But, why ? You drink a bit more water that day and it’s void.
betanumerus@lemmy.ca 2 months ago
High end bicycle equipment have weight specs in grams.
BuboScandiacus@mander.xyz 2 months ago
moody@lemmings.world 2 months ago
But what if you drank more water and you didn’t have the weight savings?
psx_crab@lemmy.zip 2 months ago
It’s a competition between brand. They’re at the point where decrease a single gram is incredible task and are all racing to become the lightest weight and aero-est bicycle and get to claim that.
megopie@beehaw.org 2 months ago
And then you have E bike companies producing lead bricks that are non-functional without the motor doing 90% of the work. Or with the massive motorcycle seats that make pedaling actually impossible.
excral@feddit.org 2 months ago
It’s always hillarious to me to see boomers on expensive bikes that aim to save every gram while they could save 20kg on themselves.
MagicShel@lemmy.zip 2 months ago
Perhaps that’s why they are on a bike?
RaisinCrazyFool@kopitalk.net 2 months ago
If the point is to burn calories, then shaving weight off your equipment is counterproductive.
But if it makes you want to ride more, then great!
somethingsnappy@lemmy.world 2 months ago
If you are trying to lose weight, you should be using the worst, heaviest bike possible.
SpongyAneurysm@feddit.org 2 months ago
Well, not if you still want to have some fun while doing so.
But I agree, that a regular bike should suffice and you don’t need to worry about optimizing gear weight if you’re not competing for anything and just ride it for your own well-being.
wolfpack86@lemmy.world 2 months ago
Well, not necessarily. A bike that’s got a full carbon frame also absorbs shock and vibration from the road better. This means you can ride longer distances without getting fatigued in places like your wrists or ass. Longer rides = more exercise.
But once you have a carbon frame, chasing grams on other components gets to be a bit silly.
autriyo@feddit.org 2 months ago
I’ve yet to ride a carbon frame for any amount of real distance, so idk how good they actually are.
But having a less harsh ride can also be archived by not using the thinnest pizza cutter tires at 10 bar. Especially if we care about time ridden and not avg. speed.
And it’s going to be slightly harder to get the same speed out of comfy tires, so that’s also more exercise.
jeffep@lemmy.world 2 months ago
You could also just walk whenever possible, burns more kcals/distance
somethingsnappy@lemmy.world 2 months ago
So using fewer calories.
infinitesunrise@slrpnk.net 2 months ago
Steel is real. The road feel difference between carbon and steel is negligible, steel is usually way cheaper, survives a whole lot longer, is more often built to widely compatible standards, is fully recyclable, and in my humble opinion just straight up feels better under you on a ride. As for weight, unless one is a pro race cyclist there is never any reason to chase gram shavings, you will almost always lose more weight and go faster by working out your own body. But FWIW my steel frame is 19 pounds and competes on weight with most carbon builds.
infinitesunrise@slrpnk.net 2 months ago
There’s a bell curve. If you burn out too quick you’re not gonna get nearly as much cardio, and the torque required to move a real clunker is extra stress on your joints. Plus it’s just not as much fun, cycling is a sustainable exercise largely because it’s fun. But it’s very true that a good workout bike can be had for $100 if you look. My two workout bikes were both built in the 90s (They’re fancy but that’s besides the point).
_stranger_@lemmy.world 2 months ago
That’s a stationary bike
HugeNerd@lemmy.ca 2 months ago
Or skinny dudes with enormous ballsacks wearing tight Spandex on 15 pound carbon fiber bikes, but a 20 pound motorcycle lock.
infinitesunrise@slrpnk.net 2 months ago
The cycling community has a word for those guys: Freds.
psoul@lemmy.world 2 months ago
Well, it’s also fun to go places you know. If a shitty bike can only get you 20mi / 30km but a on a good one you feel confident doing a 30mi / 45km ride then the purchase makes sense.