A Microcosm

The cat comes out of the bag, bit by bit. My fork of choice, a Rockshox Pike 426 Air U-turn. Strongest of the Pikes, most adjustable, and lightest of the adjustable. Comes in at a decent weight.
I took the stickers off(OK, I scratched them half off on concrete in a few months and said fuck it, I'll clean this up a bit...), decided to throw on a CORE sticker (just looks so good on there, it's a new trend!). This time around, after killing the second set of seals, I asked Mr. Leimonis to lower it a bit. He did. Then I chopped an inch off the steerer and replaced the stock starnut with a normal one.

Therein lies the funny bit. I really didn't save much weigh with the chopping and starnut. 21g, great. I've seen heavier sneezes. But now, I can run fewer spacers, which is stronger and cleaner-looking, and a chrome Chris King topcap I've had stashed for 6 months, which will match my stem. And speaking of the weight - these things add up!
So saving 21g really let me save another 25g on top of that. Funny how these these work out.