Originally Posted by
RoMad
Pretty cool looking bike. I wonder why they have the Road Morph pump on upside down. I carried mine there for a while and ocassionally on rough roads the handle will vibrate loose from the locking position. I think it would be bad for the handle to drag on the road. Also at 28lbs. thats a lot of weight to push back and forth to work every day.
You are a go faster on 700x23's I bet.
28lb is not a bad weight at all for the basic bike on that size tire. That's pretty well the weight of most "10 speeds" from late 60's though even the early 90's. Bikes lighter then that were made from unobtainum to the average rider then. It wasn't till the late 80's that the average rider was getting bikes near 20lb.
I'm riding a M400 with street tires and its 27lb stripped. I leave out in the morning with Lunch, Water, Coffee, locks and junk in my trunk bag I am over 47lb. I pump some pretty good hills on my way to work and while that weight does slow me down some it really is not that bad. A sand bar dweller like you can handle it on the flats you live on if a 200lb+ guy like me with heart issues can handle it in the North Ga Appalachian foot hills.
That bike is a pack mule. Its made to haul weight long distance without failures at a medium pace. Enjoy the ride and look around it doesn't have to be a race.
