Originally Posted by
clubman
Tubular discrimination!
Come to think about it, apart from the track, does any Japanese frameset/bike/team have lots of wins in pro road races? Mtn bike?
I'm surprised. I had a top end Japanese Bianchi with 022 that came in just over 20 lbs with a Sprint group. My SL bikes were/are a couple of lbs heaviers with NR. Just the build?
Need to compare apples to apples, when you are weight-weenying!