My lightest wheels yet (and cheapest) / Titanium Weenie Ep 2

[@MrDenden94]

I was just binging ROJ videos for 2 days thinking to myself: "man I wish he'd upload more". And just like that my prayers were answered. ALL HAIL THE WEIGHT WEENIE KING!!!!

[@abedfo88]

Same !

[@jtwieme]

Never seen spreadsheet work look so compelling and dramatic 😍

[@user-cx2bk6pm2f]

New channel... Slayer of Grams. Brilliant!! Thanks for sharing that.. that archive of data is priceless.

[@ARGINH]

Brother, I’ve had my light bicycle wheels for over 4 years with cx ray spokes and have never had a problem. I’m also double your weight! Enjoy.

[@mrlotfi]

What can I say? ... YOU ARE IMPRESSIVE! ... I enjoy every second of your videos.

[@ridesofjapan]

Glad to hear mate! 🙏

[@simant5361]

So the Slayer of Grams channel is LIGHT on content 🤣😂🤣

[@ChrisOak.]

Exciting to see a new pair of wheels, and with Carbon TI Hubs non the less! I have a pair and I love them, but I must say out of the box the hub's ratchet does make themselves known on group rides... I would love to see a video on how to make the ratchet silent, and if I know you well enough, I am certain you may already be looking into ways of silencing them!

[@christopherhood9241]

Always nice to come back from a Sunday ride and see a new view from Mr ROJ. Looking forward to the next episode in this series - always brightens up my day :)

[@c.d.j300]

I KNEW IT! Cheap. Light, and quality enough for your bike.... "He's gonna say those are from LB."

[@maxwell.l.greene]

Can't wait to see how the AR25 rims work for road. I'd definitely consider getting the same set for my Open Min.D

[@DavidtheDoom]

Kudos on getting Channel #2. Good luck on the build, looking forward to it!

[@art_only]

I've been riding light bicycle WR50 wheels for over 2 years now and I love them. I use the center lock version of the galfer wave and I'm very happy with it.

[@cosinus_square]

My cycling journey was very similar: carbon (rim then disc), Ti (disc then rim), steel (disc then rim), vintage steel rim. Steel is a very nice place to be. Vintage steel and modern steel, can be very svelte compared to carbon, especially modern carbon, visually and ride feel.

[@kkkwwwaaakkk]

Ordered the same wheels on Black Friday, with closed rim bed and Centerlock interface: 467 + 574 = 1041 grams

[@garyfan3526]

LOL been watching slayer of grams for so long without realizing it's you

[@318ishonk]

Nice one, thanks for sharing! Just FYI the Specialized Turbo Cottons also work tubeless, wear fast, have excellent grip and are - tadaaa - tan walled. 240g for the 26mm version, 260g for the 28mm. Feels soooo supple and just looking at them makes your day better! :-)

[@YtseHWSW]

Can you point me to the tan walled Turbo Cotton tubeless version? What I see on Specialized's page is clincher only.

[@Schradermusic]

Veloflex Corsa Race TLR - 225g for the 25mm version.

[@janemf]

I find the turbo cottons to be pretty sketchy riding on anything but pristine tarmac. :(

[@Miekzz]

Once again a top quality video! Looking forward to the rest of the Saga!

[@davidide1525]

Thanks to you I have some Panaracer Agilest 700x28 tires. Very light and a nice ride quality, weigh 240&245 gr.s on my scale. I like the fact that at 65-70 psi on a 19 mm inner width rim they measure 27.5 mm, my ti frame only has room for 28 max, so this is a very good size for me. Thanks again, keep the fun/informative videos coming.

[@casualguy393]

Love the vids ROJ. I am not a weight weenie myself since I love aerodynamics and blasting on the Arakawa flats on a fairly heavy recumbent, but your devotion, desire and determination more than match mine for aerodynamics. Can't wait to see the bike.

[@achromaticwraps]

that's insane! Just bought the same rims and hubs (in blue) and to feel those rims at just 250gr each it's scary light!

[@dopeone700]

Keep on threading those bottom brackets!!!!

[@nadineleahundsebastiand.3488]

Using Galfer Rotors since 2021 and they are amazing. Better Braking than Shimano and almost no noise and squealing. Best is that they are rated for 0.6mm of wear down to 1.2mm

[@zaphod_beeblerox]

remember the dorkiest dorks of dorks, dork out on your dorkiness👍 so your in safe hands!

[@andrewengland781]

I always look forward to your next video, they are such a treat.

[@peterjay6580]

These videos are so entertaining and amazing. I’m laughing and making sure my friends don’t know I think just like you. 😂

[@bubby372]

Oh Slayer of Grams I am not worthy. A+ content.

[@ElDiabl0187]

It’s good to see you haven’t change at all.❤

[@BenjaminStone-s9c]

Also I just love that his excel sheet has a conditional format for if the final weight is over 6800g it goes red hahaha

[@chiefrocker12]

Those LB wheels are pretty amazing. I have the AR37 built up on DT Swiss , under 1280g. SO good I have two other sets from LB. One of the few customizable value wheel builders online. Looking forward to seeing your Ti build. Next project build I feel.

[@robinrai4973]

You've slightly infected me, found myself fitting plastic tubes and carbon bars to my bike recently

[@jonathanzappala]

Can’t beat the price/weight of light bicycle. Probably because the flyweight AR50 rims I have can get depressed with a thumb. I cheaper out though and got the novatech’s not the carbon ti’s

[@chrisko6439]

I love this and the new geeky channel!

[@projectcycling]

Finally you put those Galfer rotors. I use them for a year and they are amazing and super light! Good choice

[@deeannalichtenberg4123]

Love your shirt!!

[@dadawang8122]

I'm about to have 200g disc brake hubs, and 1100g disc brake wheels, 46mm vacuum, super cx spokes, 21mm internal width.

[@wsbygt]

Can´t wait for the build! Galfer disks are great for almost everything but racing and long and twisty European descents. They chew brand new L05 pads before the week is over. Despite their flimsy look the Centerlock versions didnt warp on me though. RT-CL800 and the previous Dura-Ace\Ultegra\XTR generations are the best for consistency.

[@aaronedgeart]

Can't weight (pun) to see the new custom build!!!

[@nikveldkamp8630]

Thanks - Fun Intro, as usual.👌(... Don't we all love our tables? ;P ...) Tires - When weight above width, plus they roll just soooo fine: RenéHerse 700C x 28 Chinook Pass, extralight casing 225g. (RH weight dates are rather exact in my experience.) or maxing out your Ti frameset - 700C x 32 Stampede Pass, 254g. But since you know your Bon Jon Pass and Panaracer, this won't be news for you. Btw: Tubeless or superlight TPU tubes?

[@toms2jz464]

Thank you for making a channel dedicated to us weight weenies cheers! 🍻

[@evanbybee8953]

Absolutely love my Carbon Ti hubs. Weight is great, sure, but the bearings are just amazing. They contactless seals and I feel they work. Not even ceramic but spin as good or better than customers hubs with ceramic bearings installed. Really like my Galfer discs as well. Super light rotors and a lot cheaper. Very well made too, they come from motorcycles so gotta be good right? I would love to know how you get on with these rims. Considering these for my gravel wheels but wanna know how they hold up over time. Curious about how they ride on the road too.

[@ridesofjapan]

I’m sure the wheels will get more air time on the channel as the bike get complete! I don’t see much gravel for them in the near future though.

[@rickmancini772]

Thanks, waiting for the ride test video

[@jpragmatic7759]

When I saw these wheels on Lightbicycle I wondering how long before ROJ get his hands on some !

[@richcole3931]

I've been running cx ray spokes on my MTB wheels. They're flawless.

[@josh33172]

I know it would have ended up being slightly heavier, but the Challenge Criterium 700x27 come in at around 255. I feel like the extra 30g is worth the ride quality of the Challenge tires...to the point that I don't know if you'd notice 1mm for a faster more comfortable tire. I know its not exactly "slayer of grams" but then you also get the beautiful tan sidewall. Also, the Galfers are the way to go. So much better braking over Shimano rotors.

[@pmcmpc]

Loved the intro. Probably your best. Take care with those super short expanders tho ... Re: Extralite Hyper spokes ... I assume those are Alpina Hyperlites? If so, I'm heavier than you and use them on pretty rough gravel descents. Had no issue. But then I'm on fairly deep rims, laced to CarbonTis ... I guess they'd be much more likely to break on a super shallow rim due to the additional flex and forces, and maybe also more so on Extralites due to the 3x lacing. Re: the Galfers. I gave up ... they warp like crazy. Fade also way worse than XTR / new DA / Hope etc.

[@BenBowmanNYC]

oh, good, I'm in the church of value for weight too!

[@danaponik5276]

Another vote for those Galfer rotors. Coming from a 75kg rider...they are easily on par with the Dura Ace rotors they replaced. Even on long wet, descents.

[@Dou8leShot]

Looking into these for my crux gravel/road setup. 70kg. Debating between 160front and 140 rear or both 140. Coming from rim brake carbon rims so I’m used to not dragging my brakes on long descents here in Colorado… Thoughts?

[@slomo3937]

Slayer of Grams? Subscribed immediately!

[@richardggeorge]

I have some LightBicycle 56mm deep 21mm internal rim brake carbon wheels which I built up with Shimano hubs myself. Not light but have been super reliable even though I built up the rear wheel with 2:1 spoke ratio (18:9) as I am a strong 80kg rider

[@travisharmor]

So entertaining! Keep ‘em coming 🎉

[@em_aitch]

Nice wheelset... Looking forward to the next video. Btw what are those blue pannels on the wall behind you in your studio? I am looking for something like that to put on a wall in my little "office"

[@welshbikepackingadventures]

You are the weenie wizard!

[@andrewbardwell4832]

I absolutely love your videos!

[@BPM-xh4yu]

really regretting not using Lightbicycle rims on my Berd build. Went with Far and it's overweight at 1070g. Had been hoping to achieve sub-1kg

[@tomalbert3299]

You might like to try TRICKSTUFF Dächle UL 140 Disks one day. Light, great looks and breaking power and easy to install (angled edges)

[@ridesofjapan]

Cheers! they’re going on the list!

[@rickeverett3304]

For my lightweight Endurance Ti bike; I chose V brake rim brakes, the shorter TRP CX 8.4’s work well on my Vision KOM rims and Campag record levers. Finding a “cross” V brake fork and using 32mm Clement (Donnely’s) with TPU tubes, could go bigger yet it is Plush and balanced.

[@natheirabu-dahab1446]

For tires, check out schwalbe pro one TTs if you're willing to puncture every other week. You'll save like 50g

[@campvica]

Grymt jobbat med nya kanalen! Precis vad man behöver när man sitter uppe sena kvällar och jagar cykel- illusioner ;)

[@AaronNeezNielsen]

You should try Berd spokes. Lighter than sapims and way stronger....and they're made of plastic!

[@savagepro9060]

When a KZbinr is being tormented by his private red-eye Illuminati demon in mid-video!

[@danieltscharnuter4794]

Brilliant video, thank you!

[@moritzaufenanger2537]

You shouldve tried BriskWheels, for rim Brake he has a 670g set, and iirc there is a low 900s disc version too!

[@bengt_axle]

Did you hear? Mark is buying a carbon frame. Festka or Bastion-still on the fence.

[@g_clem]

Just ordered the XC version of the AR25, the XC924, would love to see your feedback on those rims in few weeks. Thanks again for sharing your bike weight issues, it's really cathartic for us weight weenies 🤣

[@yazidyusop]

this channel has been focusing what u riding/hardware.... can we see more of your japan experiences

[@soapowejazz]

Just get into wheel building. Life is much nicer if you can build your own wheels. You once said you will never have a custom made frame…but that changed recently 😉.

[@ridesofjapan]

One never knows what future holds :)

[@jochenkraus7016]

@@ridesofjapan In your case we know it, lighter bike parts ;-)

[@brian_simmons_]

Slayer of Grams needs a metal theme.

[@Aiden.K]

lol. Love the intro

[@krzysztofkolodziejczyk4335]

i love these intros

[@david.vandergoes]

Nice video

[@markhagen7777]

Great balance: Humor....dry,...weight reductions...ocd to the max, ...money! Or, euphemistically speaking, can you have all three at once?

[@ryux]

How does this channel not have over 1 Million Subscribers ?

[@fabianl3230]

Hi there, maybe the Pirelli P Zero TLR could be an option. I think official weight is 275 but I recall the pair I had was lighter. I liked them quiet a lot, just not as durable as I would have liked ( I now use GP 4 Season for durability)

[@timtaylor9590]

When ppl quote weight for disc wheels it needs to include rotor weight. Rotors are like rim brake tracks on rim brake wheels. They're the breaking surface of the wheel.

[@AlexLPs99]

Sure, but different rotors have different weights, so isn’t it easier to separate them from the wheels then? For my part, I like to know how much the wheels themselves weigh, because one might apply different rotors to them, so it makes the comparison between wheelsets simpler

[@WowRixter]

I haven't confirmed this and I can't recall where I read it, but if you swap your disc lock ring for the older style spline lock disc (sorry I don't know what they're called) will save 7g each

[@ridesofjapan]

No lock rings on these mate :)

[@JavierXo5]

Favour. Can you list the rim, hubs, spokes, and rotor model? I really want to build the same wheel set for my Litespeed build. Ty!

[@s.h481]

30GのVITTORIAのTPUチューブはどうですか

[@grouchy88]

"everyone has the right to have the wrong tase" 👌

[@salsaverte]

Do you think those 250g AR25 rims strong enough for some cat 3 gravel? I'm thinking of buying some. They recommended the 300g version but... I want that lightweight!! hah

[@TwistedWheels]

Why did you decide to go with the internal spoke holes? You could have saved weight comparing to holes + rim tape.

[@BrotherMichigan]

My son has the same comforter 😄

[@kimscott8176]

What were the other parts?

[@sulyluu]

Speed holes! You may need to make some speed holes in that frame?

[@ArcTheLadd]

Do you also try to optimize the weight of the clothes you wear during the rides? If so, could you show us the process?

[@thedownunderverse]

Oh dear, you went there 😂

[@abalem]

@@thedownunderverse Usually, I stop eating 3 days before a ride. That way, I manage to save another 1.5kg ! ^^

[@matthewdiack8946]

Notice any difference between the 24mm and 21mm width of the two LB wheelsets? :)

[@industryrule-4080]

Difficult to beat Light Bicycle wheels in value to performance.

[@iana7924]

bicycle titanium bolt titanium compression srew bolt for Shimano for avid sram

[@EditioCastigata]

6:30 Michelin Power Cup come in at 233g in 28mm. Weighted N=2.

[@Ninja_Revenge]

Why you didn't go with rim brake setup? Easily fits 28-30 mm tires with DA 9100/9200 brakes, a lot lighter and DA9200 groupset is cheaper too... Have you at least considered one?

[@EditioCastigata]

8:17 Had briefly hoped you opened a channel do dump your downhill cam footage. :-)

[@Volkmannx]

🤓👍

[@the.communist]

Ur wheels are more expensive than my whole road bike

[@jheiethutz]

maybe you can use Panaracer Agilest Light, it will reduce the weight by 100+

[@ridesofjapan]

Not tubeless compatible unfortunately. It is a must for me.

[@dannylo4807]

Like many true weight weenies from the mtb world, take advantage of the 6 bolt hub, only install 3 bolts per hub! I have done this on my XC bikes for last 6 years, no problem. 👍

[@cronos_78none47]

very nice :)

[@zhiyuanfan5542]

Nice build! I am also paying attention to those wheels recently, and I wonder how they perform on road. What tire pressure do you normally use? They specify a max pressure of 70 psi only, so I am not sure whether I will use them for road bikes. Or do you know if there are other rim options at the same rim height? Thanks a lot!

[@ridesofjapan]

I’m never even close to 70psi… probably max 60 on 28s and lower the bigger the tire. (I’m a flyweight)

[@yifeiwu1415]

Got a few same builds with carbon-ti and farsports because of this midnight shopping guide channel, couldn’t help but notice the bling custom decal. Is there a way to share it to the true follower 😈❤

[@hayespotter3368]

Love the spreadsheet you showed, do you have a quick template you can share?

[@ridesofjapan]

It’s nothing special, but will share it with the complete build 👍

[@paytufo]

What kind of finish the wheel has? Is not matt, but not so glossy...

[@bevillenz]

Do you have an updated review of these wheels? Interested in durability, ride quality. Thanks.

[@ridesofjapan]

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