All-carbon Bianchi Mono-Q frame, two pounds
See?
Steel track bars that would withstand a fully-doped Eastern Bloc sprinter from the 1980s, about a pound and a half. Go figure.Mr. On-line Shopper brought us his prizes to assemble into a bicycle for him.
The fork with alloy steerer and less-than-svelte seat post bring the frame weight to more like four pounds.
Other details to iron out include the braze-on type front derailleur with no frame bracket or adapting clamp.
Cranks, BB, derailleur and brakes are all Campy Record.
I'm really tempted to half-tape those track bars and bury the stem.
Makes me want to dig ot a scale and start weighing stuff!
ReplyDeleteHalf-wrap, buried stem... you be nice, you. Did you attempt to dissuade him from those bars? Or do you know better than to question your customer's dubious choices?
ReplyDeleteI never got to have direct contact with the customer. This was all checked in by the front man. I think some came in while I wasn't even there.
ReplyDeleteI'll have a chance to investigate further today.
Questioning dubious choices can turn into a mess. We learn from our mistakes, after all.