Originally Posted by
bikemig
I'm skeptical that published weights include racks for bikes that came stock with them. My gut feeling is that manufacturers will do whatever they can do to keep the published weights as low as possible.
That was my thought as well, other than the weights on the charge drop by the amount of weight per rack (assuming ~1lb per rack and some bikes have one or two). However, weight drop is also consistent with tube quality improvement. Not sure how much “lesser” or heavier Tange 2 is compared to Columbus.