Originally Posted by
pierce
get a road bike. under 19 is easy (my 1975 steel bike was 19 pounds if I used the lighter grade tubulars etc), 17 lbs is doable. then, if you pound on it, expect a steady diet of expensive replacement parts.
For that matter, well under 15 pounds is doable on a road bike. The UCI imposed that limit on race bikes to attempt top head off a technology war but it didn't work.