Originally Posted by
Koyote
Not surprising. A good steel frame, made of air-hardened tubing, is not that much heavier than a comparable cf frame. (And I'll bet your Guru has a cf fork?) Also, your steel bike has some lighter components.
FWIW the CAAD is AL. The Guru is Columbus Spirit tubing. And, yes. they both have CF forks. About components....correct. SRAM Red is much lighter than 105. If I had it to do over, assuming no sale, I'd love to have a CAAD 12 or 13 with SRAM Red. Might be a Lb. lighter. I don't know. But, God help me I have a Park scale.