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- Sep 26, 2011
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As my road bike is kind of old (19 years) and kind of heavy (~11kg) I want to replace it with a new one. Good Quality and Price/Value Ratio is most important and light-weight is very interesting (still while I should be able to loose maybe 6kg of body weight).
While studying a little bit the internet it boiled down to two questions:
My findings:
Most heavy is Aluminum frame with Ultegra with 7.1kg for 1599Euro.
Aluminum -> Carbon: +400euro -100g
Carbon -> Carbon Lite: +1000euro -300g
Ultegra -> DuraAce: +750euro -200g
Ultegra -> SRAM: +50euro -150g
Conclusion?
When choosing the lightest combination I save 500g but the bike price increases by >140%. Hmm, value/price ratio is important, it seems that it doesn't make sense to buy a carbon frame. Any comments? Why did you choose carbon over aluminum?
As I understand the DuraAce advantage over Ultegra is weight not quality and I would need to pay 3.77euro per gram saving which seems to be too much. How do you rate the SRAM Force in comparison with the Ultegra from a quality standpoint?
While studying a little bit the internet it boiled down to two questions:
- Which Frame Material (Aluminum, Carbon or Super Light Carbon)
- Which Group-Set (Ulegra, DuraAce or SRAM Force)
My findings:
Most heavy is Aluminum frame with Ultegra with 7.1kg for 1599Euro.
Aluminum -> Carbon: +400euro -100g
Carbon -> Carbon Lite: +1000euro -300g
Ultegra -> DuraAce: +750euro -200g
Ultegra -> SRAM: +50euro -150g
Conclusion?
When choosing the lightest combination I save 500g but the bike price increases by >140%. Hmm, value/price ratio is important, it seems that it doesn't make sense to buy a carbon frame. Any comments? Why did you choose carbon over aluminum?
As I understand the DuraAce advantage over Ultegra is weight not quality and I would need to pay 3.77euro per gram saving which seems to be too much. How do you rate the SRAM Force in comparison with the Ultegra from a quality standpoint?