This time it was the axles. You know, those big hardened 14mm chunks of steel holding your cartridge bearings in place. Yeah. Mine were too long. Like, 6 threads too long. THE HORROR! Amazing how much weight you save when you dremel (I verb words) off those 6 extra threads.
I haven't weighed the axle ends yet, but I'd imagine I've saved something like 100grams. Seriously. Thats going to make me hop like 70% higher for sure.
Oh, and I filed and painted the cut axle ends to prevent rust. That should be a given. Even Drillium mods can be done without being ghetto.
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ooh la-la mr. clean chain!
The chain has less than 40km on it. I built up this BMX on New years eve and it hasn't been nice enough outside to ride it.
Oh, and I weighed the axle ends. They came to 124g. [/weightweenie]
I'd consider that a substantial savings. If you can do that 4 times, you've lost over a pound.
I can't do that 4 times.
The axle ends under the pegs don't have as many free threads.
Its funny because there are SO many other things I can think of that would give me more weight savings.
-kevlar tires
-36H front wheel
-new butted forks
-elementary or other new school stem
-aluminum seatpost
-plastic bar plugs
-cutting down the hidden axle ends
-removing pedal pins
-hollow pin chain
-one piece driver and smaller gearing, light sprocket etc..
-carbon headset spacer (n1ck!)
..adn thats without buying anything Ti!
Its all silly though. The axle mod was mainly for aesthetics.
I was actually just saying if you could do the same amount of weight reduction on 4 points on the bike (which you've listed lots of other options), you'd lose a pound. My bmx could use a bit of that treatment; it probably weighs 35lb.
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