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.
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Makes me want to dig ot a scale and start weighing stuff!
Half-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?
I 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.
I'll have a chance to investigate further today.
Questioning dubious choices can turn into a mess. We learn from our mistakes, after all.
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