My fens still weighs in at just under 22 lbs with it race ready (No bottles, no saddle bag, etc). Definitely not the lightest bike but it gets the job done. I will most likely upgrade at the end of the season. If I could drop 5 lbs on the bike, that would help a ton (since I weigh 140lbs and can't really lose much more). At least I got it looking somewhat good though.

I'm really surprised yours weighs that much. I've never weighed mine but it doesn't feel that heavy, though I'm close to 200lbs so maybe it's just relative. Good luck on the new bike to come.

A "WALLET BIKE" ? The money for ever bike I have ever owned has come out of my wallet...

Oh I built the bike myself. In fact this is its third or fourth incarnation....7800 then 6600 then back to 7800 then SR11 then 7900....
By wallet bike I mean there is nothing on it that is custom built or has any panache like a fancy Pinarello frame or Lightweights. My bike looks like any other bike on any bike rack at any LBS and thats just fine by me :)

Sorry - posting this in a few pertinent threads. My latest build at 15.3 pounds:

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v7...e/2a8c6560.jpg

that makes me so sad :( my bike is 17.75 lb and it is the new 2011 allez.....if it wasnt for the stupid tapered fork, I could lose an easy 200g+ (the fork weighs 620g)....

There's a new 3T fork that is tapered, to 1.5" and another to 1.25" I believe. There's a PRO version @ 380 grams and an LTD @ 295 grams or so.

You could save 320+ grams with the LTD fork, just a matter of waiting until it's being sold(not long I guess).

holy crap thats a big difference! but probably costly too.....

I'm embarassed to know this, but once you get into the weight weenie side of this hobby/sport it is not uncommon for it to cost anywhere from $1 to $5 per gram of weight loss.

yea. as my bike sits now it weighs 17.75lb.
for about $375 I can lose 1 lb.

though after that, it starts to get expensive :(

http://i175.photobucket.com/albums/w...s/DSC_0932.jpg

17.41 lbs.

The thing about weight weenism is that it's absurdly expensive unless you already have a kick ass starter bike.

For example, a $1800(probably less at the store) CAAD 10-4 is 7.7 kilos(17lb flat), so you can get it UCI illegal for less than $1000, that's great at the "beginner" WW level. That's around $2500 for a 6.8kg bike. Impossible to find in a stock bike(they'd be over 7 kilos at $3500-$4000).

If you are getting more radical, you seriously need to sell what you have and do a ground-up ultimate WW build, trying to spend as close to $1 per gram as possible.

With a Scott Addict frame (~800) and fork (~300) for $2600, you could end up with a bike VERY close to 5 kilos (11 pounds) for $5k total.

There's a lot of people here and in the WW forums saving 200 grams off of a 7 kilo bike for hundreds of dollars, when they could scrap everything and build up an addict from the ground up to astonishing weights.

^^ Nice!!

Truth.

Though give me a S2 frame base and I'd be happy.

keep an eye on Ebay. a lot of tapered forks are showing up. including Tarmac's. if you don't need a lot of steerer, you can get them for dimes on the dollar. that 3T LTD will be more $ than your frame.

The LTD yeah but the PRO could probably be had for around $300.

A lot of money but low on the dollar-per-gram scale.

Oscar is always lookin' good!!

skewer fail

Damn you're right. I posted the wrong one.

AHHHHH HOT! I love that bike in that color. I'm a white bar white seat kinda guy too. White spokes just send me over the top.

I love this bike too. This was my first bike. Stock it was like 16-17 lbs. I bet this one is pretty light as force is lighter than the ultegra mine came with. Those are heavy wheels though I had AC420's on mine. until the whole thing got crushed by a uhaul one fateful day.

Weird hood placement.