True to an extent, you’d be surprised how many come without useful frame mounts though. How does the Longitude ride? I must admit when I saw the 13kg weight of the build bike, I did groan
As pictured (except with the Phenom Comp seat fitted as opposed to the Brooks) mine’s 11.77kg on paper (2×10 with tubes)
Quite a pricey build though. It rides great, but not as fast as my old CAAD4 MTB, more like a slightly-overbuilt steel Kona of yore.
I could spec lighter wheels and go tubeless, and may do one day, but the point of it isn’t weight-weenie it’s to carry big old me and some gear in comfort, or just to have some fun on any terrain I choose. It climbs nicely, tracks nicely with flat bars and 110stem, bar ends. I like it a lot, it’s my ATB, but it won’t set the world on fire like a 3-4k carbon or Ti road bike with tubeless 35cs. Neither would I 🤣
Once loaded up with loop bars water bottles, racks, bags etc the last thing on my mind is that 11-12kg that long since disappeared as soon as I filled the bottles!
I wouldn’t be leaving it or (any gravel/adventure bike) locked in a city centre tho. I left the Longitude locked outside a supermarket once but it’s taken me years to save for the bike and so I sweated the whole grocery shop! Now it doesn’t leave my sight when locked for more than a few minutes max if it all
That’s what a beater is for? Last year bought a 1980s touring bike for £80 for those jobs, which itself replaces a dutch utility bike I bought 10 years ago for £100. Shopping/commuting bikes IMO are bikes that tealeaves don’t even grok when in full-view. It’s not too difficult to maintain a beater frugally so it runs/rides well yet remains ‘invisible‘. Of course if storage space is an issue then one bike has to be washed all the tine and live on the wall 😬
The new/old (531) touring bike is getting too much love from me now though (rides like a dream), so my antsy-meter is rising again when I lock it up to shop 🤣 it’s fast becoming indispensable.
(Time to fix up the pre-beater-bike, er beater-bike…)