Originally Posted by staehpj1

I agree with most of that, but not the part about looking at the savings "as a percent of the bike wgt + gear and body weight". I look at it this way there are scores of little decisions that all add up. Applying that metric, the majority of the choices I made in reducing my total bike/gear/person weight were insignificant and yet those ounces here and there were a big part of what in total was a dramatic reduction. I advise looking at every item and weight choice as important and making each decision with that mindset even where it is a matter of ounces or even tenths of ounces.