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The weight of a bicycle is often the standard for many riders to measure the quality of a bike, whether it is a more playable mountain bike or a road bike that pursues speed. However, in recent years, with the full popularity of road bike disc brake systems, fully hidden internal wiring, electronic shifting, tubeless tires and clincher tires, the weight of road bikes is also getting heavier.
Remember Trek Emonda, who first appeared in the Tour de France in 2014, with a frame weight of just 690 grams. The whole bike is equipped with a rim brake mechanical kit, lightweight components, low-profile climbing wheels and tubular tires, and the weight is easily controlled within the UCI regulation of 6.8kg. Even the technicians had to add lead weights to the bike to reach 6.8kg in order to reach the UCI regulation. kg requirement.
So, how much does a complete professional rider’s bike weigh today? Let’s take a look at some of the road bikes in the 2022 Tour de France and how much they weigh.
Trek Madone SLR – 8.26kg
The Madone was repositioned as an aero road bike in 2015, and this new Madone was launched on the eve of the Tour de France, and they also claim reduced weight and improved aerodynamics, etc. (60 seconds faster per hour) .
Equipped with a SRAM Red eTap AXS groupset, Bontrager Aeolus RSL 62 TLR Disc wheels and Pirelli P-Zero Race TLR 28mm tubeless tires, the bike weighs 8.26kg.
Scott Foil RC – 7.71kg
This is a new aero road bike used by the DSM team, the Scott Foil RC, which was launched in June this year and has a frame weight of 915 grams. He is said to be able to reduce drag by 16 watts when cruising at 40km/h, and this is a new frame developed by Scott in close cooperation with Drag2Zero’s aero expert Simon Smart.
This Foil RC bike is equipped with Shimano Dura-Ace Di2 R9200 12-speed groupset, Dura-Ace C60 wheels and 26mm Vittoria Corsa tubular tires, and the bike weighs 7.71kg.
Cube Litening C: 68X TE – 7.87kg
The C:68X used by Team Wanty features a Shimano Dura-Ace R9200 groupset, R9100P crankset dynamometer, CeramicSpeed’s OSPW Aero large idler system, Newmen Advanced SL R.50 Streem wheels and Continental GP5000 S TR Vacuum tires, the vehicle weight also reached 7.87 kg.
Cannondale SystemSix Hi-Mod – 8.16kg
The most eye-catching bike livery in this year’s Tour de France is the EF team’s bike, which is a joint livery designed by them and Rapha x Palace.
The bike is fitted with a Shimano Dura-Ace 12-speed Di2 groupset, Metron 60 SL wheels and Vittoria corsa tubeless tires and weighs 8.16kg.
Ridley Noah Fast Disc – 7.80kg
The Ridley Noah Fast was a bike first introduced in 2011 with an impressively quirky integrated rim brake. After a lapse of many years, it has adopted disc brakes like other teams to follow the trend of road bikes.
Equipped with Shimano Dura-Ace Di2, DT Swiss ARC 1100 wheels (62mm) and Vittoria Corsa tubeless tires, the Noah Fast weighs 7.80kg.
Canyon Aeroad CFR – 7.72 kg
Riders of the two Tour de France teams sponsored by Canyon (Operkin and Mobility Star) have two road bikes to choose from, the Aeroad and Ultimate.
This aero-based Canyon Aeroad CFR is equipped with a full set of Shimano Dura-Ace Di2 R9200, including C50 wheels and R9200p power meter, with a total weight of 7.72 kg.
Judging from the above-mentioned mainstream models, the weight of the driver’s bike in the top arena is basically in the range of 7.7-8.3 kg. While weight is still a key consideration in bike design, aerodynamics stands out as a development in nearly all new road bike designs, at least for now.
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