Better, lighter contact points

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    zzgavin

    I’ve already swapped out the RS10s for RS80s and lighter tyres on my 2011 CAAD10 105. This saved about 700g. I’m now looking at the C3 bars, seat post and prologo kappa saddle as places to reduce the weight of my bike. I’m about 70kg and 6′ 4″, so looking at my bike as a place to reduce weight without spending a fortune.

    It has pretty much this spec, but 105 brakes
    http://www.cannondale.com/gbr/2013/bikes/road/elite-road/caad10/caad10-5-105-compact-crankset-28419

    A bit of research and some weighing show me the following:
    C3 Bar: approx 320g
    I think can drop 70g easily enough with a new alloy bar at 250g ish for about £60. Tempted by alloy over carbon, cheaper and less prone to damage
    C3 Stem: approx 132g – not worth swapping unless I want to change stem length
    The T3 ergonova set does look nice though

    Prologo Kappa saddle: actual 316g
    I seems to be about £100 to get to 200g so £1/g, but my current saddle is a somewhat uncomfortable. A fizik is tempting me, particularly the trial ones from condor.

    C3 Seat post: actual 249g
    I should be able to save 50g, a 200g post is about £80 £1.60/g but a carbon post will be more comfortable. It’s on the longer rides when my bum gets a bit sore / numb, always on the left side.

    Not really tempted by changing drive train at the minute, I’ll wear it out first and then upgrade, gains made on swapping brakes seem to be very small in terms of weight, though the 6800 brakes look appealing.

    £240 for bars, post and saddle would save about 220g, so about £/g and a more comfortable setup. Any suggestions for other things I can swap? Many thanks

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    zzgavin

    Thanks, No money to burn, a
    Thanks, No money to burn, a few grammes saved for a ti bolt seems crazy when a carried but uneaten gel is 50g.
    I’ll look at comfort first, changing the wheels made a huge difference, looking forward to puting them back on again, now that winter might actually be over…

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    spongebob

    What tires and tubes are you
    What tires and tubes are you running?

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    arrieredupeleton

    I’m not sure there’s much
    I’m not sure there’s much more you can do apart from lose any excess weight yourself (if you have any). You gross outlay would be £240 but surely you’d get a few quid back from ebaying the C3 kit? Net outlay would be less than £200.

    From a personal point of view, I value comfort way above weight when it comes to saddles in particular. Having said that, the Fizik Arione I have is really comfy and probably lighter than your existing Prologo jobbie.

    If you have money to burn, titanium bolts for chainset and other bits will save a few grams (and wont rust).

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