Originally Posted by
brianogilvie
Could you point me to a bike that would cost under $1000 and would weigh 19-21 pounds? If you're sticking to CrMo steel, that would be pretty darn hard; the Rivendell Roadeo can be tricked out to weigh under 20 lbs. but it would cost 3.5-4 times the price of a 2009 Aurora. I can't think of a CF bike that would weigh that little for under $1000. But I'm not in the market for one, so maybe I've missed something.
There's no clear requirement to stick to CroMo. 19lbs might have been optimistic. Note that "same price" really is around $1000 (give or take a few hundered). You might be able to find a bike that weighs 20 or so lbs at about $1200, which should not be out of reach for anybody looking at the Aurora who is really worried about weight.
My point is that people talking about "lighter bikes" are thinking about 16-17 ones, which isn't exactly relevant to somebody looking at bikes around $1000. At approximate price of the Aurora ($1025), the amount of weight that could be saved would be small.
Since few manufacturers publish weights (Jamis is one that does), it would be hard to point to anything.
Originally Posted by
10 Wheels
No weight listed there (which means that reference doesn't work as an example).
Anyway, Felt lists it at $769.99 and 21.82 lbs (which is close to 21, the upper end of my scale).
http://www.feltbicycles.com/USA/2010...ries/Z100.aspx
This one is $1149 and 19.90 lbs (in the middle of my range) and "about" the same prices as the Aurora.
http://www.feltbicycles.com/USA/2010...eries/Z85.aspx