CyclingTips: the slow crawl of road bike progress

[livingminimal]

Originally Posted by jumphigher

What a fluff article.

Yeah.
honestly, this article is ridiculous.

"are new bikes better? unquestionably"
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"Is your old bike good enough (since 99.99% of the population doesnt NEED to go faster? yes."
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No ****, sherlock.

[El Chaba]

I note that he wrote a version of the phrase that no bike fluff-test article can be without when he wrote that bikes now are both more comfortable AND stiffer than before...the rough equivalent of "stiff yet compliant"...

[dogrange]

Originally Posted by Clean39T

Just a comment on Spirit OS being the bees-knees these days - lighter, bigger, etc.

OX Platinum is pretty dang nice stuff.

Except that for some, bigger is worse. Too damn stiff.


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[ultraman6970]

I like that article, and honestly the only lemond modern era I always wanted to try is the one in the article, always wanted to know how carbon and steel feel together.

He says.... "But for riders who are mostly just out for fun, a new high-end road bike can be a tough sell, especially when it costs much less to just upgrade here and there".... I have to agree with that big time.

Now to find me one of those lemonds :P

[CNY rider]

Originally Posted by dogrange

Except that for some, bigger is worse. Too damn stiff.


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I'm going to agree with you. As a 150 pounder, spinning type rider, OX Plat is just right for me.