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Lightest steel

TREKY said:
...I'm curious to find out the weight of your steel bike.My 531 lugged is just below 22 pounds without seat pack.I'm not that much of a weight weenie or I probably would'nt ride steel.To me the ride is much more important than a few extra pounds.Please give a decription of your bike and overall weight.
Using currently available tubesets and building techniques, the lightest steel bikes will weigh about 1/2 to 3/4's of a pound more than the lightest aluminum/ti/cf bike. No superlightweight frame, of any material, is a good idea for recreational riders.

Go here, http://tinyurl.com/34ggd, and click on "frame weight wars" for more info. This steel bike, http://tinyurl.com/2l2sv, a 55, weighed 15-odd pounds, built out of Deda EOM16.5. This one, http://tinyurl.com/2wnha, is a 58 and weighs about 17 even as you see it. At the other end of the spectrum, this one, http://tinyurl.com/37uby, is full Columbus MAX lugged with a MAX fork and it weighed a little over 22 as pictured with Campy Record 10 Triple (I know, the saddle is high, I had it set for me, not the customer, for the test ride after building it up). Look around on the net, there's lot's o' builders making wicked cool steel bikes. You can check out a sample of them on my links page: http://www.anvilbikes.com/story.php?module=listLink.
 
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