Originally Posted by
kabex
Well if you choose top-of-the-line components you will almost always end up at or below UCI weight (6.8kg, or 15lb).
It's almost impossible to end up with an 8kg bike or whatever. I think 6.8kg is already very very light and many people would be more than happy at that point.
Problem is a lot of times we're riding heavy frames, heavy forks and heavy wheels. All of a sudden you upgrade to a UCI illegal bike and you feel like you're in heaven.
I think that just as important as weight is balance.
A well balanced bike makes up for a little extra weight.
Me? 15lbs is a target weight because I'd like to work from the same
standards that the pros work from as some sort of reference point.
"If" I end up with a perfectly balanced bike that doesn't go below 16lbs, so be it.
Also, I wouldn't want to make a bike so light that it becomes unreliable for "me"
(a person at my weight that is).
My Trek 1.5 was a well balanced bike.
My CAAD9 didn't feel "as light" as my 19.13lb Trek until I hit 17lbs.
Even though the CAAD weighed less, the Trek "felt" lighter.
My CAAD was biased towards the front if I held it from the middle by the top tube.
The Trek was almost dead on center. The CAAD had a much heavier OEM fork & seat post.