I started with a 32 pound '94 MTB with a frozen suspension fork. New lightweight pedals, a carbon seatpost and seat, 1 1/2 inch Panaracer messenger tires and a $16 CroMoly rigid fork transformed it into a 26 pound curb hopper (including the Pletscher) that will take the worst that Atlanta's crumbling infrastructure can throw at it. I made the mistake of taking my Cannondale crit racer into town last week...never again!