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Actually, if you are comparing apples to apples, the Battaglin being the top end bike back then and comparing it to the top end Cervelo/Specialized/Trek/whatever, today's top end is easily under 15 pounds. And back in the day, 1% of bikes sold were under 22 pounds.
Originally Posted by
gomango
Correct.
My Supers that I raced were about 22-23 pounds. The weight of the bike was never an issue for my "average" results.
2 Kg seems accurate, but 3 Kg is 6 lb, 10 oz. The race frames pictures were smaller sizes, and the actual weight differences of the two bikes is less than 3 Kg, IMO. I'd estimate 5 lbs.
While a modern 16lbs race bike is strong enough for pro cyclists like Andre Greipel, it's still going to be very expensive and require very good maintenance if your typical 190 lb recreational cyclists wants to use it as training or recreational bike.
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