The Velo Orange decaleur will be a bit lighter. You have two pivots to adjust angle and distance and the metal is pretty thick. The reason why the Soma decaleur is so heavy is because it is very adjustable to work with a variety of bags and bikes. My question is does anyone have a decaleur solution that is lighter ? It is however a featherweight compared to my Surly LHT which is by all standards a heavy bike.
Granted not as light as the Epic I own but its not substantially heavier than my 81 Allez.
I would probably be adding an addition 3 to 5 pounds to my fairly svelte SOMA Stanyan which I weighed the other day, due to careful component selection I managed to build a 22 / 23 pound bike. I placed this decaleur on the scale and it weighs 14.6 ounces, couple this with a rack and bag. Bare in mind I am not a weight weenie by any stretch of the imagination but this thing is substantial in my opinion and I typically do not consider weight within reason when it comes to cycling simply because I have plenty of my own weight so shedding two ounces from a bike doesn't appreciably gain me much. I am impressed with the quality and honestly I it looks nice to me, the downside thus far is the weight. I want to emphasize that the price was right as I go forward in this write up because anything I do is very budget mined in regards to cycling. Ok so I few days ago I purchased a Tanaka Decaleur at a good price considering the retail price, and it arrived today.
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