Originally Posted by
mlau
i dunno....wait until you try a nice handmade steel frame!
While I love my Swift, I hope to never part with my Miyata 1000.
The swift is very well built, fits perfectly behind a door, and is built well.
The Miyata seems to grip the road like a steel python, but flexes in just the right way.
I still love my swift...but if I lose enough weight, I'll reward myself with a Bike Friday Pakit someday.
Rode a Miyata Pro frame through much of the 80's - probably the least comfortable bike I ever owned. But not the fault of the frame material - more the fault of the rider who in his 20's was too ignorant to know how to make a bike comfortable and was only interested in going fast anyway. Now that same rider is in his 60's and has a very comfortable Reynolds 853-framed mountain bike and a very comfortable aluminum Swift - again, not because of the frame material, but because he knows more and comfort is now his priority.