I'm nearly done with my Cannondale XR build. I'm not entirely happy. There are a few parts that have just come out heavy and uglier than I want. One spot is the stem, where I bought a quill to threadless converter that must have weighed half a pound. Another is wheels and tires... I got heavy duty wheels and hybrid tires, and with racy wheels and tires I could save three pounds. So it's not really mountain bike heavy but it's not really road bike light either.

It's not nearly as heavy, though, as my Super Sport with all its steel components, where the crankset and pedals together weigh six pounds! Or my MTB with its useless cheap suspension fork.

Have you ever hefted a part you've taken off a bike and thought, wow, have I really been lugging this thing around all this time?