I like the part where he takes a $15,000 set of wheels and starts shaving them down. I'm not shaving ANYTHING that cost $15K!

That site makes me want to get a big fat Huffy, break it down and weigh it, and then post it. :) What's a Huffy weigh these days... 40... 50?

As a one-of-a-kind bike, it probably is priced at "if you have to ask . . ." Not to take anything away from this bike (or the guy), because it is impressive engineering, but doesn't the UCI (or whomever governs the TdF) have weight limits (ie, the bike has to weigh a certain minimum)? Plus, for the typical rider, I think it is specious to fork over several hundred dollars to shave off a few hundred grams. For example, my Mavic SSC SL's ($850) weigh in at 1485 grams. I could spend roughly $2,000 for a pair of Zipp 404's and shave off a whopping 250 grams! Wow! 1/2 of a pound! You know riders do this all the time: obsess over 500 grams (~ 1 lb) here, 500 grams there - when they would be better served to lose weight in their gut. Nothing funnier than seeing someone oozing out of spandex talking about how they switched over to a carbon stem to save 50 grams. Skip the cheeseburger and you'd save 50 pounds.

Sorry about the rant, weight-snobs are a Top 3 peeve of mine. That is still a bad ass bike. I'd love to try it out.

Zipp 404s are a lot faster than K-SLs. The SLs spin up quick enough and are good in tight corners, but their straight line speed doesn't match up and they don't sprint as fast either. (I own both). The 1485 g is for tubulars, too. And 1/2 lb of rotating weight is a lot. Also, 500 g here and 500 g there is 2.2 lbs. The difference in a 16.5 lb bike and an 18.7 lb bike is pretty big. I completely agree that the fat guy buying the carbon stem for weight reasons is dumb (a sprinter buying it for stiffness isn't dumb, though), but there are plenty of very good ways to spend money on light, fast stuff (like Zipps) that will make a significant difference.

I thought the limit was more like 16 pounds. But I don't think this guy has any intentions of riding that bike in UCI races. In fact, I doubt that most people make their bike decisions based on whether or not they are UCI legal.

Shave off even more weight by getting rid of that extra wheel!

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6.2 Kg is what about 13.64 lbs...