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Old 06-29-15, 07:03 AM
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Originally Posted by stevage
Am I dreaming, or did you just resurrect a thread that hadn't been posted to in NINE YEARS? Wow.
Yup, that is exactly what I was thinking.

Originally Posted by staehpj1
Actually when I was racing I never weighed anything. ...
I did not know you raced. Maybe that is why a lighter feeling bike is important to you.

For several years when I was a kid I had a single speed bike that I used for delivering newspapers. I think my touring load is probably as heavy as my bike weighed with a load of newspapers.
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