Originally Posted by
lanfarm
Just take Junkyards advice and take a dump before you ride. Hell, just take off your front wheel, you don't need it anyways. That removes wheel, tire and front brake weight! And just to make sure, weigh both brake sets and see which ones lighter, then put the lighter one on the back.
You also remove the need for that fork, plus you can probably get by with cutting the bars to 8 inches on each side. I think it would be race-weight race-ready for the TdF!