expensive racing bike?

[Veronica]

Pooks,
- a classic lugged steel complete bike usually weighs somewhere 23-26 pounds- a bit too heavy for actual competition racing. It will fare much better in a crash, though!

My new Riv is going to come in around 20 pounds, with a Brooks saddle. I went in to talk components today. I was really taken with the threadless lugged stem, but went with the lighter Ritchie one. I have a lugged stem on my Rambouillet, it sure is pretty.


Speaking of heavy... riding up the mountain on Sunday, this guy passed me and said that he has a Rambouillet, but thinks it's too heavy to ride up Diablo. Funny, he didn't get too far ahead of me on his uberlightweight bike.


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[BleeckerSt_Girl]

My new Riv is going to come in around 20 pounds, with a Brooks saddle. I went in to talk components today. I was really taken with the threadless lugged stem, but went with the lighter Ritchie one. I have a lugged stem on my Rambouillet, it sure is pretty.


Speaking of heavy... riding up the mountain on Sunday, this guy passed me and said that he has a Rambouillet, but thinks it's too heavy to ride up Diablo. Funny, he didn't get too far ahead of me on his uberlightweight bike.


V.

Yeah well how much did he weigh with hiim and his bike combined? More than you and your Ramb probably.
What kind of new Riv are you getting? A Hilson? Glorius? Bleriot? Saluki? Wilbury? Tell!
(sorry to get off subject, but promise not to linger long!)

[Veronica]

Actually he wasn't that heavy - fairly typical rider for around here.

The new bike is a Legolas, their cross frame. It has the same geometry as my Rambouillet, but is about 5 pounds lighter.

V.