EGreen

I am sitting here with a Record rear cassette in one hand and a Chorus in the other. The Record was purchased for $220, the Chorus for $100 less. The difference is barely perceptible. I better put them back in their proper box, else I won't know which is the better one!

asmallsol

Taking a poop before a ride is more effective

timmyquest

The streaks in your bibs is not good though. You know, for those of us who simply wont use toilet paper.

Psimet2001 

This is nothing new. A better comparison would be between a Veloce and a full Ti Record cassette. You'd feel the difference without a doubt.

...and then take a dump and spend your extra money on something nice....like toilet paper.

timmyquest

permanentjaun

Anyone know of a bike build that would effectively cost $1k-$2k cheaper than another bike yet still be within an approximate weight? Say the Real expensive build weighs the UCI minimum and the 'cheaper' bike weighs 16.5 lbs or so.

johnny99

1. Campy prices are the main reason that Campy is unpopular (except among snobs)
2. Most people don't buy components one at a time

pagliaci

How about a Ritchey 4-Axis stem or Easton EA90 stem (both 125 gr) for $89.00 vs. a Performance Forte stem (135 gr) for $21.99?

photonick

bryroth

^^^
Is that 10 grams or 100 grams? I didn't do enough drugs in college to know.

umd

Weight-weenieism does not always make sense. But the one thing that is for sure is that you can't really look at individual things. It is the cumulative savings of everything put together that starts to turn into pounds. These days it is possible to buy or build a light bike without going to crazy, but you still need to go off the deep end to really get the weight down. That's when you start needing to spend an extra $100 for each part to save 1oz. But if you save 1oz off 16 parts, that's a pound!

IIRC from the original thread, that was 100g, or about 4oz.

jinws

yea, I'm sure that's the only difference between record and chorus.

kwrides

^^^good point. Record is Purty! Except, he's talking about cassette's.

timmyquest

FTW

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*takes DA equipped bike and hides in corner*

ShadowGray

What about the feeling of aero vs. non aero?!

umd

Or a Red cassette vs. Rival

kudude

can i remind everyone that we're still talking about a cassette.

photonick

Well let me tell you ever since I stopped eating strawberries I've been winning Tour stages like crazy!

charliekeri

Let's have a drug dealer review:

3.5 grams to an eigth (or 8 ball of the white)
7 grams to a quarter
28 grams to an ounce
112 grams to a quarter pound

ah yes. college.

cmh

How many grams to a lid?

cmh

But having a Record cassette doesn't stop you from taking a poop before a ride.

photonick

That was 100 grams.

bigtea

Well, I'm not so sure about that....I removed my Record cassette and it seems to have relieved my constipation.

Reynolds 

Law of Diminishing Returns.

charliekeri

40 year old jargon:

1 lid = 3-4 fingers width off the bottom of a sandwich baggie - about 1 oz.