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@Criggie, how heavy is your old road bike? I was talking with someone today and he said that in the 90s, maybe even before, there was a low to mid level bicycle, not very expensive bicycle which had only 7 kilos, but I'm skeptical about this.
It was made from aluminum, it had thin wheels and so on, but still... given the fact that modern bicycles weight a bit more as far as I know, something like 9+, and top of the line is 7 or bellow depending on how much they care about UCI rules :-)
Or perhaps the bike was indeed light, but fragile.
@CristianCiupitu Mine's not a good example. Its 15 kilos and dates from 1981, and has steel frame and aluminium wheels. My mod 90s bike was 11-12 kilos, and that was aluminium frame and wheels.
I was watchign a GCN video last night, about a sub 5 kilo bike.
The UCI minimum is 6.8 kilos, so while its possible for Joe Average to ride a lighter bike, you can't compete in a UCI event without being disqualified,
Surprisingly, some of the bikes weighed are in the 7.something kilo range.
IE they'r enot the bare minimum weight
@CristianCiupitu perhaps the quoted 7 kilo number was bike less wheels or somethign odd. needs a [Citation needed]
@CristianCiupitu my main road bike in the late eighties was around the 9 kilo mark. But was incredibly brittle. I shattered two front wheels by hitting potholes.
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