To add a data point, I just weighed my 1949 Raleigh Clubman frame (531) and fork (2030 steel) that's waiting for components to hang on it. Total is 7.5 lbs and that includes bottom bracket and headset lamp bracket (a 22" frame). Your estimate was spot on, Peter.
Neal Lerner
Brookline, MA
> Frame weights from the 1980 Raleigh (UK) catalogue:
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\r?\n> frame size: 21 1/2"
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\r?\n> 531 6 1/4 pounds
\r?\n> 753 5 1/2 pounds
\r?\n> 753 TT 4 3/4 pounds
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\r?\n> Now, I don't have a frame weight c. 1950 for Reynolds 531. So let's
\r?\n> just
\r?\n> assume (for no good reason) it's a full pound more than in 1980.
\r?\n> Call it 7
\r?\n> 1/4. But show me a c. 2006 KOF steel frame 21 1/2" that weighs half
\r?\n> that and
\r?\n> I'll eat it with mustard.
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\r?\n> Peter Kohler
\r?\n> Washington DC USA