Originally Posted by
Wildwood
I have only a few data points, and also only my touch points to prove me accurate.
61 cm all SLX with light internally lugged sloping crown fork.
62 cm R531 db f+f.
Not saying that it's a better or faster ride.
Not discounting drivetrain stiffness as a good thing.
Not against mixing tubesets for size and ride tuning.
But all tubes thin means 'Cloud-like' rides. even with 22mm tires.
yeah, yeah... geometry makes a big diff. But 73deg parallel seems a good common point of beginning, for discussion purposes.
ANYONE ELSE AGREE?
YMMV
will update with pics.
It only makes sense, a tube that's longer and a rider that's bigger makes for a more compliant ride.
in short, i don't agree. at the same force applied, a diamond frame - any frame- will give about 1/10th of what the handlebars (26mm) do, 1/5th of stem and seatpost, any amount of the fork, wheels, saddle and tires do. physics formula of any combination of springs in "serial" says the softest in the chain has the most impact, and the stiffest one the least. the frame is the stiffest part of the equation.
so, you *may* feel a difference in the "plushness" of the ride of two different bikes, but its not because of the stiffness of the frame.