On Mon, 24 Sep 2018 12:11:01 -0400, Frank Krygowski
wrote:

On 9/24/2018 11:32 AM, wrote:
On Friday, September 21, 2018 at 5:54:16 PM UTC-7, jbeattie wrote:

YOU GOT A CARBON FIBER BIKE?

Yes, I crossed over to the Dark Side again. But the thing is that although there is only some 6 lbs total weight difference from my heaviest steel bike to the CLX, the ride quality of the CLX is easily the best of the lot. It doesn't bounce on those low spots when you're descending at 40 mph and while hitting bumps gives you a jarring just as any other frame material it doesn't continue reverberating from it after the initial strike.


As soon as I recover from the expense of building it I will switch to tubeless
which will reduce the weight by some 2 lbs. because of the flat kit.

You have a 2 pound flat repair kit?

Two spare inner tubes weigh about 200 grams, or is you go for the
really light tubes (Continental's Supersonic tube) about 110 for the
two.
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Cheers

John B.