carbon frames and group sets

[trekpostal]

Interesting article. Not giving you stick but for your next article please do a bike review for us say an entry alu and then a top end carbon over 100-120kms doing the same route and similar weather conditions - very interested in the legs, bum, back and bike computer feedback

['Dale]

Hmmm... Dunno what to write.

Other than 'welcome to the HubSA and may you add value here'.

[Bianchi]

Hmmm... Dunno what to write.

Other than 'welcome to the HubSA and may you add value here'.

 

Well his first attempt at "adding value" was a miserable failure...

[Breezer]

Got to love the Hub. So much comedy.

[Stretched@Birth]

Any takers for my RED gruppo ,I am going to put 8 speed Sora on my Cervelo R5 as its "THE SAME" might as well change the wheels too.

DUMBASS withe a huge capital D.

Uhm, no, not a capital D, he's not discovered the shift key

['Dale]

 

 

Well his first attempt at "adding value" was a miserable failure...

 

That sure was a rowwe debut post.

[DIPSLICK]

You guys are Ruthless, Right but Ruthless

[DIPSLICK]

ruth·less  

/ˈro͞oTHləs/

Adjective

Having or showing no pity or compassion for others: "a ruthless manipulator".

Synonyms

merciless - pitiless - cruel - unmerciful - remorseless

['Dale]

@paulbeen

 

Most users here are MTBers.

Do you think 29" bikes are worth the upgrade?

[carbon29er]

double the price.but does the same job.if you had to blind fold someone,and let them test different components.it would be guess work.

And your opinion on expensive light wheels?

[Witkop]

I cannot help myself, I just cannot stop adding to this drivel.

 

There are many aspects that need to be covered when judging a frame. Comfort, stiffness, dampening, Responsiveness, weight ext.

 

Now each of these are important and tend to negate the other. To achieve the perfect balance you can "play" with a number of variables, such as build material (and mixes thereof), geometry, "butting" or reinforcing and molding of a frame, and componentry.

 

A carbon frame can be built to be less comfortable than an alu frame, because responsiveness, weight and stiffness are more important (this is true of pro bikes).

 

An alu bike with slack angles can be "Softer" than a carbon frame.

 

However, as a rule carbon can acheive a better mix than alu anyday, however steel still seems to trump on comfort still.

 

So when buying a bike one needs to first decide what you need and then buy the appropriate frame. For race snakes carbon is King, for recreation steel may be best, but Alu will be lighter and cheaper. For touring steel is the only option (personal opinion of course).

 

To compare build material without being specific about the particular frame is really irrelevant. You need to say X frame vs Y frame, rather than carbon vs alu v steel vs titanium vs carbon/alu mix ext.

[Agteros]

Heartfelt thanks to the OP for tricking the hub in going ballistic and personal again!

Comparing fitness vs equipment as biggest differentiator in results....Fitness wins every time!

 

Sleep well trolls!

[Riamich]

For a minute I thought Julius was only a politician. That is race-sas agent. Certainly no idea what so ever. Chop of the year and it only started

If Juliaass is involved in cycling then we are "Reva-lutia-niased" hope we can get some "tendars"

Edited January 13, 2013 by Riamich

[BeegMig]

Whatever floats your boat paulbeen,

2nd hand alu bikes not selling so good these days eyh.

[EZRider]

Heartfelt thanks to the OP for tricking the hub in going ballistic and personal again!

Comparing fitness vs equipment as biggest differentiator in results....Fitness wins every time!

 

Sleep well trolls!

 

Yeah but buying bling is fun!

[Iwan Kemp]

if you had to blind fold someone,and let them test different components.it would be guess work.

Would also be quite funny to watch. Initially.