Originally Posted by RainmanP
I could care less about the few extra pounds. I figure it never hurts to have extra capacity if the few extra pounds doesn't bother you.
That's my feeling (except that I COULDN'T care less
). I stopped by a LBS last fall to ask the owner/mechanic to look at something. He's a 100% Cannondale shop (ex-Cannondale exec) and I had a Giant. He tsk'd and said "Shoulda bought a bike from me, our hybrids weigh at least 5 pounds less." I told him I really didn't care about weight much. I mean, at the time I had a SLA battery on the rack, a big cheap Nashbar pannier loaded with crud, and I was wearing cheap sneakers and toe clips; how he mistook me for a weight weenie I don't know. "Besides," I said, "I've lost 20 pounds since I started commuting."