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Originally Posted by ibi-m Around 4lb frame would be fine - go ahead with campi shifters, centaur is inexpensive these days (PBK site), combine with JTEK shiftmate, ultegra the rest, or 105, inexpensive XEROWHEELS (around 1550g) or Neuvation set, all under $400, important part is the carbon fork, Nashbar sells them cheap etc, guaranteed you'll get it down to the weight you want at very affordable price and not much work from your end on the assembly.
I can't imagine you'd exceed 19lb with this setup, pedals included, my vintage Reynolds 531 size 58cm with mostly 105 is around 20lb fully equipped and I did not care about the weight, no serious climbs where I ride.
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As I said I don't compete but I'm wanting a lighter better bike without it costing an arm or a leg, as the ones advertised on magazines
. And I would like to built it little by little. I'm not a fan of carbon frames they are nice but are to expensive for what they are, to me a nice Al and carbon fork are more than enough. The checklist includes frame & Fork, better drive train and wheels.
I will weight my wheels both tubular and clincher and see if there will be any improvement, by a reasonable price, with new wheels, if so that's what I'll get first. And I will be able to test them on my existing set up.
Thanks for all the advice
08-18.-2008
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