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Old 10-20-20, 05:00 AM
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febrioval
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Upgrading my old steel bike

I been using my steel bike for a while now, i was using alumunium frame before too, but i like the way it feels with this steel bike. however, i want to upgrade my bike to make it lighter. so please, in your opinion, go for alumunium frame or lighter wheelset?

my steel frame is about 8.6 lbs (frame and fork)
and the the wheelset is about the same too (3.5lbs front wheel + 4,8lbs rear wheel , 105 hub with araya alumunium rim, 36 spokes, including the tire, and cassette)

and i figure, if i upgrade either 1 of those, it would save me about 3.3 to 4.4 lbs

ps : complete bike setup now is about 23.5 lbs. using ultegra 6600 groupset

Thank you very much
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