Aventon Mataro?
06-12-13, 04:14 PM
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I'm not at the liberty to expose the dirty little secret of how that is chosen though.
06-18-13, 05:11 PM
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Your cog is slipping.
Order one and see if you get those nice welds.
06-18-13, 05:31 PM
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The accent over the o in Aventón makes it so classy.
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06-18-13, 05:36 PM
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Even if the welds are truly nice, the non-butted tubing and steel steerer are still going to make it a boat anchor. Like my VISP is 2.4 pounds heavier than my Leader 721, and the Leader frame is not particularly light either.
06-18-13, 08:09 PM
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Sorry for the off-topic question.. But what's wrong with the Specialized Langster Pro?
06-18-13, 08:57 PM
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They give the weights as 3.75lbs for the frame and 1.2lbs for the fork, also.
06-18-13, 09:04 PM
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With a quality full carbon fork, that could be a near 2000g frameset.
06-18-13, 09:42 PM
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I don't know that I'd call a 540g fork a "boat anchor".
Also, that leader full carbon fork is advertised at .4lbs.......which is 181g....
it's lighter than an s-works fork? And a ritchey wcs fork?
Hard to believe that fork weighs less than a set of wcs superlogic or enve drop bars.....!!
Also, that leader full carbon fork is advertised at .4lbs.......which is 181g....
it's lighter than an s-works fork? And a ritchey wcs fork?
Hard to believe that fork weighs less than a set of wcs superlogic or enve drop bars.....!!
06-18-13, 09:45 PM
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I don't know that I'd call a 540g fork a "boat anchor".
Also, that leader full carbon fork is advertised at .4lbs.......which is 181g....
it's lighter than an s-works fork? And a ritchey wcs fork?
Hard to believe that fork weighs less than a set of wcs superlogic or enve drop bars.....!!
Also, that leader full carbon fork is advertised at .4lbs.......which is 181g....
it's lighter than an s-works fork? And a ritchey wcs fork?
Hard to believe that fork weighs less than a set of wcs superlogic or enve drop bars.....!!
06-18-13, 09:47 PM
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I don't know that I'd call a 540g fork a "boat anchor".
Also, that leader full carbon fork is advertised at .4lbs.......which is 181g....
it's lighter than an s-works fork? And a ritchey wcs fork?
Hard to believe that fork weighs less than a set of wcs superlogic or enve drop bars.....!!
Also, that leader full carbon fork is advertised at .4lbs.......which is 181g....
it's lighter than an s-works fork? And a ritchey wcs fork?
Hard to believe that fork weighs less than a set of wcs superlogic or enve drop bars.....!!
But yeah, when nice carbon forks run ~320g, 540g is a boat anchor.
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06-18-13, 10:52 PM
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It's not so much that 500g is heavy for a road fork, as it is that 320g is light for a road fork.
i'd just about guarantee that there's more forks on the market they weigh more than 500g than there are that weigh less than that.
i'd just about guarantee that there's more forks on the market they weigh more than 500g than there are that weigh less than that.
06-18-13, 11:01 PM
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I would also guarantee that more crap is sold than good stuff.
06-18-13, 11:03 PM
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You calling me a liar. I have one dude, you don't. I weighed it on a very accurate scale. It's really that light. Get over it.
06-18-13, 11:13 PM
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And if it is, I'll get one for all my track bikes that it fits on.
There are literally thousand dollar boutique road forks that are nearly a hundred grams heavier.