Originally Posted by
mkeller234
Mine is fairly heavy in general, but that makes sense because it's a tourer. Mine is made with 531 Super Tourist and weighs around 28-29lbs as seen above. Weight sounds like a negative, but i'd say that my Mercian fits what I want in ride and feel compared to my others.
In your case, Reynolds 531 ST explains the weight, but my bike supposedly wasn't made from ST tubing, rather it was made from the "standard" 531 (I never remember the wall thickness specs and whether or how they varied from year to year). My Mercian weighs in at about 25 lbs as shown above, but my very similarly accessorized Trek 560 weighs in closer to 23-24lb with Tru-Temper DB frameset and middle of the road Shimano 105 group.