Originally Posted by
T-Mar
However, if you like the ride of MAX, then you'll probably find EL-OS too flexible unless you buy something like a De Rosa Primato, where the lateral bottom bracket stiffness is augmented by the special shell design.
Max is an order of magnitude stiffer through the bottom bracket compared to ELOS. And the ribbed BB shell used by De Rosa is super cool, but it doesn't do squat in terms of frame stiffness.