Originally Posted by
smd4
I think I'd trust the opinions of professionals whose jobs required them to ride hundreds if not thousands of different bikes and frame materials. Believe what you want, and I'll do the same.
Myth and lore, basic tools of marketing, wins out against basic science.
Not surprised in the least.
It is as though bicyclists have a different natural world, where the technical laws are entirely different from all other machinery, and the most perceptive technical insights come from the strongest bicycle racers. "After all who knows more about bicycles, you or the world champion?" is a common retort. —Jobst Brandt