ITT / Bike packing bike, material?

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what's it made of then?

Steel - sub 11.5kg
2
6%
Steel - over 11.5kg
15
44%
titanium - sub 11.5kg
3
9%
titanium - over 11.5 Kg
2
6%
carbon - sub 11.5kg
5
15%
carbon - over 11.5kg
1
3%
wood - sub 11.5kg
0
No votes
Wood - over 11.5kg
0
No votes
Alu - sub 11.5kg
3
9%
Alu - over 11.5kg
3
9%
 
Total votes: 34
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I've voted for my current iron horse.

I imagine our coming soon Tandem will be around 20kg though. :smile:
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The Ice cream truck weighs a ton but I don't care. Light bikes are for wimps :cool:
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htrider wrote:
The Ice cream truck weighs a ton but I don't care. Light bikes are for wimps :cool:
So you'll be riding the ice cream truck on the ht550 then?

(I want an ice cream truck)
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Bikes I use for bike packing:

BMC Speedfox 29, alu, sussed, 12.5 kg

Muru Witjira, ti, rigid and fat, 13.5 kg

Scott Genius LT, carbon, 13.5 kg
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FLV wrote:
htrider wrote:
The Ice cream truck weighs a ton but I don't care. Light bikes are for wimps :cool:
So you'll be riding the ice cream truck on the ht550 then?

(I want an ice cream truck)
I'm seriously considering this albeit with Schwalbe jumbo jims which will drop a pond and a half off the weight and roll a bit easier. I'll do a few all day rides in the new year on it to see how my legs cope
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