djconnel wrote:andy2 wrote:I count myself fortunate to own both a SPIN and a Parlee Z1, maybe one day if we are successful I will be able to buy a Crumpton...
We feel we do the very best frames and so does all these other guys, and rightly so!
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Okay -- I get a SPIN, Z0, Crumpton, one of your impressive frames, and I still have my 2008 Fuji SL/1. I put the same components and parts on all of them. I weigh 57 kg. I have custom geometry on the customs, but the contact points are the same. Maybe the trail's a bit long on the Fuji, but I can deal with that, and for some descents it's even nice. The Fuji's 860 grams frame + 360 grams fork but the others are 720 + 310. The difference is the same as the difference whether my bottle is full or half full. I weigh 57 kg, so the weight difference total is less than 0.2%, no more than 6 seconds per hour of steep climbing. I can sustain maybe 350 watts over short climbs, so I don't flex the Fuji in any noticeable fashion, especially with its small main triangle.
Am I glad I got these high-end frames?
I weight 7 kg less than you
And I assure you that I notice much weight of only 200 gr sales
competition weight is very important for that need to do more Watts to go as I climb
I am very curious for a lightweight ultra frame