Originally Posted by
big john
That's pretty light for the era. I had a Landshark made of Prestige tubing. Whippiest wet noodle I ever rode. Comfortable nice ride but I had to get off of it before it broke.
many bikes in our loose group back in the 90's were around 20lbs - some under including steel frame bikes
but this often required some creativity ... Ti bottom bracket, Ti cogs, good lightweight wheelset etc
been a while since I looked closely at my 5200 OCLV - but I recall World Class Ti bottom bracket, one wheelset with Nuke Proof hubs, 15/16 butted spokes and alloy nipples, DA cassette w/Ti large cogs, latex tubes, CT bolt on Ti skewers, Syncros stem, Scott LF handlebar, Dean Ti seatpost, Flite saddle etc ... might have Ti pedal spindles also - can't recall
this bike very light for the time - but can't recall what it weighed ; If I rode that bike now it might crumble under me lol
my 'heavy' bike - lugged steel Schwinn Peloton with Ultegra dual control ('brifters' lol) is just over 21 lbs - with basically no trickery ... does have 12-28 XTR cassette w/Ti large cogs (weighs less than standard 12-23 cassette) ... and might have SRP Ti stem expander bolt and crank bolts lol