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11-16-04 | 06:56 AM

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Grasschopper

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Bikes: '03 Marin Mill Valley, '02 Eddy Merckx Corsa 0.1, '12 Giant Defy Advance, '20 Giant Revolt 1, '20 Giant Defy Advanced Pro 1, some random 6KU fixie

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Originally Posted by MackDaddy

Just for the record, mine weigh in at 1861g with Velox rim tape installed (no skewers) on my scale. They're no where near the weight most list them at (1682g.) Nice wheels none the less.

Jim

Hey Jim - Yea 1865 was the weight I had heard on the OP/Ultegra combo. So I am looking at saving 180g for that set or ~380 on the ALEX ALX400. Pretty big difference. Maybe the FSA RD200 is a better choice.