Comments on: Reductio ad Absurdum

By: Mike Roadie

Mike Roadie — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 13:13:41 +0000

WOW!!!!

By: Ka_Jun

Ka_Jun — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 22:03:51 +0000

Sick, that’s lighter than my 18 month old, and probably cries less.

By: Powerful Pete

Powerful Pete — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 13:21:26 +0000

I like it. But if you are serious about it being a light bike, not only do you need to take off the bottle cages, seatpost and seat, but you should go the whole way:

1. Why two brakes (or rather, go fixed with no brakes); and

2. Get a set of Lightweights. Who cares if you spend all the disposable cash and the kids can’t go to college anyway…

;-)

Just kidding, no really… Lightweights…

By: Darien

Darien — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 12:26:03 +0000

Chain stretch is likely to become a problem. You may be better off putting in an eccentric rear hub. I personally like a 90 (50×15) inch gear. Makes those long downhills tolerable.

By: Fuzzy

Fuzzy — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 12:23:06 +0000

Fatty. The Ibissssssssss is one ssssssssssssssexy bike! I do howvere see the fault in your plan. Once you have climbed the mountain pass on the brakeless, saddle and seatpostless ssssssssssuper ssssssssssteed, how the hell are you gonna stop on the way down?

A solve to the problem- go fixed dude, leg breaking.

By: diamondjim

diamondjim — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 06:47:45 +0000

I’m confused. Why have a freewheel? Surely a fixed cog is lighter, and very much lighter once you’ve removed that redundant rear brake (and lever and cable). Gets you well into sub-13lb territory, nil absurdum.

By: m Burdge

m Burdge — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 05:28:19 +0000

so why does my Ibis ss weigh 27.5 lbs? Oh yeah, right–it is a 1991 steel mountain bike with drop bars. Still lovely to ride, though.
m burdge

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Texas Bicycling Blog and News Roundup for November 18th « Texbiker.net — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 05:10:10 +0000

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By: jake

jake — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 03:29:41 +0000

Do you need a freewheel? If no seat then no coasting so no need for the absence of pedaling. By the time you get to the top you’ll have stretched some slack into that chain.

By: the weak link

the weak link — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 00:44:14 +0000

brakes are for woosies