Originally Posted by
wrk101
I'm still figuring someone will come in below the 25 pound mark. I limited myself to parts bin only, and kept the original drivetrain (pretty much).
I may have to take another crack at it, to get it below that mark. The problem is my bin of MTB stuff is pretty limited.
Just weighed the Croll. I'm at 25 with pedals, so once I get the lighter wheelset then I'm expecting to shave another lb off that. It seems very possible that someone could go sub 23 if they came up with the right frameset and went with a modern double MTB crankset (something like a 44/26 with an 11/28 would be true enough to the MTB roots). I think that the key is finding the earliest nice butted steel frame in a smaller size that sports a 1 1/8 head tube. My 1 inch tube really limited the lower weight options in forks. Of course I cheated and did a somewhat more modern build with a threadless headset.