Originally Posted by
bulgie
My Graftek might have been lighter (or maybe not, it was a 63 cm) Ended up 17.4 lb but could have been under 17 with superlight tubulars. Not bad for such a large frame in the '70s.[Mine had Hi-E rims too, and the front wheel had Hi-E aluminum "Siamese" spokes (I know, we don't use that word for conjoined twins anymore, but that was a different time...) Hi-E pedals too, which might be lighter than whatever weirdo pedals Jim's bike has there. (Weirdo is a word of praise, to me, they look cool!)
Jim's bike did have a lot of cool bits, but not the Hi-E rims (and presumably spokes). He did have the Scott Superbrakes. Not sure if they were light, but they were cool! The pedals are a bit familiar, but I can't recall who made them. I wonder if they even had metal bearings?
Were the Hi-E "siamese" spokes really aluminum? Harlan's literature claims huge weight savings, but somehow doesn't explicitly say "aluminum". Boy... those really would need to be saved for special events, sort of like the alloy freewheels!
Steve in Peoria