Take the reviews you receive with a grain of salt. Why, because you will find opposing reviews on the ride quality.
My HiMod was a delight to ride for rides of 2 - 2.5 hours. After that, I would start feeling every chip and seal of the asphalt. It was a sufferfest. I could not wait to get back home. Then, I would need to detox for a few days before I took the HiMod out again. Yep, it was that harsh riding.
I used to have a Caad 4 (or 5?) long time back. But I do not remember that bike beating me up as bad as the HiMod. Yet, if I were to do it again, I would still buy the HiMod in the heartbeat. Why? It was an absolute delight to ride for 2.5 hours rides. And for rides under 2.5 hours, the HiMod (and my current Emonda SLR) simply cannot be beat. It is a joy to ride it for short rides. Telepathic handling, descends-on-rails, floats up hills like a feather, and all that jazzz....yadayadayada
But then again, there are forumites on this very thread who have professed their love for the ride quality of the HiMod no matter the duration of their ride.
Does it come down to the wight of the rider? Does it come down to what else they have ridden prior? Does it come down to the road conditions where they ride? Could be be something innate in their genes that makes them prefer one bike over the other? Who knows. But the way I see it is that the price of the 2016 era Himod has come down enough to spend the dough and find out for yourself. Just rememeber, it is a pure race bike. One ought to build it and ride it to really experience what Denk had in mind when designing this bike.
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Originally Posted by ridethecliche
I'm bumping this thread to see if anyone can compare the ride quality of the supersix evo hi mod of this generation with something like the caad13 or similar bikes.
I really think I can make one of the models work for me even with the lower stack height, but I'm a little concerned about the ride quality. I'd plan to run the widest tire I could fit in there and consider running it tubeless as well which I'm sure would help... but I'd be miffed if it felt like riding the CAAD9 all over again.
I don't expect it to feel like a roubaix or strael or gravel bike running 40's... I have a steel bike that I bought for more mellow riding. I'd just like to not feel like I'm getting beat up everytime I ride over less than optimal roads because everything around here is bumpy.
I wouldn't be opposed to getting a seatpost and stem with some more damping to them to help ease things. With the lower weight of the frame, I'm sure it wouldn't be an issue. But I'm also not interested in having to work hard to turn the bike into something that it isn't. I.e. if it's much harsher than even the caad13, I likely wouldn't bother.
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