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Old 09-15-14 | 11:10 AM
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Originally Posted by acidfast7
Sure. I was just think of my cheap SS bike that weighs 11kg. If I spent 10x the money and built one that was 6kg total ... I don't think I'd notice the 5kg difference even when I lived on a 6th floor walk up in Frankfurt.
There's no doubt you would notice, but there's no telling whether you would care. There's a difference.
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