Originally Posted by Crazy-B
Just a question on 70's and 80's steel frames. What was considered light, ok, heavy, etc,etc. I know by todays standards this doesn't mean much, but was just curious.
Although not steel, one of the "light" standards that steel was compared to in the '70s was the Speedwell & Teledyne Ti frames... Speedwell weighed 3 pounds, 5 ounces
with fork!
http://bulgier.net/pics/bike/Catalogs/Speedwell/ In the late '70s, the lightest steel frames were probably the 753 Raleigh Team Pros, and a few oddballs made from Columbus Record or KL. Not sure just what their average was, but they were pretty darned light (but not as light as a Speedwell).