Tillquist). List only memorable ones.

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