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Originally Posted by nmrt
I agree with all you've said. And I am saying the same thing. However, the other side of the coin in the geometry of a road race bike --- Tarmac, Enonda etc. The people buying these new gen all road bikes will have to forgo the experience of the razor sharp handling that is innate in a road race bike. Maybe they are not looking for that. But boy-o-boy, the way a 980 mm-ish (wheelbase -- size 54) road race bike with it's 56 mm-ish trail carves corners is nothing short of true joy.
If you ask me, if there is the means, there ought to be a pure road race bike in one's quiver.
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Very valid point. Wonder if it’s possible to make an all-road frame designed for 32-35mm tires handle / feel exactly the same as a 25-28mm tire road race frame. Keep wheelbase, chainstays, trail, st and TT angles all the same but just increase BB drop and stack/reach figures. Fray seems closest although even that has a much slacker HT than most race frames, and that seems to be common in the “All road” category