Originally Posted by
jrobe
"Important:
Comfort, road dampening, stiffness"
It sounds like what you really want is a carbon frame. This is what will really meet your goals. I would put the $250 into your new carbon frame fund and keep saving slowly.
Definitely...but the plastic bike I want is way out of my league right now.
So, I can get the components that'll eventually end up on it now
(and take advantage of parts that I want that just happen to be on sale).
Right now, my stock aluminum bar is kicking my arse.