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Old 10-24-22, 07:14 AM
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For a given wheelbase, all bikes of a given type (track, road, touring, etc.) ride with the same level of perceived comfort, unless the rider is prone to confirmation bias.

For a guy your size and weight, carbon or aluminum with large-section tubes would be the best choice. Weight of a tube increases as the square of the diameter; stiffness increases as the cube of the diameter.

Here's a myth-busting report of fatigue tests of high-end carbon, aluminum, steel, and titanium frames from 1997.

(TL;DR: Several carbon and aluminum frames passed the tests. All of the steel and titanium frames failed.)

https://www.sheldonbrown.com/rinard/...tigue_test.htm
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