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[–] ChickenLadyLovesLife@lemmy.world 28 points 1 day ago (1 children)

The most hilarious mod I've ever seen is people who remove three of the six screws holding the front chain ring in place -- while being easily 50 pounds overweight.

[–] FatVegan@leminal.space 21 points 1 day ago (2 children)

Yeah it's dumb. I bought my used mountain bike from a entusiaist. The bike was in really good shape with some of the best components money could buy at the time. Out of curiosity i asked him why he would sell the bike. He said he really liked it a lot, but it was just too heavy for long uphill rides. He then showed me the bike he replaced it with. A brand spanking new high end mountain bike. When i was home, i just had to know and compared the specs roughly from what i knew. My calculations said that his new bike was like 50 to 100gramms lighter. The guy wasn't really a featherweight either. Eating less would've saved him like 5k

[–] zaphod@sopuli.xyz 1 points 8 hours ago

It's only kind of dumb, at least this way you get pretty neat gear at relatively low prices.

[–] gajahmada@awful.systems 3 points 20 hours ago (1 children)

How much is the total weight of one the bikes ? 100 grams is insane. Their stool probably weighs as much, they should've just poop !

[–] FatVegan@leminal.space 3 points 10 hours ago

I weighed my bike at 16.5 kg

That was my exact thought. If you pee before your ride you lose like 300g. Of course there is a difference between unsprung weight and stuff, but still... Same with carbon rims for mountain bikes. The prices are insane and they are pretty flimsy compared to just an alloy wheel.