Originally Posted by
Trakhak
Example from one of those threads:
"The issue is that if they get it wrong and underestimate, then they could be liable for the "false" claims of lightness. Strikes me that there's a comparatively high margin of error in the components and the subcomponents (tape, spoke nipples, chain lube, bearings?) and that companies don't find that risk worth it."
Years of threads dont help much, if the threads are full of absurd claims like the one you cited.