Originally Posted by exas
i bought a bike at Canadian Tire, weights about 35 lbs, paid $100 + tax for it
if i spend $200 on a bike, can i get it down to 25lb? or even 20 lb? i can go used if i need to
if i try to reduce the weight of the bike, how should i go about it, i'm planning to get new tires, the ones that came with the bike were with treads and measure 26x1.95, the new ones will be 26 x 1.25 and smooth, is there anything else i can do?
TIA
It depends on what you're using the bike for. If you're a pro racer trying to win a TDF stage in the Alps then I'd say yeah, spend the extra hundred. Otherwise look at reliability, quality, functionality, and maintainability before weight.
If you had posed the question in the roadies forum you'd probably get a different answer.