Old 11-12-23 | 05:28 PM
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Originally Posted by PeteHski
Remind us all again why 1 kg of weight matters for non-pro riders? Check out the weights of this year’s TdF bikes:-

https://www.bikeradar.com/features/p...-bike-weights/

Spoiler - they average 7.45 kg and the heaviest was 7.95 kg.
There are also different opinions around:
https://www.cyclistshub.com/how-much...ce-bike-weigh/

I'll not discuss the subtle and expensive topic of aero included in pro bikes, which are not available for casual bikes below 6000 EUR or more. The question here is about a 9 kg bike (not 7 kg). Long time ago, before 1990, I rode an inexpensive "third class" steel bike as a junior, around 10.5 kg. In 2015 I bought a 6.6 kg bike at a reasonable price of 2200 EUR (almost 2.5 kg less and below half of the price of the one of 5500 USD in the question here). Now I can see a lot of high brand expensive CF bikes (not special aero), around 9 kg at more than 5000 EUR. With such evolution, the expensive bikes will be so heavy that I'll start wonder whether CF over steel is really an advantage for casual riders.
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