Many major manufacturers now produce carbon road bikes that weigh less than 15 lbs complete and cross country mountain bikes weighing in around 20 lbs it s worth noting that the frame only contributes to a portion of the bike s total weight.
Carbon endurance road bike frame.
There s never been a wider choice of road bike framesets than now.
We have an ever evolving stock of framesets from some of the worlds leading manufacturers including wilier 3t ridley and colnago.
However other manufacturers create comfortable endurance bikes by working with the carbon fibre lay ups of the frames to build flex into areas like the seatstays and top tube while other areas of.
While the sl version doesn t get the 600 series carbon and ultralight.
The allied alfa is a lightweight carbon fibre race frame that offers an excellent ride quality and unusually it s made start to finish in house in the us.
Components are the other half of the equation.
The emonda is trek s lightweight carbon road frame and the top end slr version is one of the lightest framesets you can buy.
You also need to think about whether a carbon frame road bike is even the best for you.