Originally Posted by
Andy_K
I just bought a 2001 LeMond Nevada City -- steel frame and fork. It looks like with the newer components I'm using to rebuild it it is going to come in around 19 pounds. Of course, by road bike standards these days that's a boat anchor.
If you want to lighten it up a bit, a Ritchey Comp carbon fork in 1" threadless would help. That's what I did with my
Paramount, which I later sold off the frame/forks and stuck the parts on an aluminum Trek (the Precious was too fancy, I couldn't stand to actually let it get dirty). The Comp model has an aluminum steertube and dropouts, so it's not as light as an all-carbon fork, but pretty worry-free. They're about $200 and 440 grams.