not secondary, it’s just a horizontal dorpood with a bolt on hangy-jangle right?
whoa shit I missed that completely
Not possible in a production setting and steel fork and reasonably pass testing. I mean, you could swap to a carbon fork and shed a decent amount of weight. Even the Ritchey Road Logic with smaller clearances and much more $$ with a carbon fork comes in at 2kg.
Now our prototype 'luminum frames weighs 4lbs and has big clearances and disc brakes. Pair that with a light fork and you’re in the ball park. And more affordable so you can burn more $ on fancy wheels.
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#groupbuy
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whoa look how stripped that lower left bolt is lmao. Also, its a different bolt
it’s the weight of the steerer followed by the crown driving overall weight right? curious to learn more about the limitations
also how does the alloy frame ride? I imagine it can’t plane for fatigue reasons
Don’t do this to me. I’m planning some road rides with buds and I’m telling myself the bikes I already have are fine
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also I think it’s the only one attached to the frame
is the other bolt just kinda resisting rotation n chilling there?
I bet it’s threaded into a fender/rack mount boss
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ohgod. trusting your life to bike boom fender braze on just to avoid rim brakes
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cant see a fender mount on the drive siide
talk of swift going out of business seems maybe wrong?
would still fuck with a discount frame bag if anyone peeps another 50% off sale though.
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Not really. There are simply limitations to how thin tubing can be before a break or crack can happen over the number of cycles the frames and forks go through during testing. I mean, steel is just heavier than carbon, but will pretty much last forever.
The weight of the fork is listed with an uncut steerer, so certainly people will hack off some steerer, so it will be a bit lighter.
Honestly, this is pretty much the lightest a steel fr/f mid-width tire road bike can be without using very expensive tubing.
The alum frame rides great. Alum tubing and designs and nicer tires have come a looooong way.
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also you dinguses know that the frame weight doesn’t matter as much as your components, and that the bike weight is generally less than 15% of the system weight, at least for sporting bikes. there’s a lot of other things you can weight weenie about other than a steel frame.
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I was just about to say both of these variants look kinda good
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