Originally Posted by redfooj

so we have a page-old thread claiming a new tire is the greatest, smoothest, fastest, most comfortable ever.
and weekly threads about 24 vs 30 vs 40 vs 50 vs 88mm carbon vs alloy vs carbon-alloy wheels and how some are the fastest, smoothest, stiffest, best upgrades ever.
and how the new 7902 dura-ace cranks give so much more power transfer than super-old 7901 cranks.
and those embedded iso-zertz gel blocks shot into seatposts, seatstays,seattubes, transform the feel of a bike.
and carbon rails on saddle provide a dream ride.
and etc


and yet somehow someone can conclude that between a kleintuscaad7 they owned in college against a friend's trekcialized11 they rode last weekend, for sure, incontestably, that the new aluminum frame must have been improved.