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Re: Weight Watching

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Originally Posted by aksimhal View Post
We are at 120lbs, so we need to diet till we get to 110

How many lbs can be taken of by speed holing (drilling holes in the frame), and is there any other methods of weight reduction?

Thanks,
Do the math....aluiminum weighs 1/10th of a pound per cubic inch.

Plastic weighs about half as much.

Steel weighs almost 3 times as much as aluminum.

Little holes will not lose you much weight. Holes in thin material will not lose you much weight. Holes in plastic will not lose you much weight.

Removing excess bolts will help. Replacing bolts with a smaller size will help. Replacing steel sprockets with aluminum, or turning down the hub diameter, will help a lot.
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