2016 Lightspeed M3
 

Interested in this bike. What do we know about it, price, specs, etc? Anyone own one, or ridden one?

Thanks

Anyone, anything

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2016 Lightspeed M3

Thanks for your help. :(

Why don't you call Litespeed?

I woulld like to hear from people with experience with this bike. Are you interested in helping?

It hasn't been released and isn't even on Litespeed's website. Plus it's a heavy generic carbon frame with low end sram/shimano parts.

Is there someone on this forum with experience, this guy apparently doesn't know? :(

It will probably be specced and priced similar to the 2015 model, but have a different paint job.

How would they know? Lightspeed hasn't released it yet. :twitchy:

I certainly hope so. I do not own one but I have always liked their look. The 2015 ones were pretty ugly though. It was a graphic artist gone wrong.
My buddy has one and it is a pretty nice bike though. I know that the Lynsky split has soured some on them but I still think that they make a quality bike.

I just realized that this morning, but was hoping to hear from someone with experience. Lightspeed is closed for the Holidays. My LBS has the '15 M1 in stock, but he's only been a dealer for a short time.

How the heck could they have experience with something that hasn't been released?

The '15?

Generic heavy frameset.

Have you weighed it?

Well ... have you weighed the 2015 frame? You can't come here and ask for info on a bike which hasn't been released, complain because no one has any, then ask for info on last year's model, and then complain if you don't like what people tell you, unless you don't want any info at all.

If Link0 considers the frame on the 2015 not to be all that great and he tells you ... he is giving you exactly what you asked for.

Elvo above has a similar opinion of the 2015 frame---that though ti is carbon, it is on the heavy side ... And int he the other thread which Elvo linked to, Bikerjulio has the exact same comment. Exactly the kind of info you came here to get, I would think. So if you challenge the people who tell you what you asked for ... well, is there a point to this thread?

Buy it if you like it--when it comes out. But likely it will be a less-than-stellar example and your money could be better spent elsewhere.

Anyway, to me Litespeed did Ti, and beyond that they are just a brand name ... if the name matters buy the bike. If the bike matters, buy something else. There is my input. Take it for what you want to make of it.

I occasionally ride with a guy that has a newer 105 equipped M3 (not sure what year). He likes it a lot. I cant comment on how the bike rides, I have never ridden it because it is way too small for me. Its not the lightest carbon bike for sure. As others have already stated here, your money might be better spent on something else.

I would just like to see what is driving these opinions? So far, I've seen nothing to back them up.