Originally Posted by
on the path
It's starting to make more sense to me. Personally, I think weight of a particular bike should be stated as ready to ride. A bike can be ridden without bottle cages, computers & mounts, and saddle bags, but a bike can't be ridden without pedals. My pedals (5800) are advertised at 285 gm (10 oz.) That's significant.
DSFDF
I like to compare my bikes to other bikes which are generally listed by manufacturers and reviewers without all that stuff. I can always add the weight of my ready-to-ride add ons (0.75 lb) to those standard weights.