The Duckmeister
Has a juicy midrange
Weight balance plays a part as much as overall weight. I gave my bike a bit of a makeover a few years ago, which took about 700g out of it, but more crucially, most of that came of the front of the bike - around 400g just in the fork, and a bit more in the bar & stem. The result was it made the bike easier to pop up techy climbs (I still suck at them, but the bike tweak helped me suck a bit less), and on the odd occasions I do little jumps, it flies a bit better too.
A bit down the track I bought a carbon version of the same series, and although it's around 1kg lighter than the aluminium one, the fork is about 200g heavier, and I can feel the effect on the balance of the bike.
A bit down the track I bought a carbon version of the same series, and although it's around 1kg lighter than the aluminium one, the fork is about 200g heavier, and I can feel the effect on the balance of the bike.