Steve Mass wrote, in part:
<<Weight just isn't a big issue for real people doing real riding.>>
I reply: In the words of Tommy Lee Jones in "The Fugitive", I DON'T CARE!! If one cared to go back to the origin of this most recent iteration of this admittedly overly laborious topic one would find, I think, e-richie's inquiry regarding interest in "reproductions". It is interesting how we "slide" off topic. That being said, the only part of this weight thing of interest to me is how it affects the racer. Not because it has any effect on me & my riding but because racing always has & always will be about pushing the envelope, of man & machine. So, the only question I am interested in having answered is what is light enough? For the RACING cyclist. The only legitimate answer I've heard is that "it is too light if it breaks". Yeah, that clears it up for me. How this relates to the CR topic???? All-out racing bikes in the year 2003 weigh less than they did in 1983. Is that bad? And do not say it is bad because of the trickle down effect to us consumers. We have plenty of choices left in the cycling marketplace. Last time I heard there were only 8 people in the line ahead of you for the ultimate "timeline" bicycle. Richard (my bike is light enough but I'm not) Rose Toledo, Ohio