There is some very light steel out there these days. My cyclocross bike is about 22.75lbs (steel frame and fork, disc brakes, thicker tires) without the pedals or bottle cages (we weighed it one day because we were bored); it's probably about 25 with everything because the pedals that I have on there are monsters. A friend has the road bike from the same company (before they totally changed the lineup) and it weighed about the same with fenders and platform pedals on it. It's not going to be high-end carbon-light, but don't discount it. It's a smoother ride than aluminum for a much nicer price than either carbon or titanium.