Once upon a time I used to ride a 9.5 kg bike. I was just starting out and the only "improvement" I could quantify was the weight, and the trend was such that weight mattered, so that's where my efforts went.
Surprisingly to a total of no one, that bike felt sketchy to descend on. And then as the time went by and bikes became more capable, the weight mattered less and less. Now I'm on a 16 kg Tyee and I couldn't care less, because it rides so well wherever I point it.
Given that OP skipped a decade of bike development by upgrading to Spindrift, I can see why weight would still be so important in his mind. And yeah, not hitting the mark can feel like a bad thing if you miss the admittedly arbitrary mark, but I expect that soon enough it will no longer matter to OP, either. Probably after he actually throws a leg over the bike and takes it for a spin. And maybe also a drift.
I know, I will see myself out.
Surprisingly to a total of no one, that bike felt sketchy to descend on. And then as the time went by and bikes became more capable, the weight mattered less and less. Now I'm on a 16 kg Tyee and I couldn't care less, because it rides so well wherever I point it.
Given that OP skipped a decade of bike development by upgrading to Spindrift, I can see why weight would still be so important in his mind. And yeah, not hitting the mark can feel like a bad thing if you miss the admittedly arbitrary mark, but I expect that soon enough it will no longer matter to OP, either. Probably after he actually throws a leg over the bike and takes it for a spin. And maybe also a drift.
I know, I will see myself out.
Ist eher so Radon like. Doof wenn man in dem Bereich ca. 20 Jahre tätig war, dann ist man halt anderes/besseres für den gleichen Preis gewohnt und vor allem, wenn man die Margen kennt. Egal, weiter geht's im Bereich Fahrrad. Jeder wie er mag und es ihm gefällt.
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Die Waage hängt da ja bereits...
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