Is that 16.5 lbs your measurement? Does it include saddle, pedals, and cages (race bikes are often weighed without those components)? What is your lightest steel bike, and what wheels and components are on it? Also keep in mind that adding 4 lbs to your 16.5 lb roubaix is an increase of nearly 25% whereas adding the same 4 lbs to a 31 lb bike is only a 13% increase.
On Jan 13, 6:54 am, eflayer <eddie.fla...@att.net> wrote: > You might try a 16.5 lb Specialized Roubaix and let us know what you think > about that :). Mine weighs about 4 lbs less than my lightest steel bike. I > still like steel a ton, but for pure fast club road rides, the Roubaix is > more fun in most ways. > > > > > > > > On Saturday, January 12, 2013 9:33:04 PM UTC-8, Scot Brooks wrote: > > > I spend about equal time on my Sam Hillborne and my Soma Double Cross. To > > abbreviate the way they're normally set up, the Sam's got a 40/24 12-36 > > drivetrain, 35c Soma New Xpress tires, front rack/basket/Shopsack. The > > Soma's got a 48/34 11-34 drivetrain, 35c Schwalbe Marathon Racers, front > > rack, front and rear Sackville bags. > > > Anyway, I always assumed that my Soma was kind of a lightweight go-fast > > bike with it's fancy Tange Prestige tubing and slightly more aggressive > > geometry (shorter chain stays anyway). Compared to the Sam, it just takes > > off like crazy and *feels *incredibly quick and nimble. Lo-and-behold, I > > got one of those hook scale things today, and the total weight of each bike > > was 35lbs for the Sam and 31lbs for the Soma. > > > I thought it was the weight that explained the difference in feel, but > > clearly that's not the case. Both are equally pleasurable to ride, but > > there must be far more factors involved in the overall "feel" of each bike > > than I might have guessed. -- 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.
