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heavy bikes, light bikes ,what is the answer

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oberonspacefruit:
you are right of course.

trying to ride regularly is my form of excercise. And to keep my interest and enthusiasm up, a lighter bike helps. I tried 180'ing out of the jump box and i can do it (sort of) on dordys s&m, izaaks ripper, and phils standard 125, and my pashley.all nice light bikes. i cant do it or even come close on my condor-about 40lbs, haro sport-35lbs, or izaaks gt performer-34lbs.

the pash is coming in at about 28lbs, and i havnt weighed it since getting slamxlt's, redneck xlt, khe mac 2's, but i bet that has lost at least another 2 lbs.

so thats like the difference of riding with 6 bags of sugar in your pockets.......

theRuler:
i've always ridden light bikes

i thought you guys liked the heavier stuff

zed4130:
i prefere my ripper its so light about 25lb but my 6pack is so heavy  :-\ but im slowly making it lighter  :daumenhoch: doesnt help that i weigh 16 stone  :LolLolLolLol:

Stodgy:
Hmmm, if you gave a 40lbs bike to Jerry, he still air it 10 ft out the half pipe...i think if you're born rad, it makes little difference. But a lighter bike would still be prefered given the choice.

But, if you're shite with a weak back like me, every gram counts as a lighter bike certainly makes it easier to manouver. Mind you, mine is 26.5lbs and might as well be 50lbs, cause I'm still not allowed to ride the fecker!

dordymush:
dont know if my body weight makes a difference.
i know since getting my new bike built.
its loads easier to do stuff i could'nt before.
feels like theres nowt underneth me now lol.
im really surprised phil oberon could do anything on that condor.
weighed a fookin tonne lol.

im over 18stone by the way  :daumenhoch:.

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