Originally Posted by
12boy
Interestingly, at least to me, in 2004 Walter Lapchynsky, who was working at Bike Friday posted his fixed gear pocket rocket with 20 inch wheels and equipped with what he called heavier parts on Fixedgeargallery. This portly bike weighed in at 16.5 per Walter. The handlebar stem folded I believe. I think I would rather have Walter's bike than a single speed backpacker.
In 2004, it was almost certainly a separable stem post. But I suppose that an experimental stem post is possible given he worked there.
Walter is a relatively light guy. So I imagine he'd have the equivalent of a
PR Pro. A separable seat mast is roughly a pound too. Did he have brakes on the bike?
Anyway, it's easy to imagine a fixed gear bike getting to a low low low weight.