Originally Posted by
justfitme
Let my try hard to understand your approach. I'm in full support of this idea to make the bike lighter, but like many mentioned alrteady the most important direction is to make lighter parts that rotate - wheels, crankset
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Wheels first. I do not know what is your idea of light wheels and how much you need to spend for them, but to reduce weight by 1.5-2 lbs compare to what you probably have, $250 can be enough. Wabi wheels plus decent 190g tires can possibly do it for you.
To achieve the same weight loss by changing static parts like seatpost, stem, handlebar, saddle, fork can exceed the price of the whole bike with the wheels I mentioned.
Of course anything is doable with enough cash and time, but to me, it looks like you are going to start the hard way...
I checked the Wabi Wheels for weight. They are 1750 grams. For about double the price you mentioned a local shop can build a wheel set under 1400 grams. I would rather save my money for a while to get the lighter wheels than purchase the heavier Wabi wheels now. Until I can afford the lighter wheels I plan to start shopping around for super deals on very light cockpit items. If I cannot find super deals, I will not buy any. I do not plan to just go purchase light items. I did check the price of a ENVE cockpit (stem, post, bar and fork) The price was $1340.00 I just checked to see how much it could cost to compare to what I actually purchase.
A note: The Jamis Sputnik did come with a CF fork. It is not as light as an ENVE, but it is a CF fork.