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I've always laughed at that. Part weight in grams is just a marketing gimmick to differentiate products to charge higher prices.

Even tour de france folks have a minimum weight they can't go under, and they frequently weigh several kg over anyway.

For casual riders, you could save several $k equivalent on your super-lightweight-bike by just losing a few pounds or trading jeans for shorts.

personally, I would love if all the bike lights had a standardized bus and connector so headlight/taillight/etc could power off the bike battery. (I know some bikes have an output but think more like a standard USB connector and maybe a dashboard setting, not running bare wires under the hood and using a proprietary app to set things up)




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