Originally Posted by
JunkYardBike
Jan Heine detractors are quick to point out that most of the top finishers of the
Paris-Brest-Paris brevet ride carbon fiber performance bikes. Most seem to miss his point, however, that the top finishers probably wouldn't be significantly slower on a traditional randonneuring frame, and in fact with the comfort afforded by wider tires, it's possible they could finish in a faster time.
Right. You could make the argument that the guys on the CF bikes tend to be racers in the first place, which is why popular culture beliefs lead them to choose CF models. It would be interesting to put those guys on traditional randonneuring bikes and measure changes in performance.