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Cycling – The world’s lightest bike

   Posted by: admin   in Cycling, Road Bike

Here’s a machine that will make even the most dedicated weight weenies drool – this complete road bike tips the scales at a truly staggering weight of 2.7kg (6lb).

Originally owned by German cyclist Gunter Mai, the first build started out at about 3.3kg (7.3lb), dipping as low as 2.9kg (6.4lb) in Mai’s posession. But don’t for one minute think of this bike as an exhibition piece that’s never properly used. Mai and others put more than 20,000km on it over a period of two years.

As it stands today   …  Pictures and more

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