Originally Posted by venom

I just joined this forum since I found that it had a lot of talk about the Scattante CFR bike that I have been considering buying recently. I think your weight advantage of the Motobecane is a bit off. The Motobecane is listed at 16.9 lbs on bikesdirect.com and the Scattante CFR with the 20 speed is listed at 17.3 lbs. I've been looking at the triple version which is listed at 17.7 lbs. In any case, vitually any bike I consider is going to be vastly lighter than my 1982 Sekai 500 which I've managed to trim down to 29 lbs.