Originally Posted by
cyclezen
I think most knowing riders also know that 'weight' isn;t everything, but it is a 'thing'.... So for a bike with $3400 MSRP, one might expect it to be in the 'light' road bike category... 21+ lbs is not that, compared to the similar bike, 19ish lb, of 8-10 yrs ago which prolly sold for $2K-$2.2K.
I’m a sub 4W/kg FTP rider. So 1kg (2.2 lbs) to me is worth just under 4W when climbing or accelerating at FTP. It’s something, but not a lot. 1 lb would be in the noise.
I often carry 2x 1L water bottles on century events and when full I can “feel” their weight when handling the bike. But it is of no consequence when riding along a paved road. The 2 kg of weight would cost me about 8W on a threshold power climb, which is about the level that I start to actually notice.