Originally Posted by
shoota
I've ridden both heavy steel gravel bikes and now a somewhat light (19lbs) carbon gravel bike. I'd take the light bike all day long and twice on Sundays.
I would, too, all other things equal. But all other things are never equal, in this case. And when you look at the actual physics of it (and play around at a website like
this one), it's apparent that a lighter bike is usually not much faster.
'Course, it partly depends on
how much lighter...But if we're only talking about a couple pounds, it's not a big deal.