Originally Posted by
JohnDThompson
Modern bikes are not immune to this; "stiffness" is a compelling fashion issue in bikes these days, with designs favoring sloping top tubes, oversize frame members, straight fork blades, and radial spokes. I fully expect these features will also be regarded as quaint in the future.
Not trying to make this personal but if you don't care about racing or performance for whatever reason that's fine, but it doesn't make stiffness a 'fashion issue'. You obviously haven't listened to interviews with veteran pros talking about vintage versus modern bikes, they invariably cite frame stiffness as a performance improvement.
Seems like there are a lot of slow old dudes on this forum that simply can't (or refuse to) appreciate the performance of modern bikes
