On 3/2/07, Bianca Pratorius <biankita@comcast.net> wrote:
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> I believe that the newer tubing is about a pound lighter than the older
> light steel tubing sets. The way that they get the build up of the 953
> tubing to have such a low final weight is not just because the 953 is
> inherently lighter but also because you save about a pound ( I am told)
> using the threadless headsets of the newer design.
I doubt there's any way anything close to a pound could be lost between threaded and threadless HSs on KOF bikes assuming both were engineered with light weight as a priority. Is the steerer supposed to be massively lighter, or is this assuming the stem will necessarily be? Or...?
Kurt Sperry
Bellingham WA USA