I had a Trek Emonda SL6 (full carbon bike with a bontrager saddle that looked like it would cut you in half and 25mm tires) for a few years and that bike was super comfortable and really fast feeling, especially going uphill. You wouldn't think that bike should have been as comfortable as it was, but it was. I did a lot of high mileage 100+ mile rides on that bike when I had it and rode it almost every day with a club.
Nowadays I split my time between my Appaloosa, my Frank Jones, and an aluminum full squish mtb and they are all pretty comfortable. I have found that for me, especially as I age, I want shorter crankset arms and a more relaxed upright position with bars that put my wrist at a comfortable angle. I am finding it increasingly uncomfortable to ride drop bars mostly because some "arthur-itis" in my hands and the angle drops put my hands don't allow me to have the grip strength to properly engage the brakes. I have not found that flex in the seat tube makes a difference. I mean, it may, but I'm not sure how much flex these bikes have in their seat tubes/seat post so I can't really say for sure. I also think my days of doing really long rides are probably over. Anyway, I've never really thought frame material makes a bike comfortable and comfort is more in the design of the individual bike and the fit regardless of material. On Wednesday, August 19, 2020 at 9:06:46 PM UTC-5, tc wrote: > > Well-presented study of what affects comfort: > https://youtu.be/Lb4ktAbmr_4 > > Tom > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rbw-owners-bunch/de899052-edd4-4625-be5e-e7f762257679o%40googlegroups.com.
