My Seven Alaris is 18 lbs and my Romulus is 27 lbs. I notice a huge difference, but not just in the weight. On Seven's customization scale, it's a 10 on "drive chain rigidity" and "weight to performance" so the frame is significantly heavier than a standard quality titanium frame. It's also a model down from the Axiom so the tubes are straight gauge making it heavier all things being equal. But it's perfect for me as I'm 190 lbs and not very light on my bikes.
My favorite quality is that it has almost the rigidity and acceleration of a track bike so I can mash on it with no worries, and it is also unfairly comfortable (somehow, have no idea why) on the distance rides — did a 200K on it last year with no pain — and it's just more fun to ride fast than the Romulus. However, it's much more of a pain to commute with than the Romulus and of course I can't put racks and panniers on the Seven. There's also that steel "feel" which is no worse or better than ti, but is so familiar to me I appreciate just being on it. Not to mention the paint. I love Riv paint. And it gets all of the compliments. The Seven doesn't get any from non-cyclists. It's also about where the weight is of course, the stuff you have to move around like tires (which I notice more than anything), wheels (rims), cranks, pedals, shoes, etc. I think it's why I tinker so uncontrollably. Curtis On Thu, Mar 17, 2011 at 9:48 PM, Bruce <fullylug...@yahoo.com> wrote: > My bikes range from 23.5 to 29 lbs (as built up with everything attached but > no bottles and empty bags.) The difference in weight isn't a material factor > in my avg pace over the same course. I do use the bikes for different routes > though. The bike which feels fastest is not the lightest, either. > > Let me put it this way. If you lost 5 lbs, how would that effect your > performance? > > ________________________________ > From: MichaelH <mhech...@gmail.com> > To: RBW Owners Bunch <rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com> > Sent: Thu, March 17, 2011 7:54:52 PM > Subject: [RBW] When is a bike to heavy? > > Do you think the 5 lbs alone, between the Trek > and Ebisu is enough to effect the performance? What about the 3 lb > difference between the Rambouillet and the Trek? Or, are the > perceived differences imaginary? > > michael > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "RBW Owners Bunch" group. > To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en. > > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "RBW Owners Bunch" group. > To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en. > -- Curtis R Schmitt 646.481.2625 -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en.
