I know that weight is not something Grant likes to talk about but one customer said his 54cm Hunqapillar frame, fork and headset weighed over 9lbs. I'm thinking that easily outweighs the LHT by a pound or more but I'm not sure which direction you were thinking the weights might swing. The Hunqapillar probably has the same tube thickness as the Bombadil, which I've read is straight guage cro-moly. I think the Atlantis comes next with the Sam Hillborne/Mixtes being equal to the Atlantis or maybe slightly lighter. It may well be that this thicker tubing has a smoothing effect on the ride. Grant did state that the test bike they get the most positive comments about is the one with the heaviest tires so he seems to value some weight on a bike.