Originally Posted by
DorkDisk
Maybe its the frame material. For some reason, the only bikes I've gotten rid of have been Al frames. I still have 3 Al frames but something like 3x more steel frames.
After my 1995 Trek 700 Multitrack was stolen, I tried three aluminum framed hybrid bikes in succession: a Schwinn Avenue (found with a bent rear derailleur by the side of the road), a Jamis Citizen, and a Gary Fisher Nirvana. The Nirvana came closest to matching the ride of the Trek 700 because of it's rigid chro-moly front fork, but it just didn't return the joy of the 700. Then I picked up a chro-moly framed Giant Rincon, and the joy returned. Before I had ridden aluminum framed bikes, I would have never guessed there was such a noticeable difference between them and steel framed bikes.