Lose the double kickstand and the wheel lock and get a Titanium bow lock. Replace the kickstand with a rear triangle mounted one like a Greenfield. Like you, I originally didn’t worry too much about the weight of my Atlantis. I ordered a double kickstand as that was what everyone said was the Bees knees, but it was ridiculously heavy. My old Tubus rack was lighter than my current Nitto if for additional weight savings too, but the esthetics are not quite as nice on a Riv.
Here is a link for the lock: https://www.tigrlock.com/store/tigrmini/?utm_content=99 Then there is a single chainring set up, with carbon cranks and a hollow bottom bracket which is very expensive, but would dump a lot of weight. I have them on my Atlantis. Last little bit of advice..... lift weights. I am 62 and the muscles are falling off my body, so I lift light weights to stay functional. I live on a second floor walk up, and I live without a car, so my bike gets carried up my stairs daily (my weight lift program😐). I get it. For technique, I reach down with my right hand and grab the seat tube (over the top tube) down around the front derailleur area, and with my left I grab the front rack to lift the front wheel above the stairs. A leather handle just adds weight. Lightening a bike is about taking stuff off. And last, but not least, lightening a bike is a rabbit hole and can get expensive. I love my Atlantis and have been slowly perfecting it and lightening it over the past twenty years. Name you bike “Lola”, because she always get what she wants, 😀. I hope this helps. Clayton #DirtDanceDesigns -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
