Originally Posted by
Sy Reene
I dunno.. a current $3K Trek Domane hits the scales at about 22lbs.
I think the bike company mktg depts have shifted their focus to what amazing things they can do if they start adding weight to their bikes.
22 was light back in the day. 23ish was not bad for a racing bike at least if it had clinchers. The cheapest Trek Domaine, the AL 2, weighs in at 21.09 lbs. That would have been a very light weight racing bike back when folks raced steel bikes.
I've been riding lately a 1982 Peugeot PXN 10 which was a standard racing bike back in the day. Nothing that fancy but it's a full Reynolds 531 frame with decent top and upper end french running gear. It weighs 22.7 pounds per the catalog. The other bike I've been riding is a 1970s Fuji Finest with a full chrome moly frame and very decent Japanese components. With a leather saddle, it weighs 25 lbs.