{"id":1237,"date":"2026-10-04T10:10:03","date_gmt":"2026-10-04T10:10:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bikesdirect.com\/blog\/?p=1237"},"modified":"2026-09-01T10:14:17","modified_gmt":"2026-09-01T10:14:17","slug":"the-truth-about-bike-weight-when-grams-actually-matter-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bikesdirect.com\/blog\/uncategorized\/the-truth-about-bike-weight-when-grams-actually-matter-2\/","title":{"rendered":"The Truth About Bike Weight: When Grams Actually Matter"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bikesdirect.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/BikesDirect_10thMonth_2ndInfo.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"481\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bikesdirect.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/BikesDirect_10thMonth_2ndInfo-481x1024.jpg\" alt=\"Infographic explaining when bike weight matters, covering climbing and acceleration benefits, situations where grams matter less, ride improvements to prioritise, and choosing a bike based on overall durability, control, and performance.\n\" class=\"wp-image-1239\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bikesdirect.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/BikesDirect_10thMonth_2ndInfo-481x1024.jpg 481w, https:\/\/www.bikesdirect.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/BikesDirect_10thMonth_2ndInfo-141x300.jpg 141w, https:\/\/www.bikesdirect.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/BikesDirect_10thMonth_2ndInfo-768x1636.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.bikesdirect.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/BikesDirect_10thMonth_2ndInfo-721x1536.jpg 721w, https:\/\/www.bikesdirect.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/BikesDirect_10thMonth_2ndInfo-962x2048.jpg 962w, https:\/\/www.bikesdirect.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/BikesDirect_10thMonth_2ndInfo.jpg 1080w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 481px) 85vw, 481px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Learn more: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bikesdirect.com\/blog\/bike-comparison\/the-truth-about-bike-weight-when-grams-actually-matter\/\">https:\/\/www.bikesdirect.com\/blog\/bike-comparison\/the-truth-about-bike-weight-when-grams-actually-matter\/<\/a> <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Learn more: https:\/\/www.bikesdirect.com\/blog\/bike-comparison\/the-truth-about-bike-weight-when-grams-actually-matter\/<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":1238,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1237","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bikesdirect.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1237","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bikesdirect.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bikesdirect.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bikesdirect.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bikesdirect.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1237"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.bikesdirect.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1237\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1240,"href":"https:\/\/www.bikesdirect.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1237\/revisions\/1240"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bikesdirect.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1238"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bikesdirect.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1237"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bikesdirect.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1237"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bikesdirect.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1237"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}