Originally Posted by
Chombi1
Yes, the scale does not lie, but you do have to get a decent enough scale, or suffer the doubts from others when you call out your bike's weight in any forum.....
Case in point, my recently finished Davidson build. I myself couldn't believe the sub 20 pound weight, considering it's a steel bike with a Brooks saddle and steel epinrpes and adpes.....but there it is,........ on my overpriced digital bike scale I just bought last summer (used to weigh my bike on a digital luggage scale)....
HAHAHAHA due to the reflection I kept reading that as 13.89 lbs and thought this a supremely clever joke post. Was trying to figure out what might
really be hanging on there, just out of frame. My favorite was a big ol' fish.
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