Originally Posted by
oldbobcat
No surprise. Modern "endurance" bikes concede little or nothing to "race" bikes in terms of bottom bracket stiffness. In my experience they lose a little at the front end due to taller head tubes, but that's the sort of thing duffers like us can live with.
As I stated before, it's not BB stiffness I was talking about. I'm talking about the frame's lateral stiffness when you're on the bike and shake the handlebars while riding. This is a test of the overall stability in the frame which feels flexy on the Pilot.