Originally Posted by wildturkey
With a front brake, he says it weighs 16 lbs total (as weighed at the bike shop he works at)...if the OP wants to just plop down $1K and get a light, off-the-shelf, complete bike, is there any out there for $1K or less that is lighter than the Trek T1 at 16lbs?
Sixteen pounds sounds attractively light, to me, especially if one considers how much a geared bike of similar weight would cost.
I think of anything 18 pounds or lighter as
LIGHT.
Incidentally, my older son, a college athlete, has two Olympians for coaches, and they tell him a pound on the bike equals seven pounds on the body, in terms of performance.
If a person already rides at his or her lightest long-term healthy weight, he can take the equivalent of seven pounds off of his or her body for every pound he can take off his bike.
Double-incidentally, I forgot to mention I like vopobl's bike.
Thanks for the pictures.