Lightest Road Bike Frame In The World
This yasujiro svelte which is made from tange ultimate tubing is the world s lightest steel road bike coming in at just 5 42kg.
Lightest road bike frame in the world. Ax components actually feature on the lightest custom build as. Saving weight was a racer s primary concern in the pursuit of speed. At 7 9kg size large it s not the lightest bike we ve ever tested but this does include 50mm deep aero wheels and with a frame weight of just 890g claimed it could certainly be lightened. Trek émonda slr 9 etap project one 9 057.
The world s lightest production road bike is the ax lightness vial evo ultra which comes in at a claimed 9 7 pounds for the total bike. The 56cm émonda slr 9 frame weighs 640 grams 1 41 pounds. The specialized s works tarmac sl6 that we reviewed here on road cc weighed in at just 6 35kg 14lb well below the uci s minimum weight limit for racing of 6 8kg 14 99lb and that got us thinking about the other super lightweight road bikes out there. The world s lightest production road bike is the ax lightness vial evo ultra which comes in at a claimed 4 4kg for the total bike.
Lighter than the laptop you re probably using right now. This frame is constructed from the brand s premi. The bike you re about to see was an idea originally started and created in 2008 by a german guy named gunter mai who logged over 20 000km on the machine for a couple years and it weighed at around 3 2kg. Ax components actually feature on the lightest custom build.
This yasujiro svelte weighs just 5 42kg which we reckon makes it the lightest steel road bike in the world. In the past finding the best lightweight road bike has been the sole requirement for a road cyclist when buying a new bike. Here are six that barely trouble the scales.