Originally Posted by
linberl
Aside from the backers, some of whom may not care about the weight and some who might, the market will take care of the rest. Actual weights will be available for any prospective buyers who can decide how much "weight" to give that factor. My suspicion is that most of the whining is about the loss of the "ideal" which is what the KS Helix represented in many ways.
My "complaint" - such as it is - is that the bike was presented as a lightweight new folder, with the titanium frame being the representation of that promise. People can keep saying 3 pounds doesn't matter to them personally and I believe them, my point is it's a big miss marketing-wise. If you said your carbon race bike was going to be 16 pounds then it landed at 19, that bike would rapidly cease to exist.