Jan, I believe it 100%
(Great thread, BTW).
I love it these days when someone starts talking about any particular "lightweight" TIG'ed or glued wonderbike that costs thousands and thousands of dollars.
I roll out my 23-year old Raleigh 753 Team Pro with Super Record parts. With an OMAS Ti BB, 24-spoke 280-gram tubular rims, and OMAS bolts here and there, it weighs 18 pounds in a 60cm size. Hee hee.......... And it only cost a nickel back then!
Everything old is new again!
Greg Parker A2 MI USA
Jan H. wrote:
> More recently (1970s or 80s?), Csuka/Singer built a racing bike that
> is still on display in the shop, with Reynold 753 0.4 mm tubing
> (butted thicker at the ends), CLB brakes, etc. that reportedly weighs
> 7.8 kgs (17.16 lbs.) - but no independent check for this one. This
> one has only widely available components, but of course no racks,
> fenders and lights.
>
> Jan Heine, who doesn't care about weight all that much in Seattle