Lightweight Cross Bike: Brandon's Salsa

This is my 44cm 2008 Salsa Chili Con Crosso custom cross build. I attempted to build the lightest possible bike that my budget would allow. Many parts I had previously on my Ridley and just swapped them over to this cross project. Once the bike was complete the project weighed in at 16.36 pounds. I could take some weight off, putting this bike into the 15-pound weight class by switching out the Shimano Ultegra Cranks and changing the ZIPP clinchers to a tubular set.

Cross Bike Setup:

Salsa Chili Con Crosso Frame Set		$1,350
Cane Creek 110 Headset		$162
Campagnolo Record Derailleur		$550
Campagnolo Record Right Brake/Shift Lever		$290
Campagnolo Record 10 Speed Cassette		$550
Salsa Titanium Skewers		$76
Salsa Seat Clamp		$20
Ritchey WCS Handlebar		$90
Ritchey WCS 4-Axis Stem		$98
Shimano Left Brake R400 Lever		$44
Campagnolo Record 10 Speed Chain		$90
TRP Eurox Carbon Cantilever Brakes		300
ZIPP 404 Clinchers		$2,098
Fizi:k Arione Saddle		$140
USE Alien Carbon Seat Post		$160
Kenda Small Block 8 Tires		$88
Handle Bar Tap		$15
Shimano Ultegra Cranks		$240
Shimano BB		$55
Crank Brothers Candy SL		$120
FSA Cyclocross Carbon Fiber Chainguard		$95
3rd Eye Chain Watcher Chain Deflector		$10
Cables and Housing		$20

Total: $6,661.00

Special thanks to the guys at NRC in Kyle, Texas for helping me get the project race ready!

Thanks,
Brandon

Guess the sale price

Retro celeste Bianchi Axis cyclocross bike with SunTour components on eBay. What's your guess on the final price?

Mine is $337

Link: Celeste Bianchi Axis

It sold for $406.

Lightweight Cyclocross Bike: Neal's Voodoo

Hi there,

I've been looking at your blog for a bit now after being introduced via a friend, and thought I'd share my first 'cross bike with you.

Frame: Voodoo Limba scandium 52cm

Fork: Generic carbon (looks a lot like a Winwood)

Headset: Crank Bros. Cobalt

Shifters: SRAM Rival

Crankset/BB: SRAM Rival with 38/46 rings

Derailleurs: SRAM Rival

Brakes: TRP EuroX Carbon Adjust

Stem: Thomson X2 Road

Bars: FSA K-Force carbon

Seatpost: FSA SL-K 27.2

Saddle: Selle Italia Flite TT
Pedals: Crank Bros. Eggbeater SL's

Rims: Taiwanese 58mm carbon tubular

Hubs: White Industries H2 (24 rear, 20 front)

Spokes: Sapim CX-Rays in black

Tires: NOS Clement 27mm tubulars

Chain: KMC X10SL with that lovely, and dorky, gold finish

Bar tape: Stella Azzurra chrome tape (heavy and a huge PITA)

All told weighs in at 17lbs 14oz, or just hovering around 8.1 kilos. Future replacements (the fork will be the first thing replaced) will definitely make it lighter. Thanks!

-Neal

Orbit CX Headset for $21.27

Found this on sale for $21.27 and thought I'd post it up. In general, Niagara Cycles is a great online bike store with very good prices.

Lightweight Cyclocross Bike: Moshe's Serotta

All the bikes in this gallery are cool, but this one is very cool, take a look:

So here's my new rig, freshly built about 2 weeks ago. Honestly, I did not have "too many" weight restrictions in mind while building this, however they were always lingering around, like any other bike nerd. Also, when it came time to weigh in, I was pleased to see the results of 18 lbs. (flickering between a tenth), so I could contribute to this site without any scrutiny. Anyways, this is my second cross bike, first was an carbon/Al Alan, and the Serrota Legend just has no comparison. I hope I don't get bashed for have flats on bike, I come from a long history of mt. bike racing. I must say, I prefer it better.

Parts go as follow:

Frame: 56cm Serrota Legend Ti

Fork: Serrota steel

Headset: Chris King 1 1/8"

Stem: Titec Ti

Bar: Titec Ti flat

Brake Lever: NOS Kooka Rancha Canti

Grip: Titec Hellcat

Seat Post: Campy Record Ti

Seat: Selle Italia (striped)

Brakes: Paul Canti (f) Touring (r)

Crankset: Race Face turbine

Rear Derr: XT 9spd

Shift: XT 9 spd

Cass.: XT 9spd

Wheels: Mavic Ksyrium SL

Tires: Vittoria Cross XN Pro

Chain: SRAM PC-??

Bottle cage: King

The bike is rad. Between riding through the streets of San Francisco and crossing the bridge into Marin County; this bike performs phenomenally.

Cyclocross 1965

This is an awesome website for vintage bikes, but take a look at this 1965 cyclocross race machine.

LINK

Lighten up: Bolt on skewers

So, funds are low? Economy in the toilet? Grab a set of bolt on skewers to drop some weight off your rig. Riding around they are very secure, probably more so than quick releases. Also, unless you have a set of spare wheels in the pit, it doesnt really matter anyway----race them.

Steel shaft bolt ons are cheap. And only weigh 66 grams (about half the weight of Dura Ace skewers) pictured above.

And titanium shafted ones are around 45 grams (for twice the price).

Lastly, search the + 1 lap archives. Cheap weight tips are a plenty.

VeloResto

Because Plus One Lap is all things cyclocross, I began another blog called Velo Resto. There I'll post what I'm currently up to regarding restoring and refurbishing bicycles that aren't CX related.

http://veloresto.blogspot.com/

Lightweight Cyclocross Bike: Ali's Ridley

Ali sent in his Ridley which he calls "light-ish". Ali, any cross bike under 16 pounds is just plain light in my book even if it is small. Nice rig.

"I just switched my drive train to Sram Rival from Ultegra/DA mix, the bikes weight dropped to 15.82. Almost .5 of a pound, it was somewhere over 16lbs with the Shimano. 34c mud tire setup brings weight to 15.85lbs.

Frame- Ridley X-Fire 48cm
Fork- X-fire
Wheels- Easton EC-90 Aero carbon tubulars
Tires-Challenge Grifo XS 32c/optionalGrifo32/Fango34
Sealant- Stan's
Cranks- Easton EC-90/ 42 RotorRing, Carbon chain gaurd sandwich (FSA)
BB- Easton ceramic bearings
Bar- Easton EC-90 SLX Equipe
Stem- Easton EA-90 90mm
Seatpost- Easton EA-70
Pedals- Crank Brothers Candy 4-ti
Brakes- 4ZA Canti/ Jagwire cross canti post/FSA carbon pads
Shifters- Sram Force/ left shifter gutted
Front Der.- NA- single ring setup
Rear Der.- Sram force
Chain- Sram 10spd hollow pin (red level?)
Saddle- SLR"

Homemade Tensioner

I made this chain tensioner awhile back. It worked great on smooth roads but not so hot on rough trails (maybe it needed a design tweak?) The reason I just didnt shorten the chain was I liked to switch cogs based on race terrain and conditions.

Took some flat aluminum, drilled some holes as shown below. Then stole a derailleurs wheel and screwed that onto the plate. The trick is to bend the plate the right amount.

Lightweight Cyclocross: Shawn's High Five

Shawn sent me his cross rig:

"This is my new build, it weighs in just around 17.45 lbs and I can still drop bout 5/8 of a lb by changing out the OEM seatpost alone

High-Five Cycles frame and fork and wheelsFSA-SLK cranks with a 42t with custom Ruckus Components chainguard

Ruckus Components brakes

Grifo challenges 34

Ritchey WCS stem

Bontrager race lite bars

Shimano Ultegra 9 speed brifters

XT Shadow rear derailleur, look how clean the housing routes to it

I still need to switch out my pedals to my egg beaters (drops about 60 grams)

OEM seatpost"

Lightweight Cyclocross: Steve's Redline

Here's my new cross ride for this season. Currently, it weighs in @ 17.5 #. Still have some tuning to do. The KCNC skewers I bought from you look pretty sweet.

Redline Conquest Team Frame scandium 56cm
Ritchey WCS carbon fork
Ritchey WCS stem 110/26.0
Easton EC 90 carbon bar 42
Cane Creek S3 headset
KCNC Pro Lite scandium seatpost
Fizik Aliante saddle carbon/ti
KCNC seat collar
Mavic Kysrium SL tubular
Tufo Elite tubular 32
KCNC skewers
Ultegra 9 speed rear
Dura Ace 12-27 cassette
Ultegra STI right/Shimano aero left
FSA Pro Team carbon crankset 172.5 w/42T
FSA Pro Ti bottom bracket
Time ATAC carbon pedals
4ZA canti brakes
Deda bar tape

17.5#

Handmade Cyclocross Bike: Adam's Miles Cycle

This is cool, some posh components on a rusty custom made frame! Check out below...

"Hello! Wanted to submit my cyclocross bike to your gallery.

Handmade by my good friend Joshua Thayer in the sketchiest part of San Francisco: Hunters Point! He works under the name Miles Cycles but has never had any proper decals on his bikes. Its just a long time hobby.

Mix of Columbus tubing, fillet brazed. It was never painted as I was too impatient to get out and ride the thing, and havent been able to part with it long enough to strip it down and have it taken care of. Hence the rusty finish (note how my legs keep the top tube nice and shiny!)



Wound up CX fork
Chris King cross hubs laced to Ceramic Open Pro's
Paul Neo Retro brakes front, Touring canti rear.
Paul CX levers
Paul Moon unit hangers
FSA SLK Pro carbon crank, cyclocrossworld.com bashguard and TA 42t ring
Campy Record 9 spd shifters
Deda Newton Shallow bars
Deda Newton stem
XTR Shadow mid cage rear derailleur
XT 11-32 Cassette
Jtek shiftmate
Thomson Post
TI Rolls saddle
Time ATAC XS Pedals
WTB 700x38 Interwolf front
WTB 700x32 Crosswolf rear
Crank Bros Cobalt SL direct set

20.5 lbs"

KCNC Skewers still available

If you saw on Nathan's Stigmata he was running the KCNC skewers which weigh a scant 45 grams for the pair (about 80 grams lighter than Dura-Ace for the WW's among us).


taken by Nathan


julmtb.com

Plus, if you're in the market for a new pair of top of the line skewers, Salsa Ti's will set you back $70, or the USE SpinStix for $75 both without shipping.

I still have a few sets of the KCNC skewers for sale they are $65 shipped to the Continental USA.* They are titanium axles and aluminum levers.

Road:
Red
Gold

MTB:
Black

*International orders will pay a few more dollars for shipping depending on the country.

Lightweight Cyclocross Bike: Bill's October

Well here's a contribution for both the lightweight and hand made galleries. This wonderful custom Ti frame was created by my good friend Andrew at October Hand Made in Lynn, MA (www.rideoctober.com)

It weighs less than 18 pounds but I can't remember exactly how much. This bike really rocks! It has just the right balance of stiffness and flexibility to make even the toughest courses comfortable. It's very agile yet stable in tricky situations. I was fortunate enough that Andrew let me have a lot input on the bike. He humored me through the process.

Specs:
Frame - 3-2.5 Titanium frame with integrated seatmast
Fork - Alpha Q CX
Headset - Chris King Devolution
Bars - FSA Wing Pro compact
Stem - FSA OS-115
Saddle - SLR
Cranks set - Dura-Ace 42T with ring guard and 3rd eye watcher
Bottom Bracket - Dura-Ace
Shifters - Campagnolo Centaur 10 spd
Chain - Campagnolo Chorus
Cassette - Campagnolo Chorus 13-26
Rear Derailleur - Campagnolo Centaur
Wheels - ROL D'Huez
Tires - Depending on conditions
Brakes - Paul
Pedals - Shimano SPD

Thanks,
Bill