Originally Posted by
Redbullet
I'm not sure you can. If you further spend around 2000 EUR, you might obtain around 500 g weight reduction, which will reduce your actual 19.29 lbs (8.75 kg) to 18.19 lbs (8.25 kg). Does this worth the effort?
I am pessimistic about that. I spent lots of hours to find a decent lightweight road bike and I unterstood that the norm for all the providers during the last years was to continuously increase bike weight. I could find a bike below 7 kg in 2015 with 2300-2500 EUR. Now I should have spent 8000+ EUR for such lightweight – insane amount for just a bike. I think they will never go back to lightweight for casual riders.
I got now 7.7-7.8 kg from the start with less than 4000 EUR, but I clearly feel the difference compared with the old 6.65 kg.
upgrade to wheels saves about 500g/1lb. integrated cockpit saves 250-300g. my seat is already 100g lighter. tubless setup another 150g. sram red crankset alone is 400-500g savings. i'm already in the 16lb range but will have to spend a ton.
everything gets cheaper eventually. even this stuff does too. I also bought a older 2019 scott addict 10 for $1000 used before this one and it has hydraulic disc brakes, 32c tires and 11sp group that sold for $3500 brand new. its all relative.
the only reason i spent $3700 on this is because it was new and I wanted a new bike again. i could scour the craigslist/ebay and probably get a comparable cervelo that was $5-6k new for maybe 4k or lower. its variable arguing about pricing when you compare new bikes from a bike shop to a used bike from ebay/craigslist. I know how to shop for both.