Why are Euro bikes so heavy?

"tzenobite" skrev ...
i think if here in italy someone starts to thinks seriously to sporty
bents (i mean people at olmo, pinarello or another df builder) you will
have to specify: euro bikes are heavy, but italian bikes are lighter
than any other bent in the world ;-)

Except the Dolce Vita ;o)

The lighter bicycle of the last T.D.F., isn't an italian bicycle. I remember
that Cannondale was obliged to attach some masses to pay a weight
handicap... The golden era of the Italian road bikes is in the end... The
last T.D.F. was winned by an American, riding an American bicycle with
Japanese mechanics...


[]'s Eduardo
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"tzenobite" escreveu na mensagem
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i think if here in italy someone starts to thinks seriously to sporty
bents (i mean people at olmo, pinarello or another df builder) you will
have to specify: euro bikes are heavy, but italian bikes are lighter
than any other bent in the world ;-)
mate


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"Eduardo L P Jr" wrote in
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The lighter bicycle of the last T.D.F., isn't an italian bicycle. I
remember that Cannondale was obliged to attach some masses to pay a
weight handicap... The golden era of the Italian road bikes is in the
end... The last T.D.F. was winned by an American, riding an American
bicycle with Japanese mechanics...


[]'s Eduardo

Plus, the earth isn't actually round, but more of a spheroid - wider at the
equator, so it turns out that the effect of gravity in Europe isn't as
great as it is in more moderate latitudes. Thus while the mass in KG is the
same, the "weight" is less.

And it isn't even April First!


(bitshift etc)