Nino's Lightweight Bikes & Parts

Some of the finest parts for lightweight bikes....I am a weight-weenie myself and one of the few sources to get REAL WEIGHTS only ! I am specialized in building lightweight bikes and have a wide variety of lightweight items for sale...If you are interested or have questions just get in touch with me per E-mail and ask for my complete pricelist...

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luckynino@ggaweb.ch

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LIST OF PARTS------>

TITANIUM MTB Cassettes 10s !!!

BRANDNEW-Now available in black colour!!

Brandnew - even before SRAM offered their X.X 10s group i already had these sweet 10 Speed TITANIUM cassettes.

They are not only lighter than SRAM X.X but also much cheaper!

These Cassettes are designed like XTR/ Dura Ace: Aluminium Spider and Titanium Cogs. But unlike XTR/DA these actually have all cogs out of Titanium. The cogs have machined shifting ramps just like Shimano and allow for smooth shifts also under load.

I have 2 versions available:
-The standard version comes with aluminium spacers and a 11t cog out of steel

-The SL version additionally comes with a full titanium 11t cog and plastic spacers instead of the aluminium ones which saves ca. 7-8g over the standard steel cog

All cassettes come with aluminium lockring

11-32 / 10s (11-12-13-14-16-18-21-24-28-32)
11-32: 173g (177g including aluminium lockring)
11-32 SL: 167g (172g including aluminium lockring

11-34 / 10s (11-12-13-15-17-20-23-26-30-34)
11-34: 183g (187g including aluminium lockring)
11-34 SL: 176g (180g including aluminium lockring


160 Euro (standard-Version)
180 Euro (SL-Version)


11-36 / 10s (11-12-14-16-18-21-24-28-32-36)
11-36: 202g (206g including aluminium lockring)
11-36 SL: 194g (198g including aluminium lockring)

170 Euro (standard-Version)
190 Euro (SL-Version)

Interested? Just get in touch with me:
luckynino@ggaweb.ch

9s - 11/12-36 Ti MTB Cassette

BIG-RANGE

11-36 / 12-36 Titanium Cassettes (9s)

Todays trend is leaning towards 2x9 / 2x10 drivetrains. So cranksets with just 2 chainrings up front. This however needs some careful selection of the rear cassette since you are giving up some of the overall gearspread you usually have with regular triple chainring setups like 22/32/44. Usually by going with double setups you loose some of the low gears which is the main problem for most of the people. With the current offerings you have just cassettes with up to 34t cogs which often is not low enough to compensate. Only the latest 10s components offer cassettes with 36t cogs. BUT the big manufacturers obviously forgot that still a vast majority is riding with 9s drivetrains. Some also don't want to switch to 10s and want to keep their 9s components. Also 29er bikes and all those with just a single chainring up front can now take profit of these new and lightweight titanium cassettes. With weights around 200g these are much lighter than even smaller XTR cassettes yet offer the bigger range you might look for.
These cassettes fit all Shimano and SRAM 9s drivetrains.

I offer them in different 2 sizes and 2 different versions with the following weights:
Standard-version:
11-36 ( 11-13-15-18-21-24-28-32-36) : 202g (including lockring)
12-26 ( 12-14-16-18-21-24-28-32-36) : 215g (including lockring)

These cassettes have ALL cogs out of titanium except the final 11t / 12t which is still steel. Spiders and spacers are aluminium as well as the aluminium lockring which is included.

Lighter SL-version:
For the real weight-weenies out there i also have a lighter SL-Version with a final 11t / 12t cog out of titanium ( instead of the standard steel) and plastic spacers instead of the aluminium ones. These kits are sold ADDITIONALLY to the standard parts. So if ever the final Ti-cog should wear out you still have the standard one out of steel as a spare replacement.

With these modifications the weights are the following:
11-36 SL: 196g (including lockring)
12-36 SL: 208g (including lockring)


Standard-Version: 170 Euro
SL-Version: 190 Euro


Interested? Just get in tough with me per e-mail:
luckynino@ggaweb.ch

TITANIUM MTB Cassettes 9s

Brandnew, 3rd Generation:

These Cassettes are designed like XTR/ Dura Ace: Aluminium Spider and Titanium Cogs. But unlike XTR/DA these actually have all cogs out of Titanium. The cogs have machind shifting ramps just like Shimano and allow for smooth shifts also under load.

I have 2 versions available:
-The standard version comes with aluminium spacers and a 11t cog out of steel

-The SL version additionally comes with plastic spacers and titanium 11t cog ( Plastic spacers and Ti-cog are 8g lighter than the ones of the standard version!)

All cassettes come with aluminium lockring

11-30 (11-12-13-15-17-20-23-26-30)
11-30: 166g (170g including aluminium lockring)
11-30 SL: 157g (161g including aluminium lockring

11-32 (11-12-14-16-18-21-24-28-32)
11-32: 175g (184g including aluminium lockring)
11-32 SL: 167g (174g including aluminium lockring)
(weight 08 XTR: 223g)

11-34 (11-13-15-17-20-23-26-30-34)
11-34: 188g (196g including aluminium lockring)
11-34 SL: 180g (187g including aluminium lockring)


160 Euro (standard Version)
180 Euro (SL-Version)

User comments via e-mail:

"Nino,
Thanks so much for the Ti cassette! It shifts better than my XTRs and Dura Ace. It shifted EVERY shift faster and more solidly than I could ever have expected! Thanks so much!
 Sincerely,
Jim Thompson"



"Ciao Nino,
 ho provato il pacco pignoni e funziona molto bene, sono contento.
Grazie
Fabio"


"Ich war am Samstag noch ein kurzes MTB-Ründeli drehen mit der neuen Kassette. Bin ziemlich begeistert.Habe halt riesen Freude an Deiner Kassette.... Ciao
Leonardo"


"Hello,
 Cassette reçue, montée et testée. Super.
merci pour la qualité du service.
à bientôt
 Erwan"

Here's a short video showing the cassettes performance on my bike. I didn't even clean the drivetrain before...shifts are smooth up and down!

Interested? Just get in touch with me:
luckynino@ggaweb.ch

TITANIUM ROAD Cassettes 10s

These 10s Cassettes are designed like Shimano Dura Ace: Aluminium Spider and Titanium Cogs. But unlike DA these actually have all cogs out of Titanium! Just the 11t is still steel.
For Shimano/SRAM cassettes i have a SL-version where the 11t steel cog gets replaced with a lighter Ti cog. This saves 4,5g ! All cassettes come with aluminium lockring.

Available ratios:

11-23 (11-12-13-14-15-16-17-19-21-23)
11-25 (11-12-13-14-15-17-19-21-23-25)
11-27 (11-12-13-14-15-17-19-21-24-27)

Shimano/SRAM:
11-23: 114g ( 118g including lockring)
11-23 SL: 110g ( 114g including lockring)

11-25: 140g ( 144g including lockring)
11-25 SL: 136g ( 140g including lockring)

11-27: 140g ( 144g including lockring)
11-27 SL: 136g ( 140g including lockring)

Campagnolo:
11-23: 128g ( including lockring)
11-25: 154g ( including lockring)
11-27: 155g ( including lockring)


160 Euro (standard Version)
180 Euro (SL-Version)

Interested? Just get in touch with me:
luckynino@ggaweb.ch

LIGHTNING Carbon Cranks/BB

---> ALL weights including the bottom brackets

LIGHTNING Carbon Crank

This is the ultimate light-weight crank and bottom bracket set for weight weenies looking to shed some significant weight from their bikes, and who still want the strongest, stiffest crank possible.

The crank features carbon arms with an aluminum spider, joined in the center by a Hirst Joint (à la Campagnolo). The bottom bracket cups are secured by a genius knurled design to aid in the threading process, no superfluous installation tool required.

Look at the weights below and you'll understand these cranks are some of the lightest available on the market but cost a fraction of the competition that come at a +1000 Euro price tag.

These cranks are easily the most versatile:

- Lightning cranks can fit almost ALL bikes. 68-73mm BB width, or BB30...

You change your bike? No problem-these cranks will fit your next bike as well unlike the competition that sells specific cranks for every frame dimension.

- Lightning cranks can be outfitted with almost every kind of chainrings! The spider is removable/replaceable and there's several different spiders available to suit your needs. So if you want to change chainrings or your gearing later on this is the crankset to get as it allows you to convert from standard 130 BCD to compact 110 BCD (Road) or from Triple to Double rings in different BCDs (MTB).

REAL weights of Lightning carbon cranks:

MTB 68mm BB shell:
MTB-SL: 455g (cranks 175mm,68mm BB,spider,ceramic bearings)
MTB-HD: 485g (cranks 175mm,68mm BB,spider,ceramic bearings)

MTB 73mm BB shell:
MTB-SL: 465g (cranks 175mm,73mm BB,spider,ceramic bearings)
MTB-HD: 485g (cranks 175mm,73mm BB,spider,ceramic bearings)

Road 68mm BB shell:
Road-SL: 430g (cranks 170mm,spider 110 compact,ceramic bearings)
Road-HD: 450g (cranks 170mm,spider 110 compact,ceramic bearings)

BB30 bearings: -5g/pair !
Steel bearings: +10g/pair
SL-Version: Weight limit 100 Kilos / 220 lbs
HD-Version: Weight limit 127 Kilos / 280 lbs ! All cranks from 180mm up are HD.

I can offer "Extralite"-Versions with a lower weight limit which allows Lightning to make the cranks about 15-20g lighter than the regular SL-Versions:
"Lightning Extralite"
MTB-Extralite: 440g (175mm,68mm BB,spider,ceramic bearings)
MTB-Extralite: 450g (175mm,73mm BB,spider,ceramic bearings)
Road-Extralite: 420g (170mm,spider 110 compact,ceramic bearings)

Actual Q-Factor:
Road: 145mm
MTB 68mm: 158mm
MTB 73mm: 165mm

Available for:

Road 68mm (BSA), BB30

MTB 68mm - 73mm (BSA), BB30

Available Crank Lengths:
160, 162.5, 165, 167.5, 170, 172.5, 175, 177.5, 180, 182.5, 185, 190mm

Spyder sizes:
Road 110 (compact), 130

MTB 74 double, 94 double, 64x104 triple/double (mounted reverse for optimal chainline!)

(This crankset uses an independent spyder design: Removable, interchangeable aluminum spyders)

Chainline:

Road 43.5 mm , MTB double 47.5mm, MTB Triple: 50mm

Patent awarded:

Specialized purchased the patent from Lightning and gave Lightning a license to use the design

Compatible with Quarq CinQo power spider (www.quarq.us/Spiders/CinQo.html)

Made in USA

Prices 

To be able  to get you your final price i need to know your exact needs and wishes so please get in touch telling me: 
Road or MTB?
Crankarm lenght?
Type of BB and width? 68-73 BSA or BB30?
Steel or ceramic bearings?
Spider? Double or Triple?
Lightweight bots or standard bolts?
-thanks !

Please also ask for lightest chainrings!

I can offer FRM chainrings which are proven performers or also Superlight Chainrings...just look at them below!

Interested? Just get in touch with me:

luckynino@ggaweb.ch

FRM Pro Chainrings

FRM PRO Chainrings

These are amongst the lightest available rings on the market. They have a very good reputation for good shifting and durability.

Available for MTB and ROAD

-Made in Italy

-CNC machined from high quality 7075 light alloy

-Ramps and steel pins for optimal shifting precision

-Polished,anodized and laser etched

MTB rings are ideal also for 2x9 conversions.

2x9 Conversion-Kits include two chainrings & four red plugs/spacers which allow the rings to be mounted on the inner two positions on triple cranksets.

--->Suggested combinations: 26/40 or 27/42

MTB (64/104 BCD):

22t: 16g

26t: 26g

27t: 31g

32t: 27g

40t: 47g

42t: 50g

44t: 56g

ROAD (110 BCD, "compact"):

34t: 27g

50t: 75g

Interested? Just contact me direct:

luckynino@ggaweb.ch

Superlight Chainrings

Superlight Chainrings MTB + ROAD


These are the lightest aluminium chainrings i know of. Compare the weights with other rings on the market and you will see they are easily half the weight if not less than regular chainrings.

They get custom-made to your needs so you can choose whatever size in whichever BCD...Almost all is possible! Especially for those looking for their ideal gear combination on double cranksets these are the ultimate chainrings and allow you to fine-tune your gearing while also saving big weight!

They come in either plain silver colour or black anodized

Note: No shifting ramps/pins. These are not needed on inner rings and to my surprise i found they do shift really good even when used as outer rings as well ! I use them on my own MTBs with great success.

Some verified weights for your reference:

MTB (64/104 BCD, 4-bolt compact)
22t : 10g
26t : 16g
27t : 17g
28t : 19g
30t : 23g
40t : 35g
42t : 37g
44t : 41g


MTB (58/94 BCD, 5-bolt compact)
27t : 18g
29t : 15g
40t : 33g

MTB (80/120 BCD for SRAM XX !)
29t : 19g
44t : 35g
44t : 52g (Titanium!)

ROAD (110 BCD "compact")
34t : 21g
36t : 22g
48t : 47g
50t : 49g

ROAD (130 BCD "standard")
39t : 20g
52t : 47g

Interested? just get in touch:

luckynino@ggaweb.ch