Originally Posted by
CliffordK
Well, there's progress for you.
Mom's 1979 (ish) Grand Jubile Mixte (Vitus) is rated at 23 or 24 pounds, I think. Fully outfitted with lock, it is still pretty light.
sigh...those bikes were among the best production mixtes ever built.
and today i could build an 18 lb commuter for what that bike cost in 1979 inflation-adjusted dollars.