Down tube shifter are lighter.
Plus if you really want to go light you can go a la Crane cousins and remoe the front shifter and dir and use the kick method of changing gears.
or you could go single speed that's even lighter.
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Down tube shifter are lighter.
Plus if you really want to go light you can go a la Crane cousins and remoe the front shifter and dir and use the kick method of changing gears.
or you could go single speed that's even lighter.