Originally Posted by
Abu Mahendra
No, I do not. For the reason mentioned before. 700c/622 wheels feel, handle, react differently to 406ers. The diamond frame geometry in big wheel bikes also plays a part. This is one reason I've got a 622er in the works. I am a big fan of 406/451ers, but no 'it feels like a big wheel bike' Kool-Aid for me, thanks.
There you go again... Bike feel... sigh. Very subjective, for a start. Secondly, one roadie does NOT feel like another roadie; wheel weight, fork geometry and a host of more subtle issues make a radical difference to "feel". If all roadies felt the same, there would be no point in having more than 1 manufacturer, would there?
The argument about say the
PR or the Swift "feels" indistinguishable from a roadie doesn't imply it feels
identical, but rather, it has that typical roadie feel of stiffness, responsiveness and lightness that characterise roadies in general. My Swift
definitely feels
like a roadie, but it feels radically different from a typical MTB or say a Brompton, the latter which does not feel anything
like a MTB or a roadie.
The key word is LIKE. Keep your pixie dust and koolaid ridicule to yourself professor. You may have very nice looking bikes but a very poor social skills. Go home a do some rework there.