>>1868294Well, if I get extraordinarily bored of this bike in a year or two, it least it's going to be worth much more than completely stock.
>>1868295I'm not looking for something that extreme, but a shorter stem/lower rise would be nice.
>>1868330Are those safe? White label carbon Chineesium doesn't fill me with confidence. I can't seem to find many alloy options these days either.
>>1868367>aestheticsYes... if I could get an original unthreaded fork, and run that threadless, I would.
>1 inch forkFork/steerer is 1-⅛ inch and the headtube is 34mm. This means that the current threaded headset can be replaced with a conventional threadless EC headset.
>boat anchorThe frame is ultimately alloy, not steel.
Replacing the cup & cone BB for Shimano BB-MT800, the 3 piece crankset for Hollowtech II and the rear solid axle freewheel for a QR freehub. Has reduced the weight by about 2-3kg.
With a new front wheel, replaced fork and threadless stem (and alloy handlebars instead of the current steel ones), an additional 2-3kg could be shaved off.
Altogether, these weight savings could turn what was originally a 16kg hybrid city bike, into a 10-12 kg trekking bike.
I know that weight savings that considerable are maybe seen as impossible, but if you're going from engineering standards of the 1890s to ones from the 2020s, surely that's going to give you benefits?
My road bike is 8-9kg, which a lot of people don't believe is possible, but with alloy wheels, alloy frame, rim brakes and a SRAM mechanical groupset, it's been doable. Freds can't believe it's not carbon!
