Originally Posted by
bakes1
Terrible analogy that makes no sense at all. Those cars are classics there were built
50 years ago and are desirable because they were around and all over the road when today's buyers were young. It's pure nostalgia.
This discussion pertains to brand new bikes being better built with what is simply an older material.
For what it's worth I would bet any amount of money that the MAJORITY of the carbon fiber obsessed non professional crowd wouldn't know the ride difference between it and aluminum if they were riding the bike blindfolded.
It's easy to promise to bet on an untestable scenario. I'm also pretty confident you'd lose were it practical to setup an objective test with blindfolded cyclists. There are some pretty obvious giveaways.
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