Originally Posted by
777funk
Once I get up to speed, the weight difference in my 35lb bike vs the 25lb Trek 520 my wife rides is close to nothing.
I don't think of ten pounds as nothing. That's enough weight that I really don't want to be lugging it up hills unless I have to. (I.e. ten pounds of cargo as opposed to ten additional pounds of bike.) N.B. that I have done small inclines with a Burley attached with a 50 pound dog and 30 pounds of feed as passengers.