In the past finding the best lightweight road bike has been the sole requirement for a road cyclist when buying a new bike.
Lightest road bike frame in the world.
Lighter than the laptop you re probably using right now.
Saving weight was a racer s primary concern in the pursuit of speed.
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.
The 56cm émonda slr 9 frame weighs 640 grams 1 41 pounds.
Ax components actually feature on the lightest custom build as.
Here are six that barely trouble the scales.
Read to see what went into making this remarkable bike.
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.
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.
This yasujiro svelte which is made from tange ultimate tubing is the world s lightest steel road bike coming in at just 5 42kg.
The waterloo wisconsin company says it is the lightest bike it s ever made and the lightest production road bike in the world.
World s lightest road bike at 2 7kg this road bike weighs in at 6lbs 2 7kg.
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.
Ax components actually feature on the lightest custom build.
This frame is constructed from the brand s premi.