Originally Posted by StanSeven

I think you hit the typical ride characteristic right on the head. Many people say the frame flexes too much, and it does a lot. The tube diameter isn't much different than steel at the time so it lacks support that larger frames like Cannondale had. But Vitus is much lighter. Others, in defense of Vitus flex, show that many top pro's were very sucessful on Vitus so the flex doesn't detract from performance.