Knocking their very own Spezia road frame off the top-step, Litespeed roll out a new “World’s Lightest” titanium road bike with the $6,499 USD Coll Dells Reiss.

Claimed to be the World’s Lightest Titanium Road Bike

Intention: Climbing

Claimed frame weight: 948 grams (medium)

Aerospace grade 3AL/2.5V custom-butted titanium tubeset

Butting profiles are frame size-specific

Tire clearance: 700c x 35mm

Rider weight limit: 85 kg (187 lbs)

Price: $6,499 frame only / $16,500 complete bike

Available in 6 sizes – XS-XL

With a claimed weight of just 948 grams (medium), the Coll Dels Reiss is around 197 grams lighter than the Spezia, the former claimant to “World’s Lightest” Ti road bike. I’m sure you don’t need me to tell you that is a significant margin. The percentage difference? 17%.

In the words of the famous Glesga Nature gals, “How, how?”.

With a rider weight limit, of course. While the 1,145 gram Spezia has no specific rider weight limit, that of the Coll Dels Reiss is just 85 kg (187 lbs) – well under the weight of the average American male.