Ha! Nah mostly I'm just surprised the frame isn't a little bit lighter.
But, pleasantly surprised. Seems a few brands are making frames a little bit heavier these days, which I think is probably a good thing. Less breakage, less warranty, etc. Talking to bike engineers a few years ago the conversation paraphrased was "if we could add 200g, we could take warranty rates to basically zero, but marketing won't let us."
Maybe we've gotten over that hump.
March 2, 2021, 9:11 a.m. - Cooper Quinn
Ha! Nah mostly I'm just surprised the frame isn't a little bit lighter. But, pleasantly surprised. Seems a few brands are making frames a little bit heavier these days, which I think is probably a good thing. Less breakage, less warranty, etc. Talking to bike engineers a few years ago the conversation paraphrased was "if we could add 200g, we could take warranty rates to basically zero, but marketing won't let us." Maybe we've gotten over that hump.