Finally found a road bike (Whyte Cambridge) that will suit me through the winter.

It is not too bad on weight, but would be interested to hear any ideas to drop a couple of pounds as I know I will tempted to tinker before long! Thanks

Usual suspects i.e. lighter wheels and tyres but if using it to commute you need to balance weight against reliability.

Why does it need to be lighter?

Wheels do seem to be a bit basic and I’ll guess the tyres will be a wire bead. I’d imagine that the chainset will be a bit of an anchor too. You could look at a few contact point changes, carbon bars and foam grips will help and a carbon post (actually a ti one might look nice) as well as loosing a lb or two could increase comfort.

Thanks – lighter is always good in my book (need all the help I can get!). Was thinking chain-set as current one looks quite crude. Bars and seatpost too and maybe keep an eye for some lighter second wheels….

Yeah wheels and carbon bars/post, check other parts for weight to see if they are worth replacing…

Genuine question

Is it cheaper to achieve a certain weight by buying a bike and changing bits, or just buying a lighter bike

I would say the light bike to start with.

Upgrading is an expensive hobby!

In this case I was able to buy a bike around the weight I was aiming for at a good price, so it means there could be some scope for adding ‘better’ components.
Not sure I could have go anything much lighter without spending a lot more money, more than double the cost of this.
M360 is right to ask, it does not really need to be lighter and is fine as it is, just can’t help tinkering if the right s/h parts appear.

In that case, wheels and tyres are the first place to start as they’ll make the biggest, noticeable difference to how the bike rides.