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MKy Alaverti weighs 21 lbs ready to ride except for water.
My Basso Loto weighs in at 24 lbs outfitted with a 10 speed Dura Ace 6800 group.
While I was moving my Colonago around,it felt heavy to me/ It has a heavy Flite Max saddle, a saddle pack, a heavy Shimano Pro Vib stem and a heavy Record chain. It has both bottle caqes mounted. There is little if any attempt at lightening the bike beyond using the Super Record group.
So I was r4eally surprised to weigh the steel bike and find it lighter than the alumunum Moser M82 or the carbon fiber BMC at just under 20 lbs. There are plenty of custom shops that can build you TIG welded, lugless frames lighter than my Colnago withte great ride of steel and cheaper price of steel. Unless you're a pro in a race or a wannabe, steel really is real.
Remembering Catrkes noticing the error in the Garmin zone reports I rode very easy today and still averaed 11.8 mph average speed for 26 miles and my heart, unlike Thursday was recovering as soon as I slowed down. Zone 2 works wonders.
catrik
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