How Light is Your Lightweight?

[Miq]

I weighed my 1941 New World W1M today. It is 36 lbs. What does your lightweight weigh?

 

[rollfaster]

Yeah my 51-53 Schwinn Lightweights are anything but light, haven’t weighed them but noticeably heavier than an average road bike.

 

[Sven]

1979 Suburban - Front freewheel System
(Rear rack, and generator light)
About 41 lbs naked / combat loaded ( Rhodegear bag, packed with a"D" lock, tools, tubes.. plus water) about 47 lbs.

1972 Varisty
(chrome Wald fenders and rear rack and speedometer)
About 37 pounds.

 

[Jeff54]

84 Trek 460 stock, 19 lbs. What? It's even a pound or so less than Trek says it is, go figure? And it's friggen F-A-S-T! Buckle your seat belts; Zoom, Zoom!

 

[GTs58]

View attachment 1081578
1979 Suburban - Front freewheel System
(Rear rack, and generator light)
About 41 lbs naked / combat loaded ( Rhodegear bag, packed with a"D" lock, tools, tubes.. plus water) about 47 lbs.View attachment 1081580
1972 Varisty
(chrome Wald fenders and rear rack and speedometer)
About 37 pounds.

It makes a difference and it's more accurate if you're naked while standing on the scale while holding the bike.

 

[Miq]

Thanks @Sven and @Jeff54 ! 36 lbs is not out of whack then. I can see how adding a few more gears and racks would add a couple more lbs. 19 lbs is insane and that Trek looks fast. I bet those wheels are a lot truer and present much less rolling resistance than the Kenda K23s on my beat up S6 rims. You can't hop the railroad trax like me though...

 

[Sven]

1964 Varsity
42 lbs

1971 Varsity
38lbs.

 

[SKPC]

Good question @Miq. Most won't say how much they weigh, particularly the "ladies lightweights". I have no true lightweights in stock, but my 21st Century Hawthorne is as light as I have besides my modern bikes. Just under 30lbs.

 

[GTs58]

My bastardized tall frame 1962 Continental triple ring comes in at 35.2 pounds as shown with it's "custom" parts.

 

[Miq]

@SKPC Under 30 lbs is probably a good target for a modernized ride. Even with the Aluminum parts it's not easy I bet. Nice pics of the Hawthorne.

@GTs58 That's a sharp big frame bike. Just under 36 lbs is right in the sweet spot. Thanks for the close ups!