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Old 08-05-06 | 06:08 AM
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Originally Posted by munckee
What's considered light/normal for a fixie? I sorta figured that with all the 15-16# road bikes out there, a fixie would run a bit lighter. But I also realize that bikes that light also use superlight frames, etc that aren't generally put into fixie-dom.
Yeah, all those 15-16 lb. road bikes (barely UCI legal, BTW) usually use a lot of carbon to get where they are, and that includes seatpost, bars, cranks, levers, AND of course the frame. I don't know many folks who'd be willing to have that much plastic on their daily rides.
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