This is not really a Numbskull Of The Day, but I figured I'd blast the carbon-fibie folks with this for the heck of it:

http://miami.craigslist.org/bik/151700119.html

"Carbon fiber this. Carbon fiber that. Weight is down to 22.7 lbs."

Hah!

Compare that to my '83 Peugeot PSV-10 is 18.5 lbs (Super Vitus 980) and '84 Raleigh Competition at 20 lbs exact (Raleigh 555SL). That's with clinchers on both - not even with so-called lightweight sewups!

I need not mention that many of us here own 20 and sub 20-pound steel roadbikes that could beat the stuffing (in various ways) out of this sticker-laden, carbon-fiber SUV of a bike...

-Kurt

P.S.: It also seems as if he forgot the C700 is a Urban/Hybrid machine, and not a true "racing" a.k.a. "road" bicycle.