Old 02-19-15 | 07:55 AM
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Bikes: 1940s Fothergill, 1959 Allegro Special, 1963? Claud Butler Olympic Sprint, Lambert 'Clubman', 1974 Fuji "the Ace", 1976 Holdsworth 650b conversion rando bike, 1983 Trek 720 tourer, 1984 Counterpoint Opus II, 1993 Basso Gap, 2010 Downtube 8h, and...

There's a goldilocks type phenomenon going on here. Pretty much all steel frames are going to feel about the same to very light rider, in that they won' flex at all; and pretty much all frames will feel the same to a very heavy rider, in that they'll all be too flexy. For riders whose weight is somewhere near heavier end of the normal range, choice of tubing seems to make a big difference. I weigh 165 lbs and haven't yet found a frame that actually feels different from all the others.
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