Originally Posted by
rpenmanparker
Aw, is baby upset? What's the matter, you can give it but can't take it? After the way you came in here with your offensive sarcasm, why would I even care what you ride? And by the way, I do enjoy my brakes. They work great. If you have any you want to get rid of, just let me know. I will be happy to take them off your hands. But that's not possible. If you had any, you would know how good they are.
I have hands.
I prefer sarcasm to pedantry and condescension any day. Your brakes are a horrible compromise -- single pivot mechanism with very little travel and precious little tire clearance. They may work for you but they are a great example of how you've sacrificed the much superior but heavier mechanism of a good dual pivot brake for something that doesn't matter -- weight. I'll take a Shimano Ultegra brake set over those Zero Gravity's 7 days a week, 365 days a year.
Your lousy shifting FSA cranks with their proprietary and poorly sealed bottom brackets are another example of a bad tradeoff. I'd also expect your wheels are underbuilt and noodly for many riders and American Classic hubs aren't exactly a paragon of reliability either. I do like their freehub clip kits though. I add them to all of my alloy freehubs even though it's extra grams.
When it comes right down to it, the weight of a road bike within a reasonable range (say 14-20 pounds) doesn't matter a hill of beans to most riders (Soloist Assassin is an example of an exception). You only think you've made incredibly optimal tradeoffs but I wouldn't touch one of your bikes with a ten foot pole. There are other attributes that I value much more highly than lightness.