Originally Posted by
svt4cam
Enjoy your new flexible flyer. I have an old Alan and it's great fun to ride and very comfortable. Your new bike is beautiful congrats.
I'm curious why these are reputed as flexy frames. Are they laterally compliant yet vertically stiff? I test rode one in 60cm size, and it felt incredibly harsh to me. It wasn't in great mechanical shape, however, so I didn't attempt any out of saddle sprints to test lateral stiffness.
BTW, nice catch OP! Take care of that C-Record stuff!