Running mom wrote:
Maybe I am just feeling weak today. I suppose I would just think that a women's specific bike would naturally be engineered to be lighter since it needs to support a much lighter rider...
it is, actually...the frame anyway...same size and comparable series Domane (4.3 perhaps) would be a little heavier, though I don't know by how much exactly (wasn't on that project).
Running mom wrote:
I really was hoping someone would just say that the stock seat post weighs 6 pounds - easy fix.
looking at the stock spec on that bike, I'd agree with other posters that tires tubes and wheels are the low hanging fruit for weight and ride quality. those plus the Ultegra group are the primary upgrades in the Silque SL in fact. next big jump is the SLX with the 600series carbon frame and integrated seatmast, full carbon fork, and a carbon bar. no single big thing, rather a collection of smaller ones.
in order of cost, if you want to go the incremental route, you might consider tubes-tires-handlebar-wheels. you could throw a lighter carbon seatpost in there on either side of the handlebar (depending on the model) as well, but you're more likely to notice the difference - in comfort rather than weight - going to the
RXL Isozone bar or any of the
XXX bars than the
XXX seatpost.
Carl Matson