Electric Shimano Di2 derailleur makes your bike as smooth as butter

[ExtraRefined]

They' re supposed to be reliable yes, but a S Record F Mech is 72g, R Mech 172g and cassette 177g..thats 421g. The Rohlff speedhub is 1.4kg from what info I can find, even allowing for a rear hub on the S Record theres still a way to go to say its not much heavier. They're designed for completely opposing applications so comparisons are pointless..

You also save a few more grammes using brake levers without integrated shifters, and some chain length, and a ring. But you're probably right that the difference is still too much.

 

[Herbsman.]

The weight is more evenly distributed with derailleur gears. When you have a heavy rear hub, it's the rear end feels very noticeably heavier and it affects the bike's handling, at least in my experience of riding a BMX with a freecoaster. Which isn't that much heavier than a fairly chunky freehub.

 

[Sigmund Fraud]

You also save a few more grammes using brake levers without integrated shifters, and some chain length, and a ring. But you're probably right that the difference is still too much.

If you played that game and looked at the whole groupset then the difference would be even more extreme - the complete groupset is 1964g and the S Rec gruppo would give you 22 speeds or 33 for approx 200g more. A crankset and Rohlff hub alone would weight more

 

[mrs quoad]

The weight weenies build stuff down to about eight pounds

7.04 lbs

Crikey.

 

[editor]

7.04 lbs

Crikey.

The bike just says, "eat my dust."

Luvverly.

 

[mrs quoad]

The bike just says, "eat my dust."

Luvverly.

"And whilst you're eating my dust, you might get a superb rear view of my testicles being forced through my arse and towards my tonsils"

That saddle CF plank is ridiculous!

 

[ExtraRefined]

The dust you'd be eating were I to ride that thing would be a cloud of wrecked carbon fibre

 

[Herbsman.]

The bike just says, "eat my dust."

Luvverly.

No, it says 'ride me for long enough and you will be eating dust'

or 'ride me for long enough and I will soon become dust'

Such weight weenishness is utterly pointless