Originally Posted by
Mithrandir
Personally for me, I don't care how heavy my bike is. I have a long way to go with myself first. To put it another way:
I'll start taking weight off of my bike when I can no longer take weight off of myself.
Originally Posted by
Mithrandir
My bike's heavy. But I need to lose TWO bike weights!
OTOH, I can take 8-10 pounds of total weight off with judicious (or is that injudicious?) application of a credit card.
Maybe I'll go for a lighter bike when I'm a lighter rider on top of it.
That's my sentiment exactly.
Why fret over 100 extra grams on a component when one lb of my fatness could save 2,250 grams. If I were as fit as can be, the bike would be next but for now, I'll just worry about my own body weight. That being said, if I do upgrade a component for better performance, it would certainly be lighter, too.