The ONLY sane counter argument is that weight saved makes your bike more fun to ride.
You get to kick your buddies ***** up the hill.
WIN!
You drop a smegma of time off your normal loop.
WIN!
You feel like you are cranking out an extra couple of horse-pressures.
WIN!
Because you made that incremental change, you are now SUPERHUMAN awesome.
WIN!
Because you are now SUPERHUMAN awesome, you will ride more, which will help you lose that extra 10 lbs off your fat ***.
Other than that, Pablo is correcto-mundo.
Last edited by ed; 08-23-12 at 08:54 PM.