you can get a bike made from Columbus Spirit that results in a bike that weighs about 16 pounds without too much weight-weenism. I think that's what the bike the OP mentions was made of. I don't know how much a True Temper S3 frame weights, but it's probably close.
Originally Posted by
Mark Kelly
BTW if you can get a custom made 853 framed bike fully built for $1500 you are doing extraordinarily well and someone is losing a bucket load of money.
they aren't losing money, but they are donating their time. It seems like a lot of the guys that were charging $1200 for a frame a few years ago are gone now, it's not so much fun that doing it for free for a customer (who may have unreasonable expectations) is something that holds most people's interest.
Last edited by unterhausen; 05-06-12 at 12:34 PM.