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Old 03-26-14, 02:49 PM
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Originally Posted by Gramercy
If you spend 2k in 1987, that equates to 4k, inflation adjusted. For an 18-20lb bike with 7 speeds. Now you can spend 2k and get a CAAD10 with 11sp ultegra for 2 grand, or a carbon bike with 10 speeds for under 18lbs. So I consider that progress.
I never said there wasn't any progress in frame tech or components in the the past 25-30 years.

Point being that by the late '80's, 18 lbs was considered "light." So, when was a 23 lb bike considered light? I really don't know. Butted steel frames with campy and ultegra weighed in around 21.5 lbs, maybe a bit more at about that time.

Perhaps the 70's then? The 60's? It's been quite some time. At minimum, at least 3 decades.
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