Originally Posted by
rpenmanparker
Problem is I don't know you well enough to know whether you are joking, but I have to assume you are. There is no way that bike is 8.5 lb. Kilos perhaps. The Shimano parts have to weigh 5 lb alone. I like this, Very funny!
Yeah, I probably should have added something like this:

That bike weighs at least twice the stated amount...
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