Originally Posted by
thugpipe
One point on the positives with Silvertip I forgot to mention. If you care, the bike is actually quite lite, with the stock wheels+tires still on it I droped mine to like 21lbs by switching out the seatpost and seat and pulling off the front derailleur (I prefer 1X drivetrains) and changing the pedals and headset (stock headset used suprizingly heavy steel cups and no cartridge bearings I went with a cane creek) I dont care about weight I just wanted to customize so the lightness was a perk until I put on a pair of hookworm tires and now its just under the stock weight.
Thanks... I'd probably put on Big Apples given that the roads here are awful.
By the way... I saw a used Origins 8 Bully for sale on eBay... and then it disappeared.