Originally Posted by
Iggz79
But imho beat up feeling is part of cycling. A bike should feel tough and pass on every vibration onto your body. A matter of taste if you prefer riding a mustang or a Porsche. I miss my Porsche
Ha, interesting, that my impression from my test ride. The one reason to not recommend was if someone was willing to give up comfort for a more "feel every bump and curve in the road" kinda feel. The Emonda had more road feel (imo) than the lance-era madone, less road feel than the last gen madone. Didn't have the sharp handling of the last gen madone...it's a tradeoff, would you rather feel beat up but connected? Or would you rather feel less connected to the road but like you're riding on a cloud?
The Emonda had a lot more road feel than the Domane, though. It wasn't totally disconnected, just not as connected (imo) as a few of the "feel everything" bikes.