I need a really light bike

[Faster Pussycat]

What is the saying...price, weight strength - pick two?

The UCI legal limit I think is about 6.8kgs? So as already noted anything around the 7kg mark is going to be very expensive.

Is there a particular reason why you need a super light bike? I started out with a hybrid and I did go with carbon forks, seat stay etc for lightness . It weighed in about 10-11kgs and I still thought that was pretty light! I had an accident and have lost strength in my right arm so lifting heavy, awkward things in and out of the car was problematic.

Stick it out a little bit longer. My husband recently bought a Specialized Tarmac Expert and with pedals it weighed in at just over 7k. It was also AUD$8000!! Which IMHO is alot of coin for a few kilos.

Enjoy

[barefootdesign1]

Used to be poor but had a very light 16# Viscount road bike(c. '70's). I cycled most every weekend with a friend ten years my junior, in central Florida (headwinds, sand spurs, hurricanes, tourists, dehydration, water moccasins, gators, sunstroke, etc.). She rode a mountain bike. I kept up with her through sand and city riding for years, running with low pressure, knobbier road tires and reinforced tubes (forget type). I actually had an advantage in the sand because I used "Flickers" which drag lightly on the tires and knock off things like glass shards, nails and sand spurs--which puncture only after a number or revolutions drive them through the tire and into the tube. Surprisingly, she would have to stop immediately and use tweezers to pick sand spurs out of her knobby tires or risk a flat. My biggest riding problem occurred with cobblestone streets, which were a bit jarring, considering the short, stiff geometry of my frame. If you have strong rims you can do quite a few stunts on your road bike. Pedal clearance is the biggest issue then, but that only slowed me down occasionally. Popping curbs becomes a quick-stall-and-hop art form if you practice.

[nikica]

thanks again.
i bought a Trek hybrid bike for now. it sure isn't 7kg but it will be fine for now until i buy a proper road bike
i just don't know where will i put all of them.