Originally Posted by
mechBgon
My mid-range aluminum XC hardtail is slightly under 19 pounds with a rigid fork and tires that small, which is the config I use for the Midnight Century. Oh, and it's an XL 21.5" frame
In proper XC trim (big light tires and a suspension fork), it's 21-22.5 pounds depending on which wheelset I use. And that's not that special these days, just competitive.
Yeow! That's light. We might have different definitions of the term midrange. For the 1996 'goose it's MSRP $760, weight of bike in completely stock trim.
The goose is a couple pounds lighter than the other poster's Aluminum Gary Fisher and since he was complaining of the weight of his Troll build probably lighter than that as well. It stacks up nicely against the 25.9 lb GF Marlin of the day, which cost over a grand but had a Quadra fork. Replace Quadra with a $100 rigid fork and you won't shave much weight cuz Quadras were pretty light already.
Probably have to break out the big guns to compete against this bike you're talking about in the weight arena. I reckon a Ritchey P-20 could stack up.
I'm trying to think who had really light midrange Al. Cannondale's rigid M900 was 23 lbs/$1250, so more highend than mid range. Klein Adroits were nice and light, but big sticker @ $2200.