Originally Posted by
HardyWeinberg
For 'ride quality' there's probably some combination of wheels and tires and stems to overwhelm differences among any frame materials.
For a travel bike yeah I would want to know if the OP sees S&S couplers or other folding tech as useful or not.
I am not traveling on a plane. It is all car. I have 3 particular cities that I drive to. They are all over 120 miles each way. I will just put the bike on the back of the car to transport it and keep it in the hotel over night.