Meandering off of this particular juxtaposition of thoughts: the frameset was 1970s and French and light: I also have a Libertas frameset, tout 531 and Belgian and light; and I wonder if French-standard road-bike 531 tubing back in the early '70s was particularly light, because I've had other 531 frames that didn't feel as light, at least when hefting them -- I never went scientific and weighed them, except for the Libertas which, *at 60 c-c X 56 c-c, with steel Campy headset!* weighs 5.9 lb on a digital scale. The 58 X 56.5 c-c 2003 Riv weighed (frame, fork, Ultegra cartridge headset): *7 lb!*
Back to Clems, light, heavy, or in-between. On Tue, Nov 9, 2021 at 7:38 PM Patrick Moore <[email protected]> wrote: > ... 1973 racing frameset of really light standard gauge 531 -- I recall > hefting it upon receipt, and being disappointed that it was so much lighter > than my 2003 Riv frameset -- I wanted the nicer bike to be lighter. > -- 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 [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rbw-owners-bunch/CALuTfgugb_dvCg%2Bied8g5MmqcM--%3DQdOtfpRiTAA%3DeqLhZ-ZgA%40mail.gmail.com.
