well the bathroom scale usually means add .5-.75 lbs... was planning on an 18" or 19" frame though, I'm 5"10, and probably going to get a bit bigger (i'm 15 you see...) Google is useless at this frame searching thing. but i will most certainly consider this frame. and when I say it looks exactly the same as my current frame...I meant EXACTLY...tube for tube, lol.